Podcast Episodes

Re-Air: How Textiles Took Over the Art World

This week we are running a re-air of an interview with the curator and writer Elisa Auther about the fascinating history of fiber art and its recent rise. The show we mentioned in the episode, woven …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump: Cultural Offensive or Offensive Culture?

To say that the last few months have been chaos in the United States would most definitely be an understatement. Since Donald J. Trump's return to office in January, an angry culture war, divisive po…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rise of the Red-Chip Art World

In a recent essay, Artnet writer Annie Armstrong spotlighted a chaotic new force in the art world: red-chip art. It’s the brash, chrome-dipped, algorithm-boosted cousin of blue-chip art—and it’s boom…

Published on 5 months ago

What’s Holding Women Back in the Arts—And How Can We Fix It?

This week, we’re taking on a subject that affects the majority of the arts workforce— gender inequity in the industry. Women make up the backbone of the art world, but they continue to face barriers …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Re-Air: Why Is Rococo Art Making a Comeback?

When Madame du Barry, King Louis XV’s last mistress, pleaded for “just a little moment more” before her execution in 1793, in the throes of the French Revolution, she seemed to capture the fleeting p…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Who's Behind the Changing Tastes in the Art Market?

For the latest edition of the Artnet Intelligence Report, which is now free to download, Artnet columnist Katya Kazakina wrote a wide-ranging cover story about the state of play in the art industry. …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Uncovering the Louvre’s Hidden Stories

The Louvre is among the largest, most-visited, and best-known museums in the world, and for nearly too many reasons to count. It’s home to some of the most celebrated works of art, from the Venus de …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Extraordinary Life (and Afterlife) of Art's 'Jazz Witch'

The artist Gertrude Abercrombie is not someone whose name I knew until very recently. But she’s definitely a name to know now.

Born in 1909 in Austin, Texas and dying in 1977 in Chicago, Abercrombie w…

Published on 6 months ago

The Round-Up: L.A.'s Art Scene Rallies, an Art Fraudster Speaks, a Fugly 'Van Gogh'

It’s the end of February 2025, and we are back for our Roundup podcast, talking about some of the news of the month.

Today, we’re going to talk about:

—the Frieze week of art fairs in L.A., which went …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Glorious, Tortured Imagination of Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich is considered one of the most important German painters, and his landscape works live large in the cultural consciousness in Germany and beyond. You have probably seen the 19th…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago