Jeff Koons, born in 1955, displayed an early interest in art. As a teenager, he called Salvador Dali's hotel and arranged to meet the artist. He was inspired by Dali and went on to study art in college. Koons supported himself with various jobs, including working at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, working the information desk at MoMA and as a comm ... Show More
Sep 7
Author Interview CJ Denton | La Pittura
My guest this week is CJ Denton, author of a new novel called La Pittura. While his work is historical fiction, in preparation for the book, he conducted extensive research into the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian Baroque era. We ... Show More
37m 33s
Sep 3
Author Interview: Ryan T. Pozzi | The Mess that Made Them
Today I have a bonus episode in the feed. I originally planned to release my interview with Ryan T. Pozzi on Monday, but due to technical difficulties, I had to flip things around. Today, his new book, The Mess that Made Them, is hitting stores. The book focuses on the difficult ... Show More
43m 40s
Dec 2021
Jeff Koons, presented by BMW
Talk Art HOLIDAYS SPECIAL!!! This very special episode was recorded from Pace Gallery, New York!!! We are proud to collaborate again with BMW to bring you a conversation with iconic artist Jeff Koons. We discuss Jeff's passion for art which he discovered at an early age, we discu ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2023
Adam and Kenji talk about pumpkin spice (E80)
Thanks to Masterworks for sponsoring! Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://www.masterworks.art/ragusea Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See ... Show More
44m 33s
May 2013
Salvador Dali
<p>John Cooper Clarke, poetry's Punk Laureate, nominates Salvador Dali, the surrealist behind melting clocks, lobster telephones, and that trademark moustache.</p><p>Matthew Paris asks whether Dali was a genius artist or just a gifted marketeer of his own brand image, who latterl ... Show More
27m 52s
Dec 2020
From Graffiti to the Gallery, Futura Talks About Art
Born Leonard McGure, Futura made his reputation spray painting subway trains in New York City in the 1970s as “Futura 2000” — the number was dropped in 1999. He would go on to be part of the booming graffiti and street art movement in the 1980s, but was forced to depend on Europe ... Show More
1h 4m