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The Ultimate Lego House (encore)
In 2009, a television presenter from the BBC, a guy by the name of James May, gathered about 2,000 volunteers and approximately 3.2 million bricks do…
8 months ago
Jessica Poundstone | Museum of Dogs
Season 12
Jessica Poundstone is the author of Museum of Dogs: a Romp through Art History for Dog People. As the name suggests, it is a light and fun look at do…
8 months ago
Marc Chagall | I and the Village
Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal, 1887-1985) was a prominent Russian-French modern artist whose life spanned nearly a century of dramatic historical …
8 months, 1 week ago
Introducing Fun Facts Daily
Fun Facts Daily is a new podcast I have been working on for a bit. It is exactly what the name suggests. Every Monday through Friday, on Fun Facts Da…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Codex Borgia
The Codex Borgia is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscript, a 36-foot folded document made of animal hide, dating from the 13th to early 16th centur…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Walter De Maria | The Lightning Field
Season 12
Walter De Maria (1935-2013) was a pivotal figure in Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Land Art, known for large-scale environmental installations. His …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Elaine de Kooning | Portrait of John F. Kennedy
Season 12
Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was a vital figure in 20th-century American art. She was a renowned Abstract Expressionist painter, portraitist, and wr…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Willem de Kooning | Woman, I
Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-American Abstract Expressionist painter, was born in Rotterdam in 1904. He stowed away on a freighter in 1926, eventually …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Was Abstract Expressionism a CIA Psyop?
The CIA secretly leveraged Abstract Expressionism, particularly the art of Jackson Pollock, during the Cold War. This wasn't about controlling artist…
9 months ago
Tembe Denton-Hurst | Fresh Sets: Contemporary Nail Art from Around the World
Tembe Denton-Hurst (@tembae) is a beauty and culture writer at New York magazine and the author of Homebodies. Her newest book Fresh Sets: Contempora…
9 months ago