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Wolfgang Beltracchi - The Art of Fraud (encore)
Season 10
Wolfgang Beltracchi is possibly the most artful forgers ever to have gotten into the game. While most would create a forgery by meticulously copying …
1 year, 9 months ago
Kawaii and Hello Kitty (encore)
Season 10
Kawaii is a Japanese word translating to something like "cute" or "adorable" but it is much more than that. While kawaii figures tug at the heartstri…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jim Davis | Garfield (encore)
Season 10
This is an encore presentation of my episode about Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. My guest for this episode was Lindsey Little, creator of the O…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Stockholm Heist (encore)
Season 10
It was early evening just a few minutes from closing time at the National Museum when suddenly the normally peaceful museum took on the aesthetic of …
1 year, 10 months ago
Sandro Botticelli | The Birth of Venus
Season 10
Sandro Botticelli, born Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, was a renowned Florentine painter during the Renaissance. By the 1470s, Botticelli e…
1 year, 10 months ago
Disney's Folly (encore)
Season 10
Walt Disney started making silly fun cartoon shorts, but he had a vision to elevate animation to the status of a feature film capturing the full scop…
1 year, 10 months ago
Berthe Morisot | The Cradle (encore)
Season 10
Berthe Morisot was among the most successful French Impressionist painters during her lifetime. Today she is less well known than her peers like Clau…
1 year, 10 months ago
Akira Yoshizawa and Origami (encore)
Season 10
Origami is the Japanese art of folded paper sculpture. It is a tradition that is basically as old as paper. In the 6th century CE, Buddhist monks bro…
1 year, 10 months ago
Frank Stella
Season 10
Frank Stella first rose to prominence with his black paintings in 1959. He was a leader of the minimalist movement and at the age of just 23, Stella …
1 year, 10 months ago
Neil Harbisson | Cyborg Artist
Season 10
Neil Harbisson is a contemporary artist who hears colors. He deliberately chose to hear colors and to make that happen, he underwent surgery which ha…
1 year, 10 months ago