{
  "id": 19808897,
  "title": "Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, Lagos Biennial, Constantin Meunier—podcast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/vanessa-bell-and-duncan-grant-lagos-biennial-constantin-meunier",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-13T13:03:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Art Newspaper",
    "slug": "the-art-newspaper",
    "url": "https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/11/13/vanessa-bell-and-duncan-grant-lagos-biennial-constantin-meunierpodcast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Art Newspaper's podcast team explores the art world's latest happenings, featuring guests and insights. In this episode, they delve into Tate Britain's major exhibition of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, showcasing a fresh perspective on these influential British Modernism figures. They also visit the opening of the Lagos Biennial in Nigeria, the fifth edition titled \"The Museum of Things Unseen.\" Curators Chinyere Obieze and Sam Hopkins discuss their vision for the biennial, which seeks to highlight unseen artworks. Additionally, the podcast features a \"Work of the Week\" segment, highlighting a group of plaster sculptures by Belgian artist Constantin Meunier. These sculptures are part of Meunier's monumental work, \"Monument to Labour,\" which is on display at the Petit Palais in Paris as part of the exhibition \"Brussels 1900.\" The exhibition's curator, Davy Depelchin, joins the discussion, providing insights into the extensive show at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Belgium.",
  "summary": "In this week's episode, Ben Luke visits a Bloomsbury Group show at Tate Britain in London, speaks to the curators of the Lagos Biennial in Nigeria and learns about a group of social realist sculptures by the Belgian artist Constantin Meunier on view at the Petit Palais in Paris",
  "key_points": [
    "Tate Britain showcases Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant exhibition",
    "Lagos Biennial 5th edition opens in Nigeria, focuses on unseen artworks",
    "Constantin Meunier's plaster sculptures featured in Work of the Week"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}