James Payne 📺

Now available in the US and Canada, “Great Art Explained” sheds new light on 30 artworks from around the…

A fantastic day with @artlyst and @artplugged for a dirty show @hastings.contemporary with @thelandgardeners…

Suzanne Valadon was born today in 1865. This is an excerpt of chapter 20 of my book ‘Great Art Explained’…

A possible Great Art Explained? Happy birthday (1899-1988) Louise Nevelson talking here in 1979 at the age…

Been reading about Archibald Motley’s art and life. What if a painting could make you hear the music? In…

“A reminder that cultures are rarely shaped in isolation, but transformed by the people, ideas and…

Love this clip! Who knew he was so funny? This is from a rare 1956 interview with pioneering American…

The Bayeux Tapestry at @britishmuseum IS incredible, and I was lucky enough to go to the preview. It’s…

Archive BBC documentary first shown in 1961. A contemporary of Henry Moore, Yorkshire-born Barbara Hepworth…

Been looking at the works of Paula Modersohn-Becker who was one of the great pioneers of modern art, even…

So pleased to have my film (short clip here) on Gabriele Münter in the fantastic Kandinsky blockbuster show…

One of my favourite artists Agnes Martin interviewed in her (very tidy) studio in Taos in 1997. Last year I…

I’m not one for sharing my personal life on social media but this is the one personal post I do every year…

Art is always political. On November 29, 1962, President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy spoke at a fundraising…

The wonderful Alice Neel interviewed in 1984 just before her death. With her sensible dresses, neat collars…

The great thing about my job is getting amazing access to art. It was so nice to get a tour of…

I love what I do, and ignore the minority (and on my social media it is a minority) who post awful comments…

Coming next to my Great Art Explained @youtube channel is one of my absolute favourite paintings, Henry…

A confident woman striding forward. Love the latest fourth plinth commission. “Lady In Blue” by New York…

Richard Hamilton died today in 2011 (born 1922). I found this great interview with my hero J.G. Ballard…

So pleased to recommend this beautiful lavishly illustrated book by @matthewolivierx who I’m a big fan of.…

Jacques Henri Lartigue Died today in 1986. In August 1955, Lartigue met Pablo Picasso at his extraordinary…

“Art should be provocative”. We were so thrilled that Patterson Joseph spoke to @artfirstprimo for our…

How do you create an image for something so horrific that it seems impossible to represent? Every year on…