My Favourite Work of Art

Happy New Year! My Favourite Work of Art is back next week. Episodes will now be available to download on Sundays. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Artworks can elicit strong emotions and be powerful reminders of a lost time. In this series writer and art historian Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets some of Britain’s best-known personalities and uncovers the stories and passions behind her guests' favourite works of art. Thank you for listening to series one of My Favourite Work of Art. Listen to this trailer to find out about episodes you may have missed and hear exclusive news about some of the exciting guests coming up in series two - which begins in 2019. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets human rights campaigner, writer and broadcaster Peter Tatchell. Peter chooses the powerful anti-war masterpiece ‘Guernica’ (1937) by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Peter describes how the painting arouses "our emotions to stand in solidarity with the victims of war.” In a fascinating conversation, Peter also reveals how creativity is central to his life from his early beginnings designing windows in a department store in Melbourne to running highly effective and arresting visual campaigns as a human rights campaigner. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets artist Anita Klein who talks about the 'Madonna del Parto' (1457) by Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca (c.1415 - 1492). Anita, whose own work explores the personal and private spheres, chooses an iconic painting which depicts the inner female experience. It is, Anita tells us, a painting she wishes she had painted. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets opera singer Allan Clayton. Allan picks 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (1490-1510) by the early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450 - 1516) - a painting he describes as a 'glamorous dartboard!' Allan encountered the large triptrych oil painting on a visit to the Prado Museum in Madrid whilst singing in a production at the Teatro Real. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets Pinky Lilani - an author, motivational speaker, food expert and women's advocate. She chooses an artwork she owns by the Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee (1926 - 2007). To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets Ben Page, the Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI, one of the UK's leading market research organisations. Ben chooses the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome as his favourite work of art. The church was designed by the Italian Baroque architect Francesco Borromini (1599 - 1667). To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets the artist Jane McAdam Freud who talks about 'La Reve' (1932) by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Jane reveals that the painting, a portrait of Picasso's mistress Marie-Therese Walter, has had a huge impact on her artistic output over the past 30 years. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets film director, painter and writer Gillies MacKinnon. Gillies chooses 'Saturn Devouring his Son' (c.1819-23) by Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746 - 1828). In a wide-ranging discussion, Gillies reflects on how this grotesque image has influenced his film-making. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets theatre director and writer Stephen Unwin. Stephen chooses two paintings which have informed his stage work - 'The Baptism of Christ' (c.1450) and 'The Resurrection' (c.1463-5) by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca (c.1415 - 1492). To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets the Speaker of the House of Commons the Rt Hon John Bercow MP. John discusses two artworks in the Parliamentary Art Collection: a portrait of Speaker Lenthall by the 17th century artist Henry Peart the Elder (1637 -1697) and 'New Dawn' (2016) a contemporary light sculpture celebrating women's suffrage by the artist Mary Branson. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets Geoffrey Munn, a writer, jewellery specialist and presenter on BBC Antiques Roadshow, who recounts an incredible art detective story. Geoffrey shares his forty-year quest to track down a missing one-of-a-kind watch designed by pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 -1882).  To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets Bel Mooney, one of Britain’s most successful journalists and the author of over 25 books. Bel reveals her favourite work of art is a Baroque masterpiece she first encountered as a young child in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool - 'The Virgin and Child in Glory' by Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682). To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets academic, philanthropist and former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark who reveals his favourite work of art - a portrait of his mother Gilda by the famed Pop Artist Andy Warhol (1928 -1987). Offering a compelling personal account of Warhol's artistic practice, Brooks discusses his own encounters with the glamorous world of the Studio 54 set as a wide-eyed teenager in New York. To comment on the show please write to @laurajanefoley on Twitter and use the hashtag #MyFavouriteWorkOfArt Presented and produced by Dr Laura-Jane Foley Recorded and edited at Wisebuddah, London Title Music - 'Blue' from Colours by Dimitri Scarlato  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Artworks can elicit strong emotions and be powerful reminders of a lost time. In this series writer and art historian Dr Laura-Jane Foley meets some of Britain’s best-known personalities and uncovers the stories and passions behind her guests' favourite works of art.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.