About this podcast
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Gina Gershon · 1 h 6 min · Season 28 Episode 12Robert meets actress, singer and author Gina Gershon for a special live Talk Art recorded at TKE Studios in Margate in August 2026. Episode introduced by Dame Tracey Emin. We…
- Ty Locke · 1 h 5 min · Season 28 Episode 11Robert meets artist Ty Locke to explore his sculpture and installations that investigate family, memory, class and coming of age. Ty Locke's work blends accessibility, wit and…
- Róisín Tapponi · 47 min · Season 28 Episode 10Robert meets Dr Róisín Tapponi to discuss her decadent debut novel Scene City, an insider's tale of hedonism and identity amid the London art world. The effervescent first novel…
- Christian Levett (FAMM Mougins) · 56 min · Season 28 Episode 9Robert meets Christian Levett, a British collector, philanthropist, and former investment fund manager. He is the founder of FAMM (Female Artists of Mougins Museum)(opens in a…
- Harold Offeh · 1 h 4 min · Season 28 Episode 8Robert meets Harold Offeh, an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space…
- Emii Alrai · 53 min · Season 28 Episode 7Robert meet artist Emii Alrai to explore her new exhibition Lures at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate. Emii Alrai is an artist whose work spans material investigation in…
- Johnny Marr · 1 h 0 min · Season 28 Episode 6Robert meets legendary musician Johnny Marr to celebrate the launch day of his brand new album The Age Of Everything, out today!!! Johnny Marr is one of the most creative…
- Lewis Hammond · 56 min · Season 28 Episode 5New Talk Art podcast episode! Robert meets artist Lewis Hammond to explore his first museum presentation in the UK, featuring a new body of paintings developed specifically for…
- Lykke Li · 59 min · Season 28 Episode 4Robert meets Lykke Li to discuss her new album The Afterparty, collaborating with artist Monty Richthofen on the cover artwork, and her powerful, ongoing creative partnership…
- Eileen Cooper · 58 min · Season 28 Episode 3Robert meets painter Eileen Cooper RA to discuss her new London solo exhibition Learning to Fly, whilst also exploring her evolution across numerous bodies of work made across…
- Raymond Antrobus · 1 h 10 min · Season 28 Episode 2New Talk Art podcast! Robert meets Raymond Antrobus MBE FRSL, a British Jamaican poet, educator, and writer. His work explores themes of sound, language, identity, and memory…
- John Currin · 57 min · Season 28 Episode 1It’s Season 28!!! New Talk Art podcast hosted by Robert Diament. Robert meets painter John Currin, recorded at his solo show Opening Credits at Sadie Coles. Currin is widely…
- Matthew Slotover (Live at Maison Estelle) · 57 min · Season 27 Episode 16New @TalkArt podcast episode! Season 27 finale! Robert meets Matthew Slotover OBE, legendary publisher and entrepreneur. This episode was recorded live from Maison Estelle in…
- Luis Felber - Attawalpa · 1 h 1 min · Season 27 Episode 15Robert meets Luis Felber, a London based South-American multi-instrumentalist best known as Attawalpa. His meticulous production, melodies and honest lyrics evoke the future as…
- Kathryn Ferguson · 1 h 6 min · Season 27 Episode 14Robert meets Belfast-born Kathryn Ferguson, an Emmy and BAFTA nominated, BIFA and IFTA winning director whose innovative and boundary-pushing documentary work has screened…
- Mariane Ibrahim · 50 min · Season 27 Episode 13Robert meets Mariane Ibrahim, leading gallerist and curator, whose mission is dedicated to the elevation and advocacy of diverse global artistic practices, with a particular…
- Anton Corbijn · 56 min · Season 27 Episode 12Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN to discuss his major retrospective opening this weekend in Berlin at Fotografiska museum. The story of Anton Corbijn begins in…
- Meek · 59 min · Season 27 Episode 11Robert meets MEEK, an emerging singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose new EP Fabulous has become a favourite of the art world, and global queer community…
- David Dawson · 54 min · Season 27 Episode 10Robert meets painter David Dawson to discuss his new large scale landscape paintings, part of an ongoing body of work created en plein air in the artist's county of…
- Nick Willing on Paula Rego · 1 h 14 min · Season 27 Episode 9Robert meets Nick Willing at the studio of his mother Paula Rego (1935–2022) to discuss a major exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Rego, opening this week at Victoria…
- Lucy Wood on Gwen John · 56 min · Season 27 Episode 8@TalkArt continues with an in-depth interview on the work of GWEN JOHN with curator @Lucy.C.Wood to explore a major exhibition Gwen John: Strange Beauties at the National Museum…
- Isaac Julien · 60 min · Season 27 Episode 7Robert 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 Mark Nash to explore his major…
- Tracey Emin · 1 h 9 min · Season 27 Episode 6Season 27 @TalkArt continues with TRACEY EMIN. Hosted by @RobertDiament. An exclusive new interview recorded in Margate within Crossing Into Darkness, a group exhibition curated…
- Collier Schorr · 1 h 15 min · Season 27 Episode 5Talk Art Season 27 continues with COLLIER SCHORR. Over four decades, Collier Schorr has used photography to scrutinise the conditions and realities of contemporary subjectivity…
- Nicolas Deshayes · 1 h 6 min · Season 27 Episode 4Talk Art Season 27 continues with sculptor Nicolas Deshayes whose works explore the form and materiality of bodies and what happens below their surfaces. Hosted by Robert…
- Catherine Chinatree · 1 h 7 min · Season 27 Episode 3Catherine Chinatree is a socially engaged multi-disciplinary artist based in Margate. She works in various contexts, including in the public realm. Her work focuses on the idea…
- Georg Wilson · 52 min · Season 27 Episode 2Talk Art season 27 continues with British painter GEORG WILSON!!! Hosted by Robert Diament. A spirit of place informs #GeorgWilson’s practice. Drawing inspiration from ancient…
- Holly Blakey · 51 min · Season 27 Episode 1Season 27 begins! This new season is hosted by Robert Diament. Robert meets Holly Blakey, one of the foremost choreographers of her generation and one of the few female…
- Alison Goldfrapp · 1 h 0 min · Season 26 Episode 18It’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 half decades!!! We celebrate…
- Barbara Dawson (Francis Bacon Studio at Hugh Lane Gallery) · 1 h 2 min · Season 26 Episode 17Russell & Robert meet Barbara Dawson for a behind the scenes visit to Francis Bacon’s Studio, installed in Dublin’s iconic Hugh Lane Gallery. The gallery is currently closed to…
- Isabel Nolan (Live at Dublin Gallery Weekend) · 1 h 4 min · Season 26 Episode 16We are delighted to announce the first ever Irish episode of Russell Tovey and Robert Diament’s acclaimed Talk Art podcast, recorded live at the National Gallery of Ireland…
- Marco Falcioni (BOSS & Art Basel Awards) · 41 min · Season 26 Episode 15This episode is a special partnership with BOSS. Special episode recorded during Miami Basel week, December 2025. #AD Russell & Robert catch up with Marco Falcioni, Creative…
- Kate Bryan & David Shrigley · 1 h 3 min · Season 26 Episode 14We 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. What is art, where do I find…
- Louisa Buck (Cork Street Galleries special episode) · 60 min · Season 26 Episode 13#AD - Cork Street Galleries special episode! We meet art critic Louisa Buck to explore 100 years of Cork Street! Cork Street Galleries this year celebrates its centenary as a…
- Edmund de Waal · 1 h 11 min · Season 26 Episode 12New @TalkArt podcast episode! We meet legendary artist, potter and author @EdmunddeWaal at his studio in South London!! We explore more than 40 years of making pots, and learn…
- Jeffrey Fraenkel on Diane Arbus (Live in London) · 52 min · Season 26 Episode 11We meet gallerist Jeffrey Fraenkel to discuss the work of Diane Arbus, recorded live in London at David Zwirner. — Sanctum Sanctorum: a sacred room or inner chamber; a place of…
- Chantal Joffe · 1 h 7 min · Season 26 Episode 10Russell and Robert meet leading artist Chantal Joffe in her East London studio. We explore I Remember, Chantal Joffe’s fourteenth solo exhibition for Victoria Miro gallery. I…
- Alice Neel Estate - Ginny and Hartley Neel · 1 h 6 min · Season 26 Episode 9We 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 exhibition in Belgium at Xavier…
- Katy Hessel · 59 min · Season 26 Episode 8We 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 do with it? Dive into the…
- Maggi Hambling · 59 min · Season 26 Episode 7Happy 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. Maggi Hambling CBE was born in…
- Rose Blake · 55 min · Season 26 Episode 6We meet Rose Blake an illustrator and artist making drawings and pictures in London who has just illustrated Russell & Robert’s first children’s book Art School (In A Book)…
- Damian Barr · 1 h 1 min · Season 26 Episode 5We meet writer Damian Barr to discuss his new book The Two Roberts. This intoxicating, brave and compassionate novel from the author of Maggie and Me reimagines one of the…
- Sean Ono Lennon · 59 min · Season 26 Episode 4We 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, of his parents’ Yoko Ono and…
- Marco Falcioni (Creative Director of BOSS) · 46 min · Season 26 Episode 3This episode is a special partnership with BOSS. Special episode recorded in Milan, September 2025. #AD Russell meets Marco Falcioni, Creative Director of HUGO BOSS. We discuss…
- Joan Snyder · 52 min · Season 26 Episode 2For six decades American artist Joan Snyder has reimagined the narrative potential of abstraction through her paintings, drawings and prints. She first garnered widespread…
- Peaches and Klaus Biesenbach (Live in Berlin) · 1 h 1 min · Season 26 Episode 1Talk Art Live in Berlin. Season 26 of Talk Art begins!!!! This episode is a special Paid Partnership collaboration with Berlin Art Week, who flew Russell & Robert to Berlin…
- Dominic Johnson & Jamal Butt on Hamad Butt (presented by Whitechapel Gallery and WePresent) · 1 h 12 min · Season 25 Episode 11WePresent x TalkArt special episode recorded live at Whitechapel Gallery. Recorded in front of a sold out live audience at @WhitechapelGallery we speak with @DominicJohnson and…
- Harland Miller (Live at Nevill Holt Festival) · 1 h 1 min · Season 25 Episode 10Talk 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 Holt Theatre, the…
- Charlotte Keates · 50 min · Season 25 Episode 9We meet painter Charlotte Keates within her new installation ‘Inner Landscapes’. We discover the inspiration behind her epic new commission and explore her lifelong passion for…
- Sean Scully · 1 h 15 min · Season 25 Episode 8We 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 has created an influential…
