Tommaso Corvi-Mora
b'Robert and Russell meet leading gallerist & ceramicist Tommaso Corvi-Mora. We discuss growing up in Italy, moving to Germany for a pivotal first summer job working with Alighiero Boetti for a Bonner Kunstverein show, becoming a gallery assistant with Esther Shipper in Cologne, his early love of artist Joseph Beuys, and his longterm passion for the late Cuban-American artist F\\xe9lix Gonz\\xe1lez-Torres. We explore collecting art, how he started his gallery in South London in the same building as Greengrassi (owned by his partner Cornelia Grassi), his representation of leading artists including Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Alvaro Barrington, Jennifer Packer, Roger Hiorns and Adam Buick. Plus we learn about his own recent artistic career making ceramics, including a number of successful exhibitions curated by fashion designer Duro Olowu. See Tommaso\\u2019s new ceramics in Collect art fair at Somerset House with Made in Britaly. Plus he\\u2019s giving a \\u2018Lightning Talk\\u2019 at Collect on Saturday 29th February and will also be part of Camden Arts Centre\\u2019s \\u2018Ceramics Circle\\u2019 event on March 8th 2020. Follow @corvimora for the gallery\\u2019s Instagram and @tcmceramics for his ceramic work! If you\'ve enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or email talkartpodcast@gmail.com as we love hearing your feedback! @talkart
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