Podcasts by Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA

Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA

Art Attack with Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA is a new kind of art podcast—engaging, informed, accessible and raw. Join artist BUA and art historian Lizy as they debate topical artworld happenings, bringing their unique—often contradictory—perspectives to the conversation.

BUA is an internationally distinguished painter, television personality, writer, entrepreneur and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his renderings of often-overlooked characters that define the urban landscape; for instance, his iconic image, The DJ, has become one of the most celebrated and reproduced prints of all time. BUA has roots in the graffiti scene in New York City, co-created and hosted the Street Art Throwdown competition series for the Oxygen Network, and has published two acclaimed books, The Beat of Urban Art and The Legends of Hip Hop, through Harper Collins.

Lizy Dastin is an Art History instructor at UCLAx and Santa Monica College with a focus on contemporary art and urban practice. She has previously taught at Chapman University, The American Jewish University, Mercy College and the School of Visual Arts and has worked on curatorial projects at the Metropolitan Museum, the International Center of Photography and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lizy, founder of street art information hub Art and Seeking, is a passionate advocate of street art and its makers and is committed to creating a digital archive of this otherwise ephemeral practice.

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Getting Romanced by Delacroix from 2023-07-05T15:00

Eugène Delacroix--innovative, creative, with a flare for drama--was a transformative figure in the art world during the 19th century. Bucking the traditionalism of more rigid French academic pai...

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This is Not a Magritte Episode from 2021-03-15T14:00

The work of René Magritte's is so iconic that one of his apple paintings inspired Paul McCartney to name the Beatles' company Apple Corps., which, in turn, inspired Steve Jobs to name his burgeo...

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NFTs FTW from 2021-03-08T15:00

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are in their relative infancy, but nevertheless taking the artworld by storm. Are these digital, object-less works a tech fad or do they indicate the expansive poss...

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Art&Addiction from 2021-03-01T15:00

Across the art spectra, there is unfortunately a correlative connection between artists and addiction or addictive behavior. From Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, to Mark Rothko to Nan Goldin, some of th...

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The Ballad of Yoko Ono from 2021-02-22T15:00

Biography often plays an integral role in how any given artist is historicized; however, in the case of Yoko Ono, that biography hasn't done her much service. Credited with breaking up the Beatl...

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Que Serra, Serra from 2020-09-21T14:00

The sculptures and public artworks of post-Minimalist Richard Serra are dazzling in their massive scale and quietly contemplative in their aesthetic simplicity. Join our hosts as they discuss Se...

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Art in the Wake of Pandemics from 2020-04-06T16:38:04

With the terrifying outbreak of COVID-19, we're all living in a new reality. Pandemics; however, are not new and have, throughout history, generated hopeful, helpful and life-saving artistic res...

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Photography: the Real Beginnings from 2020-03-23T15:32:40

It's widely written that photography was "invented" by Louis Daguerre in 1839; however, nothing has such a clear or clean origin story. Join our hosts as they dissect the very beginnings of phot...

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Down for Dali from 2020-03-09T20:16:38

Salvador Dalí is one of history's most iconic, ironic, illogical, irreverent, and integral artists. Best known for his melting clocks and curvy mustache, Dalí created masterful surrealistic land...

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Ai Weiwei Go! from 2020-02-24T15:57:10

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is arguably the most vehemently anti-authoritarian living artist. In his work across media, Ai tackles the tropes of history, surveillance, abuse of power, and what it m...

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Art in Nature, Nature as Art from 2020-02-18T16:24:36

In the late 1960s, artists began to expand the parameters of art in exciting ways: what it can look like, what it can be made from, where it can be located. Many took to nature--or took material...

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Love is in the Art from 2020-02-04T15:23:55

Art is often political--a discerning lens scrutinizing its surroundings--or perhaps satirical, culturally inquisitive or rebellious in nature. Art can also be fantastically romantic. Join our ho...

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What's Up, Whistler from 2020-01-27T20:00

"Whistler's Mother" is one of the most recognizable and parodied paintings of all-time. The man who painted it, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, is one of the most significant artists and aestheti...

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O'Keeffe's Flower Power! from 2020-01-20T16:51:48

Georgia O'Keeffe is an American icon. Best--and most controversially--known for the series of "flowers" she painted between 1918-1929, O'Keeffe addresses themes of pleasure and place throughout ...

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Munch the Punk from 2020-01-13T17:53:45

"The Scream" by Edvard Munch is one of the most iconic, ubiquitous and parodied paintings of all-time. Join our hosts as they explore why that is, what the painting could possibly mean, how it e...

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Art Critics&Culture Changers from 2020-01-06T16:04:24

Ever since Giorgio Vasari published Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects in 1550, historians have played a key role in shaping the careers of artists. Althoug...

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Latinx Artists in L.A. from 2019-12-23T22:37:32

For decades, Los Angeles has been the home to significant Latinx artists who use their work to celebrate their cultural heritage and form meaningful communities. The contemporary scene of Latinx...

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Happy Little Bob Ross from 2019-12-16T17:58:38

Bob Ross, landscape painter and PBS legend, could always be counted on to have a fantastic hair-day and even more fantastic attitude. His TV show, The Joy of Painting, hasn't aired sinc...

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Is Jackson Pollock the World's Greatest Painter? from 2019-12-09T15:45:24

In 1949, Life Magazine published an article on the (in)famous Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock asking whether he was the greatest living painter. Join our hosts as they animatedly...

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Ask Us Anything! Live Q&A from 2019-12-03T16:47:10

After the live 100th episode, Lizy and BUA opened up the floor to audience questions--about absolutely anything and everything art related. Check out this impromptu, interactive conversation abo...

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100th Episode Live! Hip Hop&Art from 2019-11-26T20:48:15

Hip Hop emerged as a fully postmodern, intersectional art expression during the 1980s in the Bronx. Interweaving graffiti writing, b-boy dance, MC sounds and DJ mixing, Hip Hop continues to ener...

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Architecture Guru Gehry from 2019-10-28T14:31:59

From the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles to the Dancing House in Prague, Frank Gehry has designed some of the most celebrated buildings across the world. Jo...

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Cézanne: Game Changer from 2019-10-21T16:25:39

Offering the highest compliment an artist can give, Picasso acknowledged Paul Cézanne as the father of modernism, "the father of us all." Join our hosts as they investigate why this is, describi...

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Graffiti: Tags, Toys, Throw-Ups, and All-City from 2019-10-14T14:00

Graffiti, quite literally scratching something into an outdoor surface without permission, has been happening for thousands of years. The graffiti that we know today--rebellious, visceral and co...

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The War on Culture! from 2019-10-07T14:00

Under the conservative Reagan administration, the 1980s was a constraining time for any artist who tried to push the envelope. Especially vilified during this era were photographers Andres Serra...

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Why do we LOL at Caricatures? from 2019-09-30T14:00

When we think of words used to describe significant art, chances are that "caricature" doesn't make the list. But maybe it should. Join our hosts as they unearth the history of caricatures, comm...

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The Misunderstood Minimalists from 2019-09-23T14:00

The 1960s art scene is primarily associated with Pop, kitsch and Warhol; however, it was also the era of sleek, stark, hard-edged Minimalism. Join our hosts as they digest this influential--if s...

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Concerning the Spiritual in Kandinksy from 2019-09-16T14:00

Wassily Kandinksy was a major aesthetic innovator--he saw spiritual symbolism in color, sought to translate musical sounds into painterly shapes, and is credited for painting the first entirely ...

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Three of the Worst Artists Ever from 2019-09-09T14:00

For 91 episodes, this show has celebrated the best of the best. But what about the worst of the worst? Join our hosts as they maneuver around the work and lives of three artworld clunkers.

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Bi-gendering Bourgeois from 2019-08-26T16:02:51

Louise Bourgeois worked in a variety of diverse media throughout her 8 decades-long career. Her evocative, provocative themes dance between her personal experience with trauma to desire, abjecti...

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Art Warrior Warhol from 2019-08-19T15:00

In a moment of prophetic brilliance, Andy Warhol said everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. However, his fame has endured millions of minutes beyond those 15 with no sign of fading. Join...

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Olafur Eliasson: Contemporary Icon or Cleverist? from 2019-08-12T14:53

Contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson uses light and space in the way traditional painters use pigment and canvas. The public space becomes his painterly surface and nontraditional materials, rang...

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OG Giotto from 2019-08-05T13:57:31

The most respected Italian Renaissance historian, Giorgio Vasari, cited Giotto di Bondone as the absolute first Renaissance artist. Join our hosts as they unravel this statement and explore what...

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The Biggest Splash: Hockney and L.A. Pop from 2019-07-22T16:21:13

With paintings full of palm trees, outdoor pools and seductive stretches of the open road, David Hockney is the quintessential artist of L.A. Pop. Join our hosts as they celebrate the man who ce...

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Hyped on Hopper from 2019-07-15T16:00

Edward Hopper is an icon of American art. His paintings are celebrated in museums throughout the country, are reproduced on countless posters, postcards, cell phone cases--even mousepads--and ar...

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Mexican Muralism in the U.S. from 2019-07-08T15:27:07

In the 1920s, Los Tres Grandes--Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros--created murals throughout Mexico in an effort to reunify the country under the new Mexican Communist Party regime. After the 1929 st...

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How the Armory Show Changed Everything from 2019-07-01T18:00:08

In 1913, European Modernism landed in the U.S. and changed the art game forever. Join our hosts as they discuss the groundbreaking Armory Show and viewers' dramatic reactions to the avant-garde ...

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Fakes and Forgeries from 2019-06-06T16:24:01

The fact of the matter is, there are art forgeries everywhere. Fakes are, wittingly or not, sold in galleries, auction houses and displayed on museum walls around the world. Join our hosts as th...

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Prepare to Swoon from 2019-05-30T14:16:08

With her psychologically rich work installed both on the streets but also in museums throughout the world, Swoon captivates art viewers of all types. Join our hosts as they discuss the complexit...

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Finally, One on Picasso from 2019-05-21T16:24:48

Pablo Picasso is often heralded as the most significant artist of the 20th century--maybe even of all-time. But why? Join our hosts as they debate and discuss all things Picasso: his work, his i...

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Radical Rodin from 2019-05-14T16:29:17

A real G, Auguste Rodin rejected the rigid neoclassical training that dominated 19th century academic sculpture and became the first modern sculptor in the process. Join our hosts as they explai...

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Damien Hirst: Death&Diamonds from 2019-05-07T15:49:14

The most notorious artist to emerge in the late 1980s and early 90s, Damien Hirst produces work that not only seduces his viewers but also forces them to confront the inevitability of their own ...

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City of Brotherly Love and Art from 2019-04-30T14:24:44

Philadelphia, celebrated for its hoagies and for being the birth place of U.S. independence, should also be known as a powerhouse art scene. Join our hosts as they discuss iconic art and art mom...

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Van Gogh and Gauguin--One Fu*cked Up Friendship from 2019-04-23T16:16:17

For 9 turbulent weeks in 1888, artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin lived together in Arles. During this time, the two men produced some of their most insightful and iconic paintings. Also ...

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American Landscapes, More Intense Than They Look from 2019-04-15T14:04:58

American landscape paintings from the mid-19th century might not appear terribly complex or interesting. Oh but they are! Join our hosts as they discuss the racism, religiosity and rampant natio...

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The Dope Degas from 2019-04-08T14:40:46

With his ballerina paintings hanging in every museum across the world, there's no denying French Impressionist Edgar Degas was dope. He was also difficult, disruptive, questionably intolerant an...

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Kara Walker: Race Relations and Psychological Perversions from 2019-04-01T14:59:39

Kara Walker is one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary artists around. Her work is both evocative, but also provocative, exploring intersectional themes of history, race, gende...

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect and Eccentric from 2019-03-25T14:20:30

Frank Lloyd Wright, the brilliant American architect, irrevocably changed the way homes are lived in and designed. He was also quite the eccentric. Join our hosts as they discuss his incredible ...

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Documentary Photography: Information or Propaganda? from 2019-03-18T14:45:35

During the 1930s, U.S. photography was profoundly determined by responses to the Great Depression. Photographers, including Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, were commissioned by the government t...

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Rembrandt van Rockstar from 2019-03-11T14:59:05

Rembrandt is on the short list of Greatest Artists of All Time. With his luminous treatment of light, of external subjects and of the self, it's no wonder why. Join our hosts as they di...

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Overlooked Art in the Big Apple from 2019-03-04T14:09:08

New York City is often considered the center of the art universe. From the Met to the Frick to the Whitney and the MoMA, these museums are iconic Manhattan institutions that house some of the mo...

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Daumier: Realist GOAT from 2019-01-24T17:00

During the mid-19th century, European academic art was all the rage. Subjects in painting came from mythology, history or the Bible, and the work's style was often tight, controlled and hyper-re...

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Sigmund Freud, What the F*ck?! from 2019-01-22T18:00:17

Sigmund Freud, father of psychoanalysis and the dude we credit for trippy dreams and sexual fetishes, was also deeply influential to 20th century modern art movements. Join our hosts for this Fr...

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Quizzing Jeopardy Julia! from 2019-01-07T15:42:40

Alex, we'll take "Jeopardy Champion" for 800...who is Julia Collins! In 2014, Julia won 20 Jeopardy! games, becoming the second most winning contestant in the show's history. Julia is also an ar...

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Diane Arbus, Photographer of Freaks? from 2018-12-19T18:04:18

1960s street photographer Diane Arbus was deemed the "photographer of freaks" for her interest in people often seen as existing on the fringes of society. Join our hosts as they outline her most...

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Robert Rauschenberg: Transcendent or Trash? from 2018-12-12T16:12:58

Robert Rauschenberg's conceptual work and assemblage art which he called Combines ushered an innovative wave for art in the intra-years between Abstract Expressionism and Pop. Join our ...

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Ron English, Banksy and Buffing from 2018-12-10T17:00

In November 2018, legendary artist Ron English bought a Banksy at auction claiming he will whitewash the work in protest of the way street art has been monetized. Join our hosts as they discuss ...

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The Women of AbEx from 2018-12-04T22:07:03

The 1950s American art movement, Abstract Expressionism, was a hyper-masculine era both in its aesthetic but also in its cast of characters. However, there were a handful of resilient and fierce...

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The Sexy, Salacious Egon Schiele from 2018-11-29T16:24:10

With their graphic intensity, figural distortion and raw sexual charge, Egon Schiele's portraits and self-portraits re-established conventional notions of beauty. Join our hosts as they discuss ...

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Why We Should OBEY the Giant from 2018-11-26T17:00

There may not be an official leader of the street art movement, but if there were it would be Shepard Fairey. A tenacious champion of urban art, Fairey is best known for his political work--like...

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Norman Rockwell, Americana Superstar from 2018-11-21T22:51:51

Some people criticize Norman Rockwell's work as sentimental schmaltz, and some people shouldn't be critics. Join our hosts as they talk about the subtle gravitas and emotional, social impact of ...

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Romare Bearden and the Harlem Renaissance from 2018-11-19T22:12:37

Through his paintings and collages, Romare Bearden crafts powerful stories that celebrate African American communities and illustrate distinctive black experiences. Join our hosts as they discus...

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Winslow Homer: American Themes and Tensions from 2018-11-14T22:13:37

In the years following the Civil War in the United States, there was a schism in art between painters who were dazzled by the allure of Europe and those who embodied a fierce American chauvinism...

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BUA on BUA from 2018-11-08T18:21

In this special episode, the host becomes the subject. Listen in as BUA discusses his art and life in more revealing, honest and poignant ways than ever before.

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Artivism from 2018-11-05T17:26:42

From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance to the renegade world of the street, artists have always aligned their work with their political beliefs. Join our hosts as they examine the ways in which ar...

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Delightfully Dotty Yayoi Kusama from 2018-10-31T15:30

We've all seen thousands of people post photos in Yayoi Kusama's immersive installation, Infinity Mirror Room, now join our hosts as they deep dive into the artist's provocative and bri...

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Keith Haring, Urban Hieroglyphist from 2018-10-29T16:00

During his short but prolific career, Keith Haring forged an urban aesthetic that changed street art forever. Join our hosts as they discuss Haring's impact, his life and his iconic hieroglyphic...

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John Asaro, a New Romantic from 2018-10-24T16:00

With his Planes of the Head and now Planes of the Body, John Asaro is an instrumental teacher of representational art. Join our hosts as they discuss Asaro's tremendous contrib...

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Who's Your Dada? from 2018-10-22T16:00

From urinals to political photo collages to defaced posters of the Mona Lisa, Dada Art is strange, subversive and nonsensical. Join our hosts as they explore this weird and wonderful world.

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Talking Authenticity with thrashbird from 2018-10-17T16:00

Known for his renegade billboard takeovers and trenchant critique of technology and governmental ills, street artist thrashbird makes powerful statements through his art and certainly has a lot ...

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Banksy the Badass from 2018-10-15T16:00

From painting live elephants to match the pattern of wallpaper to creating a frame that self-destructed its contents seconds after being sold at auction, Banksy is a master of subversive perform...

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Drugs: High Art, High from 2018-10-10T16:00

Synthetic stimulants, like drugs and alcohol, have fueled the creativity of artists for the last hundred years, at least. Post-Impressionist painter Henri Toulouse Lautrec illustrated the swirls...

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The Legendary Ninja Turtles from 2018-10-08T16:00

It's turtle time! In this episode, our hosts uncover the real Renaissance artists--Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo--behind those cartoon ninja masks.

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Artists as Brands from 2018-10-04T23:00:42

Successful artists are brands. Sometimes artists collaborate with outside corporate brands and sometimes they even create their own. Join our hosts as they discuss this multi-pronged relationshi...

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Art and Trauma from 2018-09-30T16:00

The tenor of the times feels increasingly dark. Politics in particular have been dividing us with tenacious vigor, leaving many feeling sensitized and shattered. Art--making and consuming--can b...

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Art and Placemaking from 2018-09-26T16:00

When consuming art, context matters. From a gallery to the streets to the Metropolitan Museum to the mall--the location that contains the art ends up shaping the way in whic...

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Garry Winogrand: A Tender Assault to the Streets from 2018-09-24T16:00

Garry Winogrand's photography--raw, slashing, energized and personal--perfectly echoes the tenor of the 1960s. Join our hosts as they discuss his work and share an exclusive story that potential...

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The Power of Portraits from 2018-09-19T16:00

The Mona Lisa is the most iconic image in Western art. But, why? And what's so interesting about portraits as a genre and how can we grapple with what they reveal about the sitter, the artist an...

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Why We Love Annie (Preece) from 2018-09-17T16:00

Contemporary artist Annie Preece has a style that is all her own: nostalgic, subversive, humorous and outrageous. Join our hosts as they discuss her work, her life and exclusive moments from her...

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That's So L.A. from 2018-09-07T16:00

The epicenter of the artworld may not be New York anymore. With its abundance of physical space and psychological distance from the Manhattan-centric scene, it may, in fact, be Los Angeles. Join...

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How To Make It In The Art World from 2018-09-04T16:00

With Van Gogh becoming famous after his death, Basquiat rising to stardom with the help of Andy Warhol and hosts of other artists accessing classes and buyers with family money, there's no one w...

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Chatting with Cartoonist Lady Person Dami Lee from 2018-08-29T19:54:10

Illustrator Dami Lee has figured out how to craft a cartoon that's both whimsically humorous but also speaks to contemporary awareness of globalism and identity. Join our hosts as they talk to L...

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The Impressionists: 19th Century Rebels from 2018-08-27T19:00

Even people who don't know much about art always seem to love the Impressionists. The paintings are colorful, the subject matter seemingly light, and if you don't feel a gentle sense of calm whi...

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Breaking Down the Artworld with Ron English from 2018-08-23T17:02:09

POPagandist and contemporary art behemoth, Ron English joins our hosts to strip down the artworld.

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Do We Have to Hate Jeff Koons? from 2018-08-20T16:52:52

From sculptures of massive balloon animals to porcelain renderings of Michael Jackson with Bubbles the chimpanzee, if you've been to a museum you've most likely encountered art by Jeff Koons. Th...

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Let's Talk About Sex from 2018-08-15T15:21:56

As far back as the Paleolithic cave drawings and ancient Roman frescoes in Pompeii, artists have illustrated explicit sexual acts in their work. Join our hosts as they outline historic and conte...

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Dump Trump!: Protest Street Art from 2018-08-09T00:17:03

The 2016 U.S. presidential election unfolded on the streets in canvassing, in protests, and in art. Beyond caricatures that cartoonists drew of Donald Trump in The New Yorker and newspa...

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Why Look at Art, Anyway? from 2018-08-06T18:58:48

Unfortunately, art often gets a bad rap for being elitist and not particularly useful to study. In this episode, our hosts are joined by award-winning author Mary Sheldon to discuss why it's imp...

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Mastering Art in "The Masterpiece" from 2018-08-04T01:02:37

Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address talks to our hosts about her new novel, The Masterpiece. Orbiting around the short-lived Grand Central...

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Art and Identity Politics in Netflix's "Nanette" from 2018-07-30T23:04:51

Hannah Gadsby, comedienne and critical thinker, released a visionary comedy special on Netflix entitled "Nanette." In it, she interweaves traditional comedic tropes with d...

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"Who Shot JR?": A Graffiti Story from 2018-07-16T20:18:21

From graffiti to street art to activism to the TED prize, international artist JR has done it all. Join our hosts as they outline his work and its importance.

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Why You Should Know the Wyeths from 2018-07-13T22:59:28

Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth is one of the most iconic images in American art. Why? What does it reveal about the subject, the artist and the ideology of the country itself? Join o...

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Photography: A Rival to Painting? from 2018-07-08T15:05:24

Contemporary painter David Hockney once said, "there is nothing wrong with photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralyzed Cyclops." That doesn't seem very nice. Why does photograp...

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Art Hacks: The Basic Lingo from 2018-07-05T17:23:04

When people talk about art, sometimes it sounds like they're speaking in Klingon. Join our hosts as they define foundational art terminology.

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Frida, the Film and the Female from 2018-06-25T23:26:50

Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, is one of the most iconic artists--with one of the most iconic faces--of the 20th century. Join our hosts as they debate her work and discuss the 2002 biopic about ...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Basquiat, the Movie and the Man from 2018-06-18T15:36:03

Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the most intriguing, instinctual and influential artists to come out of the last fifty years. Join our hosts as they dissect his work and the 1996 biopic directed ...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Art World Frenemies: Live! from 2018-06-11T15:04:12

Join our hosts on their first live recording as they battle it and expose two famous art world rivalries: Pablo Picasso versus Henri Matisse and Jackson Pollock versus Willem de Kooning.

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Social Media: A Necessary Evil or Just Evil? from 2018-06-08T23:09:44

IG, FB, DM...social media has irrevocably changed the way consumers find, share and acquire art. Join our hosts as they debate the merits and drawbacks of social media with Fred Lidskog, the hea...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Going Beyond the Streets with Roger Gastman from 2018-05-30T21:31:33

Long established as a cultural curator and contemporary art tastemaker, Roger Gastman is the featured guest on this episode. Join our hosts and Roger as they discuss his most recent exhibition, ...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Art, the Avant Garde and Nazi Germany from 2018-05-21T22:56:18

In 1937, Hitler's Nazi party launched an art exhibition on "degenerate" art to clarify for the German public by defamation and derision exactly what type of modern art was unacceptable to the Re...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Jasper Johns and the American Flag Unraveled from 2018-05-16T00:55:14

The Broad Museum in Los Angeles hosted a landmark exhibition surrounding the work of iconic American artist, Jasper Johns. Best recognized for his works depicting targets and the American flag, ...

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Giving the Shine from 2018-05-16T00:31:36

So many talented artists fall through the mainstream cracks and never get the acclaim they deserve. Joins our hosts as they shine some love on three under appreciated artists they admire: Ralph Ste...

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Decoding the Gallery World from 2018-05-07T21:14:16

In 1975, critic Tom Wolfe published his benchmark book, The Painted Word, claiming art had moved away from being a visual experience to an illustration of art critics' theories. Join our hosts as t...

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Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA
Famous Cheaters from 2018-05-06T02:11:27

What makes an artist a cheater? Join our hosts as they unravel this term and debate whether certain historical and contemporary artists are, in fact, big cheats.

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Sellout Artists and Sellout Moves, Pt. 2 from 2018-04-29T20:36:49

What makes an artist a sellout? Join our hosts as they continue to unpack this controversial, complicated topic.

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