Contemporary Art History

When launching the Talk Art podcast in 2018, actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament had one clear aim: to make the art world more accessible. Since then, the podcast has grown to be a global hit, featuring exclusive interviews with leading artists, curators, gallerists, actors, musicians and fellow art lovers such as Lena Dunham, Sir Paul Smith, David Shrigley, Noel Fielding, Edward Enninful, Rose Wylie and Sir Elton John.

This book has one purpose—to offer everyone the opportunity to become as wild about modern and contemporary art as I am. I am committed that your visits to modern and contemporary art exhibits become joyful, enriching experiences that you eagerly anticipate, avidly soak in and never get over. I say that the ability to appreciate art, including every type of art, is innate to all human beings. I have discovered that unlocking this natural love of art has much more to do with clearing out what's in the way than it does with accumulating information.

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly fifth century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu , is composed of 13 chapters. Each chapter is devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500 years The Art of War has been the lead text in an anthology that would be formalised as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080.

En la Historia del Arte Español, como en la de cualquier país, lo más difícil, y para muchos lo más fácil, es recoger una serie de nombres, estilos, figuras, etc. que estudiar. Difícil porque no se sabe quienes son los mejores, ya que hablando de estilos artísticos es muy complicado llegar a determinar cuál es la belleza por excelencia, cuando ésta es algo subjetivo de cada espectador que la contempla y teniendo en cuenta que entran en litigio muchos elementos -y no todos objetivos ni igualmente valorables- que hacen recaer una mayor responsabilidad al efectuar esa valoración.