Talk Art

Isaac Julien

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Robert meets Sir Isaac Julien at Victoria Miro gallery in London to explore 4 decades of making art. We also meet Julien’s long term collaborator Ma...

Tracey Emin

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Season 27 @TalkArt continues with TRACEY EMIN. Hosted by @RobertDiament. An exclusive new interview recorded in Margate within Crossing Into Dark...

Collier Schorr

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Season 27 continues with COLLIER SCHORR.Over four decades, Collier Schorr has used photography to scrutinise the conditions and realities of ...

Nicolas Deshayes

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Season 27 continues with sculptor Nicolas Deshayes whose works explore the form and materiality of bodies and what happens below their surfac...

Catherine Chinatree

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Chinatree is a socially engaged multi-disciplinary artist based in Margate. She works in various contexts, including in the public realm. He...

Georg Wilson

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art season 27 continues with British painter GEORG WILSON!!! Hosted by Robert Diament.A spirit of place informs #GeorgWilson’s practice. Drawin...

Holly Blakey

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Season 27 begins! This new season is hosted by Robert Diament.Robert meets Holly Blakey, one of the foremost choreographers of her generation and one ...

Alison Goldfrapp

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the Talk Art Christmas special! We meet Alison Goldfrapp, the creative force behind some of the most captivating music of the past two and a ha...

Barbara Dawson (Francis Bacon Studio at Hugh Lane Gallery)

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Russell & Robert meet Barbara Dawson for a behind the scenes visit to Francis Bacon’s Studio, installed in Dublin’s iconic Hugh Lane Gallery. ...

Isabel Nolan (Live at Dublin Gallery Weekend)

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are delighted to announce the first ever Irish episode of Russell Tovey and Robert Diament’s acclaimed Talk Art podcast, recorded live at the Nat...

Marco Falcioni (BOSS & Art Basel Awards)

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a special partnership with BOSS. Special episode recorded during Miami Basel week, December 2025. #ADRussell & Robert catch up wit...

Kate Bryan & David Shrigley

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet curator Kate Bryan and artist David Shrigley to explore their new book How To Art. Recorded live in London, in front of a sold out audience.Wh...

Louisa Buck (Cork Street Galleries special episode)

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#AD - Cork Street Galleries special episode!We meet art critic Louisa Buck to explore 100 years of Cork Street!Cork Street Galleries this year celebra...

Edmund de Waal

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The artist and author Edmund de Waal (b.1964, Nottingham) has curated the first major exhibition of acclaimed Danish ceramicist Axel Salto (1889 – 1...

Jeffrey Fraenkel on Diane Arbus (Live in London)

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet gallerist Jeffrey Fraenkel to discuss the work of Diane Arbus, recorded live in London at David Zwirner.— Sanctum Sanctorum: a sac...

Chantal Joffe

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Russell and Robert meet leading artist Chantal Joffe in her East London studio. We explore I Remember, Chantal Joffe’s fourteenth solo exhibition fo...

Alice Neel Estate - Ginny and Hartley Neel

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Ginny and Hartley Neel, Executive Directors of the Estate of Alice Neel, and the artist’s daughter-in-law and son. We explore her current ex...

Katy Hessel

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Katy Hessel to discuss her incredible new book How To Live An Artful Life. The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you...

Maggi Hambling

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy 80th birthday to Maggi Hambling, our guest this week! We meet Maggi in her studio to discuss her 6 decades of making painting and sculpture.Magg...

Rose Blake

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Rose Blake an illustrator and artist making drawings and pictures in London who has just illustrated Russell & Robert’s first children’...

Damian Barr

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet writer Damian Barr to discuss his new book The Two Roberts.This intoxicating, brave and compassionate novel from the author of Maggie and...

Sean Ono Lennon

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Sean Ono Lennon to explore his music and life with art, plus we discuss the forthcoming box set Power to the People, that Sean has produced, o...

Marco Falcioni (Creative Director of BOSS)

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a special partnership with BOSS. Special episode recorded in Milan, September 2025. #ADRussell meets Marco Falcioni, Creative Director...

Joan Snyder

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For six decades American artist Joan Snyder has reimagined the narrative potential of abstraction through her paintings, drawings and prints. She firs...

Peaches and Klaus Biesenbach (Live in Berlin)

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Live in Berlin. Season 26 of Talk Art begins!!!!This episode is a special Paid Partnership collaboration with Berlin Art Week, who flew Russe...

Dominic Johnson & Jamal Butt on Hamad Butt (presented by Whitechapel Gallery and WePresent)

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

WePresent x TalkArt special episode recorded live at Whitechapel Gallery. Recorded in front of a sold out live audience at @Whitechapel...

Harland Miller (Live at Nevill Holt Festival)

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art live! As part of the Nevill Holt Festival 2025, Talk Art hosted a live podcast recording with special guest Harland Miller. From the Nevill H...

Charlotte Keates

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet painter Charlotte Keates within her new installation ‘Inner Landscapes’. We discover the inspiration behind her epic new commission and ex...

Sean Scully

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet iconic painter Sean Scully on the eve of his 80th birthday at his studio in North London.Over the course of his 50-year career, Sean Scully ha...

John Cameron Mitchell

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet John Cameron Mitchell, groundbreaking American actor, writer and director best known for creating, directing and starring in the Hedwig a...

Ann Carrington

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New @TalkArt podcast episode. We meet Ann Carrington @anncarringtonart at her studio in Margate! Ann Carrington sculpts fantastical metal sculptu...

Gary Schneider (on Peter Hujar)

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Gary Schneider to discuss his photography, and his collaboration printing for Peter Hujar and other aritsts. Born in South Africa, Gary Schnei...

Joe Bradley

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Joe Bradley, on the eve of his new solo show of new paintings in London. Animal Family is Bradley’s second exhibition with David Zwir...

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (b. 1938, Istanbul, TR) is a ceramic artist known for her refined, monochrome stoneware bowls, which she has been produ...

Misan Harriman

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Misan Harriman, photographer, social activist and Oscar Nominated filmmaker. He is one of the most widely-shared visual storytellers of this a...

Juergen Teller

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Season 25 begins! We meet Juergen Teller, one of the world’s most sought-after contemporary photographers, successfully straddling the interface of ...

Chris Levine

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Chris Levine, a British contemporary artist renowned for his pioneering work with light and lasers. His innovative approach transcends ...

TM Davy

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Best known for his figurative paintings and pastels, which evoke a luminous, dreamlike reality, TM Davy conjures intimate worlds where figures glow wi...

Delaine Le Bas

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Delaine Le Bas works in a transdisciplinary way: she combines visual, performative and literary practices to create an artistic oeuvre that encompasse...

Gary Kemp

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Gary Kemp, one of the UK’s most successful songwriters of the past 40 years. As guitarist and founding member of the most influential and ic...

Susie Hall & Russell Tovey (David Robilliard live episode at TKE Studios)

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet BAFTA winning producer Susie Hall to discuss the work of late artist David Robilliard and the Documentary she made with Talk Art’s very own ...

David Hoyle

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet the inimitable, spectacular, all-star David Hoyle!!!! We explore Hoyle’s prolific output from the stage to the screen to the canvas. Perform...

Anne Rothenstein

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New @TalkArt podcast! We meet artist @AnneRothenstein whose enigmatic paintings are frequently characterised by a dreamlike q...

JulianKnxx

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx. We explore themes within his work of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries betwe...

Shon Faye

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet bestselling writer Shon Faye to discuss her new book Love In Exile and artists she admires: Nan Goldin, The Bloomsbury Group, Bernini, Michela...

Vanessa Raw

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet painter Vanessa Raw to discuss her solo show at the Rubell Museum Miami, where she was the 2024 Artist-in-Residence. Vanessa Raw: This is How ...

Peter Berlin

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet legendary artist Peter Berlin from his home in San Francisco. Peter Berlin (born Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene) is a photographer, ...

Mickalene Thomas

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New @TalkArt podcast! We meet leading artist Mickalene Thomas to explore her major solo show in London’s Hayward Gallery. SEASON 24 BEGINS!!!! ...

Carsten Höller (New Year's Day Special Episode)

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Carsten Höller for some perceptual playtime to celebrate New Year's Day! We explore Höller’s collection of odd tasks and mischievou...

Russell T Davies (Christmas Special Episode)

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's the Talk Art CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EPISODE!! Holiday Surprise!!!We meet Russell T Davies OBE, one of the UK’s foremost writers of television drama ...

Joelle Taylor

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet legendary poet Joelle Taylor.Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won ...

Robin de Puy, presented by WePresent

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

WeTransfer x TalkArt special episode! We meet photographer Robin de Puy. This episode is brought to you by our friends at WePresent, the Academy Award...

Mera, Don and Jason Rubell (Rubell Museum - Miami Special Episode)

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's MIAMI art fair week - we are ready for Art Basel, Untitled, NADA and more! We meet legendary art collecting family THE RUBELL'S!!!! Mera, Don and...

Michael Craig-Martin

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet our friend, the legendary artist Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA!!! Michael was the first ever Talk Art guest way back in 2018... and now 6 years ...

Mary Ramsden

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Mary Ramsden to discuss her new solo exhibition Desire Line, opening this week at Pilar Corrias, London.Captivated by the sheer range of ...

Anya Gallaccio

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Anya Gallaccio (b. 1963, Scotland), an artist renowned for her innovative use of organic, ephemeral materials – ranging from chocolate, ice,...

Jesse Darling

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Jesse Darling. His multi-disciplinary practice, of sculptures, drawings and objects, considers how bodily subjects are initially formed...

Tom Rasmussen

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Tom Rasmussen to explore their new album Live Wire. We discuss their love of art, collaborations with artists Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hasti...

Alvaro Barrington, presented by BMW

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New Talk Art special episode!!!! We meet leading artist Alvaro Barrington, presented by BMW.We explore his work since we last met him on the podcast a...

Jeffrey Gibson

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet leading artist Jeffrey Gibson to discuss his Venice Biennale solo and explore his inspiring and illustrious career thus far.The first Indigeno...

Fani Parali

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 It’s FRIEZE WEEK! We meet artist Fani Parali to explore his multifaceted practice. For Frieze Sculpture 2024, London-based multidisciplinary a...

Jonas Wood

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New Talk Art! We meet painter Jonas Wood to discuss his new solo exhibitions with Gagosian in London. With Frieze week upon us in London, be sure to v...

Ekow Eshun

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Ekow Eshun, leading curator, writer and broadcaster to discuss his new book The Strangers.In the western imagination, a Black man is always a ...

Megan Rooney

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Megan Rooney to explore her solo exhibition at Kettles Yard, Cambridge. Titled 'Echoes & Hours', this is the first major solo exhib...

Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art returns for Season 23! We meet Culture-loving Rob Rinder MBE and Architecture-fan Rylan Clark as they follow in the footsteps ...

Studio Lenca (Live in Margate)

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Live! We meet artist Studio Lenca (Jose Campos) within his recent solo exhibition 'Leave to Remain' at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate. ‘L...

Precious Okoyomon

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Precious Okoyomon – poet, artist, and chef – stages sculptural topographies composed of living, growing, decaying, and dying materials, in...

Puppies Puppies

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Puppies Puppies. Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo (b. 1989, Dallas, TX), widely known by the moniker Puppies Puppies, expands ideas ...

Es Devlin, presented by BMW

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Es Devlin CBE to discuss her new multi-media work SURFACING commissioned by BMW and unveiled at Art Basel in Basel 2024.A pioneering combinati...

Jean Claracq

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Jean Claracq to discuss painting, his recent shows with Galerie Sultana in Paris and Arles, plus what its like living and working from ...

Dominique Fung

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Dominique Fung (b.1987), a Canadian artist with ancestry in Hong Kong and Shanghai, whose practice explores the subliminal liminal territory i...

Gemma Rolls-Bentley (Live at Turner Contemporary Margate)

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet curator and writer Gemma Rolls-Bentley to discuss her debut book Queer Art, recorded in front of a live audience at the Turner Contempora...

Mary McCartney

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet Mary McCartney, world renowned photographer, film-maker and sustainable food pioneer. As a leading British creative, her work covers multiple ...

Corbin Shaw (Live in Sheffield)

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Corbin Shaw, live from the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield's City Hall.Corbin Shaw (b. 1998) is a British artist based in E...

Self Esteem (Live at Apple Covent Garden)

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Live, recorded at Apple Covent Garden. We meet Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem to celebrate her first new music in 3 years, the new singl...

Jack Pierson

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For his first exhibition in London in over 20 years, New York-based artist Jack Pierson presents a new series of works at Lisson Gallery tha...

Nathanaëlle Herbelin

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Nathanaëlle Herbelin to discuss her major solo show in Paris. A constant visitor to the Musée d’Orsay’s collections since childho...

Jennifer Higgie and Chloe Stead, presented by Sotheby's

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet author/art critic Jennifer Higgie and Sotheby’s Chloe Stead to discuss the inspiring new exhibition ‘London: An Artistic Crossroads’ whi...

KAWS

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet KAWS aka Brian Donnelly to discuss his three major institutional exhibitions all opening in 2024. The first show has just opened at The Andy W...

Shaqúelle Whyte

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Shaqúelle Whyte to explore his current solo exhibition at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London.Whyte imagines fictional environments in...

Cork Street Galleries with Louisa Buck

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#AD - New Talk Art special episode! We meet legendary art critic Louisa Buck for a tour of Cork Street Galleries, to visit galleries including Alison ...

Sir Elton John and David Furnish

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art exclusive! We meet Sir Elton John and David Furnish to discuss their epic, brand new exhibition Fragile Beauty. Opening this weekend, Saturda...

Oisín McKenna

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet writer Oisín McKenna to discuss his debut novel Evenings and Weekends which is released today!We discuss Oisín‘s passion for spoken word a...

Leilah Babirye

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Leilah Babirye to discuss her inspiring multidisciplinary practice, her major solo show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and new sculptures ...

Pet Shop Boys

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New @TalkArt! We meet the PET SHOP BOYS to explore their new album NONETHELESS!!!Recorded in London’s Kings Cross, we chat to Neil Tennant and Chris...

John Akomfrah and Tarini Malik, presented by Burberry

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art live at the Venice Biennale, presented by Burberry. Recorded at the St Regis Library, we meet leading artist Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA and Tar...

Antony Gormley

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TALK ART EXCLUSIVE! We meet Sir Antony Gormley OBE RA to discuss his forthcoming solo show 'Aerial' at White Cube New York, USA and his epic new 'Time...

Brook Hsu

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Brook Hsu. We discuss other worlds, the power of storytelling, the colour green, the drive to make paintings and making art at your own...

Judith Bernstein

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Season 21!!! We are back with an icon of art, the one and only Judith Bernstein (b. 1942, Newark, New Jersey) to discuss almost 60 years of art making...

Otamere Guobadia (Live in Margate)

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Live! We meet Otamere Guobadia, a multidisciplinary writer, poet, and columnist whose work focuses on desire, art, adornment, queerness, and ...

Li Hei Di

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Li Hei Di on the eve of their debut UK solo exhibition 700 Nights of Winter at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.In new paintings, Li e...

Andrew Logan

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet living LEGEND, the English sculptor, performance artist, jewellery-maker, portraitist and all-round cultural ICON... Andrew Logan!!!!! We lear...

Grace Campbell

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet stand up comedian, actress and author Grace Campbell to discuss her experiences with art! We discover that in spite of growing up with artist ...

Doron Langberg (with Victoria Miro and Glenn Scott Wright)

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Doron Langberg at his new exhibition in London at Victoria Miro Gallery. Night is a hymn to nocturnal worlds both interior and exterior...

Andy Warhol, presented by Halcyon Gallery

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Talk Art Special Episode! We meet Paul Green, President and Founder of Halcyon Gallery and Kate Brown, Halcyon's Creative Director. #ADWe explore...

Judy Chicago

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet the LEGENDARY, trailblazing artist, author, educator and feminist icon Judy Chicago (b. 1939, Chicago, USA!!! We explore her major retrospecti...

Henry Fraser

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet mouth artist Henry Fraser from his studio to discuss his art and how his life story led to the award winning theatre play The Little Big Thing...

Julie Mehretu, presented by BMW

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New Talk Art special episode!!!! We meet ICONIC artist Julie Mehretu, presented by BMW. #AD What does Julie Mehretu think about when creating BMW Art ...

Dan Levy

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet all-round LEGEND, Dan Levy, the Emmy award winning producer, writer, director, actor and art collector!! We discuss his love of art, living wi...

Alexandria Tarver

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meet artist Alexandria Tarver to discuss her current solo exhibition at Deli Gallery, New York. Tarver recontextualizes the traditional floral moti...