Art Musing Daily Podcast
1) Brian Eno on Russian Avant-Garde and Music
In honor of Brian Eno's 71st birthday I'm sharing a quote of his regarding Russian avant-garde. The art movement was an early inspiration to Eno during art school, finding parallels between abstract a...Show More
2) Dealing with Criticism as an Artist
Tips on dealing with criticism from Julia Cameron's 1992 bestselling book 'The Artist's Way'
3) Hilma af Klint at The Guggenheim
Hilma af Klint is all the buzz this year after her record-breaking exhibition at the NYC Guggenheim. It seems Klint met the broader public at the right time aesthetically, with the recent popularity o...Show More
4) The Crushing Loss of a Lucian Freud Painting
Sometimes the works of master artists get ripped, punctured, burned, or in the case of a Lucian Freud painting, crushed in a trash compactor.
5) Zombie Formalism - How the Art Market Dominates Creativity
The market for art has become the influencer on what type of art is being made. I read a paragraph from Walter Robinson's "Flipping and the Rise of Zombie Formalism" where he coins the term "Zombie Fo...Show More
6) Picasso Doesn’t Paint to Decorate Apartments
Today I read a 1945 Pablo Picasso quote in defense of the power of art.
7) Van Gogh's Death Instrument is on the Auction Block
The rusty old revolver believed to have taken the life of Vincent Van Gogh will soon be up for auction. The artifact was discovered in a field in Auvers-sur-Oise, France decades after Van Gogh fired i...Show More
8) Kandinsky and Synesthesia
Although Wassily Kandinsky wrote extensively about his experience with color, which went beyond the average viewer's perception, it's unclear whether or not he was a true synesthete or a just an artis...Show More
9) What is Art?
What is art? I dare to answer this age-old question, at least for me personally and what it'll mean for future podcast episodes.