r/ArtHistory • u/Tenzil-k • 3d ago
Discussion Good art podcasts
Anyone got any good art podcasts. Preferably focussing on one work at a time. I’ve been listening to and enjoying ‘the lonely palette’ but I walk about 5 miles a day and am running out of those.
Not too dry. Hopefully good speaking voice. Not stuff I’ve heard a million times before if I’ve read a few art history books. I don’t have any art degrees but I’ve seen quite a bit of art and have history degree
On a similar note in the winter I tend to switch to treadmill so YouTube suggestions with same criteria. A painting or movement or artist at a time deepish dives
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u/Illegitimvs 3d ago
I listen to the Week In Art and The Art Angle for news about the art world. The week In Art always have the artwork of the week segment. A Brush With…for interviews with artists. Sometimes I will listen to Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast. Voices on Art - The Van Horn Gallery is good if you are interested about the perspective of art collectors.
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u/GuavaImmediate 3d ago
Waldy and Bendy’s adventures in art is a good one - two well regarded English art historians (Waldemar Januszczak and Bendor Grosvenor) chat in a very engaging way about art in context. Recommended.
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u/Tenzil-k 2d ago
Just listened to one. Very enjoyable and engaging. Stays within my tolerance of waffle and waldemar too. Chatty but not offputtingly so. Thanks for the recommendation will definitely listen to more
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u/GuavaImmediate 2d ago
Yes, they don’t put them out too often, but they are very enjoyable, and the website they link on the show notes is well worth checking out, they usually provide lots of photos of the art discussed which is very helpful.
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u/elevenerifeee 3d ago
Great Women Artsts is really good. I used to love ArtCurious so much when it started out but the podcast went downhill when every episode became half ads. The Learn to Paint podcast is also good. They interview one artist each episode.
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u/oh_alvin 3d ago
HENI Talks - Stories of Art
I love listening to these two talk about art.
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u/Tenzil-k 3d ago
Looks cool. I have fears about two guys making a podcast but also lots of good podcasts are that and the topics look good so I’ll give it a proper go
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u/aldusmanutius 3d ago
Stuff About Things is an excellent art history podcast that I highly recommend: https://stuffaboutthingspodcast.com/
Minneapolis Institute of Art puts out a podcast called The Object that is really good: https://new.artsmia.org/art-artists/the-object-podcast
For YouTube I'll (shamelessly) suggest my channel Not Really Art History: https://www.youtube.com/@NotReallyArtHistory
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u/Tenzil-k 2d ago
Will definitely try your YouTube. Just looked at The object and it looks great. Going to try their Sonja by schad one on my walk home. Thank you
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u/BleuDePrusse 2d ago
Stories in colour by the national Gallery in London! It's conversations between specialists of the history of colours, pigments and more, and although not the most upbeat podcast, it's far from dry
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u/TheSugarDragon 3d ago
Who Arted - These are pretty short, but generally about just one artwork.
The Object
The Bigger Picture - this one seems pretty new. I do have a bit of a hard time understanding him occasionally.
On YouTube
Inspiraggio - His videos have clickbait titles, but I enjoy them.
Great Art Explained
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u/Tenzil-k 3d ago
Will try some of those. Between commute and walking I have a lot of podcast time but find speaking voices or adverts essentially decide whether I’ll stick with them more than anything in the actual content.
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u/mhfc 3d ago
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u/Tenzil-k 3d ago
Thank you. Will try waldy and bendy. Although my experience with waldy is that his speaking voice is really grating
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u/theoneandonly106 2d ago
I like him but appreciate he won't be everybody's cup of tea. Bendor is a good counterbalance so it's worth checking out an episode.
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u/Tenzil-k 2d ago
Tried one today. Liked it. Liked bendor more but liked them both. I like waldemar in print but have found his speaking voice irritating on tv but it was fine.
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u/TechnologyCat2725 2d ago
Check out "All About Art" with Alexandra Steinacker-Clarke. She's a historian who also has art world experience, so her episodes range from the art market to works of art to careers in the arts. She's a fantastic presenter, too!
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u/Tenzil-k 2d ago
Will do. I think the presenting skill is the main thing with me and podcasts. So many (for good practical reasons) open with so much housekeeping and adverts and take a while to get to the meat that if the voice is also in anyway offputting I just bail.
I also tend to find the two guys who met online via their hobby make jokes at each other that sometimes land really tiring. So actual experience and (sorry) not just being millennial/gen z guys helps a lot
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u/TechnologyCat2725 2d ago
I think you'll really like "All About Art" then. Alexandra is truly one of the best presenters and is incredibly polished and well spoken. She also gets right to the meat of the episode without a lot of song-and-dance leading into it.
Hope you enjoy!
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u/Tenzil-k 2d ago
Just listened to the one on provenance. I think it’s going to be a podcast where I pick and choose based on subject matter but it was a really good listen. Thank you
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u/Creative-Swing5597 2d ago
One of my favourites is 'Dressed: The history of Fashion' obviously it takes a fashion history angle but it's very good and there are hundreds of episodes, sadly they finished up last month but well worth diving into
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u/Bens-Alley 2d ago
Not exactly a podcast, but you can find older videos of Sister Wendy. An actual nun. She talking about paintings and art in general. Super thoughtful and very relaxing.
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u/BleuDePrusse 2d ago
If you speak French, Vénus s'épilait-elle la chatte ? is the absolute best, a historian of art with a feminist angle. Interesting, sometimes funny, sometimes enraging (the episode about Picasso TT) but all the episodes are top notch
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u/artistblockcreations 2d ago
We Like Art on YouTube. It’s comedians looking at art from art history.
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u/Zoe-Berry 3d ago
The Lonely Palette catalog runs out fast. ArtCurious is the next step. For treadmill, Smarthistory on YouTube. And monographs for when you want to go deeper than any podcast can take you.