Njideka Akunyili Crosby (encore)
For this episode, I talked to Janet Taylor, art teacher and writer for the Art of Education. She actually taught be about Njideka Akunyili Crosby, the contemporary Nigerian/American painter. Njiedeka ...
11 Jul 202235min
Forgers Forging Forgeries
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 the thief replaced every item he stole… with his own...
8 Jul 20229min
Four American Artworks
July 4 is America's celebration of independence from England. In honor of the holiday, I decided to make an episode covering a little bit about 4 artworks from American history. I started with a piece...
4 Jul 202218min
Loving Vincent | A Film Made of Paintings
A few years prior to the immersive experiences, filmmakers brought Vincent van Gogh's paintings to life in a completely new and different way. In 2017, Loving Vincent was a film made of oil paintings....
1 Jul 202210min
Shigeru Miyamoto | Mario
In 1979, after some modest success a Japanese video game company opened an office in America. They started off in New York but eventually moved to Seattle. They wanted to break into the new North Amer...
27 Jun 202235min
Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait
In the 1400s, influencers couldn’t simply scout a location, arrange the perfect lighting and pull out their camera phone to snap dozens of pics testing different angles to find the perfect shot demons...
24 Jun 202211min
Derrick Adams | Floater 73
One of the things that really strikes me is that he is creating scenes of people being joyful. Adams says that part of the appeal of being an artist is getting to create the environments you would lik...
20 Jun 202232min
MC Escher | Portrait of GA Escher (portrait of his father)
I live in the United States where this weekend, people will be celebrating father’s day. I thought this would be great time to dedicate a mini episode to an artist who created a beautiful work for his...
17 Jun 202215min
