Podcasts
The Masterpiece podcast: episode three
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
The Masterpiece podcast: episode two
An insight into sculpture at this year’s fair, a rediscovered early copy of Austen’s ‘Emma’ and an Italian jeweller’s obsession with Etruria
The Masterpiece podcast: episode one
Sophie Barling talks to dealers and artists about the works on show at this year’s Masterpiece London fair
The Apollo Awards podcast: Sam Spike on collecting NFTs
Art historian Sam Spike speaks to Gabrielle Schwarz about how non-fungible tokens have transformed collecting and why not everything needs to be minted
The Apollo Awards podcast: Sofia Garcia on the NFT market
The founder of digital gallery ARTXCODE speaks to Gabrielle Schwarz about different types of NFT and the role of the curator within the digital space
The Apollo Awards podcast: Rafaël Rozendaal on creating NFTs
The Dutch-Brazilian artist Rafaël Rozendaal speaks to Gabrielle Schwarz about the freedom of making art on the internet and the process of minting NFTs
The Art of Life: Adam Foulds
The novelist Adam Foulds talks about three of his favourite works of art, and how incorporating the National Gallery into his most recent novel was ‘an act of homage’
The Art of Life: Maaza Mengiste
The novelist Maaza Mengiste talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her – and how she sees every image as a self-portrait
The Art of Life: Charlotte Higgins
The journalist and author Charlotte Higgins talks to Sophie Barling about the three works of art that mean the most to her
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech podcast: collecting and technology
The gallerist Kelani Nichole and Jessica Oralkan, co-founder of a digital museum for collectors, discuss how new technologies are transforming collecting
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech podcast: the ethics of tech
Clara Blume, a cultural diplomat for Austria, and the US artist and programmer Lauren Lee McCarthy talk to Gabrielle Schwarz about the future of big tech
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech podcast: the art of gaming
Ian Cheng and Jakob Kudsk Steensen talk to Gabrielle Schwarz about using video-game engines to create their art
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamad Hafez
The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mahmoud Khaled
The artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about how an upbringing in Egypt has shaped his work exploring gender, queer desire, politics and power
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamed Elshahed
The writer and researcher has written a comprehensive new history of modern architecture in Cairo
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Rayyane Tabet
The Beirut-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his fascination with the lives of objects
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Simon Denny
The Berlin-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his latest project exploring data and resource mining
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Shoair Mavlian
Shoair Mavlian, director of Photoworks, talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about all things photography
The Apollo podcast: object lessons
Thomas Marks talks to Ann-Marie Richard from Sotheby’s Institute of Art about the artistry and endurance of great objects – and the skills we need to appreciate them fully
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Ben Vickers
The Serpentine’s Chief Technology Officer talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about Bitcoin, Benedictine monks and more
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Russell Tovey
The actor talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his ‘addiction’ to collecting art – from Tintin to Tracey Emin
The Apollo podcast: the rise and rise of the LA art world
Thomas Marks talks to Jonathan T.D. Neil from Sotheby’s Institute of Art about LA’s rapidly expanding art scene – and whether it’s sustainable
The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Erika Balsom
Gabrielle Schwarz talks to the critic and scholar Erika Balsom about her experience working between the worlds of art and cinema
The Apollo podcast: social media and the art market
Thomas Marks talks to Paul Melton from Sotheby’s Institute of Art about the impact of Instagram and other social media platforms on the art market
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?