With Olympia, Manet rebels against the art establishment of the time. Taking Titian's Venus of Urbino as his model, Manet creates a work he thinks will grant him a place in the pantheon of great ...

Art historian Hannah Gadsby presents her radio series of comedy lectures about four masterpieces, kicking things off with Édouard Manet's iconic Olympia. Hannah shares her first encounter with Olympia ...