Talk Art

Russell Tovey and Robert Diament

Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament host Talk Art, a podcast dedicated to the world of art featuring exclusive interviews with leading artists, curators & gallerists, and even occasionally their talented friends from other industries like acting, music and journalism. Listen in to explore the magic of art and why it connects us all in such fantastic ways. Follow the official Instagram @TalkArt for images of artworks discussed in each episode and to follow Russell and Robert's latest art adventures.

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388 episodes
Updated June 4

Episodes388

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Jan 17, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Russell & Robert speak with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, an artist, audio investigator and recent Turner Prize joint-winner. Lawrence's work explores ‘the politics of listening’ and the role of sound and voice within the law and human rights. He creat...
Jan 10, 2020 · 55 min
Grayson Perry CBE
Talk Art returns for Season 4!! Robert & Russell meet Grayson Perry CBE, the legendary English artist, Royal Academician, writer and broadcaster. Best known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the co...
Dec 26, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
London Hughes (Live at London Podcast Festival)
It’s the holidays... and our gift to you is the gift of laughter!!! What better way to celebrate Christmas than to chat (and laugh lots) with our dear friend LONDON HUGHES??!! London is a pioneer, rebel and renaissance woman: stand-up comedian, present...
Dec 20, 2019 · 42 min
Joyce Pensato (NYC special episode)
This special episode of Talk Art is an interview with the late, great, legendary artist Joyce Pensato. Joyce was one of Russell & Robert’s favourite painters, who in recent years became a close friend to both. We were honoured to be invited by Joyc...
Dec 13, 2019 · 1 hr 19 min
Haroon Mirza
Robert & Russell meet British artist Haroon Mirza, best known for installations that test the interplay and friction between sound, light waves and electric current. He devises sculptures, performances and immersive installations, such as...
Dec 6, 2019 · 50 min
Jon Key (NYC special episode)
Talk Art New York!!!! Russell & Robert meet multidisciplinary artist Jon Key. Key is a queer black man originally from the small rural town Seale, Alabama now living and working in Bushwick, NY. A writer, designer and painter, his work exc...
Nov 29, 2019 · 57 min
Helen Cammock (Live in London)
Talk Art Live in London! Russell & Robert meet British artist Helen Cammock, nominated for the Turner Prize 2019 and winner of the 2018 Max Mara Arts Prize for Women. This special episode was recorded live in front of a sold-out audience at Art Ass...
Nov 22, 2019 · 1 hr 8 min
Caroline Coon
WARNING: this episode of Talk Art contains strong language! Russell & Robert meet legendary English artist Caroline Coon. We discuss 50 years of painting in Ladbroke Grove, feminism, her longterm political activism, the importance of being socially...
Nov 15, 2019 · 59 min
David Dawson (on Lucian Freud)
Russell & Robert meet artist David Dawson for a private, after-hours tour of 'Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits', the breathtaking new exhibition he has curated at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. We discuss being assistant/head of studi...
Nov 8, 2019 · 48 min
Sir Ian McKellen CBE
Russell & Robert meet iconic British actor Sir Ian McKellen CBE at his home in East London. We have a private tour of Ian’s art collection including stunning works by L.S. Lowry, David Hockney, Andrew Logan, textile artist John Allen and an Antony ...
Nov 1, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Alvaro Barrington & Teresa Farrell
Robert & Russell meet artists Teresa Farrell and Alvaro Barrington (Tt x AB) at their joint show at Emalin gallery, East London. Titled 'TALL BOYS & A DOUBLE ESPRESSO', the exhibition celebrates creative collaboration and the importan...
Oct 24, 2019 · 1 hr 19 min
Michael Stipe
Robert & Russell meet music icon Michael Stipe, best known as lead singer of R.E.M. We discuss his lifelong love of taking photographs (more than 37,000 so far), his childhood Nikon camera (a gift from his father), self-portraits, making sculptures...
Oct 17, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
Jamian Juliano-Villani (NYC special episode)
It's Talk Art's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Russell & Robert meet American painter Jamian Juliano-Villani in her Brooklyn studio to discuss topics as varied as being a noisy neighbour, Weezer's Green Album, an encyclopedic knowledge of bot...
Oct 10, 2019 · 1 hr 18 min
Kembra Pfahler
Russell & Robert meet legendary American performance artist and musician Kembra Pfahler. We discuss growing up in California, her early performance art installations in 1980s Lower East Side (including sleeping in a storefront window for T...
Oct 3, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Vik Muniz (Live in London)
Talk Art Live in London, with Ruinart! Russell & Robert meet Vik Muniz, the superstar Brazilian artist best-known for his complex photography made with a diverse range of materials including sugar, toys, diamonds and even trash to recreate and inte...
Sep 26, 2019 · 1 hr 5 min
Jasmin Tsou (NYC special episode)
Talk Art New York!!! Russell & Robert visit NYC to meet gallerist Jasmin Tsou (JTT Gallery). We discover why she set up her Lower East Side gallery in 2012, initially exhibiting her peers, but soon expanding her program to include emerging artists ...
Sep 19, 2019 · 52 min
Katherine Bernhardt (NYC special episode)
Talk Art NEW YORK!!! Russell & Robert meet painter Katherine Bernhardt in the BIG APPLE. We discuss her early paintings of ET, growing up in St Louis, a teenage exchange trip to Portugal & Morocco that led to a love of ceramics & berber rug...
Sep 12, 2019 · 46 min
Wong Ping
Russell & Robert meet artist Wong Ping at Camden Arts Centre, London for a special tour around his solo exhibition 'Heart Digger'. Wong Ping creates digital and sculptural works that reveal very human, often universal fantasies, through a...
Sep 5, 2019 · 1 hr 3 min
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
We're back! Talk Art Season 3!! Robert & Russell meet one of the world's most celebrated & iconic curators Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Best known for his groundbreaking work as Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, London, Obrist has cur...
Aug 22, 2019 · 39 min
Raven Smith
Russell & Robert meet British Vogue columnist & writer Raven Smith. We discover his definition of an Art Bro, the crossover between art & fashion, wandering through the Venice Biennale 2019, seeing a live performance by Rose McGowan, gettin...

Talk Art

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Grayson Perry CBE

London Hughes (Live at London Podcast Festival)

Joyce Pensato (NYC special episode)

Haroon Mirza

Jon Key (NYC special episode)

Helen Cammock (Live in London)

Caroline Coon

David Dawson (on Lucian Freud)

Sir Ian McKellen CBE

Alvaro Barrington & Teresa Farrell

Michael Stipe

Jamian Juliano-Villani (NYC special episode)

Kembra Pfahler

Vik Muniz (Live in London)

Jasmin Tsou (NYC special episode)

Katherine Bernhardt (NYC special episode)

Wong Ping

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Raven Smith