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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.
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Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Waldy and Bendy have a Valentine's Day kiss-off, and conclude their search for the Worst Film About an Artist Ever Made with The Rebel starring Tony Hancock.
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Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Waldy & Bendy go head to head deciding if Lust For life is a worse van Gogh film than At Eternity’s Gate. Plus the Raphael cartoons and a scary portrait of Andy Warhol.
See the paintings in the show notes on our website.
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Waldy & Bendy run the rule over Albrecht Dürer and continue their search for the worst film about an artist ever made with ‘Pollock’, starring Ed Harris. Plus, a visit to an auction and Sophie the art baby.
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Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Waldy & Bendy discover a new kind of blue and poke about in the Oval Office, looking at the art. The bad film this week is The Agony and the Ecstasy, with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Julius II.
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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.