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The Great Women Artists

by Katy Hessel
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Today: #197 in Arts on our combined chart.

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Oct 7#197#167

About the show

Created off the back of @thegreatwomenartists Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating women artists. Presented by art historian and curator, Katy Hessel, this podcast interviews artists on their career, or curators, writers, or general art lovers, on the female artist who means the most to them.

Latest episodes

  • Edmund de Waal on Lucie Rie

    October 6, 2026 · 50 min

    Welcome to a new season of The Great Women Artists Podcast! We're kicking things off with the acclaimed ceramicist and writer, Edmund de Waal. Hailed for his ceramic works that come in the form of fragments, cylindrical pots, or that use…

  • Joan Snyder

    June 3, 2026 · 44 min

    TODAY on the GWA Podcast is the esteemed painter Joan Snyder. Hailed for her large-scale gestural canvases that pulsate with colour, line and text, and are often layered with, buried in, or imploded with images of flowers, faces, or…

  • Venice Biennale special: Lubaina Himid

    May 5, 2026 · 42 min

    TODAY on the GWA Podcast: a very special bonus episode with Lubaina Himid, on her British Council Commission for the British Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2026, "Presenting History: Testing Translation". Returning to the podcast for the…

  • Briony Fer on Sophie Taeuber-Arp

    April 29, 2026 · 45 min

    TODAY on the GWA Podcast: esteemed art historian Briony Fer on the avant-garde icon, Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The Professor of History of Art at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy, Briony Fer is one of the leading…

  • Deborah Levy on Gertrude Stein

    April 22, 2026 · 38 min

    TODAY on The Great Women Artists podcast is the esteemed writer, Deborah Levy on avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein. The author of several novels, including August Blue, Hot Milk and Swimming Home, alongside the critically acclaimed…

  • Alyce Mahon on Dorothea Tanning

    April 14, 2026 · 50 min

    TODAY on the GWA Podcast, is art historian, Alyce Mahon discussing the great Surrealist, Dorothea Tanning. Born in Illinois in 1910, where she said “nothing happened but the wallpaper”, Tanning immersed herself in gothic literature to…

  • Sonnet Stanfill on Elsa Schiaparelli

    April 7, 2026 · 48 min

    TODAY on the GWA podcast: curator SONNET STANFILL on ELSA SCHIAPARELLI! Sonnet is the Senior Curator of Fashion at the V&A, where she has worked since 1999. Stanfill has curated numerous highly acclaimed exhibitions, such as New York…

  • Diane Apostolos-Cappadona on Mary Magdalene

    April 2, 2026 · 54 min

    TODAY on the GWA Podcast: the esteemed scholar, author, and art historian DIANE APOSTOLOS-CAPPADONA on MARY MAGDALENE! Professor Emerita of Religious Art & Cultural History and Haub Director of the Catholic Studies Program at Georgetown…