Your Art, Unlocked

In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, art dealer and art historian Dickon Hall visits the F. E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, to unlock a surreal, headless sculpture by Frederick Edward McWilliam.

As curator Dr Riann Coulter explains, McWilliam used many found objects in his work, including things we might think of as rubbish. Chocolate Soldier (1977) was in fact cast from the insides of a chocolate box, so this is no ordinary military figure.

What does an old chocolate box have to do with art? Quite a lot actually!

This is your art in your museums and galleries, so let's get to know it a little better.

Your Art, Unlocked is produced by Art UK and supported by Bloomberg Connects.

Producer: Imelda Barnard

Sound editor: Chris Sharp

In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, writer and lecturer Shane Strachan unlocks a playful print by Scottish artist Donald Urquhart in the collection of Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.

Taking the form of an alphabet, the work challenges us to think about what or who represents Scotland – the Loch Ness Monster perhaps, or Irn Bru and Sean Connery?

Hear from Griffin Coe, Art Curator at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums, who tells Shane not to be fooled by the simplicity of an Urquhart print – there’s a lot of personality and wit hiding inside!

This is your art in your museums and galleries, so let's get to know it a little better.

Your Art, Unlocked is produced by Art UK and supported by Bloomberg Connects.

Producer: Imelda Barnard

Sound editor: Chris Sharp

In this episode of Your Art, Unlocked, writer and curator Ruth Millington visits Wolverhampton Art Gallery to unlock a curious work by the American artist Jann Haworth.

Hear Ruth talk to Jann about soft sculpture and sexism, and listen to senior curator Sanna Moore explain the importance of this 1962 work to Wolverhampton's unrivalled Pop art collection.

But more importantly, find out what donuts have to do with modern art…

This is your art in your museums and galleries, so let's get to know it a little better.

Your Art, Unlocked is produced by Art UK and supported by Bloomberg Connects.

Producer: Imelda Barnard

Sound editor: Chris Sharp

What’s a soft sculpture? How do you make art using your voice? And do you need to paint a real person for it to count as a portrait?

Find out in Your Art, Unlocked, a new podcast that brings to life some unexpected objects in museum collections. Join our six hosts as they visit the UK’s museums and galleries to unlock some surprising art treasures.

This is your art in your museums and galleries, so let’s get to know it a little better.

Your Art, Unlocked is produced by Art UK, the online home of the UK’s public art collection. This podcast is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture platform that provides access to over 1,300 museums, galleries and cultural spaces around the world.