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Arts Madness Round 2

Season 6

A quick summary of some of the interesting results from the voting in Round 1 and some of the matches I'm interested in for Round 2 of this year's Ar…

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Season 6

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 h…

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George Lucas | Star Wars

Season 6

George Lucas is responsible for some of the most popular films of all time. Early in his career, he began working on a script for a science fiction s…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Arts Madness Round 1

Season 3

Every year in the US, 64 college basketball teams compete in a single elimination tournament known as March Madness. For years, I have created a simi…

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Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

Season 6

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec was associated with the Moulin Rouge since it first opened in 1891. He was captivated by the unique spirit of the club wher…

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Alexander Calder | Streetcar (encore)

Season 6

For this week's episode we learn a bit about Alexander Calder, the mechanical engineer who became a pioneer of kinetic sculpture. The specific work w…

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Phyllida Barlow - Untitled: upturnedhouse2, 2012 (encore)

Season 6

This episode is about Phyllida Barlow. I spoke with Greg Daniels, an art teacher out of the UK who runs www.theartteacher.net It was a pleasure talki…

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Andy Warhol

Season 6

In this portrait, Andy Warhol presented Marilyn Monroe in the format typically associated with religious artworks. This work was created just a few w…

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Henri Matisse

Season 6

Henri Matisse was born in Northern France on December 31, 1869. His father was a successful grain merchant. In 1887, Henri was well on his way to a s…

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Grant Wood

Season 6

Grant Wood was one of the most prominent painters of the Regionalist movement. He became a star of the art world pretty much overnight when his paint…

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