British Art Talks Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Award winning writer Roger Robinson talks to Anna Reid about the interplay of poetry with painting and portraiture.

Maria Fusco, working class writer and Professor of Interdisciplinary Writing at the University of Dundee, talks to Anna Reid about formative influences on her practice.

Adrian Rifkin joins Anna Reid to share a set of texts that speak of the formation of his own practice as a renowned art historian and creative writer.

Catherine Grant, Senior Lecturer in the Art and Visual Cultures departments at Goldsmiths, talks about some of the most exciting contemporary developments in art writing.

In this episode of British Art Talks, an array of artists is enlisted in a quixotic project: a countdown from fifty in bingo calls. First, a story, part of a beat poem, narrated by Ryan as author, to his daughter, Penny.

Artist Lucy Skaer speaks in situ about leaving her family home as the sold signs go up outside. She charts the influence of the house on her and on the work she has made over the years from parts of the building, and looks more generally at how artists find their narrative in the world.