Best Katy Hessel Podcasts (2024)

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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction 1:00:16

24h ago1:00:16

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The biographies of several artists, all named G, form a kind of exoskeleton to Rachel Cusk’s latest novel Parade, encasing the book’s other captivating strands—the story of an unprovoked attack on a Parisian street, the story of a couple on a remote island, the story of a suicide at a museum, the story of the death of a mother. Elements which thems…

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Amy Hale on Ithell Colquhoun 45:18

1d ago45:18

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the world expert in myths, folklore, and occultism in art, Dr. Amy Hale speaking on the great surrealist Ithell Colquhoun!An Atlanta based writer, curator and critic, Hale’s interests range from contemporary magical practice to the history of art, culture, women and Cornwall. She has helped…

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Episode 5: The Kiss of Death 22:49

6d ago22:49

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1955. Upper West Side. Jackson Pollock seeks help from a psychotherapist practicing controversial methods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Sam Taylor-Johnson 44:44

9d ago44:44

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed photographer, filmmaker and director, Sam Taylor-Johnson. Born in Croydon and educated at Goldsmiths, where she was among the stars of the 1990s British art scene Taylor Johnson made her name with her non-narrative films, such as Method in Madness, where a young man appears to …

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Episode 4: Jackson Pollock Inc. 29:32

13d ago29:32

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1945. East Hampton. Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock start a new life in a farmhouse 100 miles east of New York City. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru 56:55

15d ago56:55

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Last week we were joined in the bookshop by Hari Kunzru, whose new novel Blue Ruin is a deeply unsettling, and intensely thought provoking reflection on the impact capital has on people, but also on art, and those who create it. It is the perfect final instalment—alongside White Tears and Red Pill—in Hari Kunzru’s own trois couleurs —a loose trilog…

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Chloe Aridjis on Leonora Carrington 39:40

16d ago39:40

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed writer and novelist, Chloe Aridjis, speaking on her friend, LEONORA CARRINGTON!Born in New York City, raised in the Netherlands and then Mexico City, Aridjis is a writer of numerous award-winning books, including three novels: Book of Clouds, Asunder, and Sea Monsters. Aridjis …

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Episode 3: The Collector 33:48

20d ago33:48

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1942. Midtown. Peggy Guggenheim arrives, opens a gallery and gives hungry artists hope. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Natalie Haynes on Medusa 33:50

23d ago33:50

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed classicist, mythologist, comedian, writer and broadcaster, Natalie Haynes!The author of eight books, three non-fiction and five fiction, Haynes is hailed for her retellings of ancient myths, and the story of the Trojan War from a female point of view in her highly acclaimed A T…

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Episode 2: Inner Rhythm 29:48

27d ago29:48

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1936. Brooklyn. A young Lee Krasner leaves home and starts to create a kind of art America has never seen before. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Sheila Heti on Alphabetical Diaries 50:07

28d ago50:07

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Last week we were joined by the wonderful Sheila Heti to celebrate the launch of her Alphabetical Diaries. In taking a decade of her journals, sorting the sentences alphabetically, then paring them down to about a tenth of their original length, Sheila Heti has freed a slice of her life from the shackles of time and in doing so has extracted some o…

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Judy Chicago 37:02

30d ago37:02

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is one of the most pioneering and revelatory artists alive, Judy Chicago. Born Judith Sylvia Cohen, then Judy Gerowitz, but changed it to Judy Chicago to renounce the name of her first husband to instead adopt the name of her birth city instead, Chicago has been at the forefront of art since t…

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Episode 1: Crash 21:56

1M ago21:56

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1956. Paris. An artist named Lee Krasner learns that her husband is dead. The entire season will be available to subscribers starting with episode two, on Friday, May 24th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd! 57:26

1M ago57:26

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To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day 2024 we’re delighted to share this recording of our recent event with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews. The evening also featured live music from Flora Hibberd and her band, including a brand new song composed for this evening. Enjoy! More from Cerys Matthews: Out of Chaos Comes Bliss: ht…

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Naomi Beckwith on Senga Nengudi 37:08

1M ago37:08

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I am so thrilled to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is one of the most esteemed curators in the world, Naomi Beckwith. Currently the Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, where she plays an instrumental role in shaping the museum’s vision, Beckwith’s career has seen her curate so…

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Viet Thanh Nguyen on Memory, Migration and Model Minorities 1:03:03

1M ago1:03:03

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A few weeks ago, we welcomed Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen to Shakespeare and Company to discuss his engrossing new work A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, a book about family, and memory, and storytelling, and history, on all the levels that it impacts upon a life. Buy A Man of Two Faces here: https://www.shakespeareandc…

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Rose B Simpson 37:42

1M ago37:42

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA podcast is one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now, Rose B Simpson.An artist working across mediums that span from sculpture to performance, painting and ceramics, Simpson is hailed for her life size clay figures which she adorns with a plethora of symbols, extended antennas an…

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Death of an Artist Season 2: Krasner and Pollock 3:27

2M ago3:27

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On May 17th, Death of an Artist returns with an all new season hosted by Katy Hessel about the woman who made the modern art world: Lee Krasner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Catherine Morris on Judith Scott 36:16

2M ago36:16

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THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews Catherine Morris of the Brooklyn Museum, on the great artist JUDITH SCOTT – launching on what would have been Scott's 81st birthday!!Scott (1943–2005) was an American artist hailed for her fibre-based sculptures that merge wheels, trolleys, locks and chairs with bundles of threads, and whose bril…

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Ottessa Moshfegh on bringing Eileen to the screen 1:02:16

2M ago1:02:16

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A few weeks ago we welcomed Ottessa Moshfegh to Shakespeare and Company. That night we’re headed almost back to where it all began by revisiting Moshfegh’s second book Eileen, the small town noir that propelled this experimental writer into the bestseller charts and onto the Booker shortlist. Eileen has just been adapted into a Hollywood film—direc…

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Percival Everett on James, his subversive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn 34:56

2M ago34:56

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James—the new novel by Percival Everett—retells, reframes, and reimagines Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the black man whose flight from slavery quickly entangles with the journey of Huck, on the run after faking his own death to escape his violent father. James gives us the events of Twain’s picaresque…

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On Allen Ginsberg: His life, his work and his archives, with Pat Thomas and Peter Hale 40:13

3M ago40:13

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We were joined by countercultural historian Pat Thomas, and Peter Hale, manager of the Ginsberg estate, and discover their new collaboration Material Wealth Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg. * A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector, meticulously saving letters, postcards, draft n…

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Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman 54:16

3M ago54:16

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On this very special January night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman was joined by three of his star contributors, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Deborah Landau to bid farewell to his literary journal. Buy Freeman’s Conclusions: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/freemans-conclusions * Jakuta Alikavazovic (b.1979) is a Fre…

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On Friendship, with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen 57:08

4M ago57:08

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In early February, we hosted a riotous, tender, enchanting and uplifting evening of poetry and prose with the irrepressible Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen. After their readings they sat down with Adam Biles for a chat about friendship, a theme that unites their work. Buy Hollie McNish’s Lobster here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Katy Hessel Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Death of an Artist

Pushkin Industries

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The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

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The Shakespeare and Company Interview

Shakespeare and Company

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Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast

Art Basel

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Rachel Cusk on Art, Violence and Freedom through Destruction 1:00:16

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Amy Hale on Ithell Colquhoun 45:18

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Episode 5: The Kiss of Death 22:49

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Sam Taylor-Johnson 44:44

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Episode 4: Jackson Pollock Inc. 29:32

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When Radical Art meets Obscene Wealth, with Hari Kunzru 56:55

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Chloe Aridjis on Leonora Carrington 39:40

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Episode 3: The Collector 33:48

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Natalie Haynes on Medusa 33:50

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Episode 2: Inner Rhythm 29:48

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Sheila Heti on Alphabetical Diaries 50:07

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Judy Chicago 37:02

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Episode 1: Crash 21:56

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BONUS: Celebrating Dylan Thomas with Cerys Matthews…with exclusive live music from Flora Hibberd! 57:26

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Naomi Beckwith on Senga Nengudi 37:08

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Viet Thanh Nguyen on Memory, Migration and Model Minorities 1:03:03

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Rose B Simpson 37:42

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Death of an Artist Season 2: Krasner and Pollock 3:27

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Catherine Morris on Judith Scott 36:16

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Ottessa Moshfegh on bringing Eileen to the screen 1:02:16

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Percival Everett on James, his subversive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn 34:56

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On Allen Ginsberg: His life, his work and his archives, with Pat Thomas and Peter Hale 40:13

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Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman 54:16

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On Friendship, with Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen 57:08

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