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Daily Art DownloadDaily Art Download — 2026-01-28Show notes for today's episode of The Daily Art Download — your ten minute crash course in today's art world news.
Tarek Atoui—known for his innovative musical performances—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/lebanese-artist-tarek-atoui-known-for-his-innovative-musical-performances-will-take-over-tate-moderns-turbine-hall-this-autumn
Guggenheim Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Paintings by Salman Toor, Ambera Wellmann
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/guggenheim-museum-2025-acquisitions-1234771115/
London’s Courtauld to open two new contemporary art galleries after £10m gift
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/london-courtauld-two-new-contemporary-art-galleries-10-million-pound-gift
Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition
https://hyperallergic.com/nan-goldin-speaks-out-on-censorship-at-art-gallery-of-ontario/
Studio Museum in Harlem to C...
2026-01-2808 min
The Week in ArtAnselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on Sharjah, a Picasso Blue Period mysteryNext month, the German artist Anselm Kiefer will be 80, and the first of a number of shows internationally to mark this landmark moment opened this week at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK. It focuses on his early works, and Ben Luke visits Oxford to discuss this pivotal moment in his career with Lena Fritsch, the curator of the exhibition. The latest edition of the biennial in the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah opened earlier this month. The Art Newspaper’s correspondent Dale Berning Sawa visited during opening week and spoke to Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, the president and director of...
2025-02-141h 14
EMPIRE LINESAnd I Have My Own Business In This Skin, Claudette Johnson (1982) (EMPIRE LINES x The Courtauld Gallery)Curator Dorothy Price outlines the figures of Claudette Johnson, a founder member of the Black British Arts Movement (Blk Art Group), and one of the first ‘post-colonials’ practicing in Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and the Midlands from the 1980s to now.
Ever so-slightly-larger than-life, Claudette Johnson’s drawings of Black figures reflect the status of their artist. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement or Blk Art Group in the 1980s, she was a leading figure in a politically-charged creative community - called the first ‘post-colonials’ by Stuart Hall, for being born and raised in Britain. Johnson worked clo...
2023-10-2619 min
The Two Norries Podcast#171 Clinical Psychologist Hannah Courtauld explains MDMA assisted therapy.Hannah Courtauld is a registered clinical psychologist and holds a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Psychology from The University of Western Australia and a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Curtin University.Hannah has worked as a Clinical Psychologist in the UK for the NHS, where she was trained to assess autism using the ADOS-2.Hannah talks to James and Timmy about the developments in Australia around clinical psychology and the use of MDMA in psychotherapy. Disclaimer: Both Hannah and Enlighten Mental Health as a company in n...
2023-09-0255 min
Hazel StainerThe Courtauld: A History of ArtThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://hazelstainer.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/the-courtauld-a-history-of-art/
2023-05-0903 min
EMPIRE LINESPainting on an Island (Carrera), Peter Doig (2019) (EMPIRE LINES x The Courtauld Gallery)Curator Barnaby Wright transports us from the Courtauld Gallery in London, to the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as seen - and heard - by Peter Doig, one of Europe’s most highly valued contemporary painters.
Peter Doig’s vast figurative paintings pay homage to the many places where he has lived and practiced - though never really called home. Born in Edinburgh in 1959, his career has been characterised by constant travel and movement, and his status as Europe’s most expensive living artist. But his landscapes are layered in with multiple, and more popular, inspirations - like found...
2023-03-0216 min
PropCast#153: GPE Boss Toby Courtauld sees opportunities where others see challengesToby Courtauld chats with Andrew Teacher, reflecting on 20 years at the helm of one of London’s largest office landlords, GPE, and what the next decade might bring for the real estate sector.
2023-01-1937 minPropCast#153: GPE Boss Toby Courtauld sees opportunities where others see challengesToby Courtauld chats with Andrew Teacher, reflecting on 20 years at the helm of one of London’s largest office landlords, GPE, and what the next decade might bring for the real estate sector.
2023-01-1937 min
LOL my praxisSquirting SpiritualistsEpisode Notes
We’re back and this week we're getting spooky and ECTOGASMIC with Dr Emma Merkling. Emma is an Art Historian at the Courtauld specialising in in late C19th history of art, science and occultism. Emma is “Just a creepy weirdo who lik es creepy weird stuff”. In this episode we chat about racist ghosts, squirting spiritualists, and what it’s like to be a Spooky Terrifying Ect oplasm Mama (aka a woman in STEM). We consider the production of ectoplasm and/as the female orgasm, discuss the pros and cons of automatic writing for REF subm...
2022-10-3151 min
#GoRight with Peter Boykin GoRightNews.comJust Stop Oil protesters glued themselves to a Vincent Van Gogh painting at London's Courtauld Gallery🎥 What's wrong with these people? Leftists glued their hands to a Vincent Van Gogh painting to protest against oil companies.Stop Oil Protestors Glued Their Hands To Vincent Van Gogh Painting Just Stop Oil protesters glued themselves to a Vincent Van Gogh painting at London's Courtauld Gallery GoRightNews.com #GoRightNews #GoRightNewsVideos #GoRight
2022-07-2002 min
The White PubeREVIEW: Munch @ the CourtauldThis week's text is about Munch's paintings, a lil walk through of when i went to see the masterpieces from Bergen show at the Courtauld and had a really nice time
read it here: thewhitepube.com/art-reviews/munch/
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2022-07-1018 min
Bande à part166: Catching UpWe catch up with all that’s been happening - and discuss Ukrainian milliner Ruslan Baginskiy and Elizabeth Wilson’s new book 'Unfolding the Past'. See links below.
We’d love you to support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bandeapartpodcast
Unravelling Threads: Tracing and Transforming Violence and Trauma through Fashion, Conference, The Courtauld Institute / LCF (6-7 May 2022): https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/unravelling-threads-tracing-and-transforming-violence-and-trauma-though-fashion/
Documenting Fashion Blog: https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/documentingfashion/
Ruslan Blaginsky: https://www.instagram.com/ruslanbaginskiy_hats/ and https://ruslanbaginskiy.com/
Elizabeth Wilson, ‘Unfolding the Past’, Bloomsbury (2022): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/unfolding-the-past-9781350232617/
‘Dressed: 7 Women – 200 Years of Fashi...
2022-06-0530 min
The PastCastCapturing Kurdistan: Anthony Kersting at the Courtauld GalleryThe British photographer Anthony Kersting was the most prolific and widely travelled architectural photographer of his generation. He travelled extensively across the Middle East throughout the 1940s and 1950s to document the architecture and people of the region. And upon his death in 2008, he donated his archive – containing some 42,000 photographic prints and negatives – to the Conway Library at the Courtauld Gallery in London.
On this episode of the PastCast, Tom Bilson, Head of Digital Media at the Courtauld, discusses a new exhibition showcasing a selection of Kersting’s photography from Kurdistan. He also describes the digitisation project curren...
2022-02-2323 min
Hazel StainerCourtauld ImpressionistsThis episode is also available as a blog post: https://hazelstainer.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/courtauld-impressionists/
2021-12-2416 min
The Courtauld Digital Media BlogGhosts on the South Bank: a walking tour of the Festival of BritainThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Ghosts on the South Bank: a walking tour of the Festival of Britain'. It was written by Kitty Gurnos-Davies, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 15 October 2021. This audio version was recorded by Celia Cockburn, who is a Digitisation volunteer.Kitty revisits the South Bank of London with her own medium-format camera, to recreate and reimagine the Festival of Britain which once stood at the site. She explains how the landscape has changed, and what has remained...
2021-11-2911 min
Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House57. Artist Chris Levine on how his light and sound beams are transforming Houghton HallPlus The glories of the renovated Courtauld gallery and a scary Christmas ghost story at Wilton’s Music Hall
We’re visiting:
Chris Levine: 158 Hz Love Frequency, a solo exhibition by Chris Levine at Houghton Hall
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays only from 4.30 till 9.00
Till 23rd December
https://www.houghtonhall.com
The Courtauld Gallery
https://courtauld.ac.uk
We’re booking;
The Child in the Snow by Piers Torday, based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s ghost story The Old Nurse’s Story
Wilton’s...
2021-11-2831 min
The Courtauld Digital Media BlogPhotographic Memories of Ravello, ItalyThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Photographic Memories of Ravello, Italy'. It was written by Muny Morgan, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects digitisation project. It was first published on 27 September 2019. This audio version is read by Will Rodgers, who is also a digitisation volunteer.You can find the written version with the photographs of Ravello on our blog: https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/tag/ravello/
2021-11-1905 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogWorld Architecture Unlocked – our global transcription volunteering on ZooniverseThis is the audio version of the blog post 'World Architecture Unlocked – our global transcription volunteering on Zooniverse'. It was written and recorded by Faye Fornasier, who is the The Courtauld’s Digitisation, Database, and Cataloguing Manager. It was first published on 26 October 2020 and The Courtauld launched its first global crowdsourced transcription project the next day. You can find the written version of this post on our blog: https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/10/26/world-architecture-unlocked/
2021-11-1712 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogIntroducing the Project in 2017This is the audio version of the blog post 'Introducing our New Digitisation Project'. It was written and recorded by Faye Fornasier, who is the The Courtauld’s Digitisation, Database, and Cataloguing Manager. It was first published on 9 March 2017. This is the very first post with which we opened the blog, and marks the beginning of the pilot phase. Much has changed since then, but Faye describes the very first days with enthusiasm and high hopes for the future. You can find the written version of this post on our blog: https://sites.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2017/03/09/int...
2021-11-1704 minThe Week in ArtIs M+ in Hong Kong censoring its displays? Plus, the Courtauld Gallery and Black American Portraits in LAIn Hong Kong, the long-awaited M+ Museum opens this week, amid accusations of censorship by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Ilaria Maria Sala joins us to tell us about her visit to the museum. The Courtauld Gallery, one of London’s great collections, is re-opening after a three-year renovation, and we take a tour of the gallery with its director Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen. And in this week’s Work of the Week, Christine Y Kim tells us about Samella Lewis’s Bag Man, a key work in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s exhibition Black American Portraits. Host...
2021-11-121h 14
Front RowTori Amos performs, The Courtauld Gallery reopening and Dopesick series reviewed, Heidi Stephens live blogsTori Amos plays live and tells presenter Tom Sutcliffe about going from rock bottom to renewal in her lockdown album conceived on the Cornish coast, Ocean to Ocean.The Courtauld Gallery in London, renowned in particular for its collection of Impressionist art, reopens after a major 3-year refurbishment. Reviewers Waldemar Januszczak and Subhadra Das join Tom to assess the refreshed setting. They’ll also be watching new series Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton and Rosario Dawson and directed by Barry Levinson, a drama about the impact of OxyContin on a small mining town in the Eastern US....
2021-11-1142 min
Future You: achieve your career goalsArt conservation (with The Courtauld)If you're from an art history, fine art or scientific background - or have an interest in any of those subjects - this one is for you. Have you considered turning your hand to art conservation?
Lucy Fellows studied the MA Conservation of Easel Paintings at The Courtauld in London. In this episode of Future You, she gives us a fascinating insight into the world of art conservation, what inspired her to choose a postgraduate course in this field, and the career pathway it opens up.
Visit www.prospects.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses to search for p...
2021-10-1928 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogYoga Vinyasa Inspired by Paul Laib's Photographs of Barbara Hepworth's WorkThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Yoga Vinyasa Inspired by Paul Laib's Photographs of Barbara Hepworth's Work'. It was written and recorded by Mary Whittingdale, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 8 October 2021.Mary was inspired by Paul Laib's photographs of Barbara Hepworth's sculptures to create a yoga vinyasa. A vinyasa is a sequence of positions, one flowing after the other, guided by the breath. This type of yoga invites exploration of Hepworth’s work particularly well as attention is brought to both th...
2021-10-1803 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn The Shelley Memorial by Edward Onslow FordThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On The Shelley Memorial by Edward Onslow Ford'. It was written by Alexander Bird, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 10 April 2020. This audio version is read by Christopher Williams, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this post, Alexander considers how Edward Onslow Ford's memorial for Percy Bysshe Shelley idealised the poet's life and death. The memorial can be found at University College Oxford, where Shelley was once a rebellious student, and depicts a male figure surrounded...
2021-09-2507 min
The Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Hop Exchange, Southwark, LondonThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Hop Exchange'. It was written by Lorraine Stoker, who volunteers with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 22 June 2021. This audio version is read by Celia Cockburn, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this post, Lorraine uses a photograph of the decorated portico of the Hop Exchange in Southwark, London, UK, to reflect on the changing fortunes of hop-pickers and hop-sellers in living memory. The tympanum, above the doorway of the Exchange, shows an idealised view of hop-pickers, while inside the building...
2021-07-2107 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogA Sequel To The “Unfinished Symphony” Of Charles Sargeant JaggerThis is the audio version of the blog post 'A Sequel To The “Unfinished Symphony” Of Charles Sargeant Jagger'. It was written by Cornelia Chen aka Chen Chen, who did a remote student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 14 May 2021. This audio version is read by Christopher Williams, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this post, Cornelia is inspired by photographs of Charles Sergeant Jagger's sculptures to reflect on the workings of memory and public memorialisation. Using a software called Pixelsynth, Cornelia creates sound pieces to accompany the photographs: the...
2021-07-2113 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogGetting to know our volunteersThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Getting to know our volunteers'. It was written by Sarah Way, who was the Volunteer Coordinator with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project from 2017-2019. It was first published on 22 March 2017. This audio version is read by Celia Cockburn, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this post, Sarah reflects on six weeks of recruiting new volunteers for the project. It turns out, it's almost impossible to describe a 'typical' volunteer for the project, as people come from all walks of life to generously bring their skills and...
2021-05-2104 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogMeet our volunteers... Gill, Lorraine, and Bill1-7 June is Volunteers’ Week in the UK. In 2020, this fell during lockdown, and we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate our fantastic Digitisation Volunteers. We interviewed several of our volunteers and shared their responses in a series of blog posts.This interview is with Gill, Lorraine, and Bill. For this audio version, Gill and Bill read their own answers, while Lorraine's answers are voiced by Celia. The audio was edited by Christopher Bean. Both Celia and Christopher are also volunteers with us. As you will hear, our volunteers come from all walks of life and ha...
2021-05-1808 min
grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friendsCompost, Looking After Our Soil & Asparagus with The Land Gardeners, Henrietta Courtauld & Bridget Elworthy - Episode 13With a mix of English and Kiwi flair, The Land Gardeners are on a mission to improve the health of our plants, land and soil, with both Henrietta Courtauld and Bridget Elworthy designing gardens as productive as they are stunning.On this week’s ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ we hear about how their wonderful ‘Climate Compost’ plans to bring biodiverse compost to your garden, tips to make your own ‘Compost Cakes’, and a variety of new ways to use asparagus in your cooking.In this episode, discover:The story behind Henrietta and Bridget’s mission around p...
2021-04-2928 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogMeet our volunteers... Francesca and Anne1-7 June is Volunteers’ Week in the UK. In 2020, this fell during lockdown, and we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate our fantastic Digitisation Volunteers. We interviewed several of our volunteers and shared their responses in a series of blog posts.This interview is with Francesca and Anne. For this audio version, Francesca'a answers are read by Claudia, and Anne's answers are voiced by Celia, who are also digitisation volunteers. As you will hear, our volunteers come from all walks of life and have a huge range of interests. We hope you enjoy meeting some of ou...
2021-04-2306 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogBuilding Independence: the Kenyan ParliamentThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Building Independence: the Kenyan Parliament'. It was written by Ben Britton, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 23 April 2021. This audio version is also read by Ben.In this post, Ben examines two photographs by Anthony Kersting. These photographs show the National Assembly building in Nairobi, Kenya. In its architectural design, Ben explains how the building reflects both the tastes and legacies of colonial rule, and the ambitious future-looking, socialist ambitions of the independent nation.You...
2021-04-2304 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogMeet Our Volunteers… Celia And Erva1-7 June is Volunteers’ Week in the UK. In 2020, this fell during lockdown, and we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate our fantastic Digitisation Volunteers. We interviewed several of our volunteers and shared their responses in a series of blog posts.This interview is with Celia and Erva. For this audio version, Celia was able to read her responses, and Erva's answers are voiced by Elena, another digitisation volunteer. As you will hear, our volunteers come from all walks of life and have a huge range of interests. We hope you enjoy meeting some of our wo...
2021-03-2507 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogA Photographic Detective Story: The Curious Case Of The Sultan In The CellarThis is the audio version of the blog post 'A Photographic Detective Story: The Curious Case Of The Sultan In The Cellar'. It was written by Julian Wood, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 5 February 2021. This audio version is read by Meredith Loper, who is also a digitisation volunteer.In this post, Julian is intrigued by a mysterious photo album held in the Conway Library. The album is filled with black-and-white prints showing churches, classical architecture, and city scapes from around the Mediterranean. But who made...
2021-03-1118 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogLayers of London Records: The Crown Pub, the Lenin Memorial, Ludgate Circus, and the Horniman MuseumThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Layers of London records by Michael Mayes'. Michael is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project, and this post includes an introduction written by Fran Allfrey, the Courtauld Connects volunteer officer. It was first published on 26 June 2020. This audio version is read by Claudia Neagu, who is also a digitisation volunteer.Layers of London is a website run by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. Layers of London allows anyone in the world to add photographs to a map of London...
2021-03-1106 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogLondon Life: Beatniks And Barefoot Girls In Trafalgar SquareThis is the audio version of the blog post 'London Life: Beatniks And Barefoot Girls In Trafalgar Square'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 11 December 2020. This audio version is read by Celia Cockburn, who is also a digitisation volunteer.One of thousands of photographs by Anthony Kersting is labelled "Beatniks and barefoot girls in Trafalgar Square". Lorraine is transported by the photograph back to the 1960s, and brings together research and personal memories to imagine the conversations being had...
2021-02-1110 minThe Courtauld Digital Media Blog9,763 Red BoxesThis is the audio version of the blog post '9,763 Red Boxes'. The post was written by Surya Bowyer, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 29 January 2021. The post features illustrations by Simba Baylon who can be found on Instagram @simbalenciaga. This audio version is read by Christopher Williams, who is also a digitisation volunteer.Surya's beautiful post combines memories, instruction manuals from the digitisation project, photographic theory, and quotations from Susan Sontag, Donald Barthelme, William Blake to reconstruct an experience of being in the Conway Library...
2021-02-1110 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogStepping Back In Mind, South East AsiaThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Stepping Back In Mind, South East Asia'. The post was written by Muny Morgan, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 4 December 2020. This audio version is read by Tianyu, who is also a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Muny comes across a photograph taken by Anthony Kersting of Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, in Bangkok. Kersting travelled the world, and thousands of his photos are in the Courtauld's collection. However, this particular photograph leads Muny...
2021-02-1107 min
National Museums NIThe Fine Print Episode 4: The Impressionists as PrintmakersThis is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking.
In this episode, Anna chats to Dr Rachel Sloan, Assistant Curator of Works on Paper at The Courtauld, London, about the Ulster Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Renoir and the New Era’, curated by Anna and which explores the Impressionists by taking Renoir’s masterpiece ‘La Loge’ as its centrepiece, alongside accompanying works on paper from the Ulster Museum’s collection. Anna and Rachel discuss prints...
2020-12-1430 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogSoutine’s Portraits Exhibition At The Courtauld GalleryThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Soutine’s Portraits Exhibition At The Courtauld Gallery'. The post was written by Stewart Cliff, who volunteered with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 1 November 2017. This audio version is read by Elena Vardon, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Stewart discusses the portraits made by Soutine displayed at The Courtauld in 2017. He discusses how the artist's work relates to that of his contemporaries, including photographers, other painters, and modernist and post-modernist designers. Stewart shows us a way of looking at th...
2020-11-2607 minThe Courtauld Digital Media Blog18th Century China Under The Pen Of William Alexander: An Amazing Journey Following The British EmbassyThis is the audio version of the blog post '18th Century China Under The Pen Of William Alexander: An Amazing Journey Following The British Embassy'. The post was written by Ruixian Zhang, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 3 September 2019. This audio version is read by Gill Stoker, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Ruixian traces the journey made in 1792 by the first British Embassy to China. William Alexander was a young draftsman who was recruited to join the embassy and record its...
2020-11-1723 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Visiting the British Library's Imaging StudiosThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Visiting the British Library's Imaging Studios'. The post was written by Carol Budd, a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 9 June 2017. This audio version is read by Bill Bryant, who is also a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Carol recounts a visit to the British Library's imaging studios. Volunteers at the Courtauld frequently visit other digitisation projects, to put our project into context, and find out more about the wider world of digital preservation and archives, and open access...
2020-11-0506 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogLondon's Hanging Gardens of Babylon: the Alexandra Road Estate Then and NowThis is the audio version of the blog post 'London's Hanging Gardens of Babylon: the Alexandra Road Estate Then and Now'. The post was written by Florence Heyworth, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 2 October 2020. This audio version is read by Ellie, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Florence looks at the history of the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, which was designed by Neave Brown for Camden Council in 1968. Known often as simply 'Alexandra Road', the estate became instantly iconic, and has featured in a...
2020-11-0511 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogAnthony Kersting "Nassau, Bahamas, Chelsea Pottery"This is the audio version of the blog post 'Anthony Kersting "Nassau, Bahamas, Chelsea Pottery"'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 18 September 2020. This audio version is read by Anne Hutchings, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Lorraine examines a single photograph by Anthony Kersting. The photograph catches Lorraine's eye for the sheer array of different sculptures that are on show, and Kersting has captured a young artist sitting amongst the statues, glazing a plate. On the back of the print...
2020-10-1605 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogUtopia Or Incubator? Le Corbusier’s L’Unité D’Habitation As Photographed By Lucien HervéThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Utopia Or Incubator? Le Corbusier’s L’Unité D’Habitation As Photographed By Lucien Hervé'. The post was written by Mia Gainsford, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 10 January 2020. This audio version is read by Francesca Humi, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Mia explores the resonances of the alternative names given to Le Corbusier’s L’Unité D’Habitation building in Marseille, France. For some, it is 'la maison du fada', or 'the madman's house', while f...
2020-10-0813 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogEmerging from the emulsion: Milton Hall ChinoiserieThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Emerging from the emulsion: Milton Hall Chinoiserie'. The post was written by Faye Fornasier, who is the Digitisation Manager with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 26 May 2017. This audio version is read by Christopher Williams, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Faye examines a beautiful photograph of an ornate bedroom, taken by Anthony Frank Kersting in the 1950s. The entire space is lavishly decorated, with different colours and textures suggested even in the black and white photograph. Looking closely at the digitised...
2020-10-0204 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogWorker/Housewife: Designing The Frankfurt KitchenThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Worker/Housewife: Designing The Frankfurt Kitchen'. The post was written by Victoria Bennett, who is the Digitisation Assistant with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 25 September 2020. This audio version is read by Celia Cockburn, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Victoria weighs up the revolutionary, yet conservative, ideals behind the 'Frankfurt Kitchen'. In the mid-1920s in Frankfurt, Germany saw a desperate housing shortage. In 1925, architect and city planner Ernst May was employed to head a new social housing project, known as...
2020-10-0213 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogWings and WheelsThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Wings and Wheels'. The post was written by Evie Mc, who is a volunteer with Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 6 November 2017. This audio version is read by Ellie, another digitisation volunteer.In this blog Evie delves into the symbolism of a print from the Courtauld's collection. A surreal scene of figures with many heads and wings gliding over waters accompanied by enormous wheels covered in eyes leads Evie to explore biblical passages. Evie also uncovers the meaning of the names and abbreviations...
2020-09-2108 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Illegible Anthony KerstingThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Illegible Kersting'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, who is a volunteer with Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 10 January 2018. This audio version is read by Anne Hutchings, another digitisation volunteer.In this blog Lorraine introduces us to Anthony Kersting's hand written ledger books. Kersting had a meticulous system of numbering all his prints and negatives, and keeping ledger books where you can look up the number, and find a short description. The slight problem is, sometimes his handwriting can be...
2020-09-1609 minThe Courtauld Digital Media Blog“North Iraq, A Yezidi Girl”: Memory And Forgetting In The Kersting Photographic ArchiveThis is the audio version of the blog post '“North Iraq, A Yezidi Girl”: Memory And Forgetting In The Kersting Photographic Archive'. The post was written and read by Brittany Ellis, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 27 March 2020.In this blog Brittany reflects on Anthony Kersting's photographs of people taken in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan in the 1940s. Brittany is an anthropologist and archaeologist, which leads her to focus on the histories and contexts, material properties, and the silences in these photographs. She wond...
2020-09-1618 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogJacob Epstein's Strand StatuesThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Strand Statues'. The post was written by Leonora Monson, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 24 January 2020. The audio version is read by David Brown, a digitisation volunteer.In this blog Leonora explains the story of commission, controversy, and iconoclasm surrounding Jacob Epstein's statues on the Strand. Designed for and installed on what was the British Medical Association's building at 429 Strand, the statues showing human forms of birth, life, and death quickly generated a public debate...
2020-09-1609 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Northampton Architecture And Mr Bassett-LowkeThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Northampton Architecture And Mr Bassett-Lowke'. The post was written and read by Jane Macintyre, who is a volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 22 May 2019.In this blog (one of a pair) Jane explores gems of Northampton architecture and interior design. This post focusses on Northampton businessman W.J. Bassett-Lowke (1877–1953). He is perhaps best known as the man behind the development of the UK’s model railway industry. He was also an enthusiastic supporter of modernism, which led him to comm...
2020-09-1503 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Meeting HRH The Princess RoyalThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Meeting HRH The Princess Royal'. The post was written and read by Jane Macintyre, who is a volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 16 June 2017.In this blog, Jane recounts the day that HRH the Princess Royal visited The Courtauld Gallery and the Institute in her role as Chancellor of the University of London. This included dropping in to see the progress of the (then brand new!) digitisation project. Photographs of the Princess’s home, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, are hel...
2020-09-1504 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Northampton Architecture: The GuildhallThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Northampton Architecture: The Guildhall'. The post was written and read by Jane Macintyre, who is a volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 11 March 2019.In this blog (one of a pair) Jane explores gems of Northampton architecture and interior design. This post focusses on the ornate Guildhall building, a stunning example of high Victorian Gothic revival by architect E.W. Godwin, completed in 1864. Jane examines how small details of the building reflect stories of Northampton's industry and leisure....
2020-09-1502 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogCollecting Conway StoriesThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Collecting Stories Workshop'. The post was written by Faye Fornasier, Digitisation Manager for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 18 August 2017. The audio version is read by Digitisation Volunteer Celia Cockburn.In this blog, Faye explains the Collecting Stories workshop, in which digitisation volunteers explores the Conway Library and found photographs that spoke to them. Volunteers chose photographs because they sparked a memory or personal connection, reminded them of a favourite artwork, or were visually intriguing. Some of the stories and responses from...
2020-09-1512 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogAt a crossroads: Anthony Kersting's depiction of Almudena Cathedral, MadridThis is the audio version of the blog post 'At a crossroads: Anthony Kersting's depiction of Almudena Cathedral, Madrid'. The post was written and read by Mihaela Elena Man, who did a student placement with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 28 August 2020.In this blog, Mihaela examines a photograph by Anthony Kersting of the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid. Kersting took the photograph in 1956, before the main façade of the building was completed. Mihaela explores the resonances of the photograph: at first, it seems to evoke nostalgia, the partially-constructed cathedral appearing l...
2020-09-0807 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogPrints and Paper: On visiting the Courtauld's prints room and conservation studioThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Prints and Paper: On visiting the Courtauld's prints room and conservation studio'. The post was written by Evie, a digitisation volunteer for the Courtauld Connects project. It was first published on 15 September 2017. The audio version is read by Gill Stoker, who is also a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Evie describes a visit to the print rooms and conservation studios at the Courtauld. She introduces us to the world of print making techniques, from etching to aquatint to lithography, and explains how the conservators and curators at the...
2020-09-0812 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogCan Tony Kersting Take You To Your Home Town?This is the audio version of the blog post 'Can Tony Kersting Take You To Your Home Town?'. The post was written by Faye Fornasier, Digitisation Manager for the Courtauld Connects project. It was first published on 4 May 2018. The audio version is read by Tanya Goodman-Bailey, who is a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Faye goes looking for her home town (Belluno in Italy) among the prints, negatives, and hand-written ledgers in Anthony Kersting's collection. Kersting's photographs came to the Courtauld in 2008 after he passed away. Happily, Faye finds her home town, and she examines some...
2020-09-0804 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Keats-Shelley House In RomeThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Keats-Shelley House In Rome'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, a digitisation volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Library project. It was first published on 31 July 2020. The audio version is read by Bill Bryant, who is also a digitisation volunteer.In this blog, Lorraine examines a photograph of the Keats Shelley House in Rome, taken by Anthony Frank Kersting in 1961. Lorraine sees the images and ideas of Keats's poem, 'Ode to a Nightingale', reflected in the then-dilapidated building captured in black-and-white by Kersting. She reflects on how...
2020-09-0705 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Creative City: The Southbank UndercroftThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Creative City'. The post was written by Keelin Willis, who did a student placement at the Courtauld. It was first published on 7 February 2020. The audio version is read by David Brown, a digitisation volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library project.In this blog, Keelin explores the notion of the city as "theatre", proposed by Lewis Mumford in his 1937 essay "What is a City?". She examines whether or how ordinary citizens might have the potential to shape or re-shape the city that shapes them. The Undercroft at...
2020-08-2508 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogVisions Of LondonThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Visions of London'. The post was written by Hannah Wilson, who did a student placement at the Courtauld. It was first published on 17 January 2019. The audio version is read by Anne Hutchings, a digitisation volunteer for the Courtauld Connects Conway Library project.In this blog, Hannah examines three examples of plans for London that never came to fruition: from a monumental Neo Classical addition to Selfridges in 1918; the pre World War II proposals for wide boulevards of gleaming glass and concrete by the Glass Age Town Planning Committee...
2020-08-2411 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogReflections on 'Imagination Dead Imagine'This is the audio version of the blog post 'Reflections on Imagination Dead Imagine'. The post was written by Megan Stevenson, who did a student placement at the Courtauld. It was first published on 24 August 2020. The audio version is also read by Megan.In this blog, Megan reflects on an intriguing photograph from the visual art and installations section of the Conway Library. The photograph shows an installation view of ‘Imagination Dead Imagine’, a sculpture by David Ward, exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, England, in 1991. Megan wonders whether the photograph could ever faithfully capture the inst...
2020-08-2403 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Visiting the Tate Archives and Digitisation ProjectThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Visiting the Tate Archives'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, a digitisation volunteer at the Courtauld. It was first published on 21 June 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Gill Stoker.In this blog, Lorraine discusses a visit to the Tate Archives. She explains the rationale behind the project, and how its aims align with, and can offer inspiration to, the Courtauld digitisation project and volunteers. Lorraine also explores some of the history of the Tate Britain building itself and its new 'Digital Archive Corridor...
2020-08-1909 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Serene Beauty of Robert Byron's IsfahanThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The serene beauty of Robert Byron's Isfahan'. The post was written by Sophie Buckman, who did a student placement with the Courtauld. It was first published on 13 March 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Christopher Williams.In this blog, Sophie is transported to Isfahan by photographs captured by early-twentieth-century travel writer Robert Byron. Byron's photographs which he took to illustrate his 1937 book The Road to Oxiana, are held in the Conway library at the Courtauld. Sophie examines Byron's photographs of the bridges that cross the Zayandehrud...
2020-08-1208 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogWho made the Conway Library?This is the audio version of the blog post 'Who Made the Conway Library?'. The post was written by Faye Fornasier, Digitisation Manager at the Courtauld. It was first published on 30 June 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Gill Stoker.In this blog, Faye explains how the library was founded by Martin Conway, but subsequently added to by hundreds of expert and amateur photographers. Since 2017, volunteers have been busy transcribing names printed, stamped, or hand written onto the photographs to compile a list of names. In summer 2020, during lockdown, volunteers began the process of...
2020-08-1108 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogVignetting In Archive PhotographsThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Castle Howard'. The post was written by Mark Long, who, at the time of writing was a digitisation volunteer on the Courtauld Digitisation project, and in 2019 Mark joined the staff team as the Photographic Conservation & Collections Coordinator. It was first published on 14 December 2018. The audio version is also read by digitisation volunteer Bill Bryant.In this blog, Mark explains the phenomenon of 'vignetting', which is where shaded corners encroach on a photograph. In the age of Instagram, vignetting can be a stylistic choice. However, in the world of...
2020-08-1104 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogCastle Howard and Brideshead RevisitedThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Castle Howard'. The post was written by John Ramsey, a volunteer on the Courtauld Digitisation project. It was first published on 8 August 2020. The audio version is also read by John.In this blog, John explores Castle Howard, prompted by two photographs by Anthony Kersting held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The stately home inspired the setting for Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, and the house was also used in the TV adaptation of the book. During a digitisation shift, John noticed something different...
2020-08-1104 min
Mud Between Your Toes podcastsLouisa Treger, author of The Dragon Lady, chats about the life of Lady Virginia (Ginie) CourtauldIn Series 02 Episode 07 of https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/ CONVERSATIONS WITH LOUISA TREGER. Louisa was a classical violinist until she turned her hand to literature. Her debut novel, The Lodger, was widely acclaimed, and she followed it up with The Dragon Lady, based on the life of Lady Virginia (Ginie) Courtauld – no stranger to Zimbabweans who grew up in the Eastern highlands. The book’s title comes from a nickname referencing the snake tattoo that wound up one of Lady Courtaulds’ leg.
Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/mud-be...
2020-08-0528 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogAnthony Frank Kersting, Canary Wharf, And The Removal Of The Fat CatThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Anthony Frank Kersting, Canary Wharf, And The Removal Of The Fat Cat'. The post was written by Jessie Palmer, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 15 August 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer David Brown.In this blog, Jessie goes hunting for the 'Fat Cat' in the Conway library. Unsurprisingly for the secretive world of finance, she finds that the Fat Cat in human form is nowhere to be seen. However, Jessie explains how four photographs by Anthony Kersting...
2020-08-0408 min
Bande à partVirtual HistoriesWe reflect on Rebecca’s MA Documenting Fashion students’ brilliant work this year and discuss the exciting virtual exhibitions ‘Jalebi’ by Ahluwalia and Laurence Ellis, and ‘"My Heart will always be in Brixton": Olive Morris’ by Linett Kamala with the Black Cultural Archives on Google Arts and Culture. See links below.
Courtauld Institute of Art, MA History of Art Special Option: Documenting Fashion: Modernity, Films and Image in America and Europe, 1920-1960: https://courtauld.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ma-history-art/documenting-fashion
http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/documentingfashion/
V&A, London, fashion exhibitions: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/exhibiting-fashion-victoria-and-albert-museum/5wKyuCOYoCgBIA?hl=en
Metropolitan...
2020-07-0523 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogKersting’s Modern Quirks – A Visual Essay (with audio description)This is the audio version of the blog post 'Kersting’s Modern Quirks – A Visual Essay'. The post was written by Verity Babbs, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 19 July 2019. Verity also reads the audio version. Originally published as a visual essay, Verity has added audio description to the images.In this blog, Verity compares photographs by Anthony Frank Kersting with contemporary artworks. Kersting's photographic negatives and prints are held in the Conway Library collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art. You can find the written version on ou...
2020-06-2507 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogAgnes Conway 1885–1950This is the audio version of the blog post 'Agnes Conway 1885–1950'. The post was written by John Ramsey, a digitisation project volunteer, and was first published on 20 March 20. The audio version is read by Amanda Roberts.In this blog, John delves into the memoires of Agnes Conway, daughter of Martin Conway, founder of the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Agnes was a trailblazer in many senses: founding an important women's collection in what is now the Imperial War Museum, and travelling widely visiting archaeological sites with Evelyn Radford, a friend from university, and he...
2020-06-2516 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogCatching The PhotographerThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Catching The Photographer'. The post was written by Isabella Lill, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 2 August 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Anna Thompson.In this blog, Isabella discusses the questions raised by catching glimpses of photographers in the Conway Library. Most photos in the collection focus on architecture and art. Yet, from time to time, we are reminded of the people who made the library what it is, as we spot them in reflections or shadows...
2020-06-2505 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn Digitising At The CourtauldThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On Digitising at the Courtauld'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Mary Caple, and was first published on 8 May 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Tanya Goodman-Bailey.In this blog, Mary explains some of the key processes that go into the Conway Library digitisation project: from initial sorting and labelling (otherwise known as accessioning); transcribing the hand-written ledgers of photographer Anthony Kersting; and taking photographs of photographs with powerful cameras.You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac...
2020-06-2509 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogChurch Of St James The Great, South LeighThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Church Of St James The Great, South Leigh'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey, and was first published on 23 October 2018. The audio version is also read by John.In this blog, John follows the trail set by a beautiful photograph of a Church wall painting, captured by Anthony Kersting. Kersting's detailed photograph, taken in 1997, leads John to examine the iconography of The Last Judgment, and reveals intriguing connections between these medieval visions, nineteenth-century design, and even a contemporary poet.You can find the...
2020-06-2503 minThe Courtauld Digital Media Blog“I Suppose It’s Not The Place’s Fault”This is the audio version of the blog post '“I Suppose It’s Not The Place’s Fault”'. The post was written by Sophie Bailey, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 26 July 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Elena Vardon.In this blog, Sophie explains the vision of the post-war town planners as they created "New Towns". She notes that "places such as Stevenage were designed to be “gay and bright” [...] replicating the neighbourly spirit of London slums within a self-contained community, near to the countryside...
2020-06-2507 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogMeeting The Photographer’s Gaze – Absence And Presence In Anthony Kersting’s Images Of NepalThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Meeting The Photographer’s Gaze – Absence And Presence In Anthony Kersting’s Images Of Nepal'. The post was written by Samuel Cheney, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 12 July 2019. The audio version is read by Samuel.In this blog, Sam examines photographs taken by Anthony Kersting in Nepal in 1971. Sam suggests that these photographs "show how Kersting attempted to provide an impression of the country by representing both humanity and architectural landscapes in one continuum". Kersting's photographic negatives and prints are he...
2020-06-2508 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogLooking Through Different Laws Of LandscapeThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Looking Through Different Laws Of Landscape'. The post was written by Alia Ahmad, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 4 December 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Verity Babbs.In this blog, Alia considers the presentation of landscape in the works of three artists: paintings by Édouard Manet, sketches by Federico Barocci, and photographs by Anthony Kersting. Copies of Manet and Barocci's work can be found in the Courtauld Institute of Art’s Witt Library. The Witt is a col...
2020-06-2504 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogUnexpected Music In The Conway LibraryThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Unexpected Music In The Conway Library'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Ferhat Ulusu, and was first published on 29 May 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Christopher Williams.In this blog, Ferhat reviews the evening of music organised by students and staff at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Following Ferhat's review are the programme notes, which introduce each piece in the words of the composers and organisers.You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk...
2020-06-2506 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogModernity In The ConwayThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Modernity In The Conway'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Lorraine Stoker, and was first published on 7 November 2018. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Anna Thompson.In this blog, Lorraine finds some of her favourite examples of modernist architecture in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Taking in the Barbican estate in the City of London, the Isokon building, Camden, and Bevin Court, Finsbury, Lorraine invites us to see the splendour in these concrete palaces.You can find the written...
2020-06-2504 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Steiner Guide To Steiner – A Mini Waldorf Textbook For The CourtauldThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Steiner Guide To Steiner – A Mini Waldorf Textbook For The Courtauld'. The post was written by Tallulah Griffith, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 13 February 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Gill Stoker.In this blog, Tallulah explains her creation 'The Steiner Guide To Steiner', a non-textbook that includes prompts written diagonally and upside down, and photographs of Rudolf Steiner's 'Goetheanum' buildings which are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Steiner - a...
2020-06-2505 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogAnthony Kersting and The PicturesqueThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Anthony Kersting and The Picturesque'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Irma Delmonte, and was first published on 18 June 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey.In this blog, Irma examines how photographs by Anthony Kersting, held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, reveal the photographer's keen interest in ideas of 'The Picturesque'. Kersting's photographs of the Rievaulx Terrace and 'Cistercian abbey' at Duncombe Park in Yorkshire show the buildings as the architects would have wanted them: in the context...
2020-06-2503 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogJourney Through Materiality – Communicating Familiarity And DistanceThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Journey Through Materiality – Communicating Familiarity And Distance'. The post was written by Peyton Cherry, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 1 July 2019. The audio version is read by Peyton.In this blog, Peyton contemplates intimacy in the photographs of Anthony Kersting, held in the Conway Library. The argues that through the digitisation process, which pays particular attention to the materiality of photographs, we need not worry that any sense of intimacy is lost, and that we may bridge distance in time an...
2020-06-2514 minThe Courtauld Digital Media Blog“The New Towns Are No Longer New” – Basildon In The Conway ArchiveThis is the audio version of the blog post '“The New Towns Are No Longer New” – Basildon In The Conway Archive'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Ben Britton, and was first published on 21 February 2020. The audio version is also read by Ben.In this blog, Ben muses on the unfortunate fate of the reputation of "New Towns" in Britain, which were conceived of as utopic communities, filled with post-war optimism. Examining photographs of Basildon, Ben finds reason to champion these "New Towns": they show lively activity and ambitious social architecture, which - with continued invest...
2020-06-2506 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Man Who Wasn’t There: portraiture through the eyes of Anthony KerstingThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Man Who Wasn’t There: portraiture through the eyes of Anthony Kersting'. The post was written by Alia Ahmad, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 18 December 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Francesca Humi.In this blog, Alia can't resist looking through hundreds of boxes of photographs by Anthony Kersting, held at the Conway Library in the Courtauld Institute of Art. She reflects on how Kersting's portraits depict subjects who seem so at ease, we forget the ph...
2020-06-2507 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogThe Oxen of Laon CathedralThis is the audio version of the blog post 'The Oxen of Laon Cathedral'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey, and was first published on 3 January 2020. The audio version is also read by John.In this blog, John delves into medieval scholarship and folklore to propose why Laon Cathedral, France, is unusually adorned with sixteen life-sized statues of oxen.You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/01/03/john-ramsey-the-oxen-of-laon-cathedral/
2020-06-2506 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogWinning And Losing – Photographs Of Works Of ArtThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Winning And Losing – Photographs Of Works Of Art'. The post was written by Lara Drew, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 3 April 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Fran Nardone.In this blog, Lara considers the cultural effect of reproducing works of art in photographs: can a photograph truly capture a work of art in a satisfactory way? And when can a photograph tell us more than the original artwork as it now exists?You can fi...
2020-06-2510 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogContested Spaces: Capturing Modernist Architecture In Postcolonial IndiaThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Contested Spaces: Capturing Modernist Architecture In Postcolonial India'. The post was written by Corinna Summers, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 1 February 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Christopher Williams.In this blog, Corinna discusses the "relationship between the aesthetics of architecture and its social function", prompted by photographs of buildings designed by French architect Le Corbusier and his team in the 1950s in Chandigarh, northern India.You can find the written version on our blog...
2020-06-2505 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogInterpreting the Conway With BeyondAutismThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Interpreting the Conway Library With BeyondAutism'. The post was written by Sarah Way, who at the time of writing was Volunteer Manager on the digitisation project, and was first published on 13 September 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Gill Stoker.In this blog, Sarah reflects on a day spent with students and staff at BeyondAutism on a creative project using Conway Library photographs. The result was 'a very sensory, sticky and wonderfully original set of collages, all unique in their outcome, all reflective of a much...
2020-06-2506 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogA Love Affair With CanadaThis is the audio version of the blog post 'A Love Affair With Canada'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Sabrina Gardiner, and was first published on 20 February 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Tanya Goodman-Bailey.In this blog, Sabrina recounts her visits to Canada, and reflects on how the photographs of Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Toronto made her fall in love with the country all over again.You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/02/20/sabrina-gardiner-a-love-affair-with-canada/
2020-06-2505 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogOn the Wellington ArchThis is the audio version of the blog post 'On the Wellington Arch'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey, and was first published on 23 August 2018. The audio version is also read by John.In this blog, John is prompted by a nineteenth-century Conway Library photograph of Hyde Park Corner to examine the history of one of London's landmarks, and the Wellington statue that once had pride of place upon it.You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2018/08/23/john-ramsey-wellington-arch/
2020-06-2503 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogSharing And Caring. Beautiful Damaged Negatives.This is the audio version of the blog post 'Sharing and Caring. Beautiful Damaged Negatives'. The post was written by Faye Fornasier, digitisation project manager, and was first published on 10 July 2017. The audio version is read by Elena Vardon.In this blog, Faye discusses the effect of time and temperature variation on some of Anthony Kersting's negatives. The digitisation process will capture the details of the negatives, from cracks to speckles, to dream-like clouding. Can we see beauty in the damage?You can find the written version on our blog, https://blog.courtauld.ac.uk...
2020-06-2505 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogFinsbury, Lubetkin’s Socialist UtopiaThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Finsbury, Lubetkin’s Socialist Utopia'. The post was written by Aya Bolt, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 7 August 2019. The audio version is read by Christopher Williams.In this blog, Aya Bolt discusses the inter-war re-design of the Spa Green Estate, Finsbury, London, by Berthold Lubetkin and his architecture firm Tecton. Photographs of the estate are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art.You can find the written version on our blog, https://blog.co...
2020-06-2509 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogA Sculpture in Canterbury CathedralThis is the audio version of the blog post 'A Sculpture in Canterbury Cathedral'. The post was written by John Ramsey, a digitisation project volunteer, and was first published on 17 April 2020. John also read the audio version.In this blog, John discusses possible meanings in a curious 11th-century carving on a pillar in Canterbury Cathedral crypt. What are we to make of the strange animals and their musical instruments?You can find the written version on our blog, https://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/04/17/john-ramsey-a-sculpture-in-canterbury-cathedral/
2020-06-2507 minThe Courtauld Digital Media BlogCamera, Obscured: The Fine Art Photography Of Paul LaibThis is the audio version of the blog post 'Camera, Obscured: The Fine Art Photography Of Paul Laib'. The post was written by Mary Caple, a digitisation project volunteer, and was first published on 16 August 2017. The audio version is read by Anna Thompson.In this blog, Mary explains the process of putting together an exhibition of photographs from the Paul Laib collection, held at the Courtauld Institute of Art.You can find the written version on our blog, https://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2017/08/16/cameraobscured/
2020-06-2406 min
Bande à partCruise & ResortWe wonder just what cruise and resort wear are ... Some links below.
Fashion, Self-Reflexivity and the Question of Inspiration, Conference, History of Dress, Research Forum, The Courtauld Institute of Art (11 May 2019): https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/fashion-self-reflexivity-and-the-question-of-inspiration
Addressing Images with Nadya Wang, The Courtauld Institute (17 May 2019): https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/addressing-images-3
Fashion Illustration Masterclass with Martin Welch, The Courtauld Institute (17 June 2019): https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/fashion-illustration-masterclass-with-martin-welch
Bobby A. Suarez (director), Cleopatra Wong (1978): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077343/
Resort 2020 Shows on Vogue Runway: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/resort-2020
April Calahan, ‘Tina Leser: Global Vision’, in Nancy Deihl (ed...
2019-05-0422 min
The Week in ArtCourtauld’s Impressionists. Plus, Armenian treasures at the MetHow Samuel Courtauld’s collection ignited Britain’s passion for Impressionists. Plus, New York’s Metropolitan Museum looks at Armenia, the first country to convert to Christianity. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-09-2143 min
Futility ClosetVigil on the Ice In 1930, British explorer Augustine Courtauld volunteered to spend the winter alone on the Greenland ice cap, manning a remote weather station. As the snow gradually buried his hut and his supplies steadily dwindled, his relief party failed to arrive. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow Courtauld's increasingly desperate vigil on the ice. We'll also retreat toward George III and puzzle over some unexpected evidence. Intro: Rudyard Kipling hid messages in his illustrations for the Just So Stories. In the early 1900s, Danes bred pigs...
2017-08-0733 min
#BirkbeckVoicesThe Rhythms Of Life And Art Response - Alexandra GersteinAlexandra Gerstein (Courtauld Institute of Art) is curator of ‘Rodin and Dance: The Essence of Movement’ at the Courtauld Gallery. More information about the exhibition is available on the Courtauld Gallery website.
2016-12-1427 min
Podcast ActivateActivate 190- De qué viven los artistas? Rodrigo Cañete – Michel BauwensEn un mundo P2P, De qué viven los artistas? – Conversaciones con Rodrigo Cañete a partir de la hipótiesis de Michel Bauwens sobre la Economía Colaborativa próx. sábado 30 de Noviembre, a las 13hs por FM LA BOCA 90,1 MHZ
ACTIVATE Nº 189 – por Fm La Boca 90.1Hz Sábado 12/10 a las 13hs. Llamános y dejános tu mensaje: +5411 4954 3607 // +5411 4951 3139 o mandarnos un twitt: @articultores o en nuestros perfiles de facebook: articultores o ACTIVATE ! Programa de radio de articultores.
Partiendo de la hipótesis que postulara en el discurso de clausura en OuiShare Fest por parte de Michel Bauwens, fundad...
2013-12-0253 minPodcast ActivateActivate 12-10-2013 - Arte y artistas 2/ Rodrigo CañeteACTIVATE nº 183 por Fm La Boca 90.1Hz Sábado 12/10 a las 13hs. Llamános y dejános tu mensaje: +5411 4954 3607 // +5411 4951 3139 o mandarnos un twitt: @articultores o en nuestros perfiles de facebook: articultores o ACTIVATE ! Programa de radio de articultores
PROGRAMA DE LUJO para comprender el estado de arte actual.
Rodrigo Cañete representa la voz de la resistencia a la hegemónica situación del arte contemporáneo actual en Argentina. Decimos representa, porque un sinnúmero de activos comentaristas (anónimos o no), no lo hacen ver como “héroe” aislado, todo lo contrario se lo/s percibe/n como fuerza quebrand...
2013-10-2453 min