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1. Seurat's Masterpiece: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884

   20 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 10 min

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   What makes Georges Seurat's masterpiece 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -1884' so revolutionary? What does the picture mean? And why did it become so famous? Join Alastair and James as they explore the mysteries of one of the most beguiling paintings in the history of art.
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   Artworks in this episode:
   Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grand Jatte - 1884, 1884-86, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
   Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières 1884, The National Gallery, London
   Georges Seurat, The Diner, 1883-84, Private Collection
   Georges Seurat, Embroidery; The Artist's Mother, 1882-83, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814, Musée du Louvre, Paris
   Eugène Delacroix, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1854-61, Saint-Sulpice, Paris
   Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c.1869, The National Gallery, London
   Georges Seurat, Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother, 1882-83, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
   Georges Seurat, House at Dusk (La Cité), 1881-82, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   Georges Seurat, Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), 1882-83, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   Georges Seurat, Seated Boy with Straw Hat, study for Bathers at Asnières, 1883-84, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
   Georges Seurat, Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières"), 1883-84, National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.
   Georges Seurat, Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières"), 1883-84, National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.
   Georges Seurat, Boy from Behind, c.1893, Private Collection
   Arnold Böcklin, Isle of the Dead, 1880, Kunstmuseum, Basel
   Georges Seurat, The Couple: Study for La Grande Jatte, 1884, The British Museum, London
   Georges Seurat, La Grande Jatte, 1884, Private Collection
   Georges Seurat, Monkey, 1884, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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2. William Hogarth: The Rise and Fall of a Phizmonger (Part 2)

   13 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 18 min

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   How did William Hogarth help create the modern art world as we know it? Did he really stage the first conceptual art exhibition? And why in the final years of his life was he the subject of ridicule? Join Alastair and James as they chart the life and times of the man that helped transform the story of British art. Lees meer

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   Artworks in this episode:
   William Hogarth, O the Roast Beef of Old England (‘The Gate of Calais’), 1748, Tate Britain, London
   Canaletto, London Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge, 1747, Private Collection
   Jean Siméon Chardin, The Ray, Musée du Louvre, Paris
   Jean Siméon Chardin, Still-Life with Cuts of Meat, 1730, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux
   Anthony van Dyck, Lord John Stuart and His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, c.1638, National Gallery, London
   William Hogarth, George Arnold, 1738-40, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
   William Hogarth, Heads of Six of Hogarth's Servants, c.1750-55, Tate Britain, London
   William Hogarth, Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram, c.1740, The Foundling Museum, London
   William Hogarth, Marriage A-la-Mode: Plates 1-6, 1743, National Gallery, London
   William Hogarth, Gin Lane, 1751
   William Hogarth, Beer Street, 1751
   William Hogarth, The Analysis of Beauty, 1753
   William Hogarth, The Painter and his Pug, 1745, Tate Britain, London
   William Hogarth, Sigismunda Mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo, 1759, Tate Britain, London
   William Hogarth, The Bathos, 1764

   Recommended Reading:
   Jenny Uglow, William Hogarth: A Life and a World, 1998
   Mark Hallett, Hogarth, 2007
   Jacqueline Riding, Hogarth: Life in Progress, 2022

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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
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3. William Hogarth: The First Modern Artist (Part 1)

   6 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 13 min

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   How did William Hogarth transcend his humble origins to become one of the wealthiest artists in 18th century Britain? And in doing so, did he invent a new kind of art? Join Alastair and James as they chart the life and times of that most English of artists - William Hogarth. Lees meer

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   Artworks in this episode:
   William Hogarth, The Painter and his Pug, 1745, Tate, London
   William Hogarth, Hogarth's Shop Card, 1720
   Marcellus Laroon, Sir James Thornhill, c.1712-15, National Maritime Museum, London
   Sir James Thornhill, The Painted Hall, 1707-26, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
   William Hogarth, Self Portrait, c.1735, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
   William Hogarth, Falstaff Examining his Recruits, 1730
   William Hogarth, The Cholmondeley Family, 1732, Private Collection
   William Hogarth, A Harlot's Progress, Plates 1-6, 1732
   William Hogarth, A Midnight Modern Conversation, c. 1732, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

   Recommended Reading:
   Jenny Uglow, William Hogarth: A Life and a World, 1998
   Mark Hallett, Hogarth, 2007
   Jacqueline Riding, Hogarth: Life in Progress, 2022

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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac

4. Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights

   29 september 2026 · 1 uur 20 min

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   Is The Garden of Earthly Delights the strangest painting in all of art history? Is Bosch's bizarre masterpiece a vision of paradise or apocalyptic doom? And what's with all the giant fruit? Join Alastair and James as they dive headlong into the weird and wonderful world of Hieronymus Bosch.
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   Artworks in this episode:
   Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500, Museo del Prado, Madrid
   Hieronymus Bosch, Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns), c.1490/1510, The National Gallery, London
   Hieronymus Bosch, The Adoration of the Magi, c.1494, Museo del Prado, Madrid
   Salvador Dalí, The Great Masturbator, 1929, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
   Recommended Reading:
   Matthijs Ilsink et al, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman: Catalogue Raisonné, 2016
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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac Lees meer

5. Lee Miller: Witness to the Holocaust (Part 2)

   22 september 2026 · 1 uur 8 min

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   How did Lee Miller find her way into Hitler's apartment on the day his death was announced? And did what she witness in the Nazi concentration camps change her forever? Join Alastair and James as they conclude the story of one of art history's most remarkable photographers - Lee Miller. Lees meer

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   Artworks in this episode:
   Lee Miller, The Deputy Bürgermeister's daughter (Regina Lisso), 1945
   Margaret Bourke-White, The Leipzig Suicides, 1945
   Lee Miller, Fire Masks, London, England, 1941
   Lee Miller, Non-conformist Chapel, 1940
   Robert Capa, US troops assault Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings, 1944
   Lee Miller, Bad Burns Case, 1944
   Lee Miller, Beaten SS Prison Guard, 1945
   Lee Miller, US soldiers examine a rail truck load of dead prisoners, 1945
   Lee Miller, Dead SS Prison Guard Floating in Canal, 1945
   Lee Miller and David E. Scherman, Lee Miller in Hitler's Bathtub, 1945
   Lee Miller and David E. Scherman, David E. Scherman in Hitler's Bathtub, 1945

   Recommended Reading:
   Anthony Penrose, The Lives of Lee Miller, 1985
   Carolyn Burke, Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera, 2006

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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac

6. Lee Miller: The Supermodel Surrealist (Part 1)

   15 september 2026 · 58 min

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   How did Lee Miller transform herself from Jazz Age beauty to Surrealist photographer in 1930s Paris? And what lay behind her extraordinary capacity for reinvention? Join Alastair and James as they tell the first part of the remarkable story of the American model, artist, photojournalist and celebrity chef Lee Miller.
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   Artworks in this episode:
   Lee Miller and David E. Scherman, Lee Miller in Hitler's Bathtub, 1945
   Lee Miller, Charlie Chaplin with Chandelier, 1932
   Lee Miller, Untitled (Severed Breast from Radical Surgery), c.1930
   Man Ray, Indestructible Object (or Object to Be Destroyed), 1964 (replica of 1923 original), The Museum of Modern Art, New York
   Lee Miller, Joseph Cornell, c.1933
   Lee Miller, From the Top of the Great Pyramid, 1938
   Lee Miller, Portrait of Space, Al Bulyaweb, near Siwa, Egypt, 1937
   Lee Miller, Eileen Agar, 1937
   Lee Miller, Picnic, Mougins (Nusch and Paul Eluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Ady Fidelin), 1937
   Pablo Picasso, Lee Miller, 1937, Private Collection/National Galleries of Scotland
   Recommended Reading:
   Anthony Penrose, The Lives of Lee Miller, 1985
   Carolyn Burke, Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera, 2006
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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac Lees meer

7. 1066 and All That: The Bayeux Tapestry

   8 september 2026 · 1 uur 12 min

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   What does the Bayeux Tapestry tell us about the events of 1066? Did King Harold really get an arrow in the eye? And does the Tapestry really depict a bizarre medieval sex scandal? Join Alastair and James as they tell the story of Bayeux Tapestry and explore what it tells us about the power of art to shape the historical imagination. Lees meer

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   Artworks in this episode:
   The Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century

   Recommended Reading:
   The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unravelling the Norman Conquest by David Musgrove and Michael Lewis, 2026

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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Laura Sovilla
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac

8. Vincent van Gogh: Endgame in Auvers (Part 4)

   1 september 2026 · 1 uur 7 min

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   Did Vincent van Gogh intend to kill himself? How would his art have developed if he had lived even just a few months more? And what role did his sister-in-law, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, play in establishing his reputation? Join Alastair and James as they chart the final, tragic years in the life and art of Vincent van Gogh.
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   Artworks in this episode:
   Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889, Museum of Modern Art, New York
   Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889, Courtauld Gallery, London
   Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait with bandaged Ear and Pipe, 1889, Private Collection
   Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1889, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
   Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
   Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
   Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Doctor Gachet, 1890, Private Collection
   Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 1890, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
   Vincent van Gogh, Tree Roots, 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
   Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Social Producer: Grace Dewar
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac Lees meer

9. Vincent van Gogh: Disaster in Arles (Part 3)

   25 augustus 2026 · 56 min

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   What led to Vincent van Gogh's breakdown in December 1888? What role did Paul Gauguin play in Vincent's mental health crisis? And just how much of his ear did Vincent cut off? Join Alastair and James as Stories of Art transforms into a true crime podcast and delivers a blow-by-blow account of one of the most infamous events in the history of art.
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   Artworks in this episode:
   Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
   Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Harvard
   Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
   Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
   Paul Gauguin, Portrait of Mette Gauguin, 1877, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
   Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), 1888, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
   Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888, The National Gallery, London
   Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Chair, 1888, The National Gallery, London
   Vincent van Gogh, Gauguin's Chair, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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   Hosts: Alastair Sooke and Dr James Fox
   Additional Research: Catherine Ingram
   Producer and Editor: Ben Harding
   Executive Producer: Emma Cahusac Lees meer

10. Vincent van Gogh: Becoming Vincent (Part 2)

    18 augustus 2026 · 56 min

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    How did Vincent van Gogh find his signature style? And what inspired him to create his famous sequence of Sunflowers paintings in 1888? Join Alastair and James in the second of four episodes charting the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, as they explore a period of extraordinary creativity in the artist's career. Lees meer

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    Artworks in this episode:
    Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait as a Painter, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
    Adolphe Monticelli, Sunset, c. 1882-84, The National Gallery, London
    Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, 1857
    Vincent van Gogh, Père Tanguy, 1887, Musée Rodin, Paris
    Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Vincent van Gogh, A Pair of Shoes, 1888, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Harvard
    Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
    Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night, 1888, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
    Vincent van Gogh, The Night Café, 1888, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
    Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night Over the Rhône, 1888, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
    Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888, The National Gallery, London
    Vincent van Gogh, Vase with Five Sunflowers, 1888, destroyed 1945
    Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1889, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
    Vincent van Gogh, Three Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888, Private Collection
    Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888, Neue Pinakothek, Munich
    Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1889, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
    Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

    Thanks to Thames & Hudson for Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters, 2022

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