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
- 640
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Elaine de Kooning | Portrait of John F. Kennedy
Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was a vital figure in 20th-century American art. She was a renowned Abstract Expressionist painter, portraitist, and writer. Elaine de Kooning's 1963 portrait of John F.…
00:15:32 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
Willem de Kooning | Woman, I
Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-American Abstract Expressionist painter, was born in Rotterdam in 1904. He stowed away on a freighter in 1926, eventually settling in New York City. De Kooning's early work…
00:16:21 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Was Abstract Expressionism a CIA Psyop?
The CIA secretly leveraged Abstract Expressionism, particularly the art of Jackson Pollock, during the Cold War. This wasn't about controlling artists but using their work as a symbol of American fre…
00:11:33 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Tembe Denton-Hurst | Fresh Sets: Contemporary Nail Art from Around the World
Tembe Denton-Hurst (@tembae) is a beauty and culture writer at New York magazine and the author of Homebodies. Her newest book Fresh Sets: Contemporary Nail Art from Around the World travels the worl…
00:39:31 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Announcing the 2025 Arts Madness Tournament Winner
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Arts Madness Tournament. After 6 weeks and thousands of votes, we have narrowed the field from 64 down to 1 ultimate artist. Listen for fun facts…
00:09:40 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Joan Miró | The Farm
Joan Miró, a renowned Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, was born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893. Initially steered towards business, Miró's true passion was art. He studied at Barcelona's La…
00:10:22 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Hokusai & Ukiyo-e | The Floating World
I was thrilled to interview Justin Witte, curator at the Cleave Carney Museum of Art. This summer, the Cleave Carney Museum of Art will be hosting Hokusai & Ukiyo-e | The Floating World. This is will…
00:58:53 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Lee Krasner | Little Images
Lee Krasner, born Lena Krassner in 1908, was a pivotal Abstract Expressionist artist often overshadowed by her marriage to Jackson Pollock. Despite this, she forged a unique artistic path, studying a…
00:13:45 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Joan Fernandez | Saving Vincent, A Novel of Jo van Gogh
Today, Vincent van Gogh is one of the most beloved and widely celebrated artists, but in his lifetime, he had extremely limited commercial success. When Vincent died and his brother Theo unexpectedly…
00:55:37 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
The Erased Masterpiece - Robert Rauschenberg’s Erased de Kooning
A young, up-and-coming Robert Rauschenberg knocked on the door of Willem de Kooning, one of the biggest stars of the art world in his day. Rauschenberg had a big ask. He didn't want advice or help in…
00:10:36 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Guoying Stacy Zhang | Decoding Buddhist Art
Guoying Stacy Zhang is an art historian and advisor specializing in Buddhist art. She previously served as the associate curator of the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum and she has advised nume…
00:54:55 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Andrew Wyeth | Christina's World
Andrew Wyeth was the son of a successful illustrator. Wyeth is best known for his painting "Christina's World" which is among the few artworks to leap from the museum walls to popular culture as it h…
00:16:20 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Albrecht Dürer | Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a pivotal figure in the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his mastery of painting, printmaking, and art theory. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Dürer's early training as a…
00:17:32 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
The Salon des Refusés
In mid-19th century Paris, the prestigious Paris Salon, sanctioned by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, reigned as the art world's epicenter, acting as the primary gateway to artistic success. By 1863, mo…
00:10:26 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Artist Interview | Pierre Benjamin
I recently had the pleasure to interview Pierre Benjamin, UK-based artist with years of experience specializing in 3D character and concept art, illustration, painting, and sculpture. His artistic jo…
00:49:52 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Mondrian, Neoplasticism and the Upside Down Artwork
Piet Mondrian is considered an icon of modern art, but he didn't start off that way. While he always loved art, he got his degree in education. Mondrian's early paintings were somewhat traditional la…
00:17:07 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Edward Hopper | Nighthawks
The brilliance of Edward Hopper is that he was able to be simultaneously specific and concrete yet vague and leave a lot up to the viewer to interpret. In a painting like Nighthawks we see people gat…
00:42:21 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Zaria Forman | Lincoln Sea, Greenland
Zaria Forman is a contemporary artist whose breathtakingly realistic, large-scale pastel drawings capture the fragile beauty of landscapes threatened by climate change. Unlike brushes or other tools,…
00:09:58 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Maurizio Cattelan | Strategies, Comedian and America
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist known for his provocative and satirical sculptures and installations that challenge the norms of the art world. His works often spark controversy and public dis…
00:39:04 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Luncheon of the Boating Party
Today, Renoir is remembered as one of the greatest painters of the Impressionist movement. His paintings are soft and delicate, but his life and his work was a painful struggle. Most painters pride t…
00:32:34 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
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