Talk Art Podcast

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🎨🌟 Selected highlights from @LondonOriginalPrintFair , open all weekend at Somerset House where you can explore and discover great art! I started collecting and living with art aged 20 by buying affordable hand-signed prints, and I love this fair because it respects the legacy and integrity of fine art printmaking whilst also sharing many great new artists at work today. Artists as follows: 1. Michel Wolgemut ‘Dance of Death’ woodcut 1493 2. Georg Baselitz 3 Lisa Brice 4. Louise Giovanelli 5. Joy Gregory 6. Claudette Johnson 7-8. Leonora Carrington 9-10. Tracey Emin (my friends Roland Mouret, Russell Tovey and Ruth Wilson came too see the new prints) 11. Liorah Tchiprout 12-13. Ken Kiff 14. Paula Rego 15. Etel Adnan 16-17. Tracey Emin (with artist Sue Webster who stopped by our @CounterEditions booth) 18. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 19. Tracey Emin archive lithographs and etchings 20. Marcelle Hanselaar

🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast episode! Robert meets Mariane Ibrahim, leading gallerist and curator, whose mission is dedicated to the elevation and advocacy of diverse global artistic practices, with a particular spotlight on Africa and the diaspora. We explore @MarianeIbrahimGallery ’s spaces in three cities: Mexico City, Paris and Chicago, and the artists she has championed over the past 15 years. Representing artists from across the world, Ibrrahim is driven towards expanding the confines of the creative landscape. Ibrahim’s program compels her to act as something of an ambassador for nuance and complexity in an art world still prone to generalisation. While several of the emerging artists she represents hail from African countries or are members of the African diaspora, Ibrahim emphasises that they – and by extension, her gallery – have much more to offer than simplistic regional or heritage based labels could ever contain. Mariane Ibrahim Gallery is a highly influential contemporary art gallery that focuses on supporting and championing artists from the African diaspora and diverse global backgrounds. Founded in 2012 by Somali-French art dealer Mariane Ibrahim, the gallery has experienced a phenomenal international expansion, establishing a presence across three different continents. 🔗 Follow @MarianeIbrahimGallery 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

❤️‍🔥🎨📸 A break this afternoon looking at @PhotoLondonFair where I loved meeting some talented emerging artists including Shen Wei, @LauraMcCluskey and Bede Kincso. Standout booth by @MisanHarriman too of his powerful protest photography, The Purpose of Light. I also loved the vintage Cibachrome photographs by Joseph Rodriguez depicting the rawness of 1980s New York City. They really captured the beauty, chaos and spirit of that time, and the colours achieved from that type of photographic print are incredibly vibrant. Not forgetting my big discovery of the week Marisol Mendez, a photographer from Bolivia. I LOVE HER PHOTOGRAPHS so much. Plus, Iraqi artist @Sama_Alshaibi ’s photogravures with embossed paper were very special. Then, Steven Meisel’s giant prints of Isabella Blow, and other early 1990s Londoners, were memorable and alluring. And Devin Oktar Yalkın’s otherworldly portraits of Tilda Swinton too. J. K. Lavin’s vintage photo booth portraits from the 70s were noteworthy also.

🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast episode! Robert meets Mariane Ibrahim, leading gallerist and curator, whose mission is dedicated to the elevation and advocacy of diverse global artistic practices, with a particular spotlight on Africa and the diaspora. We explore @MarianeIbrahimGallery ’s spaces in three cities: Mexico City, Paris and Chicago, and the artists she has championed over the past 15 years. Representing artists from across the world, Ibrrahim is driven towards expanding the confines of the creative landscape. Ibrahim’s program compels her to act as something of an ambassador for nuance and complexity in an art world still prone to generalisation. While several of the emerging artists she represents hail from African countries or are members of the African diaspora, Ibrahim emphasises that they – and by extension, her gallery – have much more to offer than simplistic regional or heritage based labels could ever contain. Mariane Ibrahim Gallery is a highly influential contemporary art gallery that focuses on supporting and championing artists from the African diaspora and diverse global backgrounds. Founded in 2012 by Somali-French art dealer Mariane Ibrahim, the gallery has experienced a phenomenal international expansion, establishing a presence across three different continents. 🔗 Follow @MarianeIbrahimGallery 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

🎨🌟 Six new lithographs by Tracey Emin are being exhibited for the first time at the London Original Print Fair today at Somerset House until Sunday 17 May. “I feel really at home printmaking - what I really love about it is somehow, when I’ve made the print, I always think ‘God, why can’t I paint like that?’. I get a whole different kind of freedom from printmaking, because of the alchemy, and the fluidity, and because of the chance involved... there’s a kind of magic and I really, really love it. “ 🎟️ DM us for free tickets, Thursday - Sunday.

Artist portraits by Corbijn including Lucian Freud, Chris Ofili, Marlene Dumas, Ed Ruscha, Jeff Koons, Gilbert & George, Kiki Smith, Ai Wei Wei, Luc Tuymans, Richard Prince, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Gerhard Richter. 🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn made his first feature film Control about Ian Curtis’ life story. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, such as Courtney Love, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas among others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn made his first feature film Control about Ian Curtis’ life story. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

Anton’s new book designed by @mmparisdotcom 🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast episode! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas among others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn started working on his first feature film Control about the life, and death, of Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s lead singer. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

Sinead O,Connor (1990), portrait by this week’s guest Anton Corbijn. 🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas among others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn made his first feature film Control about Ian Curtis’ life story. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

Georg Baselitz (1938 - 2026) in his studio at Castle Derneburg (2001), portrait by this week’s guest Anton Corbijn. 🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas among others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn made his first feature film Control about Ian Curtis’ life story. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .

🎨🎉 New @TalkArt podcast episode! Robert meets legendary photographer ANTON CORBIJN @AntonCorbijn4Real to discuss his major retrospective opening today at Fotografiska, Berlin. The story of #AntonCorbijn begins in the quiet corners of a small Dutch island, where he grew up as the son of a vicar. For a young Corbijn, music was an escape, a passion that consumed him. His camera soon became both a tool and a companion, a way to channel his fascination with music and, perhaps more importantly, a means to navigate his own shyness. Now, having celebrated his 70th birthday last year, Corbijn looks back on over five decades of work that spans photography, music videos, and film. Corbijn, Anton celebrates his 50-year career and revisits his extensive body of work. Here, you will encounter nearly 150 iconic portraits. His signature black-and-white grainy aesthetic became a defining visual language in his work. A polymath in photography, music videos, feature films, graphic design, and commercials, Corbijn is perhaps best known for immortalizing some of the greatest artists of our time. His iconic portraits of musicians, directors, and artists, such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, U2, the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei, Marlene Dumas among others, are praised for the way they capture the soul and charisma of his subjects. Effortlessly moving in the early 80s from photography into music videos, Corbijn has since made over 80 promos for people like U2, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica, Nick Cave, Coldplay, and The Killers. He is the Artistic Director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode. For U2 he has done the principal promotion and sleeve photography for four decades. In 2006 Corbijn started working on his first feature film Control about the life, and death, of Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s lead singer. In 2025, he directed his fifth feature film titled Switzerland starring Helen Mirren. Follow: @AntonCorbijn4Real Visit the exhibition: @Fotografiska.Berlin 📻 Listen to Talk Art podcast, stream now: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted by @RobertDiament .