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
Ai Weiwei | Sunflower Seeds
Ai Weiwei is a contemporary artist who became well known to most people after he was held by the Chinese government for what many believe to have been political retribution. He has been such a thorn …
00:39:53 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
Raphael | The School of Athens
The School of Athens was a Renaissance masterpiece depicting numerous ancient Greek philosophers and a little selfie by Raphael. If you want to learn more about the Renaissance, check out my other po…
00:08:16 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Martha Graham | Steps in the Streets
Martha Graham was a pioneer of modern dance. She was 17 years old when she saw her first dance performance by Ruth St. Denis. A few years later she began studying at Denishawn School of Dancing and R…
00:43:03 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
The Pyramids at Giza
The great pyramids constructed by ancient Egyptians at Giza are the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still remaining. These massive stone monuments have left people awestruck for thousa…
00:11:32 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Charuvi Agrawal | 26,000 Bells of Hanuman (encore)
This is an encore presentation of my episode on Charuvi Agrawal, the contemporary Indian artist. In 2014, she created a massive sculpture of Hanuman using 26,000 bells. I think what I love most about…
00:34:00 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Frida Kahlo | The Two Fridas
Frida Kahlo was an interesting artist. I first became familiar with her work when I was a teenager after watching a bio pic in an art house theater. She has become an icon of not only art history, bu…
00:14:18 |
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Phil Hansen | Cobain (Goodbye Art 2)
This is an encore presentation of my episode about Phil Hansen. New full episodes will be coming starting in September. In the meantime, you can find new episodes of Art Smart on your favorite podcas…
00:30:56 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Louis Daguerre | The World's First Photobomb (Encore)
The history of photography has some really interesting and surprising facts. For example, the camera is about 2000 years older than photography. The earliest known camera obscuras were documented as …
00:12:07 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
Jim Davis | Garfield
This is an encore presentation of my episode about Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. My guest for this episode was Lindsey Little, creator of the Oni Girl comic. Here is her link tree for all the p…
00:39:58 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Jean-Honore Fragonard | The Swing
The Swing, also sometimes called The Happy Accidents of The Swing, is a Rococo painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard. It is intended to be light-hearted and fun as it depicts people in a care free moment…
00:13:04 |
Fri 05 Aug 2022
Matt Groening | Homer Simpson (encore)
This is an encore presentation. I wanted to start 2021 with something fun, so I decided to do an episode about a classic episode of The Simpsons. In season 10 episode 19 titled Mom and Pop Art, Homer…
00:37:39 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
What's up with ROY G BIV? (encore)
This is an encore presentation of my very first Fun Fact Friday mini episode.
This week's Fun Fact is that the ROY G BIV model of a rainbow is somewhat arbitrary. The only reason people slip indigo b…
00:05:39 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Introducing Art Smart | Modern Art
Art Smart season 2 began last week with an episode on Modern Art. If you like this episode, search for Art Smart on your podcast app and hear the next episode on Post Modern Art.
Learn more about you…
00:07:19 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Vincent van Gogh (part 2) | Starry Night
This is an encore presentation of my episode on Vincent van Gogh and his painting, Starry Night.
In this episode, I continued my discussion with Chuck Hoff about Vincent van Gogh. We covered the late…
00:44:46 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
The Nazca Lines
This is an encore presentation of my episode covering a lesser known bit of art history - the Nazca Lines. In the Peru there are massive geoglyphs etched in the ground with the full design only visib…
00:07:23 |
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Vincent van Gogh (part 1) | The Potato Eaters
This is a two part episode about Vincent Van Gogh.Part 1 focuses on his early life and development up to his first masterpiece,The Potato Eaters from 1885. Next week we will discuss the mature phase …
00:43:23 |
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Edvard Munch - The Scream
The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the most famous artworks out there, and one of the most widely referenced. We see it in pop culture on t-shirts and posters, in the Simpsons and other cartoon par…
00:11:08 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Introducing: Art Smart
This is a bonus episode of my other show, Art Smart. Season 2 is coming July 20 with new episodes every Wednesday. In this bonus episode, I discussed the steps to make sense of any work of art. For s…
00:09:24 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
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…
00:35:28 |
Mon 11 Jul 2022
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 ow…
00:09:33 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
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