Podcast Episodes

Genesis Tramaine on How Faith Inspires Her Art

For centuries, Western art-making centered around religious imagery during the middle ages and Renaissance icons. Altar pieces and stained glass windows were regarded as meditative objects through wh…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The Bitter Battle Over Bob Ross's Empire of Joy

Love him or laugh at him, Bob Ross is absolutely one of America’s best known painters. A quarter century after he died in 1995, a Bob Ross Experience debuted in Indiana last October as a site of pilg…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How Monaco and Accra Are Spinning the Art World in Opposite Directions

It’s late August, and for the first time in two years, it looks like the fall art season could be jam-packed with major in-person art-market events––even if some of them don’t normally happen at the …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How Britney Spears's Image Inspired Millennial Artists

I'm sure you've heard it: For the past few months, the U.S. news media has been following the saga of pop star Britney Spears and the unusual conservatorship arrangement which prevents her from contr…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How the Medicis Became Art History's First Influencers

If you're a fan of Italian Renaissance art and you were in New York right now, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a treat for you. It's called The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1520-1570 and it off…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How Two Painters Helped Spark the Modern Conservation Movement

Right now there is a powerful, highly ambitious, and deeply relevant art show in New York that weaves together the histories of conservation and American art in a way most people haven't seen before.…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

The Hunter Biden Art Controversy, Explained

This episode is devoted to Hunter Biden. Why? If you read the news, click on any cable network or walk down the street. You've probably heard that everybody is in a tizzy about the son of the preside…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Legendary Auctioneer Simon de Pury on Monaco, Hip Hop, and the Art Market’s New Reality

This week, the subject of our show is less a story and more of a phenomenon, and his name is Simon de Pury.

A legendary auctioneer who has actually been called the "Mick Jagger of auctions," de Pury h…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

18-Year-Old NFT Star Fewocious on How Art Saved His Life (and Crashed Christie's Website)

Last month, a new name entered the art discussion when a suite of five digital artworks sold in a special sale at Christie's auction house in New York for $2.1 million. And it's a name you might not …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

The Art Angle Podcast (Re-Air): How Photographer Dawoud Bey Makes Black America Visible

The Art Angle team is taking this week off, but we'll be back July 9 with a new episode. In the meantime, here's one of our favorite recent episodes, featuring photographer Dawoud Bey on the occasion…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago