Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

Who Arted is art history and art education for everyone. While most art history podcasts focus on the traditional "fine art" we see in museums around the world, Who ARTed celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and artwork including the traditional big names like Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol along with lesser-known artists working in such diverse media as video game design, dance, the culinary arts, and more. Who Arted is written and produced by an art teacher with the goal of creating a classroom resource that makes art history fun and accessible to everyone. Whether you are cramming for your AP Art History exam, trying to learn a few facts so you can sound smart at fashionable dinner parties, or just looking to hear something with a more positive tone, we’ve got you covered with episodes every Monday and Friday.

Episodes

The Highwaymen

November 21, 2025 • 10 mins
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 founding figures Alfred Hair and Harold Newton, and the sole female member Mary Ann Carroll—bypassed exclusionary white-only galleries to sell their work directl...
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Peter Elliott | Looted! The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Families in France

November 17, 2025 • 58 mins
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 the interview, Peter shared his tremendous insights into not only the problems of the theft, but also the struggles with restitution in the decades following...
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El Greco | The Burial of the Count Orgaz

November 14, 2025 • 14 mins
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, was a singular figure in art history who bridged the gap between Byzantine tradition and Western modernism. Born in Crete in 1541, he trained as an icon painter before moving to Venice and Rome, where he absorbed the vibrant colors of the High Renaissance. However, his bold personality and vocal criticism of local heroes like Michelangelo made it difficult for him to thrive in Ita...
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10 Prehistoric Artworks

November 10, 2025 • 15 mins
Explore a global journey through prehistoric art, from the earliest figurative works in Africa to foundational pieces in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This overview, drawing from the AP Art History Global Prehistory curriculum, examines the complex belief systems, ritual practices, and artistic skills of early humanity through ten key artworks. Apollo 11 Stones (Namibia, c. 25,500–25,300 BCE) Great Hall of the Bulls (L...
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Vincent van Gogh | The Starry Night (encore)

November 7, 2025 • 8 mins
Vincent van Gogh saw little commercial success during his lifetime, but he loved art and he worked to forge relationships with other artists he could learn from. The Starry Night came about late in his short career after Vincent van Gogh was hospitalized. He painted the view from his window, but rather than painting things exactly as he saw them, he painted a sort of composite landscape of views from different nights and even diffe...
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Sand Mandalas (encore)

November 3, 2025 • 12 mins
The Buddhist monks of Tibet who are known for their tradition of sand mandalas destroy the work after completing it. The word mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning “circle” but a mandala is not your average two-dimensional shape consisting of an outer boundary called the circumference made up of points all equidistant from a fixed center point. A mandala representation of the universe. While many people talk about Mandalas in referen...
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Hans Holbein the Younger | The Ambassadors (encore)

October 31, 2025 • 18 mins
Hans Holbein the Younger painted The Ambassadors in 1533. It is a massive, life sized double portrait filled with symbolism that gives us insights into the political and religious upheaval of the day. Still today, it is probably best known for the anamorphic skull cutting across the floor in the composition. In the Ambassadors, Holbein presents the symbol of mortality as a specter that looms ever present though sometimes difficult ...
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Emma Stebbins | Industry & Commerce

October 27, 2025 • 50 mins
My guest for this episode is Karli Wurzelbacher, curator for The Heckscher Museum of Art. She shared her insights into Emma Stebbins, a great neoclassical sculptor from the 19th century. Around the age of 40, Stebbins left America for Europe, where she studied the classic works found around Italy and rose to prominence as a sculptor. Her work was highly prized during her lifetime, but sadly, after she passed away, her work and neoc...
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Edgar Degas (encore)

October 24, 2025 • 17 mins
Degas is famous for his beautiful depictions of ballet dancers, but he was also giving a glimpse into the tough reality those dancers experienced. Edgar Degas, born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in 1834, grew up in a wealthy Parisian family with strong ties to the arts. In 1855, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he trained under Louis Lamothe, a follower of the neoclassical artist Ingres. During this period, Degas focused ...
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Artist Interview | Laurie Roberts

October 20, 2025 • 52 mins
This week I have part two of my interview with Laurie Roberts. Last week, she shared insights into Larry Roberts, her late husband. He made beautiful abstract paintings known for their rich colors. Laurie has given his paintings some new life as she translates some of those paintings into textiles. It was amazing to learn about her design process and how she and her team translate these complex designs with layered colors and orga...
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Giovanni Battista Lombardi | Veiled Woman

October 17, 2025 • 12 mins
Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1822-1877) was a prominent Italian sculptor of the 19th century, originally from Rezzato, near Brescia. After moving to Rome, he studied under the leading neoclassical sculptor Pietro Tenerani, which grounded his style in classical ideals of beauty and harmony. Lombardi's work is celebrated for its blend of the cool perfection of Neoclassicism with the growing trend toward the emotional depth of Realism...
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Larry Roberts | From the Beginning

October 13, 2025 • 44 mins
Larry Roberts was a Chicago-based artist best known for his abstract paintings with rich colors and textures. I was able to interview Laurie Roberts, his wife, about how he created his work and how she is carrying on his legacy. This will be a two part interview. This week I have Laurie sharing about Larry's life and his work. In next week's episode, Laurie will share her experience in the design field and how she is translating La...
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Bridget Riley | Movement in Squares (encore)

October 10, 2025 • 19 mins
Bridget Riley, born in London in 1931, is a prominent figure in the Op Art movement. Early life experiences, including wartime evacuation to Cornwall and exposure to nature's patterns, influenced her artistic sensibilities. Her style evolved with influences from Seurat, Pollock, and Balla. Riley's breakthrough came in the 1960s with black and white geometric paintings like "Fall" and "Current," which created illusions of movement a...
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Artist Interview Tyler Loftis | The Shell

October 6, 2025 • 46 mins
Tyler Loftis is a contemporary artist based out of New York. Loftis developed a practice rooted that respects traditional practices like drawing and painting from observation, but also celebrating and embracing art as a dialogue with the audience's perceptions having equal weight to the artist's intention. Believing that "artists are course correctors," he is committed to democratizing the art world by removing elitism and fosterin...
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Jeff Koons | Pink Panther (encore)

October 3, 2025 • 21 mins
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 commodities broker in New York. He gained recognition in the 1980s with his...
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TLDR Le Corbusier | Villa Savoye

September 29, 2025 • 13 mins
Le Corbusier (born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) was a pioneer of modern architecture whose ideas reshaped our urban landscapes. A Swiss-born, French-naturalized architect, designer, and urban planner, Le Corbusier championed a new vision for living in the 20th century. His philosophy centered on the idea of a house as a "machine for living in." He envisioned a space defined by function, efficiency, and a stark, geometric beauty strip...
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TLDR Medieval Architecture

September 26, 2025 • 13 mins
Medieval European architecture is defined by two major successive styles: Romanesque and Gothic. Romanesque architecture (c. 1000–1200 CE) is characterized by massive, thick walls, rounded arches, and a heavy, fortress-like appearance. In the 12th century, Gothic architecture introduced innovations like the pointed arch, the ribbed vault, and the flying buttress. These engineering advancements functioned as an external skeleton, di...
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TLDR Tarsila do Amaral

September 22, 2025 • 13 mins
Explore the life and work of Tarsila do Amaral, a foundational artist of Brazilian modernism and one of the most celebrated figures in Latin American art history. Born in 1886, Tarsila brought the avant-garde lessons of European Cubism back to her native Brazil, fusing them with local colors and themes to forge a completely new artistic identity for her country. This overview delves into her pivotal role in the Grupo dos Cinco (Gro...
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TLDR Illuminated Manuscripts

September 19, 2025 • 11 mins
Illuminated manuscripts are the stunning, handcrafted books of the medieval world, created through a meticulous process in monastery workshops known as scriptoria. Scribes would copy text onto processed animal skin, or vellum, while artists known as illuminators added intricate illustrations and shimmering gold leaf. The term 'illuminated' comes from this dazzling use of gold and silver, which made the pages glitter like sacred obj...
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Introducing If Objects Could Talk

September 17, 2025 • 13 mins
I am putting a special bonus episode in the feed this week to share a new podcast from Getty. If Objects Could Talk is a great family friendly podcast that gives voice to art and artifacts so listeners can explore history in a whole new way. What dangers await Athena’s brave and loyal owl at the Greek marketplace? This Athenian coin shares his take on how money was made and used in ancient Greek city states—and how different st...
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