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/news/from-martial-arts-to-visual-arts-olympian-artist-neil-eckersley-s-classic-underdog-story

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/

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Jo McLaughlin

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