http://nationalgallery.org.uk A monthly podcast from the National Gallery, London. Each episode features previews of exhibitions and displays, gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life in the Gallery, and provides information about upcoming special events. en-us Copyright 2008 The National Gallery, London Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:55:40 GMT podcast_uk@discovery.com podcast_uk@discovery.com 60 Arts podcast_uk@discovery.com The National Gallery, London The National Gallery, London no The National Gallery Podcast A monthly podcast from the National Gallery, London. Each episode features previews of exhibitions and displays, gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life in the Gallery, and provides information about upcoming special events. http://www.discovery.com/radio/gallery/natgallery.jpg http://nationalgallery.org.uk http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816195644Episode_Twenty_One__July__2008__enhanced_.m4a What's the gayest painting at the Gallery? Plus a dash of Divisionist colour and ballet lessons from Van Dyck Arts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:57:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816195644Episode_Twenty_One__July__2008__enhanced_.m4a 00:19:13 no Pointillism, gay love, gay art, choreography, exhibitions London, Radical Light What's the gayest painting at the Gallery? Plus a dash of Divisionist colour and ballet lessons from Van Dyck Seeking out representations of homosexuality in art, Louise Govier and Keith Cavers consider the 'gayest painting in the Gallery' Uncovering the techniques of the Divisionists, Gayna Pelham shows us how the artists in our latest exhibition created bright tapestries from dashes of complementary colour Exploring the relationship between ballet and art, Jennifer Till explains how the Old Masters teach dancers lessons in character and pose http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816112285Episode_Twenty_One__July_2008.mp3 What's the gayest painting at the Gallery? Plus a dash of Divisionist colour and ballet lessons from Van Dyck Arts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:56:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816112285Episode_Twenty_One__July_2008.mp3 00:19:13 no Pointillism, gay love, gay art, choreography, exhibitions London, Radical Light What's the gayest painting at the Gallery? Plus a dash of Divisionist colour and ballet lessons from Van Dyck Seeking out representations of homosexuality in art, Louise Govier and Keith Cavers consider the 'gayest painting in the Gallery' Uncovering the techniques of the Divisionists, Gayna Pelham shows us how the artists in our latest exhibition created bright tapestries from dashes of complementary colour Exploring the relationship between ballet and art, Jennifer Till explains how the Old Masters teach dancers lessons in character and pose http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816325776Episode_Twenty_One__Bonus_Track__enhananced_.m4a Bonus track featuring an extract from the audio guide for our latest exhibition Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 Arts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:55:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214816325776Episode_Twenty_One__Bonus_Track__enhananced_.m4a 00:01:36 no Pointillism, gay love, gay art, choreography, exhibitions London, Radical Light Bonus track featuring an extract from the audio guide for our latest exhibition Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 An extract from the exhibition audio guide, focusing on Longoni's 'Reflections of a Hungry Man or Social Contrasts'. Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 runs until 7 September. The full guide is available from audio desks throughout the Gallery. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214815899512Episdoe_Twenty_One___Bonus_Track.mp3 Bonus track featuring an extract from the audio guide for our latest exhibition Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 Arts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:54:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1214815899512Episdoe_Twenty_One___Bonus_Track.mp3 00:01:36 no Pointillism, gay love, gay art, choreography, exhibitions London, Radical Light Bonus track featuring an extract from the audio guide for our latest exhibition Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 An extract from the exhibition audio guide, focusing on Longoni's 'Reflections of a Hungry Man or Social Contrasts'. Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 runs until 7 September. The full guide is available from audio desks throughout the Gallery. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1212058664817Episode_Twenty__June_2008__enhanced_.m4a Broadcaster Jon Snow on art, cartoonist Dave Brown on reinventing famous paintings and curator Chris Riopelle on exhibition 'Radical Light' Arts Sat, 31 May 2008 22:59:21 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1212058664817Episode_Twenty__June_2008__enhanced_.m4a 00:16:27 no Jon Snow, Divisionist painting, Rogue’s Gallery, Channel 4 News, Broadcaster Jon Snow on art, cartoonist Dave Brown on reinventing famous paintings and curator Chris Riopelle on exhibition 'Radical Light' Curator Chris Riopelle on light, colour and politics in Italian Divisionist painting - introducing the Radical Light exhibition Channel 4 newsreader and Gallery trustee Jon Snow explains his passion for 'Lake Keitele' by Gallen-Kalala Political cartoonist Dave Brown redraws Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' for the world of Sarkozy, Brown and Bush http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1212051887814Episode_Twenty__June_2008.mp3 Broadcaster Jon Snow on art, cartoonist Dave Brown on reinventing famous paintings and curator Chris Riopelle on exhibition 'Radical Light' Arts Sat, 31 May 2008 22:58:48 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1212051887814Episode_Twenty__June_2008.mp3 00:16:27 no Jon Snow, Divisionist painting, Rogue’s Gallery, Channel 4 News, Broadcaster Jon Snow on art, cartoonist Dave Brown on reinventing famous paintings and curator Chris Riopelle on exhibition 'Radical Light' Curator Chris Riopelle on light, colour and politics in Italian Divisionist painting - introducing the Radical Light exhibition Channel 4 newsreader and Gallery trustee Jon Snow explains his passion for 'Lake Keitele' by Gallen-Kalala Political cartoonist Dave Brown redraws Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' for the world of Sarkozy, Brown and Bush http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1209135331014Episode_Nineteen_May_2008__enhanced_.m4a Nicholas Penny returns as Director, Rachel Ruysch's celebrated blooms and a house where art meets science Arts Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:59:51 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1209135331014Episode_Nineteen_May_2008__enhanced_.m4a 00:17:54 no Nicholas Penny, Rachel Ruysch, Joseph Wright 'of Derby', An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump Nicholas Penny returns as Director, Rachel Ruysch's celebrated blooms and a house where art meets science Domestic science? Experiments performed at home in an intriguing masterpiece by Joseph Wright 'of Derby'. The Gallery in bloom: curator Betsy Wieseman on the pick of the bunch, a celebrated floral composition by mother of 10, Rachel Ruysch. And Director, Nicholas Penny, on pigeons, Botticelli and why the Gallery feels like home. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1209111149724Episode_Nineteen__May_2008.mp3 Nicholas Penny returns as Director, Rachel Ruysch’s celebrated blooms and a house where art meets science Arts Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:58:59 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1209111149724Episode_Nineteen__May_2008.mp3 00:17:54 no Nicholas Penny, Rachel Ruysch, Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump Nicholas Penny returns as Director, Rachel Ruysch’s celebrated blooms and a house where art meets science Domestic science? Experiments performed at home in an intriguing masterpiece by Joseph Wright ‘of Derby’. The Gallery in bloom: curator Betsy Wieseman on the pick of the bunch, a celebrated floral composition by mother of 10, Rachel Ruysch. And Director, Nicholas Penny, on pigeons, Botticelli and why the Gallery feels like home. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1206700615183Episode_Eighteen__April_2008_enhanced.m4a Go beneath the sheets to a world of colour in Alison Watt's 'Phantom', plus a lady in red and a Dutch landscape in the wrong shade Arts Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:59:34 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1206700615183Episode_Eighteen__April_2008_enhanced.m4a no Alison Watt, Phantom, Moroni, portrait, lady, red, dama, rosso, Cuyp, landscape, colour, color, grey, gray, white, yellow lake, Go beneath the sheets to a world of colour in Alison Watt's 'Phantom', plus a lady in red and a Dutch landscape in the wrong shade The hidden colours of white: Associate Artist Alison Watt talks about her current exhibition 'Phantom'. Fashion secrets of a sixteenth-century lady in red: golden thread, expensive silk, and crushed ants from South America. How to stop Dutchmen going grey: conservators battle against fading pigments in the paintings of Aelbert Cuyp. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1206700531762Episode_Eighteen_April_2008.mp3 Go beneath the sheets to a world of colour in Alison Watt's 'Phantom', plus a lady in red and a Dutch landscape in the wrong shade of yellow... Arts Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:59:04 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1206700531762Episode_Eighteen_April_2008.mp3 no Alison Watt, Phantom, Moroni, portrait, lady, red, dama, rosso, Cuyp, landscape, colour, color, grey, gray, white, yellow lake, Go beneath the sheets to a world of colour in Alison Watt's 'Phantom', plus a lady in red and a Dutch landscape in the wrong shade of yellow... The hidden colours of white: Associate Artist Alison Watt talks about her current exhibition 'Phantom'. Fashion secrets of a sixteenth-century lady in red: golden thread, expensive silk, and crushed ants from South America. How to stop Dutchmen going grey: conservators battle against fading pigments in the paintings of Aelbert Cuyp. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1204129832920Episode_Seventeen__March_2008__enhananced_.m4a Slip out of your frockcoat - sexual escapades on the Grand Tour. Arts Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:59:51 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1204129832920Episode_Seventeen__March_2008__enhananced_.m4a no The Grand Tour, Batoni, Anrep, phantom, mosaic, associate artist Slip out of your frockcoat - sexual escapades on the Grand Tour. Drunkenness, depravity and a touch of debauchery: young men holiday the eighteenth-century way. Garbo, Churchill and Manchester United under your feet - piece together the puzzle in Anrep's mosaics. Associate Alison Watt is entranced by Zurburàn's 'Saint Francis in Meditation'. Find out why she keeps on coming back for more. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1204129740531Episode_Seventeen__March_2008.mp3 Slip out of your frockcoats - sexual escapades on the Grand Tour. Arts Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:56:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2008/1204129740531Episode_Seventeen__March_2008.mp3 no The Grand Tour, Batoni, Anrep, phantom, mosaic, associate artist Slip out of your frockcoats - sexual escapades on the Grand Tour. Drunkenness, depravity and a touch of debauchery: young men holiday the eighteenth-century way. Garbo, Churchill and Manchester United under your feet - piece together the puzzle in Anrep's mosaics. Associate Alison Watt is entranced by Zurburàn's 'Saint Francis in Meditation'. Find out why she keeps on coming back for more. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198160980502EpisodeFifteen_January2008_enhanced.m4a Hear a painting in concert at the Gallery. Plus make your New Year's resolutions with a courtesan to the king. Arts Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:01 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198160980502EpisodeFifteen_January2008_enhanced.m4a 00:15:15 no New Year's resolutions, fourth plinth, Madame de Pompadour, Royal College of Music, courtesan, Renaissance Siena Hear a painting in concert at the Gallery. Plus make your New Year's resolutions with a courtesan to the king. How can you hear a painting? James Heard tells us about a concert on 2 January, which will allow you to do just that. Musicians from the Royal College of Music will be playing instruments that appear in an altar piece by Matteo di Giovanni. You may not have considered asking a courtesan for advice about your New Year's resolutions, but as Louise Govier explains Madame de Pompadour was a "mistress of reinvention". Finally, find out more from Turner prize winner, Grayson Perry about plans to fill the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square with another contemporary artwork that could "surprise and challenge". http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161216736EpisodeFifteen__January2008.mp3 Hear a painting in concert at the Gallery. Plus make your New Year's resolutions with a courtesan to the king. Arts Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:30:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161216736EpisodeFifteen__January2008.mp3 00:15:15 no New Year's resolutions, fourth plinth, Madame de Pompadour, Royal College of Music, courtesan, Renaissance Siena Hear a painting in concert at the Gallery. Plus make your New Year's resolutions with a courtesan to the king. How can you hear a painting? James Heard tells us about a concert on 2 January, which will allow you to do just that. Musicians from the Royal College of Music will be playing instruments that appear in an altar piece by Matteo di Giovanni. You may not have considered asking a courtesan for advice about your New Year's resolutions, but as Louise Govier explains Madame de Pompadour was a "mistress of reinvention". Finally, find out more from Turner prize winner, Grayson Perry about plans to fill the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square with another contemporary artwork that could "surprise and challenge". http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161409088EpisodeFifteen__January2008_BonusTrack_enhanc.m4a Bonus track featuring music from Renaissance Siena with Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of Music. Arts Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161409088EpisodeFifteen__January2008_BonusTrack_enhanc.m4a 00:02:06 no Ave Maris Stella, Royal College of Music, courtesan, Renaissance Siena Bonus track featuring music from Renaissance Siena with Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of Music. Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of music play a setting of Ave Maris Stella. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161526628EpisodeFifteen_January2008_BonusTrack.mp3 Bonus track featuring music from Renaissance Siena with Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of Music. Arts Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:30:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1198161526628EpisodeFifteen_January2008_BonusTrack.mp3 00:02:06 no Ave Maris Stella, Royal College of Music, courtesan, Renaissance Siena Bonus track featuring music from Renaissance Siena with Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of Music. Bridget Cunningham and Laura Justice from the Royal College of music play a setting of Ave Maris Stella. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1196698054493Episode_Fourteen__December_2007_enh.m4a Go angel spotting around the Gallery, plus glimpse heaven in stained glass in our latest exhibition. Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:13:58 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1196698054493Episode_Fourteen__December_2007_enh.m4a 00:20:08 no angels, cherubim, seraphim, Siân Walters, stained glass, Richard Paton, kiln, Susan Matthews, latest exhibition, Art of Light, Renaissance, Siena, sienese art, Virgin Mary, Luke Syson, Go angel spotting around the Gallery, plus glimpse heaven in stained glass in our latest exhibition. Get to know your cherubim from your seraphim with art historian Siân Walters who finds nine types of angel in paintings at the Gallery. Learn about how to make stained glass as craftsman Richard Paton fires up his kiln for a demonstration. Hear more about the thinking behind our exhibition Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass with expert Susan Matthews. Take a break from Christmas shopping to look at paintings from Renaissance Siena. Curator Luke Syson talks about the role of the Virgin Mary as protector to the fifteenth-century city and her continuing place in Sienese life today. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1196698283775Episode_Fourteen__December_2007.mp3 Go angel spotting around the Gallery, plus glimpse heaven in stained glass in our latest exhibition. Arts Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:12:58 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1196698283775Episode_Fourteen__December_2007.mp3 00:20:08 no angels, cherubim, seraphim, Siân Walters, stained glass, Richard Paton, kiln, Susan Matthews, latest exhibition, Art of Light, Renaissance, Siena, sienese art, Virgin Mary, Luke Syson, Go angel spotting around the Gallery, plus glimpse heaven in stained glass in our latest exhibition. Get to know your cherubim from your seraphim with art historian Siân Walters who finds nine types of angel in paintings at the Gallery. Learn about how to make stained glass as craftsman Richard Paton fires up his kiln for a demonstration. Hear more about the thinking behind our exhibition Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass with expert Susan Matthews. Take a break from Christmas shopping to look at paintings from Renaissance Siena. Curator Luke Syson talks about the role of the Virgin Mary as protector to the fifteenth-century city and her continuing place in Sienese life today. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1193411520860Episode_Thirteen__November_2007__enhanced_wit.m4a Light the fuse and stand well back for talks about Saint Catherine, and go behind the scenes in Renaissance Siena. Arts Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:29:10 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1193411520860Episode_Thirteen__November_2007__enhanced_wit.m4a 00:14:34 no Renaissance Siena,fireworks,Saint Catherine,Catherine Wheels, framings, Luke Syson Light the fuse and stand well back for talks about Saint Catherine, and go behind the scenes in Renaissance Siena. Find out how a Christian martyr gave her name to a garden firework, as the Gallery prepares for a series of free talks about St Catherine, star of many of the famous works in the collection. Beyond the usual build: our new exhibition 'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City' has been launched. There is transformation behind the scenes as the Gallery is given a touch of Renaissance Italy. A different Renaissance: hear curator Luke Syson talk about why Sienese art has rarely been given the attention it deserves, with a different set of styles from the Florentine school we are more familiar with. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1193411433424Episode_Thirteen__November_2007.mp3 Light the fuse and stand well back for talks about Saint Catherine, and go behind the scenes in Renaissance Siena. Arts Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:30:01 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1193411433424Episode_Thirteen__November_2007.mp3 00:14:30 no Renaissance Siena,fireworks,Saint Catherine,Catherine Wheels,framings,Luke Syson Light the fuse and stand well back for talks about Saint Catherine, and go behind the scenes in Renaissance Siena. Find out how a Christian martyr gave her name to a garden firework, as the Gallery prepares for a series of free talks about St Catherine, star of many of the famous works in the collection. Beyond the usual build: our new exhibition 'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City' has been launched. There is transformation behind the scenes as the Gallery is given a touch of Renaissance Italy. A different Renaissance: hear curator Luke Syson talk about why Sienese art has rarely been given the attention it deserves, with a different set of styles from the Florentine school we are more familiar with. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1190886414412EpisodeTwelve_October2007.mp3 A feast for the ears as well as the eyes, as we hold concerts for Dame Myra Hess Arts Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:43:44 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1190886414412EpisodeTwelve_October2007.mp3 no Indigo, Big Draw, drawing, Myra Hess, Renaissance, Siena, slavery, competition, concert A feast for the ears as well as the eyes, as we hold concerts for Dame Myra Hess Hear about concerts to celebrate Dame Myra Hess's performances from the Second World War. Pay a visit to the 'Scratch the Surface' exhibition where you can learn about the history of the dye indigo set in the four corners of the globe. Pencils at the ready for 'Big Draw' events at the Gallery. And finally, you have an opportunity to win tickets for the 'Renaissance Siena' exhibition. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1190889154540EpisodeTwelve_October2007_enhanced_.m4a A feast for the ears as well as the eyes, as we hold concerts for Dame Myra Hess Arts Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:40:52 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1190889154540EpisodeTwelve_October2007_enhanced_.m4a no Indigo, Big Draw, drawing, Myra Hess, Renaissance, Siena, slavery, competition, concert A feast for the ears as well as the eyes, as we hold concerts for Dame Myra Hess Hear about concerts to celebrate Dame Myra Hess's performances from the Second World War. Pay a visit to the 'Scratch the Surface' exhibition where you can learn about the history of the dye indigo set in the four corners of the globe. Pencils at the ready for 'Big Draw' events at the Gallery. And finally, you have an opportunity to win tickets for the 'Renaissance Siena' exhibition. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188318052537EpisodeEleven__September2007.mp3 Investigate mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting and find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons Arts Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:33 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188318052537EpisodeEleven__September2007.mp3 no animation, film, saint, jerome, study, mysterious, marks, conservation, scientific, guido, reni, adoration, shepherd, family, activities, cartoon Investigate mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting and find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons Investigate mysterious marks on paintings and find out how film students turn paintings into animation. The conservation department tells of mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting, 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' by Guido Reni. Find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons, as undergrads from St Martin's College of Art and Design get inspired. And bring your little ones along to Family Sundays at the National Gallery for fabulous, child-friendly activities. Download our bonus video, 'Hungry for Love', a short animation by Kim Alexander, a St Martin's film student. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188551957640Episode_Eleven__Bonus_Video.m4v Video Animation: 'Hungry for Love'. A 3-minute cartoon, inspired by a National Gallery painting Arts Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:14 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188551957640Episode_Eleven__Bonus_Video.m4v 00:03:01 no animation, cartoon, film, saint, jerome, study, hungry, love, pancake bride, dog Video Animation: 'Hungry for Love'. A 3-minute cartoon, inspired by a National Gallery painting 'Hungry for Love' is a brand new animation created by Kim Alexander, a student from St Martin's College of Art and Design. It's inspired by the National Gallery masterpiece 'Saint Jerome in his Study' by Vincenzo Catena, painted around 1510. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188400714966Episode_Eleven__September_2007_Enhanced.m4a Investigate mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting and find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons Arts Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:01 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1188400714966Episode_Eleven__September_2007_Enhanced.m4a no animation, film, saint, jerome, study, mysterious, marks, conservation, scientific, guido, reni, adoration, shepherd, family, activities, cartoon Investigate mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting and find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons Investigate mysterious marks on paintings and find out how film students turn paintings into animation. The conservation department tells of mysterious marks on a 17th-century painting, 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' by Guido Reni. Find out how film students turn paintings into cartoons, as undergrads from St Martin's College of Art and Design get inspired. And bring your little ones along to Family Sundays at the National Gallery for fabulous, child-friendly activities. Download our bonus video, 'Hungry for Love', a short animation by Kim Alexander, a St Martin's film student. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185457213263EpisodeTen__August2007.mp3 Brain reaction! What happens in the brain when we look at art? Plus doctors use paintings to diagnose illness. Arts Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185457213263EpisodeTen__August2007.mp3 no brain, neuroscience, anatomy, lesson, surgeon, Rembrandt, dissect, corpse, dutch, portraits, croydon, diagnose, gp, doctor Brain reaction! What happens in the brain when we look at art? Plus doctors use paintings to diagnose illness. Mind & body: what happens in the brain when we look at a painting? And why do some works of art have more impact than others? Professor Chris McManus uses neuroscience to explain our reactions. Plus an anatomy lesson = a night out on the town in 17th-century Holland. Catch Rembrandt's famous painting of surgeons dissecting a corpse in the 'Dutch Portraits' exhibition.And learn how a group of Croydon GPs use the Gallery's masterpieces to diagnose illness. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305033804EpisodeNine__July2007.mp3 Singing bus drivers inspired by paintings and beaming Dutch men by Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Plus English aristrocrats in African dress - explore the Gallery's links to the slave trade Arts Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305033804EpisodeNine__July2007.mp3 00:16:21 no Singing bus drivers inspired by paintings and beaming Dutch men by Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Plus English aristrocrats in African dress - explore the Gallery's links to the slave trade Why is it so rare to see people smiling in 17th-century portraits? In the July podcast, Betsy Wieseman, curator of the new exhibition 'Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals' presents a batch of smiling portraits - revolutionary! Watch out for pheasant-shooting aristocrats in African dress in artist Yinka Shonibare MBE's new installation. Yinka uses humour and paradox to explore the Gallery's past links to the slave trade in the forthcoming 'Scratch the Surface' exhibition; And join a group of singing bus drivers on a tour of the collection as they get ready to serenade gallery-goers. It's for the Sing London festival. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305147407EpisodeNine_July2007_Bonus.mp3 Political cartoonist Dave Brown gets inspired by Caravaggio's 'Boy bitten by a Lizard' and imagines 'George W. Bush bitten by Lounge Lizard George Galloway' Arts Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305147407EpisodeNine_July2007_Bonus.mp3 00:02:04 no Political cartoonist Dave Brown gets inspired by Caravaggio's 'Boy bitten by a Lizard' and imagines 'George W. Bush bitten by Lounge Lizard George Galloway' This track is part of the National Gallery's 24-track Be Inspired Tour, where chefs, poets, novelists and artists describe the paintings that have inspired their work. Listen at home or download the tour and come see the paintings. Ask for the Be Inspired Tour map at the Information Desk. The tour is sponsored by Expedia.co.uk. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305087856EpisodeNine_July2007_Bonus_enhanced.m4a Political cartoonist Dave Brown gets inspired by Caravaggio's 'Boy bitten by a Lizard' and imagines 'George W. Bush bitten by Lounge Lizard George Galloway' Arts Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185305087856EpisodeNine_July2007_Bonus_enhanced.m4a 00:02:05 no Political cartoonist Dave Brown gets inspired by Caravaggio's 'Boy bitten by a Lizard' and imagines 'George W. Bush bitten by Lounge Lizard George Galloway' This track is part of the National Gallery's 24-track Be Inspired Tour, where chefs, poets, novelists and artists describe the paintings that have inspired their work. Listen at home or download the tour and come see the paintings. Ask for the Be Inspired Tour map at the Information Desk. The tour is sponsored by Expedia.co.uk. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304865743EpisodeEight_June2007_enhanced.m4a Paintings take to the streets, school kids get inspired by Old Masters and for Refugee Week a Polish artist talks about the Holocaust Arts Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304865743EpisodeEight_June2007_enhanced.m4a 00:15:18 no Paintings take to the streets, school kids get inspired by Old Masters and for Refugee Week a Polish artist talks about the Holocaust To mark Refugee Week, Polish artist and writer Roman Halter explains how the National Gallery's pictures fused with his memories of the Holocaust to become the basis of his own, very personal, paintings. Find out what a classroom full of school kids make of a 17th-century Dutch masterpiece as the Take One Picture project introduces schools around the country to a painting from the collection. And discover the best places to spot a Titian or a Rubens in the wild as life-size reproductions of the gallery's paintings are posted in the streets of London. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304918686EpisodeEight_June2007.mp3 Paintings take to the streets, school kids get inspired by Old Masters and for Refugee Week a Polish artist talks about the Holocaust Arts Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304918686EpisodeEight_June2007.mp3 00:15:15 no Paintings take to the streets, school kids get inspired by Old Masters and for Refugee Week a Polish artist talks about the Holocaust To mark Refugee Week, Polish artist and writer Roman Halter explains how the National Gallery's pictures fused with his memories of the Holocaust to become the basis of his own, very personal, paintings. Find out what a classroom full of school kids make of a 17th-century Dutch masterpiece as the Take One Picture project introduces schools around the country to a painting from the collection. And discover the best places to spot a Titian or a Rubens in the wild as life-size reproductions of the gallery's paintings are posted in the streets of London. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304806848EpisodeSeven_May2007_Bonus.mp3 Poetry inspired by the secret life of the National Gallery at night Arts Tue, 01 May 2007 17:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304806848EpisodeSeven_May2007_Bonus.mp3 00:07:23 no Poetry inspired by the secret life of the National Gallery at night A special bonus track of poetry to celebrate the secret life of the National Gallery by night. Original works include 'Stubb's Horse' by Roger Robinson; 'A Cup of Water and A Rose' by Jacob Sam La-Rose; 'The Gallery after Closing Time' by Aoife Mannix; 'These Hidden Hours' by Naomi Woddis; 'Goodnight Vincent' by Niall O'Sullivan; 'Splinters and Gilt' by Dzifa Benson. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304701743EpisodeSeven_May2007.mp3 Night time at the Gallery: spooky stories from writers and security guards Arts Tue, 01 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304701743EpisodeSeven_May2007.mp3 00:15:12 no Night time at the Gallery: spooky stories from writers and security guards What goes on after dark when all the visitors have left? May's podcast, 'Nocturne', celebrates the secret world of the Gallery after dark - as seen by security guards on patrol. Writer Marina Warner explains why night time turns museums into magical places and Tracy Chevalier discusses how she brought art to life in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'. The night-time theme ties in with 'Night of the Museums', Saturday 19 May 2007, when museums across Europe stay open into the night. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304756920EpisodeSeven_May2007_Bonus_Enhanced.m4a Poetry inspired by the secret life of the National Gallery at night Arts Tue, 01 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304756920EpisodeSeven_May2007_Bonus_Enhanced.m4a 00:07:23 no Poetry inspired by the secret life of the National Gallery at night A special bonus track of poetry to celebrate the secret life of the National Gallery by night. Original works include 'Stubb's Horse' by Roger Robinson; 'A Cup of Water and A Rose' by Jacob Sam La-Rose; 'The Gallery after Closing Time' by Aoife Mannix; 'These Hidden Hours' by Naomi Woddis; 'Goodnight Vincent' by Niall O'Sullivan; 'Splinters and Gilt' by Dzifa Benson. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304656361EpisodeSeven_May2007_Enhanced.m4a Night time at the Gallery: spooky stories from writers and security guards Arts Tue, 01 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304656361EpisodeSeven_May2007_Enhanced.m4a 00:15:25 no Night time at the Gallery: spooky stories from writers and security guards What goes on after dark when all the visitors have left? May's podcast, 'Nocturne', celebrates the secret world of the Gallery after dark - as seen by security guards on patrol. Writer Marina Warner explains why night time turns museums into magical places and Tracy Chevalier discusses how she brought art to life in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'. The night-time theme ties in with 'Night of the Museums', Saturday 19 May 2007, when museums across Europe stay open into the night. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304595248EpisodeSix_April2007.mp3 Gardening tips inspired by Renoir's dahlias; the Leon Kossoff exhibition; the body in art Arts Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304595248EpisodeSix_April2007.mp3 00:17:13 no Gardening tips inspired by Renoir's dahlias; the Leon Kossoff exhibition; the body in art n April's episode, we pay a visyit to the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition with gardening expert Sarah Raven to discuss the artist's colourful portraits of a flower that's enjoyed something of a comeback in recent years-the dahlia. Hear how to create a technicolour riot to rival Renoir's floral displays in your own garden. As Leon Kossoff's densely worked pieces are moved into place for the current exhibition, curator Colin Wiggins and Kossoff-collaborator Ann Dowker explain the significance of the National Gallery's collection to the artist. And we turn to Rubens and Wtewael for beauty tips as lecturer Leslie Primo discusses changing representations of the body in art. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/TRV/podcasts/2007/1185304386163NationalGallery5.mp3 Renoir's experimental side, sound art, outdoor painting, and the touring exhibition 'Work, Rest and Play' Arts Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/TRV/podcasts/2007/1185304386163NationalGallery5.mp3 00:16:30 no Renoir's experimental side, sound art, outdoor painting, and the touring exhibition 'Work, Rest and Play' In March's episode, curators Chris Riopelle and Colin Bailey explain why visitors to the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition will encounter a more experimental artist than they might expect. We unveil the winner of our competition to create a sound-piece inspired by a painting in the Gallery. Artist Jon Hall chose Pissarro's snowy London landscape, 'Fox Hill', and sets up his easel on the same street that inspired the French painter back in 1870. And we go to Bristol to visit the National Gallery's touring exhibition, 'Work, Rest and Play', and hear how artists have captured our changing patterns of work and leisure over the past 400 years. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304486784NationalGallery5_Bonus.mp3 A special taster of the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition Arts Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304486784NationalGallery5_Bonus.mp3 00:01:54 no A special taster of the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition A special bonus track giving you an audio guide sample of 'Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883'. Ideal listening before your visit to the exhibition at the National Gallery. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304194997EpisodeFour_February2007.mp3 Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, classic French cinema, Chinese New Year events and a touch of romance Arts Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304194997EpisodeFour_February2007.mp3 00:17:48 no Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, classic French cinema, Chinese New Year events and a touch of romance This month, Chris Riopelle, curator of the forthcoming 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, tells us how the Impressionist's misleading conservative reputation was cemented by his son, Jean. Jean Renoir's work will be showing as part of the Gallery's 'Tales from a City' classic French cinema season, as coordinator Lee Riley explains. To celebrate Chinese New Year, we hear from organisers Karly Allen and Judy Xu about a series of Gallery events inspired by the Chinese zodiac. And there's love in the air, as we turn to Titian and Cranach for relationship advice, and author Jonathan Conlin shows us the most romantic spot in the Gallery. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304270592Episode_Four_February2007_enhanced.m4a Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, classic French cinema, Chinese New Year events and a touch of romance Arts Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304270592Episode_Four_February2007_enhanced.m4a 00:17:48 no Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, classic French cinema, Chinese New Year events and a touch of romance This month, Chris Riopelle, curator of the forthcoming 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, tells us how the Impressionist's misleading conservative reputation was cemented by his son, Jean. Jean Renoir's work will be showing as part of the Gallery's 'Tales from a City' classic French cinema season, as coordinator Lee Riley explains. To celebrate Chinese New Year, we hear from organisers Karly Allen and Judy Xu about a series of Gallery events inspired by the Chinese zodiac. And there's love in the air, as we turn to Titian and Cranach for relationship advice, and author Jonathan Conlin shows us the most romantic spot in the Gallery. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304120590EpisodeThree_January2007.mp3 Gallery news, including the new Tim Gardner exhibition and Frank Skinner's pick of the collection, plus interactive sound art Arts Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185304120590EpisodeThree_January2007.mp3 00:18:33 no Gallery news, including the new Tim Gardner exhibition and Frank Skinner's pick of the collection, plus interactive sound art This month, comedian Frank Skinner speaks about his favourite pictures in the collection and why it's so important that entry to the Gallery is free. Canadian artist Tim Gardner introduces his upcoming exhibition and explains how he's inspired by the grand themes that are evident in so many of the Gallery's paintings: loyalty, heroism, youth and masculinity. Plus listeners get the chance to create a piece of sound art to be featured in a future podcast. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185303430486nationalgallery2.mp3 Exhibition news, including 'Velazquez', 'Cezanne in Britain' and 'Dutch Winter Scenes' Arts Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185303430486nationalgallery2.mp3 00:18:27 no Exhibition news, including 'Velazquez', 'Cezanne in Britain' and 'Dutch Winter Scenes' December's episode includes a visit to the 'Dutch Winter Scenes' exhibition with curator Elena Greer, who explains what townsfolk got up to on the ice during Europe's mini ice age. Curator Ann Robbins and author Michael Diamond discuss Cezanne's brooding early paintings of murder and sexual violence, while costume historian Eileen Sheikh visits the 'Velazquez' exhibition to talk about the extraordinary gowns and wigs worn by the women of the Spanish royal court. Plus news, events and special offers. http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185303306723NaationalGallery1.mp3 News on the Velazquez exhibition; celebrating Black History Month; the new National Cafe Arts Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:00:00 GMT The National Gallery, London http://netstorage.discovery.com/DMC-FEEDS/MED/podcasts/2007/1185303306723NaationalGallery1.mp3 00:18:38 no Velazquez, art, national gallery, exhibition, gallery, museum News on the Velazquez exhibition; celebrating Black History Month; the new National Cafe This month features all the latest news from the Velazquez exhibition, including interviews with curator Dawson Carr and writer and researcher Michael Shamash. Artist and lecturer Viyki Turnbull talks about an extraordinary work by Edgar Degas, 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando', in connection with Black History Month, while restaurateur Oliver Peyton discusses his new cafe venture at the Gallery. Plus news, events and special offers.