Tamara de Lempicka | Tamara in a Green Bugatti
Tamara de Lempicka remains the definitive icon of the Art Deco era, blending polished Cubist techniques with the glamorous, high-stakes atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties. From her harrowing escape du...
19 Dec 202510min
David Hunt | Earthboard
My guest this week is David Hunt, the creator of Earthboard. Earthboard is an earth-sized collaborative mural where you claim real-world locations and doodle over famous landmarks across the globe. Dr...
15 Dec 202553min
Pierre de Coubertin & Other Artists Winning Medals at the Olympics (encore)
From 1912 to 1948, medals were awarded for artistic creations inspired by sport, alongside those for athletic prowess. This unique fusion of disciplines was the brainchild of Pierre de Coubertin, the ...
12 Dec 202513min
Domenico Ghirlandaio | The Adoration of the Shepherds
Domenico Ghirlandaio stands as a titan of the Quattrocento, often overshadowed by his most famous student, Michelangelo, yet serving as the vital bridge between the early and high Italian Renaissance....
8 Dec 202512min
Max Ernst | Forest and Dove
German artist Max Ernst was a pivotal figure in modern art history, bridging the anarchic rebellion of the Dada movement with the psychological depths of Surrealism. Born in Bruehl and deeply scarred ...
5 Dec 202513min
Matthew Davis | The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore has a complicated and fascinating history. Long before the faces of American presidents were carved into the granite face of the mountain, the land was sacred to the Lakota. Matthew Dav...
1 Dec 202547min
Hahn v Duveen | The Case of the American Leonardo (encore)
An artist’s skillful application of paint will make an artwork good, but a good story makes that artwork great. In 2010, a painting went on auction at Sotheby’s and sold for $1.5 million and I would a...
28 Nov 202514min
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 c...
24 Nov 202515min
