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Tony Starg and the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloons

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is recognized globally as a holiday spectacle, but it also stands as one of the world's largest exhibitions of public art and engineering. Originating in 1924 as a celebration for the store’s immigrant employees, the event evolved under the arti ... Show More

15m 24s

Nov 21

The Highwaymen

In the racially segregated 1950s, a group of twenty-six African American artists from Fort Pierce, Florida, defied the economic limitations of the Jim Crow South by forging a unique path in the art world. Known today as the Florida Highwaymen, these entrepreneurs—including foundi ... Show More

10m 58s

Nov 17

Peter Elliott | Looted! The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Families in France

My guest this week is Peter Elliott, author of the new book, Looted! The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Families in France. Tens of thousands of artworks were taken around the time of World War 2. This new book focuses on the experiences of the families who lost their collections. In th ... Show More

58m 30s

Aug 2021

BONUS: ArtCurious + My Modern Met's Top Artist Podcast: Artist Making an Impact

Today, it’s a very special episode of ArtCurious! We’re joining forces with the minds over at My Modern Met, and their new podcast, Top Artist, to discuss four of our favorite impactful artists in art history. This is the second half of our conversation— the first half is over on ... Show More

40m 32s

Jun 2020

Episode #67: The Coolest Artists You Don't Know: Romaine Brooks (Season 7, Episode 7)

For most Americans, there’s a list of arts that they might be able to rattle off if pressed to name them off the top of their heads. Picasso. Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci. Name recognition does go a long way, but such lists also highlight what many of us don’t know-- a huge tr ... Show More

30m 17s

Aug 2023

Episode #115: Modern Love--Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp

This season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history ... Show More

30m 51s

Sep 2023

Episode #117: Modern Love--Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Part 2

This season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history ... Show More

29m 46s

May 2024

How to develop your taste in art, with critic Ariella Budick

After more than 25 years reviewing art, the Financial Times’ US art critic Ariella Budick is full of sage advice on how to approach museums and exhibitions, and how to discover our personal taste. Her biggest tip is that art is a form of communication, “a cry in the wilderness”, ... Show More

19m 33s

May 2018

Impressionism

Originally Released February 16th, 2017 Developed on the precipice between realism and abstraction, Impressionism is often considered the first truly modern art movement. Join the Babes as they discuss the birth of this seminal style and dig up some dirt on the most important mem ... Show More

1 h

Jul 2021

12 Postmodernism: Let’s Make the Art World a Better Place

If you enjoy rebelling against established institutions, you’ll enjoy some aspects of Postmodern Art and the work it inspires today. Host Klaire Lockheart will briefly review Modernism before explaining the Postmodernism movement. Discover the legacy of the Guerrilla Girls, and l ... Show More

34m 43s

Mar 2022

The One About Art

This week on Sibling Rivalry, Bob and Monét dive into the world of art. They reflect on the art they made growing up in school, how they flowered their homes with art pieces, and they discuss pop art and performance art. Tune in for an oral history lesson on Banksy and Marina Abr ... Show More

1h 7m

Mar 2021

How Did You Become Such An Amazing Artist? with A’Driane Nieves

We read your Instagram comments. We saw your clamoring for more information on the stunning painting behind Jonathan’s couch—and the artist behind the work. This week, we’re satisfying your curiosity (and ours!) with a conversation between Jonathan and the abstract expressionist ... Show More

1h 21m

Jun 2023

Bach vs Beethoven - Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven are without doubt two of the most sublime musical geniuses who ever lived. But which of the two was the greater? To battle it out In part one of this live event, Intelligence Squared brought to the stage two celebrated figures from ... Show More

30m 31s