Episode Twenty One (July 2008)
Hear about the "gayest painting at the Gallery'". Plus learn about the painting techniques of the Divisionists and take ballet lessons from Van Dyck.
Bonus track: an extract from the Radical Light audio tour.
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Episode Twenty (June 2008)
Jon Snow tells us about his fascination with Lake Keitele, Dave Brown on reinventing famous paintings and an introduction to the exhibition Radical Light.
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Episode Nineteen (May 2008)
Nicholas Penny on returning to the Gallery as Director, Rachel Ruysch’s celebrated blooms, and a house where art meets science.
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Episode Eighteen (April 2008)
Go beneath the sheets to a world of colour in associate artist Alison Watt's 'Phantom'; plus a very rich lady in red, and a Dutch landscape in the wrong shade of yellow...
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Episode Seventeen (March 2008)
In this month's episode, hear about sexual escapades on the Grand Tour, piece together a puzzling mosaic, and talk to associate artist Alison Watt.
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Episode Sixteen (February 2008)
Stylish gentlemen seek art, antiquity and the ultimate Roman holiday as 'Pompeo Batoni' opens at the Gallery.
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Episode Fifteen (January 2008)
Hear a concert inside a painting and make your New Year's resolutions with Louis XV's courtesan, Madame de Pompadour. Bonus track: music from the Renaissance.
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Episode Fourteen (December 2007)
Go angel spotting around the Gallery, and glimpse heaven in stained glass at our
latest exhibition.
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Episode Thirteen (November 2007)
Light the fuse and stand well back for talks about Saint Catherine. Also, explore a different Renaissance in Siena while hearing about how our new exhibition was put together.
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Episode Twelve (October 2007)
Hear about concerts to celebrate Dame Myra Hess; listen to a history of the dye indigo set in the four corners of the globe; and learn about a series of drawing events at the Gallery.
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Episode Eleven (September 2007)
Investigate marks on a painting with the conservation department and hear about how you can bring your children along to Family Sundays. Also watch our bonus video 'Hungry for Love', an animation by student Kim Alexander, inspired by Vincenzo Catena's 'Saint Jerome in his Study'.
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Episode Ten (August 2007)
Professor Chris McManus explains what happens in our brains when we look at a painting. Hear about Rembrandt's famous painting of surgeons dissecting a corpse in the 'Dutch Portraits' exhibition. Also learn how Croydon GPs have been using the Gallery's masterpieces to diagnose illness.
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Episode Nine (July 2007)
From the slave trade to smiling Dutchmen - two new exhibitions: 'Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals' and 'Scratch the Surface'. Plus singing bus drivers hit the Gallery.
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Episode Eight (June 2007)
Polish artist and writer Roman Halter talks us through memories of the Holocaust. School kids examine a 17th-century masterpiece in the Take One Picture project.
Life-size reproductions of paintings hit the streets.
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Episode Seven (May 2007)
In 'Nocturne', find out what goes on at the National Gallery after dark. Night-time tales from security guards on patrol and author Tracy Chevalier ('Girl with a Pearl Earring'). Writer Marina Warner discusses bringing art to life.
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Episode Seven (May 2007): Bonus Track
The Gallery at night in poems. Includes 'Stubb's Horse' by Roger Robinson, 'Goodnight Vincent' by Niall O'Sullivan' and 'The Gallery after Closing Time' by Aoife Mannix.
Read poems featured in the bonus track »
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Episode Six (April 2007)
A mix of gardening, beauty and art.
Tips from gardening expert Sarah Raven will help you recreate 'Renoir Landscapes' in your own garden. 'The body in art' - beauty tips from Rubens and Joachim Wtewael. Leon Kossoff exhibition: the artist and the National Gallery.
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Episode Five (March 2007)
Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, a sound-piece inspired by Pissarro's 'Fox Hill, Upper Norwood' and the Gallery's touring 'Work, Rest & Play' exhibition. |
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Episode Five (March 2007): Bonus Track
A taste of the Renoir Landscapes exhibition - listen before your visit. |
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Episode Four (February 2007)
Gallery news, including the 'Renoir Landscapes' exhibition, classic French cinema, Chinese New Year events and a touch of romance. |
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Episode Three (January 2007)
Gallery news, including the new Tim Gardner exhibition and Frank Skinner's pick of the collection, plus interactive sound art. |
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Episode Two (December 2006)
Exhibition news, including 'Velázquez', 'Cézanne in Britain' and 'Dutch Winter Scenes'. |
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Episode One (November 2006)
News on the Velázquez exhibition; celebrating Black History Month; the new National Café.
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