We're ending November on a podcast high! Welcome to Episode 7, and sit back as we talk you through our exhibition highlights. This includes Liz's trip to Lucian Freud's Self-portraits at the Royal Academy. This inspired some further reading into the Guardian's article on the discovery of Freud's plant paintings, and why plants have always ranked lowly in the art hierarchy.

Another month and another Banksy publicity stunt; we discuss his new online shop and who he really is trying to target with this new platform. We also check in on a previous news story that piqued our interest, as Instagram have recently held a round table with artists to discuss their censorship of art nudity on the platform.

And the creepily beautiful AI robot artist Ai-Da has caught Jessie's attention. AI might be the future of art, so if you want to know what the future will look like, take a glimpse at her profile.

Our Artist Focus this episode is Robert Rauschenberg, a man that cannot be defined by one artistic movement. We start in Pop Art, but then his art transports across styles, mediums and with a variety of different collaborators.

SHOW NOTES

Song Dong 'Same Bed Different Dreams' at Pace Gallery: https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/song-dong/
Claire Tabouret 'Portraits' at Almine Rech Gallery: https://www.alminerech.com/artists/4769-claire-tabouret
Tai-Shan Schierenberg 'Men Without Women' at Flowers Gallery, Cork Street: https://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/view/men-without-women
Kara Walker 'Black and White to Living Colour: The collected motion pictures and accompanying documents of Kara E. Walker, Artist.' at Sprueth Magers until 21 December 2019: http://www.spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/507
Lucian Freud 'The Self-portraits' until 26 January 2019: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/lucian-freud-self-portraits
Forget Lucian Freud's nudes - he was a magnificent painter of plants: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/24/lucian-freud-nudes-magnificent-painter-of-plants-climate-emergency
Banksy Online Shop: https://shop.grossdomesticproduct.com/
Instagram Holds Closed-Door Roundtable with Artists on Art and Nudity: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/instagram-censorship-roundtable-13431/
Instagram profile recommendation: @Dynamisk
Abstract: The Art of Design: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80057883
Another Instagram profile: @aidarobot
Robert Rauschenberg: https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/

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