Government Art Collection Podcast
1) A Meeting of Cultures
The fourth episode follows the journey of the Government Art Collection artworks from the moment of the attack in 2011 to their return to London for conservation and then back again to Tehran where th...Show More
2) A Meeting of Cultures
The third episode recounts the dramatic attack on the British Embassy in Tehran in 2011, when a number of works of art from the Government Collection were damaged. It features an interview with Sir Do...Show More
3) A Meeting of Cultures
This episode centres on the 19th century, covering the appointment of the first permanent British Ambassador to Tehran, Sir Gore Ouseley; the history of the British Embassy building in Tehran; the por...Show More
4) A Meeting of Cultures
This episode focuses on the early modern period exploring the history of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722); rituals and banquets at the court of Shah Abbas I (1571-1629); the architecture of Isfahan and...Show More
5) Liliane Lijn
In an audio interview with Liliane Lijn, which took place in her north London studio in 2013, the leading international artist gives us an insight into her unique career. Lijn hung out with Surrealist...Show More
6) Cornelia Parker
In Cornelia Parker's Rorschach (Endless Column III) 14 flattened silver-plated domestic objects, are suspended on wires in a horizontal line, hovering a few inches above the floor. All the objects -- ...Show More
7) A New York State of Mind
Karen Pierce, former UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, talks about the works of art on display in her official residence in New York during the time she was working there. ...Show More
8) Our Man in Berlin
An interview with Michael Arthur, British Ambassador to Germany. In this podcast Michael Arthur, UK Ambassador to Germany 2007--2010, is interviewed by Penny Johnson, the Director of the Government...Show More
9) Frank Bowling
In this interview for the Government Art Collections podcast series, artist Frank Bowling RA discusses the influences on his painting in the Collection, including the landscape of Guyana and 1960s Abs...Show More
10) Grayson Perry
When starting work on Print for a Politician in 2005, Grayson Perry had "...a fantasy of the print hanging on the wall of a politicians office". In November 2009 this became reality when he saw his wo...Show More