Saldo Caluthe and Tomas Sinke present another episode of Art World Exposed.
This week:
00:00 welcome, chit chat, did Tomas succeed in buying Amelia Crescent’s 1879 oil painting of a rowing boat sinking in the Irish Sea? Was it painted from life?
26:12 Welcome this week’s guest H.L. Botters, one of the key members of The Stick Insects, the art group that grew up around L.S. Lowry. Memories of L.S. Lowry. An amusing tale of how L.S. Lowry developed his technique. Vox Pops in Salford: Does anyone know what the L.S. in L.S. Lowry stand for?
35:34 Saldo reports on the art market, especially the rumours that Daven Strickland’s work “Hang this painting in a darkened room” sold for over £130 million to a collector in Flanders.
42:56 A recap of the many amusing art world jokes that have been doing the rounds this week.
52:31 Is cricket one of the fine arts? Arguments on both sides.
57:00 Drawing the tombola winner for the prize of a Monet sketch of Denmark Hill on Bastille Day
59:22 Goodbyes.