Breed Presents

We're joined by artist Polly Morgan for this episode of Breed Presents. Polly made her name working with taxidermy in her art, which evolved over the years into the creation of more sculptural pieces involving snakeskins, concrete and polyurethane.
Our podcast chat took place at Polly's home near Stroud, and covered moving away from London, her home for many years, loss and grief, and all the experiences and inspirations that feed into her work.
We also touch on her recent transition into being a curator for exhibitions by other artists.
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We're excited to be joined by Graydon Carter for the latest episode of Breed Presents. A legendary figure in the world of magazine publishing and beyond, Graydon was editor of Vanity Fair for 25 years until 2017. Before that, he was co-founder and editor of the highly influential Spy magazine, and in recent years he was co-editor of weekly newsletter Air Mail, co-founded with Alessandra Stanley.  
Last year, he published an immensely enjoyable autobiography, When the Going was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, which forms the core of our conversation.

We're kicking off a new series of Breed Presents – our fourth – and what better way to begin than with Neil Wenman, the Global Creative Director of Hauser & Wirth. Hauser & Wirth began as a gallery founded by Iwan and Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser in 1992. It's come quite a way since then and now represents over a hundred artists with gallery locations around the world. Our conversation took place looking out across the vista of London from the windows of his Mayfair office.
That conversation took in Neil's achievements during 15 years at Hauser & Wirth, working with and for the artistic community it represents, Ursula magazine, and how he went from an early fascination with architecture to working at the centre of the artistic world. We also talked about his work with the arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms, which commissions art for hospital spaces and provides art workshops for patients and NHS staff.

Breed Presents returns this Tuesday May 12th for Season 4.

Olivia Triggs, host & founder of creative agency Breed, talks to people from all areas of the creative world, from artists to publishers, designers and more… those who've found their own very individual creative vocation. We're interested in what drives them, how they found their way into what they do, and their attitude towards the creative act.

Among the guests we can hint at, without giving any names just yet, are people closely associated with Vanity Fair, It's Nice That, Hauser & Wirth, Black Crows, and Words, Sounds, Colors & Shapes. 

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In this episode of Breed Presents our guest is Catherine Fairweather, journalist, travel writer, editor and also a podcaster.

Much of Catherine's professional life has been forged from her love of travel, of discovering new places and cultures and seeing firsthand how other people live. Over the years, Catherine has been a contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveller, Harper's Bazaar, the Financial Times, Air Mail and The Daily Telegraph. She then began podcasting and now hosts two podcasts: Voices from the Frontline, where she talks to people who work in high-risk combat zones all over the world and The Third Act, a podcast that looks at later life in a positive way through conversations with artists, explorers and actors.

Catherine was the last interview we recorded for this season and it was so nice to round things off with a fellow podcaster, the first we've had on the series.

Voices from the Frontline Podcast

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