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Welcome to ‘Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art’ – the podcast they couldn’t stop. I’m Waldy – otherwise known as Waldemar Januszczak, art critic of the Sunday Times – and with my co-host Bendor ‘Bendy’ Grosvenor, the celebrated art historian and TV presenter, we’re going to be looking at interesting things that are happening in art during the great lockdown.
Episodes
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Waldy & Bendy discuss sculpture after a chat with Antony Gormley, and then entertain themselves in the lockdown by watching a terrible film about Frida Kahlo. Then Waldy chooses a Fatimid ewer for his imaginary shelf.
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Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Waldy & Bendy confront some shocking news from the art world. Waldy has a chat with the head conservation honcho at the National Gallery. And Bendy chooses an obscure picture for his On the Wall. Not!
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Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Christmas Special. Waldy & Bendy argue about the Best Nativity in Art, Bendy has a chat with a Hollywood superstar, and Waldy puts on a sealskin onesie.
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Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Waldy and Bendy go gaga over the Royal Collection, and things go from baaaad to worse when they try to select the best sheep in art.
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Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Waldy tries to convince Bendy of the wonders of Rococo, and they both put on their wellies and stomp back to the farm to look at cats in art. Plus Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
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Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Waldy & Bendy dive into the dangerous artistic waters of fakes and forgeries, and ask what’s real in art and what isn’t? When they’ve done that, they go fishing and play some chess.
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Waldy & Bendy discuss an exciting new Museum of African Art, talk to the author of The Brutish Museums, and then cuddle up to Bendy’s donkey. That’s right. Bendy has a donkey.
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Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Waldy & Bendy attempt an American art special. But don’t get very far. Also, the timely return of the Waldy & Bendy Awards, where the search is on for the worst statue in Britain.
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Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Waldy and Bendy catch up on what they’ve been up to in the interim since the last lockdown and discuss Artemisia Gentileschi.
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