Interviews, podcasts and other writing

Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, writing by Sue:

The Sunday Times: Sex and syphilis: Paul Gauguin’s teeth prove we may have got the bad boy artist wrong

Daily Mail: Inside the night Vincent Van Gogh sliced off his ear with a razor, took it to the desk of a brothel – and police accused fellow artist Paul Gauguin of trying to murder him

Five Books: Five biographies of artists recommended by Sue Prideaux

Prospect: Sue Prideaux: ‘None of the big problems can be solved without regard for truth’

Podcasts:

BBC Radio 4: Front Row (16th Sep)

The Spectator: Book Club podcast

RTE Arena (Ireland): Sue Prideaux on Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin

Other recent writing:

A myth-mishmash – Review of Story of the Century: Wagner and the Creation of the Ring by Michael Downes in the Spectator

Madhouse at the end of the Earth – Review of Julian Sancton’s book for The Times

In Oslo, the mammoth new Munch museum is a joyful affair – Review of MUNCH for Apollo

How Dürer shaped the modern world – Review of Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare, New Statesman

Munch/Emin show: Royal Academy, London-  When Tracey found Edvard: Discovering the Emin/Munch Dynamic, Norwegian Arts

Making Wagner’s world- Review of Alex Ross’s Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music for the New Statesman.

Dictators: the great performers – Review of Frank Dikotter’s How To Be a Dictator for The New Statesman.

The dandies of a decadent age – Review of Julian Barnes’ The Man in the Red Coat for The Times.

Nietzsche spends Christmas with Wagner – Article for Prospect magazine.

Iconic angst – Article for The Economist on the sale of Munch’s Scream for $120 million.

Fjord eyes only – Article for Apollo on Norwegian landscape painting.

Educating Rembrandt – Review of Onno Blom’s Young Rembrandt for The New Statesman.

The soul laid bare – Article for Tate Etc. on Munch and photography.

On the sale of The Scream

Iconic angst: Edvard Munch’s The Scream from The Economist (by Sue Prideaux)

The inside story of the $120 million ‘Scream’ (interview with Sue Prideaux)