Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages
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Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages
Who Arted is art history and art education for everyone. While most art history podcasts focus on the traditional "fine art" we see in museums around the world, Who ARTed celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and art...
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TLDR Damien Hirst | The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Damian Hirst is a pivotal figure in contemporary art, best known as the leading force behind the Young British Artists (YBA) movement that transformed...
TLDR The Alhambra
The Alhambra is a majestic palace and fortress complex situated on Sabika Hill in Granada, Spain, representing the pinnacle of Moorish architecture in...
DayGlo Colors (encore)
This is an encore presentation of my episode about how DayGlo colors work and how they were developed by a pair of brothers in the 1930s. This spring...
The Salon des Refusés
In mid-19th century Paris, the prestigious Paris Salon, sanctioned by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, reigned as the art world's epicenter, acting as the...
The Curious Case of Nat Tate
The art world is full of interesting characters. In so many ways, the artist‘s biography can be as important as their work. Nat Tate was an interestin...
Artist Interview | Ian Capstick
Ian Capstick’s creative evolution spans from theatrical performance and prop making to a high-stakes career as a political pundit and creative directo...
Giotto | Ognissanti Madonna
Giotto di Bondone, born around 1267 near Florence, is widely recognized as a pivotal figure who transformed the trajectory of Western art by breaking...
Announcement: The Winner of Arts Madness 2026
Today, we’re going to look back at the winner of this year’s Arts Madness Tournament. I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has been listening...
Codex Borgia
The Codex Borgia is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscript, a 36-foot folded document made of animal hide, dating from the 13th to early 16th centuri...
Author Interview Kory Stamper | True Color
This week, I got to talk to Kory Stamper, author of True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color, exploring how color is a complex in...
Artemisia Gentileschi | Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653) was a preeminent Italian Baroque painter and one of the most accomplished artists of the 17th century. Born in Rome...
Gavin Whitehead | Raven
This week, I have an interview with Gavin Whitehead, the creator and host of The Art of Crime and a new limited series, Raven.
Find Gavi...
Chuck Close
Chuck Close said when a problem seems overwhelming, you should break it down into smaller pieces. To tackle the photorealistic faces, Chuck Close woul...
Alfred Sisley | Flood at Port-Marly
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was a pivotal figure in the Impressionist movement, uniquely distinguished by his unwavering devotion to landscape painting....
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a pivotal figure in 20th-century architecture, began his career in Germany, where he was deeply influenced by his early expo...
Artist Interview | Cristallina Fischetti
Fischetti’s work often explores "abstract medicine"—the idea that art can serve as a vehicle for healing and spiritual inquiry. Her background in prof...
Fun Facts About Paint and Glitter
Today I am sharing a bit from my other podcast, Fun Facts Daily. It has been wonderful making Who ARTed for the last few years and the spring is alway...
Architect Interview | Alexander Josephson
Alexander Josephson is a Toronto-based architect, lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, and the visionary co-founde...
Michelangelo | The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo was considered to be one of the greatest examples of a Renaissance man. He is also one of the worst examples of personal hygiene. Learn a...
Maria and Julian Martinez | Black on Black Pottery
Maria Martinez belonged to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo people, known for their rich artistic heritage. Pottery-making was deeply rooted in Puebloan cultu...
The Treasures of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter prepared to enter the tomb of a little-known pharaoh. Nobody had set foot inside the space for over 3,000 years, b...
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
In 1778, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun met Marie Antoinette at the Royal palace in Versailles. The queen had heard of Le Brun’s talent and asked to paint he...
Artist Interview | Jason deCaires Taylor
Jason deCaires Taylor, is a UK-based contemporary artist who has seamlessly merged art and environmental activism. Renowned for his captivating underw...
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is the largest religious structure in the world, located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, it is de...
Claude Monet | Wheat Stacks
My guest this week is Jen Leban from The Art of Education. For any fellow art teachers listening, check out The Art of Ed Community and I had the priv...
Artist Interview | Herb Williams
Herb Williams is an incredibly talented sculptor bringing crayons to a whole new dimension. I sat down to talk to Williams about his background, his a...
Diego Velazquez | Las Meninas
Diego Velazques was one of the most significant painters of Spain's Golden Age in the 17th century. He was a master of both portraiture and genre pain...
Leonardo da Vinci | The Last Supper
One Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works is not housed in a museum. It is in the Convent of Santa Maria in Milan Italy. It seems totally fitting for...
The Aztec Calendar Stone
The Aztec Sun Stone, also known as the Calendar Stone, is a large, round stone carving that represents Aztec mythology and cosmology. It depicts the f...
Caravaggio | The Calling of Saint Matthew
Michelangelo Merisi, born in 1571 amidst the darkness of the plague, would come to be known not by his christened name but by the name of his birthpla...
Rachel Whiteread | Embankment
Rachel Whiteread is a prominent British sculptor and a leading figure among the Young British Artists (YBAs) who rose to prominence in the late 1980s....
Jean-Antoine Houdon | George Washington
Jean-Antoine Houdon was one of the greatest neoclassical sculptors in the late 18th century. Shortly after the American Revolution, the governor of Vi...
William Blake | The Ancient of Days
My guest this week is Mark Vernon, author of Awake! William Blake and the Power of Imagination. We discussed William Blake, the famous poet and vi...
Johannes Vermeer | Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer created stunning works and he is widely celebrated as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. This painting, Woman Hold...
The Alexander Mosaic in the House of Faun, Pompeii
The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a masterpiece of ancient Roman artistry that continues to captivate viewers with it...
Felix Gonzalez-Torres | Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a conceptual artist who became well known in the 1980s and 90s for his works that broke down the barrier between artist and...
Jean-Michel Basquiat | Horn Players
Jean-Michel Basquiat has created some of the most highly valued American paintings ever to go on auction. Basquiat sought to remake art history in his...
Andy Warhol | Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych is a commentary on the nature of fame, celebrity, and mass media. Warhol appropriated a well-known image of Monroe, usin...
Dale Chihuly | Seaforms
Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly is a pioneering figure who transformed glass from a functional, industrial material into a celebrated...
The Longmen Grottoes
China's Longmen Caves or Longmen Grottoes are a UNESCO world heritage site. Starting in the 5th century CE, artists chiseled away at the limestone car...