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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art

Welcome to ‘Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art’ – the podcast they couldn’t stop.

I’m Waldy – otherwise known as Waldemar Januszczak, art critic of the Sunday Times – and with my co-host Bendor ‘Bendy’ Grosvenor, the celebrated art historian and TV presenter, we’re going to be looking at interesting things that are happening in art during the great lockdown.

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Podcast on the topic Bildende Kunst

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Tracey Emin Interview from 2022-01-28T19:00

While Bendor is flying over the Swiss Alps, Waldemar is chatting to British artist Tracey Emin. They talk about her holiday, her recovery from cancer, and her exciting new plans for life in Marg...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Christmas Special 2021 part 2 from 2021-12-21T09:00

The Waldy & Bendy Christmas and New Year Special continues with a look back at a difficult year in art. Who was best and, more importantly, who was worst.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 19 from 2021-05-16T00:01

Season Finale! Waldy & Bendy visit Bendor Grosvenor's Farm to search for the best birds in art and look back at their favourite art moments of the lockdown.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 17 from 2021-05-02T00:01

Waldy & Bendy hear some shocking news from the art world, and celebrate spring by looking at the best gardens in art.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 16 from 2021-04-25T00:01

Waldy & Bendy go in search of the best St George in art, Waldy talks to Yoko Ono, while Bendy relives the Battle of Britain.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 12 from 2021-03-27T23:01

Waldy & Bendy raid Bendor Grosvenor's farm in the search for the best horse in art! Waldy reveals how Caspar David Friedrich changed his television career, while, Bendy visits the Queen.

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 11 from 2021-03-20T23:01

Waldy & Bendy discuss some shocking news from the art world and investigate the future of museums. Bendy talks to a big honcho who’s written a book on the subject, while Waldy remembers Louisvil...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 10 from 2021-03-14T00:01

Waldy & Bendy celebrate Mother's Day with a look at mothers in art, and pop into the big auction to see how much the Beeple will fetch. Also Waldy has a chat with Andy Goldsworthy about land art...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 9 from 2021-03-07T00:01

Waldy & Bendy delve into hell in the art of Hieronymus Bosch, and almost come to blows over prices in the auction world. Meanwhile Bendor takes a walk in ancient Rome and Waldy goes to India. Listen

Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 8 from 2021-02-28T00:01

Waldy & Bendy celebrate the dodgy anniversary of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bendy has a chat with Joanna Wood about accessibility in museums, and Waldy goes to Istanbul in his dreams.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 7 from 2021-02-21T00:01

Waldy & Bendy celebrate the dodgy birth of El Greco, and Waldy has a chat with Britain’s greatest forger, Shaun Greenhalgh. Plus the spiritual abstraction of Georgiana Houghton.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 6 from 2021-02-14T00:01

Waldy and Bendy have a Valentine's Day kiss-off, and conclude their search for the Worst Film About an Artist Ever Made with The Rebel starring Tony Hancock.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 5 from 2021-02-07T00:01

Waldy & Bendy go head to head deciding if Lust For life is a worse van Gogh film than At Eternity’s Gate.  Plus the Raphael cartoons and a scary portrait of Andy Warhol.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 4 from 2021-01-31T00:01

Waldy & Bendy run the rule over Albrecht Dürer and continue their search for the worst film about an artist ever made with ‘Pollock’, starring Ed Harris. Plus, a visit to an auction and Sophie t...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 3 from 2021-01-24T00:01

Waldy & Bendy discover a new kind of blue and poke about in the Oval Office, looking at the art. The bad film this week is The Agony and the Ecstasy, with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 2 from 2021-01-17T00:01

Waldy & Bendy discuss sculpture after a chat with Antony Gormley, and then entertain themselves in the lockdown by watching a terrible film about Frida Kahlo. Then Waldy chooses a Fatimid ewer f...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 3, Episode 1 from 2021-01-10T00:01

Waldy & Bendy confront some shocking news from the art world. Waldy has a chat with the head conservation honcho at the National Gallery. And Bendy chooses an obscure picture for his On the Wall...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 2, Episode 7 from 2020-12-20T00:01

Christmas Special. Waldy & Bendy argue about the Best Nativity in Art, Bendy has a chat with a Hollywood superstar, and Waldy puts on a sealskin onesie.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Season 2, Episode 6 from 2020-12-13T00:01

Waldy and Bendy go gaga over the Royal Collection, and things go from baaaad to worse when they try to select the best sheep in art.

 

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Waldy and Ron's Adventures in Birds from 2020-09-23T10:15:58

In a one episode special, Waldy swaps partners and teams up with his pal Ron to talk about flying works of art - otherwise known as birds.

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 13 from 2020-07-04T23:00

Waldy & Bendy interview the director of the National Gallery and ask why the museums are taking such a long time to reopen. Then they hand out the prestigious Waldy & Bendy Award for the Worst P...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 12 from 2020-06-27T23:30

Waldy and Bendy go head to head, arguing over whether British art is actually any good. And the Wendy Awards return, this time handed out to the best painters of children.

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 11 from 2020-06-21T01:00

Waldy & Bendy talk to Damien Hirst talk about the impact of the lockdown and fall in love with Gainsborough. Bendy chooses a picture to hang on his wall that is famous for its wart, while Waldy ...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 10 from 2020-06-14T01:00

Waldy and Bendy discuss iconoclasm and choose ‘the world’s worst museum website’. In On The Wall, Bendy goes for a landscape and Waldy goes for a VW camper van!

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 09 from 2020-06-07T01:00

Waldy & Bendy wade into the Pre-Raphaelites and then hand out the first Wendies - the Waldy & Bendy Awards for the best museum websites. With big winners and even bigger losers!

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 08 from 2020-05-31T01:00

We talk to Grayson and Philippa Perry about their TV Art Club and ask who wears the trousers in their relationship? We also discuss The Royal Academy and Malcolm Gladwell's podcast 'The Lady Van...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 07 from 2020-05-23T22:49:12

Tate Modern ought to be celebrating its 20th birthday, but the party had to be called off. So Waldy and Bendy throw their own party. Bendy also has a go at curating and Waldy picks Gustav Klimt'...

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 06 from 2020-05-16T15:34:26

Why are celebrities grabbing their paint brushes during the Great Lockdown, and what exactly is the elusive art movement they call Mannerism? Plus Waldy’s self-portrait as Philip Guston.

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 05 from 2020-05-09T09:12:11

Rubens divides opinions. But can he divide Waldy & Bendy? Also, a lockdown interview with Tracey Emin and why Bendy wants a Holbein.

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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Episode 01 from 2020-04-28T16:10:22

Should museums be allowed to ‘deaccession’ their collections, and why was Gauguin such a good painter of children? 

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