The Great Women Artists
Episodes
William J Simmons on Cindy Sherman
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 76 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews William J Simmons on the legendary CINDY SHERMAN!!! [This episode is brought...
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
03 Nov 2021
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In episode 75 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most exciting young painters working today, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami ...
Flavia Frigeri on Marisol
26 Oct 2021
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In episode 74 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the acclaimed art historian, Flavia Frigeri on 60s Pop sensation, MARISOL!!!!...
Jordan Casteel
20 Oct 2021
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In episode 73 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most trailblazing artists alive today, JORDAN CASTEEL !!!!!!! [...
Tacita Dean
12 Oct 2021
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In episode 72 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most trailblazing artists alive today, Tacita Dean!!!!!! [This ep...
Charlie Porter on Louise Bourgeois, Anne Truitt, Sarah Lucas, Martine Syms
05 Oct 2021
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In episode 71 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the acclaimed writer, fashion critic, and art curator, Charlie Porter on Loui...
Nick Willing on Paula Rego
28 Sep 2021
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In episode 70 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the SON, Nick Willing, of one of the greatest living artists, his mother, PA...
Leilah Babirye
21 Sep 2021
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In episode 68 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the great sculptor, Leilah Babirye !!!!!!!! [This episode is brought to yo...
Phyllida Barlow
14 Sep 2021
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In episode 68 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the great sculptor, PHYLLIDA BARLOW !!! [This episode is brought to you by A...
Raquel Cecilia Mendieta on Ana Mendieta
07 Sep 2021
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In episode 67 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the filmmaker Raquel Cecilia Mendieta on her aunt, one of the greatest artis...
Lisa Yuskavage
31 Aug 2021
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In episode 66 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the acclaimed painter, LISA YUSKAVAGE! [This episode is brought to you by A...
Eileen Myles on Joan Mitchell
24 Aug 2021
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WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 6 OF THE GWA PODCAST! In episode 65 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the acclaimed poet EILEEN MYLE...
Ali Smith on Barbara Hepworth, Pauline Boty, Tacita Dean, and Lorenza Mazzetti
11 May 2021
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In episode 64 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the acclaimed writer ALI SMITH (!!!!) on Pauline Boty, Barbara Hepworth, Tac...
Emma Ridgway on Ruth Asawa
04 May 2021
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In episode 63 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the esteemed curator Emma Ridgway of Modern Art Oxford on the majorly influe...
Cindy Kang on Berthe Morisot
27 Apr 2021
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In episode 62 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the esteemed curator CINDY KANG of the Barnes Foundation on the Impressionis...
Stephanie Rosenthal on Yayoi Kusama
20 Apr 2021
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In episode 61 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the esteemed curator and Director of Berlin's Gropius Bau, Dr Stephanie Rose...
Julie Mehretu
13 Apr 2021
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In episode 60 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviewsone of the greatest artists of our time, the inimitable JULIE MEHRETU !!!! ...
Jennifer Higgie on Suzanne Valadon
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 59 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews acclaimed writer JENNIFER HIGGIE on the great Parisian painter, Suzanne Vala...
Diane Radycki on Paula Modersohn Becker
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 58 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the esteemed art historian, Diane Radycki, on the groundbreaking German Mode...
Katarina Jerinic on Francesca Woodman
24 Mar 2021
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In episode 57 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the esteemed curator of the Woodman Foundation, Katarina Jerinic on the GROU...
The Gee's Bend Quiltmakers!
17 Mar 2021
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In episode 56 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Loretta Pettway Bennett and Mary Margaret Pettway of the GEE'S BEND QUILTMAK...
Sue Tate on Pauline Boty
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 55 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Dr Sue Tate on the incredible British Pop Artist, PAULINE BOTY !!!!!!!! [Th...
Howardena Pindell
03 Mar 2021
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In episode 54 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the LEGENDARY artist Howardena Pindell !!!! [This episode is brought to you...
Elizabeth Smith on Helen Frankenthaler
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 5 of the GWA PODCAST! In episode 53 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the renowned curator and execut...
Rebecca VanDiver on Lois Mailou Jones
09 Dec 2020
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In episode 52 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the renowned art historian Rebecca K. VanDiver on the trailblazing and leg...
Polly Nor
02 Dec 2020
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In episode 51 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the incredible London-based illustrator and artist, POLLY NOR! [This epis...
Griselda Pollock on Alina Szapocznikow
25 Nov 2020
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In episode 50 (!!!) of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the legendary, trailblazing, feminist art history ICON, GRISELDA POLLO...
Mona Chalabi
18 Nov 2020
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In episode 49 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the incredible data journalist and artist, MONA CHALABI!!!! [This episode is...
Letizia Treves on Artemisia Gentileschi
11 Nov 2020
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In episode 48 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the highly esteemed National Gallery curator, Letizia Treves, on the REVOLUTI...
Alyce Mahon on Leonor Fini
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 47 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the highly esteemed, Cambridge University Art History professor and Surrealis...
Guerrilla Girls
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, in this very special episode, Katy Hessel interviews the trailblazing, fearless...
Cecily Brown
20 Oct 2020
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In episode 45 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the greatest painters to ever live, the inimitable CECILY BROWN!!!!! ...
Wanda M Corn on Georgia O'Keeffe
13 Oct 2020
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In episode 44 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the highly esteemed, pioneering art historian, Wanda M Corn on the legendary ...
Toyin Ojih Odutola
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 43 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most incredible artists working in the world right now, the brilli...
Chloe Wise
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 42 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the sensational painter, CHLOE WISE!!!! [This episode is brought to you by A...
Tracey Bashkoff on Hilma af Klint
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 4!! In episode 41 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned, Guggenheim curator and Direc...
Melanie Herzog on Elizabeth Catlett
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 40 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned art historian, Dr Melanie Herzog on the TRAILBLAZING Amer...
Cornelia Parker
25 Aug 2020
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In episode 39 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned British artist, CORNELIA PARKER !! [This episode is brou...
Lou Stoppard on Shirley Baker
18 Aug 2020
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In episode 38 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant London-based writer LOU STOPPARD on the ICONIC and TRAILBLAZING...
Bridget R Cooks on Alma Thomas
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 37 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned art historian Bridget R Cooks on the SENSATIONAL and PIONE...
Loie Hollowell
04 Aug 2020
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In episode 36 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the sensational artist, LOIE HOLLOWELL!!!! [This episode is brought to you ...
Natalie Lettner on Maria Lassnig
28 Jul 2020
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In episode 35 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned art historian and biographer, Natalie Lettner, on the FASC...
Somaya Critchlow
21 Jul 2020
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In episode 34 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most exciting and brilliant young painters working in the world r...
Lubaina Himid
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 33 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most groundbreaking, important, and influential artists working in...
Julie Curtiss
07 Jul 2020
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In episode 32 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the phenomenal, Brooklyn-based artist, JULIE CURTISS!! [This episode is bro...
Cassi Namoda
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 31 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most exciting artists in the world right now, the great CASSI NAMO...
Briony Fer on Eva Hesse
23 Jun 2020
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In episode 30 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the incredible art historian and curator, Professor Briony Fer, on the legend...
Helene Love-Allotey, Chloe Austin, Emi Eleode
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 29 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews THREE brilliant guests: African Art specialist, Helene Love-Allotey, art hist...
Nengi Omuku, Alayo Akinkugbe, Michaela Yearwood-Dan
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 28 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews THREE brilliant guests: Lagos-based artist, Nengi Omuku, founder of @ablackh...
Deborah Roberts
26 May 2020
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In Episode 27 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the phenomenal artist, DEBORAH ROBERTS!! [This episode is brought to you ...
Flora Yukhnovich
19 May 2020
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In Episode 26 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the highly-acclaimed, sensation of a painter, FLORA YUKHNOVICH! [This episo...
Olivia Laing on Chantal Joffe, Sarah Lucas and Ana Mendieta
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 25 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned writer and critic, OLIVIA LAING on Chantal Joffe, Sarah Lu...
Prudence Flint
05 May 2020
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In Episode 24 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the AMAZING artist PRUDENCE FLINT!! One of my FAVOURITE artists of 2020 – ...
Helen Molesworth on Alice Neel
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 23 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the world's GREATEST writers and curators, Helen Molesworth on ALICE N...
Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois
21 Apr 2020
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In Episode 22 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned feminist art historian, Dr Jo Applin, on the legendary, LO...
Laura Smith on Eileen Agar
03 Mar 2020
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In Episode 21 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant Whitechapel Gallery curator, Laura Smith on the acclaimed surre...
Shirin Neshat
25 Feb 2020
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In Episode 20 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the INCREDIBLE, internationally-acclaimed artist, Shirin Neshat. Born in ...
Chantal Joffe on Charlotte Salomon
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 19 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most important painters in the world, CHANTAL JOFFE on the great a...
Genieve Figgis
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 18 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the world-renowned Irish artist, GENIEVE FIGGIS!! And WOW was it amazing to ...
Jadé Fadojutimi
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most exciting young artists working in the world right now, JADÉ ...
Hans Ulrich Obrist on Faith Ringgold and Luchita Hurtado
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 16 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant super curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, HA...
Jessie Burton on Frida Kahlo
21 Jan 2020
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In Episode 15 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant best-selling author, Jessie Burton, on the great FRIDA KAHLO !!...
Emma Lewis on Dora Maar
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME BACK to SEASON 2 of The GWA Podcast!! In Episode 14 (or Ep1, S2!) of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant...
Zoe Whitley on Betye Saar
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most important and groundbreaking curators working today, Dr Zoe...
Celia Paul
10 Dec 2019
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In Episode 12 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the foremost painters working in the world right now, CELIA PAUL!! ...
Maggi Hambling
03 Dec 2019
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In Episode 11 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the legendary British painter and sculptor, MAGGI HAMBLING! And WOW was it...
Iwona Blazwick on Anna Maria Maiolino
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the legendary Director of Whitechapel Gallery IWONA BLAZWICK on the radical...
Unskilled Worker
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 09 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the brilliant London-based artist, Helen Downie, who goes under the guise o...
Frances Morris on Agnes Martin
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 08 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the Director of Tate Modern, FRANCES MORRIS (!), on the mammoth American a...
Aïcha Mehrez on Lisa Brice
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 07 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the amazing Tate Britain curator, Aïcha Mehrez, on one of the GREATEST pa...
Joanna Moorhead on Leonora Carrington
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 06 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews journalist Joanna Moorhead, the long lost cousin, biographer and world ex...
Ami Bouhassane on Lee Miller
21 Oct 2019
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In Episode 05 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Ami Bouhassane on the life and work of her grandmother: the model turned surr...
Tschabalala Self
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 04 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most highly regarded young artists working today, the Harlem-born ...
Juno Calypso
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 03 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews one of the most exciting and brilliant photographers working today, JUNO CALY...
Es Devlin
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 02 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the sensational artist and stage designer, ES DEVLIN!! Known for creating so...
Eleanor Nairne on Lee Krasner
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 01 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the exceptional curator, Eleanor Nairne, about the Abstract Expressionist sen...
The Great Women Artists Trailer
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Great Women Artists Podcast! Created off the back of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating women arti...