Jo's Art History Podcast
Art & The Olympics with Neil Eckersley
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Happy New Year and Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week my guest is contemporary artist and double olympian Neil Eckersley.
We discuss Neil’s olympic journey, the history of art at the Olympics and Neil’s contemporary artistic practice. It’s a great episode to kick off the new year - enjoy!! :)
Links:
Neil’s Website:
https://www.olyart.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Eckersley
https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-agora-beijing-2022/neil-eckersley
Reading Material on art at the Olympics
https://canvas.saatchiart.com/culture/a-brief-history-of-art-at-the-olympics
https://olympics.com/ioc/the-olympic-foundation-for-culture-and-heritage/arts-and-culture
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/olympic-art-competition-pierre-de-coubertin/
Host:
Jo McLaughlin
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