Shaping Taste and Shaping Society, with Paloma Picasso and Iwona Blazwick

There has never been a better time than now for women working in art, fashion and design. But female artists, gallerists, and collectors have always shaped taste, pushed patriarchal boundaries, and challenged orthodoxies to find ways of expressing themselves and championing the work of others. In this episode, originally recorded as a live event, Will Gompertz was joined at Sotheby’s in London by jewellery designer Paloma Picasso, art critic and 2024 Istanbul Biennale curator Iwona Blazwick, and Sotheby’s Emma Baker for a conversation about the past, present, and future of female creativity, and how women have influenced the art world as we know it today. To see the works discussed in this episode, or to watch an extended version of this talk, visit And, to step further into the world of Sotheby’s, you can visit any of our galleries around the world; they’re open to the public. For more information, visit sothebys.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Shaping Taste and Shaping Society, with Paloma Picasso and Iwona Blazwick is an episode from Intelligence Squared Business.

This episode is 36:04 long.

This episode was published on Jan 14, 2024.

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