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Romare Bearden (encore)
Season 7
Romare Bearden grew up during the Harlem Renaissance. He enlisted in the army during World War 2 and in addition to painting, he made collages, he wr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Hilma Af Klint | What a Human Being Is (encore)
Season 7
Hilma Af Klint was making abstract paintings before Kandinsky and Mondrian. She was exploring automatic writing and drawing guided by the subconsciou…
2 years, 6 months ago
Life Imitates Art - The Stockholm Art Heist
Season 7
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 …
2 years, 6 months ago
Yayoi Kusama - Narcissus Garden
Season 7
Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular contemporary artists with her infinity rooms drawing massive crowds wherever they are installed. In the infin…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Ultimate Lego House
For this week's fun fact friday, you can learn about everyone's first and favorite modular building material Lego, and how in 2009 on man (with the h…
2 years, 7 months ago
Gustave Caillebotte | Paris Street Rainy Day
Season 7
The Impressionists are probably best known for their loose brush work, that painterly style that allows reminds us paint is not only a noun, but a ve…
2 years, 7 months ago
Forgers Forging Forgeries (encore)
Season 7
The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in southern China had over 140 works stolen from their collection, but nobody noticed for years. This is because t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Satoshi Tajiri | Pokemon (encore)
Season 7
This is an encore presentation of my episode about Satoshi Tajiri and Pokemon is one of the biggest games in modern history. For over 25 years, hundr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Fallen Astronaut, 1971
Season 7
Fun fact: almost as soon as people started walking on the moon, they started to put art on the moon.
In 1969, Nasa landed the first astronauts on the …
2 years, 7 months ago
Disney's Folly
Season 7
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…
2 years, 7 months ago