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
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky was an artist, teacher and art theorist in the early 20th century. His work was very influential in the development of modern, abstract art. He was likely able to paint differently …
00:09:06 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
Jackson Pollock
In August of 1973, the Australian government bought a Jackson Pollock painting for $2 million. It was the highest price paid for work of an American artist and it was a huge scandal in Australia. Mos…
00:11:34 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was a painter making abstract art years before men like Kandinsky and she was exploring automatic drawing long before the surrealists. She knew she was well ahead of her time, which is…
00:08:28 |
Mon 06 Feb 2023
Diego Rivera
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. …
00:07:41 |
Sun 05 Feb 2023
Olowe of Ise
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…
00:07:37 |
Sat 04 Feb 2023
Christo and Jeanne Claude
Christo and Jeanne Claude are best known for their monumental works using fabric to transform public spaces. These massive works outside of the museum or gallery context helped to bring art to the ma…
00:09:22 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America's most famous and influential architects. He famously said, "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill an…
00:06:32 |
Thu 02 Feb 2023
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is possibly the most interesting man in the world. He is not only a famous contemporary artist. He was a top rated blackjack player, a political prisoner and released a heavy metal album ab…
00:09:24 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian artist best known for The Scream. He created multiple versions of the piece using paint, pastels, and lithography. The Scream is one of the rare works of art that resonat…
00:08:35 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
KAWS
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The Art World is Bananas
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00:06:24 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Takashi Murakami
This episode covers a little bit about Takashi Murakami, the contemporary Japanese artist.
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00:07:21 |
Sun 29 Jan 2023
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden grew up during the Harlem Renaissance. He enlisted in the army during World War 2 and in addition to painting, he made collages, he wrote and he loved music. One of my favorite works o…
00:09:39 |
Sat 28 Jan 2023
Matt Groening
Matt Groening is the creator of The Simpsons, one of the most successful cartoons of all time.
Related episodes:
Homer Simpson (full episode)
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00:06:00 |
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century.
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00:05:22 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Leonardo da Vinci | The Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Mona Lisa, also called La Gioconda has captured society’s collective imagination. Her hold on the audience is so intense there is a widely known phenomenon called,…
00:11:01 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer is best known today for painting The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Part of the allure of this painting is the pose, she seems a little caught off guard looking over her shoulder at th…
00:07:12 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Rembrandt
Recently a team completed a 717 gigapixel image of Rembrandt's painting, The Night Watch. Learn a little bit more about this famous piece that has been called by the wrong name for hundreds of years …
00:07:58 |
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Chuck Close
Chuck Close said when a problem seems overwhelming, you should break it down into smaller pieces. To tackle the photorealistic faces, Chuck Close would use a grid. He broke the image down into sectio…
00:07:21 |
Sun 22 Jan 2023
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold is a contemporary American artist. She studied art education and started as a painter, but she is best known for her story quilts. She has written and illustrated seventeen children's …
00:09:29 |
Sat 21 Jan 2023
Burton Morris
Burton Morris is a contemporary Pop Art painter whose work was featured in the sitcom Friends. His work got a starring role after a camera operator on the show wore a Burton Morris t-shirt on set. Da…
00:09:31 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
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