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Joanna Moorhead

The Great Women Artists

On the Road with Penguin Classics

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Marina Abramović

Laura Smith

Eileen Myles

Ali Smith

Olivia Laing

Alyce Mahon

Marina Warner

Deborah Levy

Anne Truitt

Cornelia Parker

Sarah Lucas

Jessie Burton

Yoko Ono

Celia Paul

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Leonora Carrington in the Ardèche. The journalist and biographer Joanna Moorhead joins Henry in the south of France to discuss her cousin, the surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington. They trace Carrington’s life story to Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche, where she lived with the artist Max Ernst, and discuss her spectacular feminist, eco-apocalypse novel The Hearing Trumpet. Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carringtonhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57481/the-hearing-trumpet-by-leonora-carrington-intro--ali-smith/9780141187990 Naxos audiobook of The Hearing Trumpet, read by Siân Phillipshttps://naxosaudiobooks.com/hearing-trumpet-the-unabridged/https://apple.co/3dOYfpp Joanna Moorheadhttp://www.joannamoorhead.org/ The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorheadhttps://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/https://apple.co/3SCdDUU Leonora Carrington at the Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615 Leonora Carrington at the Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagenhttps://uk.arken.dk/udstilling/leonora-carrington/ Leonora Carrington at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico Cityhttps://mam.inba.gob.mx/leonora-carrington-cuentos-magicos Saint-Martin-d’Ardèchehttps://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/saint-martin-d-ardeche-29317.htm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leonora Carrington in the Ardèche. The journalist and biographer Joanna Moorhead joins Henry in the south of France to discuss her cousin, the surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington. They trace Carrington’s life story to Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche, where she lived with the artist Max Ernst, and discuss her spectacular feminist, eco-apocalypse novel The Hearing Trumpet. Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57481/the-hearing-trumpet-by-leonora-carrington-intro--ali-smith/9780141187990" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57481/the-hearing-trumpet-by-leonora-carrington-intro--ali-smith/9780141187990</a> Naxos audiobook of The Hearing Trumpet, read by Siân Phillips<a href="https://naxosaudiobooks.com/hearing-trumpet-the-unabridged/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://naxosaudiobooks.com/hearing-trumpet-the-unabridged/</a><a href="https://apple.co/3dOYfpp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3dOYfpp</a> Joanna Moorhead<a href="http://www.joannamoorhead.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.joannamoorhead.org/</a> The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead<a href="https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/</a><a href="https://apple.co/3SCdDUU" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3SCdDUU</a> Leonora Carrington at the Tate<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615</a> Leonora Carrington at the Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen<a href="https://uk.arken.dk/udstilling/leonora-carrington/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://uk.arken.dk/udstilling/leonora-carrington/</a> Leonora Carrington at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City<a href="https://mam.inba.gob.mx/leonora-carrington-cuentos-magicos" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://mam.inba.gob.mx/leonora-carrington-cuentos-magicos</a> Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche<a href="https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/saint-martin-d-ardeche-29317.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/saint-martin-d-ardeche-29317.htm</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Hearing Trumpet with Joanna Moorhead

In Episode 06 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews journalist Joanna Moorhead, the long lost cousin, biographer and world expert of one of the greatest surrealist painters ever to exist, LEONORA CARRINGTON!!!And WOW, will it shock you to find out that Joanna only found out about her long lost cousin a mere THIRTEEN years ago, by which point the great artist was 89. Determined to track her down, Joanna flew straight to Mexico to find her cousin – who was never allowed to be spoken about in her family since her dramatic exit in 1937...Born in 1917 in a large gothic mansion – that inspired many of her later paintings – Carrington had an isolated childhood. The only girl of three brothers, age 15 Carrington was sent to London be a debutant, but she resisted, only to head straight to art school where she ended up falling in love with Max Ernst, the married Surrealist painter 26 years her senior...After a huge row with her family – she never saw her father again – she headed straight for Paris. But this was 1936 and war was imminent. And it wasn't going to be easy for the young Leonora to venture out on her own. Listen now to discover how the young Leonora escaped Europe for Mexico, the country where Carrington resided until her death in 2011... I couldn't be more delighted to interview Joanna about Leonora and her fantastically surreal paintings – many of which echo her childhood – and to find out first hand about the artist's life and take on her work, and of course, their meeting in 2006. WORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Self Portrait (In of the Dawn Horse), 1937–38https://www.metmuseum.org/en/art/collection/search/492697Portrait of Max Ernst, 1939https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/164061/portrait-max-ernstDo You Know My Aunt Eliza?, 1941https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/carrington-do-you-know-my-aunt-eliza-t11911Green Tea, 1942https://bit.ly/31N9PoYCrookhey Hall, 1947https://bit.ly/2BNPhC8Grandma Moorhead's Aromatic Kitchen, 1975https://bit.ly/2PnZGMVFurther reading – Joanna's book: https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/Article on the book: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/05/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington-joanna-moorhead-reviewBBC documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEF1bjgt5Q&amp;t=1121sThank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by the Affordable Art Fair: @affordableartfairukFollow us:Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hesselArtwork by @thisisaliceskinnerSound editing by @_ellieclifford Music by Ben Wetherfield

In Episode 06 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews journalist Joanna Moorhead, the long lost cousin, biographer and world expert of one of the greatest surrealist painters ever to exist, LEONORA CARRINGTON!!! And WOW, will it shock you to find out that Joanna only found out about her long lost cousin a mere THIRTEEN years ago, by which point the great artist was 89. Determined to track her down, Joanna flew straight to Mexico to find her cousin – who was never allowed to be spoken about in her family since her dramatic exit in 1937... Born in 1917 in a large gothic mansion – that inspired many of her later paintings – Carrington had an isolated childhood. The only girl of three brothers, age 15 Carrington was sent to London be a debutant, but she resisted, only to head straight to art school where she ended up falling in love with Max Ernst, the married Surrealist painter 26 years her senior... After a huge row with her family – she never saw her father again – she headed straight for Paris. But this was 1936 and war was imminent. And it wasn't going to be easy for the young Leonora to venture out on her own. Listen now to discover how the young Leonora escaped Europe for Mexico, the country where Carrington resided until her death in 2011... I couldn't be more delighted to interview Joanna about Leonora and her fantastically surreal paintings – many of which echo her childhood – and to find out first hand about the artist's life and take on her work, and of course, their meeting in 2006. WORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:  Self Portrait (In of the Dawn Horse), 1937–38https://<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/en/art/collection/search/492697" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.metmuseum.org/en/art/collection/search/492697</a> Portrait of Max Ernst, 1939https://<a href="http://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/164061/portrait-max-ernst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/164061/portrait-max-ernst</a> Do You Know My Aunt Eliza?, 1941https://<a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/carrington-do-you-know-my-aunt-eliza-t11911" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/carrington-do-you-know-my-aunt-eliza-t11911</a> Green Tea, 1942https://<a href="http://bit.ly/31N9PoY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/31N9PoY</a> Crookhey Hall, 1947https://<a href="http://bit.ly/2BNPhC8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2BNPhC8</a> Grandma Moorhead's Aromatic Kitchen, 1975https://<a href="http://bit.ly/2PnZGMV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2PnZGMV</a> Further reading –  Joanna's book: <a href="https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/joanna-moorhead/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington/9780349008776/</a> Article on the book: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/05/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington-joanna-moorhead-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/05/the-surreal-life-of-leonora-carrington-joanna-moorhead-review</a> BBC documentary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEF1bjgt5Q&amp;t=1121s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEF1bjgt5Q&amp;t=1121s</a> Thank you for listening!! This episode is sponsored by the Affordable Art Fair: @affordableartfairuk Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Sound editing by @_ellieclifford Music by Ben Wetherfield

Joanna Moorhead on Leonora Carrington