Welcome to Encountering Beauty, a series of podcasts brought to you by Masterpiece London. I’m Thomas Marks, editor of Apollo magazine, and in these podcasts we’ll be exploring the enduring relevance and resonance of what have long been some of the most revered and versatile materials that artists have had at their disposal. 

In each conversation I’ll be joined by two art dealers who exhibit at the leading art fair that is Masterpiece London – experts in different artistic fields that nevertheless share particular materials between them. We’ll explore everything from ceramic to wood, and from pigments to precious stones; discussing how artists have handled, worked and transformed these materials; and why they’re prized by collectors today.

Today we’ll be hearing about why artists have been so drawn to bronze for thousands of years – a material that is notoriously difficult to work with and yet has rarely been out of fashion.

I’m delighted to be joined by Martin Clist, managing director of Charles Ede in London, one of the world’s leading dealerships for works of ancient art from Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire; […] And by Peter Osborne, of Osborne Samuel, one of London’s leading dealers in modern British painting and sculpture.

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