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
Maria and Julian Martinez | Black on Black Pottery
Maria Martinez belonged to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo people, known for their rich artistic heritage. Pottery-making was deeply rooted in Puebloan culture, serving as a means of artistic expression and…
00:12:38 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
Georges Seurat | A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (encore)
In 1894, George Seurat began going out to an idyllic little island away from the urban center of Paris. It was a place where people of various classes would relax. While the image is of people at lei…
00:08:43 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
Yves Klein | Leap Into the Void
This week we are looking at Yves Klein and his famous photograph, Leap Into the Void, from 1960. Klein had a short but highly influential career as he pushed the boundaries of what could be considere…
00:34:45 |
Mon 04 Sep 2023
Katsushika Hokusai | The Great Wave Off of Kanagawa (encore)
Katsushika Hokusai is best known for The Great Wave Off of Kanagawa, part of his series of 36 Views of Mount Fuji. His family was in the mirror business, but Hokusai showed a proclivity for art start…
00:11:05 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Roberto Matta | The Earth is a Man
Roberto Matta was a Chilean born artist whose life and work transcended boundaries. He was always looking to explore new ideas, push his work further and to astonish. As he said, “A landscape is at p…
00:12:25 |
Mon 28 Aug 2023
Shiva Nataraja | Shiva the Lord of the Dance
In this depiction of Shiva we see the natural rhythms to everything in the cosmos. Birth and death, creation and destruction are symply phases all things will go through. In this bronze work from 11t…
00:06:21 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
Lisa Gherardini was not born to fame and fortune. In fact, her family had fallen on hard times as wars laid waste to their land. She was an unlikely subject for a prominent artist.
Leonardo da Vinci …
00:35:38 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
The Lascaux Cave Art
On September 12, 1940, a dog fell down a fox hole and four boys went in after it. They descended into a cavern with a makeshift lamp and hopes of finding their dog, but they found way more creatures …
00:08:14 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Hahn v Duveen | The Case of the American Leonardo
An artist’s skillful application of paint will make an artwork good, but a good story makes that artwork great. In 2010, a painting went on auction at Sotheby’s and sold for $1.5 million and I would …
00:14:36 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
The Peace Symbol
In November of 1957, a small committee was formed. February 17, 1958, they held the first public meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. That same year, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament …
00:06:20 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
Diego Velazquez | Las Meninas
Diego Velazques was one of the most significant painters of Spain's Golden Age in the 17th century. He was a master of both portraiture and genre painting, Las Meninas is a sort of mix of both. We se…
00:09:38 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Rene Magritte | The Son of Man
Rene Magritte's painting, Son of Man, is among the most famous images of the Surrealist Movement. It is one of the few artworks that transcends the museum and has become a part of pop culture. Actual…
00:09:54 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
Steven Seidenberg | The Architecture of Silence
Steven Seidenberg is an incredible photographer and in this episode, I spoke with Steven Seidenberg and the writer, Carolyn White about a little-known bit of history in Post World War 2 Italy. His la…
00:44:11 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Alma Thomas (encore)
Alma Thomas was an amazing African American painter known for her abstract paintings with bold brush strokes that take on a mosaic quality.
Check out my other podcast Art Smart | Rainbow Putty Scie…
00:08:39 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Alfonse Mucha | Gismonda (encore)
In honor of Alfonse Mucha's birthday, I thought I would post an encore of my mini episode about the poster that catapulted him to fame. In December 1894, Alphonse Mucha just happened to be in the pri…
00:07:45 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | The Judgment of Hunefer
This mini episode is about The Book of the Dead, a collection of funerary texts from ancient Egypt. To better understand the collection as well as the culture and mythology behind these works, I look…
00:10:00 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Your Brain on Art (encore)
I was asked to create an episode about how art affects the brain. I found there is quite a bit of research conducted by neuroscientists around the world indicating that engaging with the arts makes p…
00:12:27 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post (encore)
The bulk of Olowe’s carvings seem to have been both decorative and functional artworks for the Yoruba kings and prominent families. One of his celebrated works for example is the veranda post that si…
00:08:08 |
Fri 14 Jul 2023
Donatello | David
Donatello’s statue of David, just like the story, seems straightforward and simple at first glance, but with great art, there is always more than meets the eye. His bronze statue of the boy who slaye…
00:12:02 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil combines acrobatics, theater, music, and dance to create a magical experience that pushes the boundaries of our imagination and inspires the audience to rethink what is possible. The…
00:12:58 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
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