Talk Art The Interviews

In this book, the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller Talk Art have compiled 24 of the most profound, moving, funny, and informative interviews from the popular Talk Art podcast. The interviews explore the inspirations, art experiences, and favorite artists of a diverse range of creative people, accompanied by images of the artworks that have influenced them.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 11 May 2023
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Insights from the zeitgeist are preserved with conviction and clarity, offering an inclusive way to access contemporary art in all its forms.

If Talk Art is the fun podcast, then this book is the educational supplement to be prescribed alongside it.

Where the collection really takes off is the interviews with younger artists, which are sensitive, unpatronising, genuinely questioning, and fundamentally challenging.

Indeed, this collection's strength ultimately lies in the fact that it reveals nothing more than a battlefield in its quest to establish what contemporary art is all about.

The authors of the Sunday Times bestseller Talk Art: Everything you wanted to know about contemporary art but were afraid to ask, have brought together 24 of the most profound, moving, funny, and informative interviews from the wildly popular Talk Art podcast.

These curated excerpts explore the inspirations, art experiences, and favourite artists of a fascinating range of creative people from Grayson Perry to Elton John, from Tracey Emin to Paul Smith, and from Wolfgang Tillmans to Sonia Boyce, accompanied by images of the artworks that they have created or that have influenced them.

The interviews featured include:

Jerry Saltz

Laurie Anderson

Stephen Fry

Elton John

Tracey Emin

Paul Smith

Sonia Boyce

Chila Burman

Rachel Whiteread

Wolfgang Tillmans

Pierce Brosnan

Grayson Perry

Weight: 946g
Dimension: 194 x 237 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781578797