Join me, Leslie Primo, and fellow art historian, Verity Babbs, psychotherapist, Joshua Fletcher, along with the author, Jeanette Winterson, and DJ, Stuart Marconi, as we delve into the story of the ‘matchstick man’ painter, one of Britain’s most beloved artists, revealed as never before through intimate and previously unheard hidden recordings. Recorded by a young […]
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Join me, Leslie Primo, and a host of fellow art historians and experts as we delve into the captivating world of competition, rivalry, and begrudging admiration among three of the Renaissance’s most iconic figures: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. These extraordinary personalities, each a towering genius in their own right, shared a momentous period […]
Art historian Leslie Primo examines six decades of BBC archive to explore what makes JMW Turner such a beloved name in British art. Almost everyone has good things to say about Turner – after all, he’s responsible for some of Britain’s greatest artistic treasures, like The Fighting Temeraire, and Rain, Steam and Speed. But exactly […]
Many thanks to all those watched, and are still watching this programme on BBC iPlayer, in which I made a contribution on the subject of Michelangelo. I very much appreciate your very kinds words and comments of praise regarding my contribution to this positive move forward in British television culture. I hope the BBC, and […]