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Daniel Browning

Artists tell you why and how they create! From studio visits, intimate interviews, and live issues, we take art out of the gallery and into your ears.

Airs Wednesday 10am Repeated: Saturday 3am and Sunday 4pm.

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The artist who takes you to West Africa, through sound and taste

Emeka Ogboh used years of field recordings to create layered soundscapes of his hometown, Lagos in Nigeria. When he moved to Berlin, he added music and combined the sounds of both global cities in critically acclaimed albums.

Published: TueTue 20 Feb 2024 at 11:00pmwith Daniel Browning

Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

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The power couple behind this year's Sydney Biennale

So, you're given the keys to Australia's largest visual art festival, what next? Romanian-born curator Cosmin Costinas and Colombian Inti Guerrero are the co-directors of the Sydney Biennale.

Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

Published: 13 Feb 2024Tue 13 Feb 2024 at 11:00pmwith Daniel Browning

Helen Molesworth on death of Carl Andre + Olana Janfa + Brent Harris

Helen Molesworth is a curator and writer who became widely known for her hit podcast Death of an Artist, about the artist Ana Mendieta, whose husband sculptor Carl Andre was charged then acquitted of her murder in the 1980s.

Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

Published: 6 Feb 2024Tue 6 Feb 2024 at 11:00pmwith Daniel Browning

David Shrigley's sublimely silly, dark universe

When you see a David Shrigley picture – at worst, you’ll chuckle, at best you’ll laugh out loud every time you think of it (which is sometimes years later.

Artist David Shrigley sits in his studio in front of boxes and paintings.

Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

Published: 30 Jan 2024Tue 30 Jan 2024 at 11:00pmwith Daniel Browning

Tacita Dean + Hydraulic Press Girl + conflict avocados

Tacita Dean is one of the UK's most acclaimed artists, best known for working with 16mm analogue film.

Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds

Published: 23 Jan 2024Tue 23 Jan 2024 at 11:00pmwith Daniel Browning

Feature Articles

Meet Hydraulic Press Girl — the Aussie artist who gets 'squished' in viral videos

"Smac" McCreanor's videos have had more than 1 billion views — and now you can see her work in a gallery for the first time at the NGV Triennial.

A young white red-haired woman wearing a white beanie and vest poses in front of a backdrop of denim clothes

Published: 9h agoWed 21 Feb 2024 at 7:25pmby Nicola Heath

She's made film portraits of David Hockney and Claes Oldenburg. Meet British artist Tacita Dean

Leading contemporary artist Tacita Dean, the artist behind MCA's summer blockbuster exhibition, reflects on the influence of time, loss and serendipity on her work.

A grey-haired woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and a navy jumper sits in a cluttered room

Published: 30 Jan 2024Tue 30 Jan 2024 at 2:16amby Nicola Heath

How the erotic and psychological art of Louise Bourgeois galvanised a generation of women artists

She's one of the most significant and inventive contemporary artists in history, and now AGNSW is throwing its doors open to the largest exhibition of Louise Bourgeois's work ever shown in Australia.

A black and white portrait of Louise Bourgeois, an elderly woman wearing a black and white blouse touching her hands to her lips

Published: 28 Nov 2023Tue 28 Nov 2023 at 11:48pmby Anna Freeland and Nicola Heath

Wear no underwear and listen to the megaphone: What to do at the Spencer Tunick shoot in Brisbane

Spencer Tunick has photographed thousands of naked people all over the world, from Barcelona to Bondi. In November, it's Brisbane's turn.

A large number of naked people standing in waist deep water, photographed from behind, looking at hills beyond

Published: 15 Nov 2023Wed 15 Nov 2023 at 1:51amby Nicola Heath

Specials

Know My Name

In this online series, producer Barbara Heggen digs into the ABC Radio's archives to unearth rare interviews with pioneering Australian women artists, inspired by the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name initiative.

Know My Name

Published: 9 Dec 2021Thu 9 Dec 2021 at 11:54pm

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