Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages
Who Arted is art history and art education for everyone. While most art history podcasts focus on the traditional "fine art" we see in museums around the world, Who ARTed celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and artwork including the traditional big names like Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol along with lesser-known artists working in such diverse media as video game design, dance, the culinary arts, and more. Who Arted is written and produced by an art teacher with the goal of creating a classroom resource that makes art history fun and accessible to everyone. Whether you are cramming for your AP Art History exam, trying to learn a few facts so you can sound smart at fashionable dinner parties, or just looking to hear something with a more positive tone, we’ve got you covered with episodes every Monday and Friday.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 641
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Man Ray | Ingres's Violin
Man Ray was a pioneer of cameraless photography. His signature technique was the "Rayograph" created by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper often manipulating them during exposure. Of…
00:41:50 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Victor Vasarely and Op Art
Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist known for his innovative style and contributions to the Op Art movement. One of Vasarely's most famous works is "Zebra," created in 1937. This painting s…
00:11:38 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Introducing: The Art of Crime
As a podcast listener, a few topics I enjoy are obviously art and history, but I also like true crime and really anything with a compelling story. The Art of Crime hosted by Gavin Whitehead is an inc…
01:04:12 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Heinrich Campendonk
Heinrich Campendonk may not be a household name, but he was a part of some of the most influential groups of 20th century modernism. He was a part of The Blue Rider Group then a teacher at The Bauhau…
00:13:56 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Wolfgang Beltracchi - The Art of Fraud
Wolfgang Beltracchi is possibly the most artful forgers ever to have gotten into the game. While most would create a forgery by meticulously copying every line, shape and color in a known masterpiece…
00:43:30 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
Kawaii and Hello Kitty
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 heartstrings with their big eyes and baby-like proportions …
00:09:15 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
4th Anniversary Fun Factstravaganza
It has been four years of exploring visual art in an audio medium. To mark the anniversary, I thought it would be nice to have a few of my podcast buddies like Tony Kresl, Tim Bogatz (host of Art Ed …
00:32:58 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Bauhaus Parties
The Bauhaus was a small but enormously influential art school in the 1930s. It was known for producing architecture and industrial design with clean lines, simple shapes and an emphasis on function. …
00:10:34 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Hans Holbein the Younger | The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger painted The Ambassadors in 1533. It is a massive, life sized double portrait filled with symbolism that gives us insights into the political and religious upheaval of the day…
00:17:33 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Sugar Skulls
Sugar skulls have been a popular decoration for Day of the Dead celebrations for hundreds of years now. Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a combination of Catholic traditions and indigenous Az…
00:10:35 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Spirit Photography | Some Spooky Fun Historic Hoaxes
William Mulmer was born in 1832. For historical context, the oldest known Daguerrotype is from 1837, so Mulmer was born right around the same time as photography, and he loved the new medium, but sta…
00:14:39 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Raku
Raku bowls are humble. They are hand formed starting from a flat, circular base and coils built up around the sides. The process results in each piece being unique with evidence of the artist’s hand …
00:04:59 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
Michelangelo | The Sistine Chapel Ceiling (encore)
This episode gives a brief overview of the life of Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, and one of his most famous works, the fresco on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. …
00:42:53 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Pencils
For today's mini episode, I thought it might be nice to change things up a little bit and cover the history of a medium rather than a specific artwork. Learn a little bit about pencils, what the numb…
00:07:28 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
Xu Bing | A Book from the Sky
Skipping ahead a few hundred years, the artist Xu Bing created Book from the Sky as a monumental print. It is brobably among the most ambitious, labor intensive, and useless books ever to be printed …
00:14:51 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Frank Gehry | Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
Modernists said, “form follows function” focusing on how people will use a space, but Gehry focuses on how people will react to the space. His goal is to inspire, to make them feel. He talks about th…
00:12:47 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Arthur Boyd | Nebuchadnezzar on Fire Falling over a Waterfall (encore)
This episode is about Arthur Boyd the Australian painter known for his use of symbols from mythology to express his philosophical views.
My guest this week was Matthew Bliss, a podcaster and producer…
00:36:45 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Diego Rivera (encore)
Today Diego Rivera is less of a household name than his wife Frida Kahlo, but in the early 20th century, he was the more established artist. Rivera was born December 8th, 1886 in Guatajaunto Mexico. …
00:06:58 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
Helen Frankenthaler | The Bay
The Bay was painted in 1963 as Frankenthaler had refined her soak and stain process. While Mountains and Sea was made with diluted oil paints, The Bay is acrylic on unprimed canvas. She had found tha…
00:18:34 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Olympic Medals in Art (Encore)
Few people know this, but Art used to be an Olympic event. Starting in the 1912 games, artists could win Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals in five categories of art. This is an encore presentati…
00:09:52 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
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