Urban Visionaries: Smokehouse Associates
March 29, 2023
Interview with Eric Booker by David Ebony The late 1960s and early ’70s was a time of social upheaval, civil unrest and protests around the world, including in the United… READ MORE
Tag: American artists
Ep. 101 – A Conversation with Designer Stephen Burks
February 2, 2023
In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Stephen Burks, designer, educator, principal at Stephen Burks Man Made, and the subject of an exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of… READ MORE
Edward Hopper’s Public and Private New York
November 17, 2022
Interview with Kim Conaty by David Ebony As resilient as ever, New York City is slowly but surely emerging from the pandemic’s trials and tribulations as a renewed, revitalized, and… READ MORE
Nostalgia and Ideology
July 21, 2022
Philip J. Deloria— In conjunction with Indian removal, popular American imagery began to play on earlier symbolic linkages between Indians and the past, and these images eventually produced the full-blown… READ MORE
The Rose and the Re-Invention of Postwar American Art
May 3, 2022
Elizabeth Ferrell– Episode 4 of Netflix’s Inventing Anna (2022) includes a scene inside the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Featured prominently in the background is Jay… READ MORE
Photography and Friendship: Georgia O’Keeffe and Todd Webb
November 15, 2021
By Lisa Volpe and Betsy Evans Hunt Yale University Press and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, are very pleased to publish the first book devoted to the photographic works… READ MORE
Ep. 85 – The Life and Art of Bob Thompson
October 28, 2021
Listen to this conversation with Diana K. Tuite, the Katz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Colby College Museum of Art. Her exhibition Bob Thompson: This House Is… READ MORE
James Castle’s Silent Universe
September 30, 2021
Interview with John Beardsley by David Ebony Today, James Castle (1899-1977) is renowned for the richly nuanced surface textures of his gray-scale drawings, his moody and mystical views of the… READ MORE
Ep. 84 – Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful
August 18, 2021
Listen to this conversation with Chrysler Museum of Art curator Seth Feman and Columbus Museum curator Jonathan Frederick Walz—we discuss the art and life of the extraordinary American artist Alma… READ MORE
Americans in Spain
August 9, 2021
Brandon Ruud— The catalogue for the exhibition Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820–1920 was a labor of love, a treat to produce, and, especially, a visual feast thanks to the… READ MORE
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