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Nic Thurman on How Modernism Originates with Kant and Hegel and Why Kitsch is a Viable Alternative from 2022-02-15T19:00:04
Jan-Ove Tuv sits down with Nic Thurman in tonight's episode to talk about his video on the Truth About Art, reactions to his commentary and common misconceptions about art history and the reevaluat...
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Will a Laissez-faire Society Lead to the Best and Most Noble Achievements of Mankind? from 2022-02-05T19:00:05
Jan-Ove Tuv and Carl Korsnes sit down to discuss the pros and cons of capitalism in terms of classical culture. Will a society based on the laissez-faire model lead to the best and most noble achie...
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The Dehumanization of Art by Ortega y Gasset | ? Book review from 2022-01-25T19:00:04
Magnus Vanebo, Sebastian Salvo, and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset's essay "The Dehumanization of Art".
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Frederik Magle on his Education at Conservatory, his Music, and Loosing the Fear of Becoming Kitsch from 2022-01-15T19:00:08
He is a danish, tonal composer who seeks to create works you would want to listen to on your deathbed. Frederik Magle visits The Cave to explain why storytelling — not musical technicalities — is t...
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A Hidden Treasure among Painters: Olga Bozna?ska | Kristine Onsrud & Jan-Ove Tuv from 2022-01-05T19:00:02
Kristine Onsrud and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to talk about the 19th century Polish painter Olga Bozna?ska and her loose manner of painting. The topics covered in this episode include:
• Who wa...
The Hunt of Odd Nerdrum continues... | Jan-Ove Tuv, Öde & Bork Nerdrum from 2021-12-26T10:13:20
The trio behind "The Hunt of Odd Nerdrum" sit down to talk about Nerdrum's sources of inspiration that they did NOT cover in the documentary.
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Vebjørn Pedersen & Magnus Vanebo on how Woke Activism Threatens the Entire Cultural Field from 2021-12-15T19:00:10
Vanebo returns to The Cave together with his colleague Vebjørn Pedersen to talk about the principal's role in supporting social justice activism at the school, "Decolonization" as a tool to remove ...
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Effective Storytelling and Plot Twists in Giacomo Puccini's Operas | Carl Korsnes, Öde Nerdrum & Tuv from 2021-12-05T19:00:12
What is it that draws people to Giacomo Puccini and his operas?
Öde Nerdrum, Carl Korsnes Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to talk about how Puccini employs storytelling in his works.
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The Art of Poetry | Aftur Nerdrum, Thomas Løland & Jan-Ove Tuv from 2021-11-25T19:00:09
Aftur Nerdrum, Thomas Løland and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to talk about the metrics of poetry, ways of telling a story in a poem and much more.
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Stanislavski's What If, Credible Acting and the Essence of Shakespeare | Interview with Rune Temte from 2021-11-15T19:00:01
The Hollywood actor Rune Temte, known for The last Kingdom, Captain Marvel and A Boy Called Christmas (this year's Christmas movie), sits down with Jan-Ove Tuv to talk about Stanislavski's system, ...
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On Søren Kierkegaard and Making Life More Difficult | Bork Nerdrum, Jan-Ove Tuv and Sebastian Salvo from 2021-11-05T19:00:04
The Cave of Apelles team discuss an idea presented by the danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: Ought we not to make life more difficult now that so many aspects of our daily activity are accomplis...
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Improve Your Painting with the Memorosa Dogmas | Öde Nerdrum & William Heimdal from 2021-10-25T18:00:02
Öde Nerdrum, William Heimdal, and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the Memorosa Dogmas — what they mean and how rigorously they follow them. Nerdrum also compares their dogmas to Dogme 95, which was...
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Andreas Hardhaug Olsen on Critical Theory, False Consciousness and the Frankfurt School from 2021-10-15T18:00:10
Andreas Hardhaug Olsen is a writer, visiting The Cave to talk about the connection between Social Justice activism and «Critical Theory», an intellectual product of The Frankfurt School.
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What is Immanuel Kant actually saying in The Critique of Judgement? | Jan-Ove Tuv and Magnus Vanebo from 2021-10-05T18:00
Jan-Ove Tuv sits down with the artist Magnus Vanebo to discuss Immanuel Kant and hist philosophical work called "The Critique of Judgment".
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Which Stories to Tell in a Painting and What you can Learn from Robert McKee's Story from 2021-09-25T17:59:59
Sebastian Salvo and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to talk about which stories you should tell in a painting and the great knowledge to obtain from Robert McKee's STORY (a book on writing screenplays).
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Thomas Løland on Composing Verses in Rhyme, Metric, and with Storytelling to Revive Classical Poetry from 2021-09-15T18:00:06
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The Norwegian author Thomas Løland is a promising classical poet who writes epic stories in ver...
Building Architecture for an Ancient Future | Kristian Hoff-Andersen, Jan-Ove Tuv & Öde Nerdrum from 2021-09-06T18:45:41
Is the tide coming for classical architecture, and if so, will it merge with classical paintings and sculptures to form holistic buildings for the "ancient cities" of the future?
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The Story about Anton Schweigaard and how he WARNED against German Idealism | Carl Korsnes & Tuv from 2021-08-25T18:00:05
Carl Korsnes and Jan-Ove Tuv sit down to discuss the works of Anton Schweigaard, who was a 19th century Norwegian laywer, politician, and philosopher.
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Silje Hjemdal on Defunding Arts and Culture and Assigning Public Decorations to Kitsch-painters from 2021-08-15T20:10:06
Silje Hjemdal is an MP for the Norwegian Progress Party. She visits The Cave to talk about her party's suggestion to reduce the budget for arts and culture by fifty percent.
Critics warn o...
Kitsch & Art — Two Different Value Systems | Magnus Vanebo and Jan-Ove Tuv from 2021-08-05T18:00:04
Belonging to each their value system, Magnus Vanebo and Jan-Ove sit down to discuss the differences between Art and Kitsch.
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EPIDEMIC: Nerdrum Students betray their Talent to become Artists — How to Reverse this Trend? from 2021-07-25T18:00:01
Jan-Ove Tuv, Sebastian Salvo, and Bork Nerdrum sit down to talk about the "shapeshifters" who study classical painting with Odd Nerdrum, only to knee bend to conventional contemporary art when they...
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Kristine Onsrud on her Art School TRAUMA, the Florence Academy, and Studying with Odd Nerdrum from 2021-07-15T18:00:16
Our guest for the evening is the Norwegian painter Kristine Onsrud. Many young, figurative painters can probably relate to her art school trauma, but there are probably few who have experienced tha...
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The Memorosa Dogmas and how they can Improve your own Paintings | Sebastian Salvo & Jan-Ove Tuv from 2021-07-05T18:00:10
The Memorosa Order is a group of painters that follow strict dogma. Its members include Sebastian Salvo, Öde Nerdrum, William Heimdal, Nic Thurman, Javier Adams, Kristine Onsrud, and Cassander Stra...
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The Power of Sentimentality: How Dickens made his Stories Archetypal from 2021-06-26T16:45:31
Jan-Ove Tuv and Carl Korsnes sit down to talk about the literature of Charles Dickens.
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An Artist and a Kitsch-painter sit down to talk about Cancel Culture | Interview with Magnus Vanebo from 2021-06-15T18:00:13
Magnus Vanebo is an artist, studying at The National Academy of Art in Norway (better known as KhiO).
He visits The Cave to talk about his personal experience with Cancel Culture.
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Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy: Have we Lost the Dionysian aspect? | Einar Bøhn and Jan-Ove Tuv from 2021-06-05T18:00:11
Einar Duenger Bøhn and Jan-Ove Tuv discuss the apollonian and dionysian aspects of human beings in relation to Nietzsche's book, "The Birth of Tragedy".
Could this be why the Western world...
The End of the Museum as we know it | Jan-Ove Tuv and Öde Nerdrum from 2021-05-25T18:00
Öde Nerdrum and Jan-Ove Tuv discuss the current situation of the modern institution we know as "the museum", where it came from, where it is going, and what to do about it.
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Jonas Landstad on Piss Mythology and other Occult Mushroom beliefs from Ancient times from 2021-05-15T18:00:16
Jonas Landstad is a painter with a keen interest in the Mediterranean mystery cults.
Defending timelessness is more important than ever, as gatekeepers of culture, probing your moral purity, ...
A Dark Flame for Atlantis, Mythical Floods, Unexplained Maps, and a Mysterious Ancient Sculpture from 2021-05-05T18:00:01
Bork Nerdrum, Jan-Ove Tuv, and Sebastian Salvo sit down to discuss mankind's broken links in history and how inherited traditions might reveal surprising details about the past.
The sculpt...
Dionysian-Apollonian Duality, The Janus Face, and Androgyny in Paintings from 2021-04-25T18:00:11
Jan-Ove Tuv and Sebastian Salvo sit down to talk about the meeting between opposites as a tool to make great stories.
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Kristian Hoff-Andersen on Classicism, Queerness, Biophilia and Timeless Architecture from 2021-04-15T18:00:06
The young architect Kristian Hoff-Andersen explains the appeal of classical architecture.
Is it good because it is «traditional», or because it emulates nature and thus relates to human beings...
A late night discussion about Kitsch with Jan-Ove Tuv, Öde Nerdrum, and Sebastian Salvo from 2021-04-06T18:00:02
Öde Nerdrum, Jan-Ove Tuv, and Sebastian Salvo discuss the values of Kitsch.
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Öde Nerdrum's ONE Advice to Poets: - Follow the Rules of the Form! from 2021-03-21T15:57:30
Aristotle said that a big mistake poets commit is to speak in "their own voice", but what is the alternative? Öde Nerdrum gives his view on what painters, writers and musicians should do to make th...
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Helene Knoop on Copying Masterworks in Italy and the Importance of Clichés and Androgynity from 2021-03-15T19:00:18
After studying with Odd Nerdrum in the early 2000s, Knoop devoted her time to the frescoes of Pompeii and Antique sculptures. Spending a year in Italy, she copied masterworks in public collections,...
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Religious Zealots have RETURNED — Want To Purify Art Academies by Racial Segregation and Iconoclasm from 2021-03-13T17:30:19
In Sweden, a student group called «Brown Island» feels the presence of a majority of middle class, white students is «problematic». Its members are also traumatized by the name of the exhibition sp...
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The Most Holistic Book Ever Written — Herman Melville's Moby Dick from 2021-03-06T19:00:12
Jan-Ove Tuv and Carl Korsnes discuss the holistic and psychological aspects of Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
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Larry Shiner's The Invention of Art and how the 18th Century gave Birth to Modernism from 2021-02-24T19:00:18
How did the modern concept of Art come about and how did Enlightenment thinkers pave the way for modernism? The Cave of Apelles reviews Larry Shiner's book "The Invention of Art" (2001).
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Third Wave Feminists Seek to Control What Collectors Buy — Want To Destroy Your Livelihood from 2021-02-22T19:18
A feminist pledge seeks to correct the gender imbalance of museums, foundations and private collections. It is backed up by an organization representing over 100 culture-related organizations.
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The Squander Ombudsman Reveals how Artists Waste Your Money Through a Corrupt Bureaucracy from 2021-02-15T19:00:02
The anonymous person behind the social media account "The Squander Ombudsman" (Sløseriombudsmannen) has become a national phenomenon in Norway, counting over 60.000 followers on Facebook:
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The Power of Myths, Joseph Campbell, Inuit stories, Parsifal and the Grail Legend from 2021-02-09T19:00:32
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Critical Theory creates Art 2.0, attempting the Final Deathblow to Culture — How do we fight it? from 2021-01-29T19:00:37
Critical Theory-zealots are vying for complete «Cultural Hegemony», introducing utopian demands for moral purity.
All ideas of objectivity and quality are under attack.
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You cannot lie about having read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Monster from 2021-01-24T19:00:19
What are the mythical dimensions of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Monster, and what inspired her and Percy Shelley to write the novel? Most people are in for a surprise when they read the book for ...
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Conservatives have Neglected Culture, Opening the Doors to Critical Theory from 2021-01-18T19:00:09
Ironically, conservatives have become the new marxists by focusing all their attention on materialistic values, such as a good income, gadgets like the iPhone, and "progress". But by taking culture...
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Aftur Nerdrum on Staging her Father's Play "The Last Days of Immanuel Kant" from 2021-01-15T18:59:59
Aftur Nerdrum joins us to explain the process of staging her father’s play, where Kant is confronted with the consequences of his aesthetics.
Which considerations had to be taken, bringin...
Culture Politics from a Libertarian and Stirnerian Perspective from 2021-01-06T09:48:30
Should culture politics be treated from a libertarian, purist perspective where all government interference is bad — or is it more productive to take Max Stirner's approach, finding the best soluti...
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Blake Snyder's Save the Cat! — How to Tell a Great Story through any Medium from 2020-12-27T11:22
How can painters and other types of poets use Blake Snyder's Save the Cat! to become better at their craft, or more importantly — become better storytellers?
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A Dark Flame for Aristotle's Poetics — Painters, pay attention! from 2020-12-20T07:24:55
How can painters use Aristotle's Poetics to become better at their craft, or more importantly — become better storytellers?
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Ranking the Greatest Living Painters According to Objective Criteria with Bork Nerdrum from 2020-12-15T19:00
Bork Nerdrum, our own producer, appears on The Cave to reveal his ranking list of the greatest living painters, inspired by his father’s philosophy and Aristotle’s Poetics.
See the list he...
Stefan Boulter on Icelandic Painting, its Corrupt Culture Politics, and Jung's Concept of the Shadow from 2020-11-15T19:00:11
Stefan Boulter is an Icelandic painter. He touches on Jung’s shadow concept, how cancel-culture can affect what we create, and the base nepotism of culture politics.
As a teacher, he share...
Toxic Femininity and Hidden Mythical Motifs in Henrik Ibsen's Plays from 2020-10-15T13:04:36
The theater expert, Adara Ryum, makes her appearance to talk about the dramatist Henrik Ibsen and performance practice. Ryum points out how «updating» Ibsen always implies turning him into politica...
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Carl Korsnes on his Magazine Sivilisasjonen and Brentano's Four Phases of Philosophy from 2020-09-15T14:00:08
Is there an inevitable cycle that civilization is doomed to repeat — merely reenacting the fall of Rome — or can we break free from it? The biggest hindrance to a rich culture is the rejection of e...
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Ex-muslim Cemal Yucel on his Apostasy, Leftist Iconoclasm and Islamic Picture Ban in the West from 2020-08-15T14:00:05
Looking at history, has not cancel culture and the toppling of statues always been precursors of mass murder and ideological coup d'Ètats?
The important question now is: what about "classical ...
Exposing the Secrets of Great Storytelling with Kristofer Hivju from 2020-07-15T15:00:06
What does it take to convince the audience — heartfelt inspiration or calculated deception? Imagine all the best stories being one and the same (or ten and the same), mechanically crafted by the sa...
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An Illegal conversation with Boris Koller from 2020-05-15T17:30:33
Demographics are changing. Old families are dying out and foreign belief systems are taking over.
What happens when galleries close one after another and aniconism becomes the new status quo in...
Einar Duenger Bøhn on Aristotle’s Tëchne, Objective Values and the Meaning of Life from 2020-03-15T19:00:05
With Modernism, objective values were thrown overboard. Einar Duenger Bøhn, who teaches philosophy at the University of Agder in Norway, sees objective value in the classical portrait, making Arist...
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Nic Thurman on the Memorosa Group, Edvard Munch's Decline and the Correct Signifiers of Kitsch from 2020-02-15T19:00
Why did Edvard Munch bow to Art after successfully emulating the techniques of the old masters? Perhaps the philosophy of kitsch could serve as a solution for contemporary classical painters that a...
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Eline Dragesund On Her Kitsch Collection, The History Of Clothing And Its Relation To Our Psyche from 2020-01-15T19:00
"I feel like it's time to take women a little bit off the fashion-horse", says the tailor who wants to shape men into cathedrals with her new brand, "The Kitsch Collection".
Eline Dragesund is...
How the State Established Fine Art and Why Figurative Painters are Underdogs in the Art World from 2019-12-15T19:00:03
How can one secure the independence of culture? Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Norwegian art sociologist Dag Solhjell who co-authored "On Kitsch" in 2002, subsequently publishing four vo...
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Sebastian Salvo on Composition, the Early Renaissance and the Necessity of Competition from 2019-11-15T19:00:03
What are the objective rules of figurative, narrative painting, and was originality a concern at all in the Renaissance? Sebastian Salvo re-appears on the show to talk about Masaccio, Michelangelo,...
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Marcus Paus on the Challenges as a Romantic Composer in a Field of Dogmatic Modernists from 2019-10-15T18:00:08
"I have had mentors as well as tormentors," says Marcus Paus, the Norwegian composer, whose admiration for the craft of classical music has led to his work being frequently attacked by dogmatic mod...
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Joakim Ericsson on the Florence Academy, Odd Nerdrum, and Fantasy Illustrations from 2019-09-15T18:00:06
Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the former academic director at the Florence Academy of Sweden, Joakim Ericsson, who swapped painting for fantasy illustrations and the gaming industry.
How Aynd Rand's Aesthetics could serve as an Antidote to Kant's Influence from 2019-08-15T13:00:06
Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the author and former leader of the Capitalist party in Norway, Vegard Martinsen. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ayn Rand's Romantic Manifesto, we have i...
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Cheng Wu on the Situation for Classical Figurative Painting in China, Li Cheng and Daoism from 2019-07-15T13:00:04
Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Chinese portrait painter Cheng Wu. Wu talks about his experience of coming to Europe and being told at a French art academy that his work was too tradition...
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William Heimdal on his Journey from Don Rosa to Odd Nerdrum and the Old Masters from 2019-06-15T10:00:26
Listen to Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Norwegian painter William Heimdal, also known as "Prince William." In this interview, Heimdal talks about his journey from drawing Donald Duck cartoons...
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How a Swedish Painting ended up in Supreme Court from 2019-05-18T19:50:56
Watch Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Swedish painter and free speech advocate Markus Andersson, whose painting "Swedish Scapegoats," after bizarre turn of events, ended up in the Supreme Court...
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Öde Nerdrum on his Father’s Workshop, Scruton's Beauty, and Advise to Collectors from 2019-04-15T18:00:04
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with Odd Nerdrum's son, who works alongside his father at the Nerdrum Studio in Norway and Sweden.
This episode was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum, assisted by Seba...
Martin Romberg on his Music, Aesthetic Paradigms and the Freudian Death Drive from 2019-04-12T13:54:23
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Norwegian composer Martin Romberg, whose work is often influenced by literature such as The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Per Lundgren on Hertervig, Odd Nerdrum's Transformation and the Nerdrum School from 2019-04-12T12:12:37
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Norwegian painter Per T. Lundgren about the tragic life of the great Scandinavian landscape painter Lars Hertervig, Odd Nerdrum's transformation from so-called s...
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Making Painting Great Again with Aristotle's Poetics from 2019-01-03T20:31:03
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Norwegian philosopher Carl Korsnes about Aristotle and his influence on Titian and the Renaissance.
This episode was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum, assist...
Boris Koller on Kitsch, the Art Police, and Art as the New Religion from 2018-12-07T19:34:26
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Austrian landscape painter Boris Koller.
This episode was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum, assisted by Sebastian Salvo and Nic Thurman.
Sebastian Salvo on the Incas, Nerdrum, and the Apelles Palette from 2018-11-23T19:37:55
Jan-Ove Tuv's conversation with the Chilean painter Sebastian Salvo.
This episode was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum, assisted by Nic Thurman and Lasse Bøyum.