Safety and wellbeing is at the top of the agenda for all event organisers during this time of coronavirus. I caught up with Nazy Vassegh, the founder of Eye of the Collector to discuss the other considerations that have to be taken behind the scenes when it comes to rescheduling an art fair.

A round up of the fairs responding to coronavirus including artists fairs, and what this can mean for the artist.

Hynek Martinec is a figurative painter based in South London. In this episode he talks about having a museum show at the National Gallery in Prague in 2018, his immersive research process and referencing history.

Recommended reading list for artists from The Curator’s Salon. Subjects including curating, how to be an artist, creative blocks and marketing yourself.

German artists, Reiner Heidorn talks about developing his style as an artist, his interest in botanical subjects, and working on every painting with the pointillism of microscope images from plants and freshwater.

Chloe McCarrick is an artist working dominantly with cyanotype and in this episode of the podcast talks about her career to date and how she sold at art markets and pop ups to save towards her first art fair in 2019.

In this post Patrick Morales Lee answers questions about his art life. and the universal ideas of identity and belief and presented through a blend of portraiture and mixed media.

Hastings Contemporary starts of 2020 with new exhibitions and in this episode of the podcast, gallery director Liz Gilmore talks about the three exhibitions .

Earthly Delites is a solo show by Anne Ryan. The Age of Turmoil is a painting exhibition with works by Edward Burra, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer. The Studio at 4am is a group show with 8 artists curated by Anne Ryan

William G. Robinson is one of the curators of the Picasso and Paper exhibition, and in this episode of the podcast we talk about putting together this huge exhibition with over 300 works on display.

Read my review of the PIcasso and Paper exhibition and how it relates to recent conversations I have had with artists questioning their interests in multiple media and styles. The exhibition is at the Royal Academy in London from 25th Jan to 13th April 2020

Ryan Stanier answers questions from listeners and covers topics including the investment of taking part, what to do before the fair and how artists are selected.

Gita Joshi talks to Ryan Stanier the founder of The Other Art Fair. The artists fair started in 2011 in London and how hosts fairs in 12 cities around the world.

Sarah Jane Moon is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her move from New Zealand to Japan to London and taking a short course in life drawing that started her career as an artist. She talks about her work as a portrait painter and managing commissions with her own work and her art business.

The designer-maker’s favourite photographer, Yeshen Venema is my guest on this episode of the podcast. He talks about preparing for a professional photo shoot so that you can get your art and products looking their best.

Rebecca Wilson is the head curator at Saatchi Art and with her team reviews every submission to one of the worlds largest online galleries. In this episode she talks about the various aspects of her work and what goes on behind the scenes to support artists.

Desha Peacock is the founder of Sweet Spot Style and in this episode of the podcast she talks about working with artists, designers and stylists and helping them grow their businesses. We go on to talk about the power of the email list in your business and Desha shares some valuable tips.

A major retrospective of celebrated British painter, Victor Willing arrives at Hastings Contemporary this autumn and runs from October 2019 to 5th Jan 2020. The exhibition charts his journey from the Slade to Portugal and back to London.

I talk to artist and sculptor Alasdair Thomson about his career as a stone carver. We talk about his atelier training and how his art history background informs his work, and we go on to discuss how the artist how eschews galleries in favour of seeking his own commissions directly.

The second Coventry BIennial opens in October 2019. In this episode I talk to the Artistic Director, Ryan Hughes about how the Biennial started and how he has been preparing for the event this Autumn

LA based artist Alexandra Dillon talks about her career and her work on this episode of the podcast. She talks about how she came to paint on hardware such as shovels, paintbrushes and saws. And continues to discuss being in a state of flow when she is painting and managing that with the practicalities of being an independent artist.