This is the first in a two part series on sculpture and sculpture conservation and restoration.We are introducing British emerging sculptor Hugh Chapman.  This is a raw and honest introduction into the artist&apos;s journey of Hugh.  His conceptual work is engaging and incredibly emotive.  His sculptural forms are complex with elegant waxing modern patinas which feel luxurious and organic.Our conversation is an investigation into the challenges faced by a sculptor and how partnerships with foundries and experts in restoration and conversation are incredibly important to the completion of projects and maintenance of works.You can view Hugh Chapman&apos;s work on his artist&apos;s page on our website and all the sculptures discussed by Hugh and Henry Moore, Tony Cragg, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley will be featured on our Nordic Art Agency Instagram.Hugh&apos;s work will be unveiled at our Winter Art Pop Up at Hansa which launches in November and you can follow Hugh Chapman on Instagram to view more works.

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Hugh Chapman - In Conversation

On this podcast episode, Juliet introduces emerging British abstract artist Victoria Curling Eriksson. Landscapes dominate Victoria’s paintings and her compositions are minimal with multiple fine layers of oil which develop the depth of colour and emotive modus of her work.Her paintings relate to simple motifs with polychromatic tones, gently graduating from one colour band to another. Fields and seascapes dominate the painting and the horizontal orientation of the canvas lends itself to the vertical undulating layers of colour and texture. Follow Victoria Curling Eriksson on Instagram and view her next series of landscape paintings at our Winter Art Pop Up as part of our Hansa Loves Art concept, opening in November.Both the Nordic Art Agency and Victoria will be exhibiting at the Affordable Art Fair 2021  in Stockholm, from 13th - 17th  October, so access your complimentary Private View and Art After Work tickets now online.Images of work referred to in the podcast by Victoria can be viewed on the Nordic Art Agency instagram.

Victoria Curling Eriksson - In Conversation

This Bonus Episode features news of some exciting gallery exhibitions happening in August-September in Malmö and London, featuring four international artists who have been guests on the podcast.Interior Souls is a new exhibition at the Nordic Art Agency gallery in Malmö and features nine new paintings of iconic interiors by architectural painter Bea Sarrias.  Join Juliet for the Vernissage on Friday 27th August at the gallery for art, drinks and conversation. Due to Covid 19 guidance, registration is essential if you wish to attend the event.  The digital exhibition catalogue can also be viewed onlineFive paintings by Frédéric Blaimont will also be shown in the small gallery during the Interior Souls exhibition.Studio Response: [#1] a new exhibition at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London, which opened this week, featuring our exclusive artists Jo Hummel and Sara Dare.  The exhibition is free and will be open until September  9th,  well worth a visit!

Bonus Episode - Vernissage // Saatchi Gallery

This episode features Eric Grech as the voice of French figurative artist Frédéric Blainmont. It is the first time we have experimented with our podcast guest being represented as an actor and the whole experience was quite interesting!Frédéric Blainmont is an observer of the everyday characters who are found in the banalest of situations. Anonymous figures emerged through his painting as he remains curious about his contemporaries.His paintings will allow you to leisurely criticise the supposed delinquencies, flaws, and inconsistencies found in society.  In contrast, the paintings feel smooth, almost delicately and restfully executed. The subdued pastel palettes, plain backgrounds, and monochromatic play make the figures almost feel poetic.Frédéric paintings are profiles of accuracy, with a subtle dusting of condemnation. He captures men and women; exploring our relationships with bodies, with food, and the unavoidable issue of excess and overconsumption. Find Frédéric Blainmont on Instagram and on the @nordicartagencypodcast where we have featured several of the works discussed in the podcast.We are delighted to represent Frédéric Blainmont exclusively at the Nordic Art Agency and look forward to exhibiting a series of images at the Nordic Art Agency in our exhibition Interior Souls launching at the end of August 2021.

Frédéric Blainmont - In Conversation

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is the Director of the Copenhagen Photo Festival 2021. We are currently facing a cultural battle as the global pandemic has left the consumption of art in galleries, museums and exhibitions in very uncharted waters.  The Copenhagen Photo Festival,  which was hosted between June 3th - June 13th, launched at a time when Copenhagen city had only very recently reopened after an extended lockdown.  The Director of the Copenhagen Photo Festival, Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen joins Juliet in conversation to explore the philosophy behind the festival, the uncertainty which faced the launch of the exhibition this year due to the pandemic, and the institutional challenges which are impacting the art world in general.The successes of the festival very much lie within its ethos of inclusivity, connectivity and the offering of a shared global immersive experience.  How we currently consume culture is discussed as well as the six participants in this year&apos;s solo exhibition, and the galleries, art institutions and museums partnering with the festival. Offical Partner events and exhibitions are continuing until 29th August and you can discover more of what is available to visit. The Nordic Art Agency is currently exhibiting and a photographic exhibition by Natalie Christensen, Semblances of Boundaries & Thresholds at our Malmö gallery until the end of July. You can view this exhibition&apos;s digital catalogue and recent virtual gallery event online.View images from the Copenhagen Photo Festival by visiting our Instagram @nordicartagencypodcast and or follow the @nordicartagency gallery on Instagram.

Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen - In Conversation

A slight departure from the normal guests we invite on this episode of the podcast.  Rather than an artist or an art influencer, we are in conversation with visual influencer Niki Brantmark, founder of the phenomenally successful award-winning blog MyScandinavianHome.com and best-selling author of three interior and lifestyle publications.MyScandinavianHome.com is a daily blog with over half a million page views per month and 360K followers on Instagram.  Over the past decade, the blog has featured homes and interiors from all over the Nordics providing a visual feast of the Scandinavian aesthetic.Art and interiors function in parallel to enhance the environment and experience within a home.  Niki shares her understanding and experience surrounding lighting, materials, colour pallets which define the Nordic interiors and very much the Scandinavian approach to life.Placing art in a home is as important as understanding the light sources, flow and function of a space and we hope this conversation provides some inspiration from Scandinavia, via two British ex-pats!Visit our Podcast Instagram to view images from Niki&apos;s Blog and @nordicartagency to view the gallery.

Niki Brantmark - In Conversation

Tom Lohner&apos;s paintings are very much like the artist himself, bold, dynamic, entertaining and fearless. During a whirlwind art career over the last twenty years, Austrian pop surrealist artist Tom Lohner has achieved huge success as a painter, a creative brand, as a gallery owner, and most recently as a creator of the first NFTs to placed in a museum collection.In this podcast we discuss Tom&apos;s artist journey, his collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe, The Baker House Gallery and Jaguar cars.  He also walks us through his creative practice and how his multidimensional approach to his artistry has enabled an evolution in his painting style and artist&apos;s brand.You can follow  Tom Lohner on Instagram and also view his website. Discover more about the Baker House Gallery and discover more about their exhibitions and location in Graz.Tom Lohner&apos;s zest for life, music and art is infectious and this conversation hopefully is inspiring for young emerging artists.

Tom Lohner - In Conversation

Spanish artist Bea Sarrias is obsessed with the architecture that surrounds her in her home city of Barcelona and the iconic international modernist and rationalist architects. Bea paints portraits of spaces and not buildings and the elements of composition, light and shade and perspective are essential to her painting practice in order to create the soul and narrative of the architecture found in her work.As a recent addition to the Nordic Art Agency&apos;s stable of artists, Bea is our first non-figurative or abstract artist.  This podcast seeks to understand why,  following her studies in Fine Art at the University of Barcelona, architecture has been her preferred and only subject matter.With commission projects for Nato Headquarters in Brussels and numerous international solo exhibitions, Bea is an established artist who works hard to continuously evolve her approach to colour, composition and understanding of industrial design and architecture.Follow Bea Sarrias on her Instagram and view her artist&apos;s profile on the Nordic Art Agency website.Images of iconic buildings and paintings by Bea discussed on the podcast can be viewed on our @nordicartagencypodcast Instagram account.

Bea Sarrias - In Conversation

Exciting British abstract painter and installation artist Sara Dare is the guest on this episode of the podcast.Sara Dare typically works on a large-scale using paper, linen and canvas combined with a range of mediums, selected for their viscosity and finish, such as ink, oil, emulsion and acrylic. Her paintings seek an evocative experience or visceral negotiation with the viewer, initially playful or peaceful followed by a sense of unease or tension.  Connecting to her painting on a physical or emotional level can also lead to a sense of unsettlement. Sara confesses in our conversation to almost sabotaging elements of beauty or perfection in favour of an authentic, human and historical practice developed through her use of colour, brushwork and material.The Nordic Art Agency is delighted to represent Sara Dare exclusively in Scandinavia and you can view more of her work over on her Instagram. We shall be exhibiting Sara Dare&apos;s painting at our Spring Art Pop Up at Hansa from April 30th - May 30th where we shall feature a new series of nine artworks alongside other international painters. Follow the Nordic Art Agency gallery on Instagram to discover more about our artists and exhibitions. We would also love for you to rate our podcast so that more people can find us and learn more about the international contemporary artists that we represent.

Sara Dare - In Conversation

In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Alexandra Fried and Alexandra Herlitz who, together, host the podcast Konsthistoriepodden a Swedish Art History podcast.  Both are currently senior lecturers at Gothenburg University in the department of Cultural Science specialising in specific periods of Art History.The Konsthistorienpodden discusses the process, ownership and reception of well-known artworks and covers a diverse roster of artists from a broad spectrum of time periods. Most of all, it reveals the unknown twists and tales that lay behind many of the lives of the artists and their acclaimed artworks.In our conversation, we discuss the value of understanding or being able to deconstruct artworks of historical importance and how that impacts how we view contemporary art. We also explore the importance of the narrative behind contemporary and historical artists and the value of historical art in modern culture and society.You can listen to the Konsthistorienpodden on most podcast platforms. Also, you can follow Alexandra Fried and Alexandra Herlitz and their insightful podcast and discover more art history adventures on Instagram and on Facebook. Please follow the Nordic Art Agency Podcast and the Nordic Art Agency on Instagram and be sure to subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode of Season 2.

Konsthistoriepodden In Conversation

Marta Lafuente is a figurative painter based in  Barcelona.  She has developed a unique mixed media style and creates memorable and emotional paintings which touch on the everyday encounter and forgotten moments.In the podcast, she discusses her painting practice and dedication to her instinctive process, her work as a Professor of Drawing at the Universitat de Belles Arts de Barcelona and her award-winning animation films.Marta has a true artist&apos;s soul and expresses her artwork and creative practice in a moving manner, as a complex and emotional process of evolution, mistakes and revisiting the past.We have represented Marta&apos;s work exclusively in Scandinavia since 2017 and are delighted to share new works this Spring on her artist&apos;s page on the Nordic Art Agency website.You can also view the short animation films discussed in the podcast, Deep and La Boite on  Vimeo.Marta Lafuente can be followed on her Instagram and a recent collection of her paintings can be found at the Nordic Art Gallery or on Artsy.

Marta Lafuente - In Conversation

In this episode of the podcast, we join photographer Natalie Christensen in her Santa Fe studio.  With over 51,000 Instagram followers Natalie Christensen&apos;s career has been one very much born online and driven by a thriving organic digital audience.Architecture is the main subject matter of her images as she is intrigued by line, form, structure and what lies beyond the edges of an image.  Her photographs deliver vibrant narratives that are both uplifting and reflective.Natalie Christensen exhibits in Europe and the US  and was one of five invited photographers at The National: Best of Contemporary Photography, Fort Wayne Museum of Art and was recently named one of “Ten Photographers to Watch” at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. You can find Natalie Christensen on Instagram and her collaborative partner Jim Eyre.We are delighted to represent Natalie exclusively in the Nordics and currently have two of her works exhibited at our Winter Art Pop Up until December 31st 2020.Please send your suggestion of artists or art influencers who you would like to hear on the podcast for 2021.

Natalie Christensen - In Conversation

Our podcast guest is the delightful Modupeola Fadugba, a young multi-disciplinarian artist who draws from her vast global travels and academic background.Modupeola holds a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware, a Masters in Economics from the University of Delaware and a Masters in Education from Harvard University but her heart and passion is deeply rooted in visual learning and responses.In her short six-year career as an artist, she has created powerful and beautiful bodies of work which touches on societal and political diversity, community, female empowerment and the artwork through the swim stories and the synchronised swimming.  Her paintings are featured in impressive museums and private collection around the globe.In our conversation, Modupeola joins us from Philidelphia where she is currently completing her residency at the Smithsonian. We explore her painting practice, use of materials and the impact of her life growing up in Togo, Uganda, Nigeria and UK.  She is a brilliant observer and combines her intellect and warmth to establish human value and narrative effortlessly in her impactful artwork.With exhibitions in Paris, London and Accra, we hope to welcome her to Scandinavia in the future.  You can view all her work on her website and on the Nordic Art Agency Instagram.

Modupeola Fadugba - In Conversation

Welcome to the wonderful (and slightly alternative) world of Danish photographer Lars Daniel.Lars Daniel is always joyfully reasserting and contradicting initial responses to his photography, and this conversation is no different.As a conceptual photographer, Lars Daniel sees the human form and the environment in which they exist in his images as otherworldly, dreamlike and somewhat removed from reality.  All literal meaning is therefore lost and any alternative view is open to be experienced. The BIG SLEEP series, Cultural Baggage II and Freedom & Happiness are all images which intrigue and require contemplation.You can view Lars Daniel&apos;s and current installation at HANSA Malmö on the second floor as part of are HANSA LOVES ART concept until the end of November 2020.All prints are available in a limited edition of  10 + 1 AP printed on matte Hahnemühle paper, mounted & framed in handcrafted, dark solid smoked oak frames and available to view and purchase online.  Contact the gallery for complimentary international shipping.

Lars Daniel - In Conversation

British artist Christabel Blackburn won Sky Art&apos;s Portrait Artist of the Year earlier in 2020 with her minimal and stripped back contemporary portraiture style. Christabel&apos;s compositions typically include flat planes of colour, architectural aspects, simplistic interiors with limited details balancing of context, reduction and intimacy.In the podcast, she discusses her journey as an artist and her recent experience painting music legend Nile Rodgers, founder of the 70s band Chic, which now hangs in the Royal Albert Hall in London. A must watch is the brilliant final of Sky Art&apos;s Portrait of the Year, which was an incredible event, filmed in the National Portrait Gallery in London.We are delighted that Christabel Blackburn has recently joined the Nordic Art Agency and we will exhibit three of her works in our exhibition FACES//PLACES which opens on Friday, October 9th in our Malmö gallery.Follow Christabel Blackburn over on Instagram and watch her portrait painting tutorial in collaboration with Partnership Editions.

Christabel Blackburn - In Conversation

A lively bi-monthly podcast exploring international emerging and established artists and art influencers. Hosted by British Art Historian, Art Advisor and Gallerist Juliet Rees-Nilsson, based in Scandinavia, who brings her open fresh approach to art and art collecting with great co-hosts and insightful conversations.