The Great Women Artists

Interviews with artists, curators and writers celebrating women in art AI summary

Katy Hessel Visit website › Arts · EN · 189 episodes · latest 2026-11-11

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Created off the back of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating women artists. Presented by art historian and curator, Katy Hessel, this podcast interviews artists on their career, or curators, writers, or general art lovers, on the female artist who means the most to them.

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Janina Ramirez on Hildegard of Bingen

2026-11-11 · 49 min

Today on the GWA Podcast is the brilliant medievalist and bestselling author, Professor Janina Ramirez. Currently based at Oxford University, Ramirez, while being one of Britain's most acclaimed academics and…
Firelei Báez

2026-10-28 · 49 min

Today on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed artist Firelei Báez! Hailed for her paintings that explode with effervescent colour and are filled with elements from the natural and supernatural world, or hybridised figures…
Mary Morton on Mary Cassatt

2026-10-20 · 49 min

Today on the GWA podcast is curator Mary Morton on the extraordinary painter Mary Cassatt! Mary Morton is curator and head of the Department of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where…
Lisa Le Feuvre on Nancy Holt

2026-10-13 · 51 min

TODAY on the GWA Podcast is curator and writer Lisa Le Feuvre, on the acclaimed land artist NANCY HOLT! The curator of over 75 exhibitions, including Casting a Glance: Dancing with Smithson at Marian Goodman Gallery,…
Edmund de Waal on Lucie Rie

2026-10-06 · 50 min

It's a new season of The Great Women Artists Podcast and we're kicking things off with the esteemed ceramicist and writer, Edmund de Waal! Hailed for his ceramic works that come in the form of fragments, cylindrical…
Joan Snyder

2026-06-03 · 44 min

TODAY on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed painter Joan Snyder. Hailed for her large-scale gestural canvases that pulsate with colour, line and text, and are often layered with, buried in, or imploded with images of…
Venice Biennale special: Lubaina Himid

2026-05-05 · 42 min

TODAY on the GWA Podcast: a very special bonus episode with Lubaina Himid, on her British Council Commission for the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2026, "Presenting History: Testing Translation". Returning to the…
Briony Fer on Sophie Taeuber-Arp

2026-04-29 · 45 min

TODAY on the GWA Podcast: esteemed art historian Briony Fer on the avant-garde icon, Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The Professor of History of Art at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy, Briony Fer is…
Deborah Levy on Gertrude Stein

2026-04-22 · 38 min

TODAY on The Great Women Artists podcast is the esteemed writer, Deborah Levy on avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein. The author of several novels, including August Blue, Hot Milk and Swimming Home, alongside the…
Alyce Mahon on Dorothea Tanning

2026-04-14 · 50 min

TODAY on the GWA Podcast, is art historian, Alyce Mahon discussing the great Surrealist, Dorothea Tanning. Born in Illinois in 1910, where she said “nothing happened but the wallpaper”, Tanning immersed herself in…

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Owner: The Great Women Artists Podcast
Oldest episode in feed: 09/2019 · over 7 years
Typical length: 45 min

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