Banksy – rebellion or kitsch?
In the shadow of the night, under the cloak of his hoody, he creates masterpieces of street art: Banksy, the legendary street artist, has taken the world by storm while always keeping the secret of his identity. Author and host Ortrun Schütz would like to better understand the phenomenon of the enigmatic artist and embarks on a journey to the most important places in his life in nine exciting podcast episodes. From his supposed hometown of Bristol to international hotspots like London, Berlin and New York, she follows in his footsteps. As listeners, we are there when Schütz challenges her interviewees with specific questions or recorded conversations with Banksy’s acquaintances are played back. Actor Peter Becker lends his voice to Banksy’s central statements that have been published over the years. An exciting tour of discovery about the unusual, artistically controversial man behind the graffiti unfolds, in which many questions are raised and there are a few insightful answers: Who is Banksy? What are his motivations? Is he a rebel or just a savvy marketer? Sonya Dawson
Art and Life – The Monopoly Podcast
The supposedly white antiquity, the painful urgency of Louise Bourgeois’ art and museums as a place for discussion – the podcast of the art magazine monopoly and the podcast radio detector.fm takes up a very specific topic from the art world in each episode. This is explained in a mouth- or ear-friendly manner in usually less than 30 minutes. On the one hand, the brevity of the episodes tempts us to give unfamiliar and perhaps even displeasing topics a chance. On the other hand, the interesting focal points usually give much more than can be discussed in half an hour. As a result, the podcast becomes a teaser for the art magazine at one point or another, which then goes much more in-depth. The podcast is moderated by Aileen Wrozyna, who has a wonderful voice but unfortunately no in-depth knowledge of art – you can tell that from some of the inquiries. This is offset by the expertise of the guests, who are mostly monopoly-Editors. What is quite annoying in everyday conversations is the great strength of this podcast: the name dropping. Artists, exhibitions and galleries are mentioned continuously, which one should definitely make a note of. Clara Westhoff
Bow Down: Women in Art
Quick question without googling: Name of an artist before the 20th century? Anyone who can name one is fine. That is the premise of the podcast Bow Down: Women in Art of the international art magazine frieze, to counteract exactly this grievance, i.e. the centuries-old misunderstanding of female artists. Australian Jennifer Higgie talks to female artists about past and present female artists. With the British Helen Cammock it is about the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who was the first to depict the female hand in action. Extremely exciting because Artemisia, born in Rome in 1593, accused her maltutor of having raped her while she was alive and was tortured with thumbscrews in a court case. In the podcast series, which ended in 2020, 18 such stories can be discovered, by the filmmaker Chantal Akerman or the minimalist painter Agnes Martin. With the somewhat pathos-laden title bow down, who immediately calls for a bow, Martin would probably not have known what to do. She is described as a “farm girl” from the prairie, opposed to any personality cult. Aurelie von Blazekovic
Monet – times of upheaval
Although a man, Claude Monet was also an outsider in the art world for a long time. On the one hand, this was due to his radical aesthetic approach, which broke with many of the conventions of the time and earned him some disregard in the French artistic scene. On the other hand, it was probably also due to his character: Monet was often inexorable and ungracious, even towards friends and patrons. The Museum Barberini The special exhibition “Claude Monet and French Impressionism” opens in Potsdam in mid-July. One of the most important works, “Impression, Soleil Levant”, on loan from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, is on display. This podcast begins with this painting, which Johannes Nichelmann and Janis Gebhardt are realizing with their production company Studio Jot on behalf of the Museum Barberini. Nichelmann staged a similar project together with the Frankfurt Städel Museum in 2020: Finding Van Gogh. This time Linda Zervakis has been won as the host, who leads through this exciting artist biography in six episodes. Stephen Fisher