Summary: <p>Happy New Year and Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week my guest is contemporary artist and double olympian Neil Eckersley.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We discuss Neil’s olympic journey, the history of art at the Olympics and Neil’s contemporary artistic practice. It’s a great episode to kick off the new year - enjoy!! :)</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Neil’s Website:</p> <p>https://www.olyart.co.uk/</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Eckersley">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Eckersley</a></p> <p><a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/from-martial-arts-to-visual-arts-olympian-artist-neil-eckersley-s-classic-underdog-story">https://olympics.com/ioc/news/from-martial-arts-to-visual-arts-olympian-artist-neil-eckersley-s-classic-underdog-story</a></p> <p><a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-agora-beijing-2022/neil-eckersley">https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-agora-beijing-2022/neil-eckersley</a></p> <p><strong>Reading Material on art at the Olympics</strong></p> <p><a href="https://canvas.saatchiart.com/culture/a-brief-history-of-art-at-the-olympics">https://canvas.saatchiart.com/culture/a-brief-history-of-art-at-the-olympics</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/the-olympic-foundation-for-culture-and-heritage/arts-and-culture">https://olympics.com/ioc/the-olympic-foundation-for-culture-and-heritage/arts-and-culture</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/olympic-art-competition-pierre-de-coubertin/">https://www.apollo-magazine.com/olympic-art-competition-pierre-de-coubertin/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Host:</strong></p> <p>Jo McLaughlin</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/">https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/</a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast">https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast</a></p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:josarthistory@gmail.com">josarthistory@gmail.com</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the podcast:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/FZ1XZKILJJCJ?ref_=wl_shar</p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jos-art-history-podcast/message
