On May 17th, Death of an Artist returns with an all new season hosted by Katy Hessel about the woman who made the modern art world: Lee Krasner.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Death of an Artist Season 2: Krasner and Pollock

You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock but you may have never heard of Lee Krasner. Krasner was an artist, Pollock’s wife, and the woman who made him famous. She also changed everything about the landscape of modern art. This is a story about love, power, alcoholism and an ill-timed death. Hosted by curator, author, and broadcaster Katy Hessel, this 6-episode series, offers an inside look into two of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and how their vision impacts ours. 
And listen back to season one, where host Helen Molesworth revisits the artist Ana Mendieta’s death and the trial that followed– interrogating both the silence and the protest that have accompanied her story ever since.
Death of an Artist Season 1 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries, Somethin’ Else, and Sony Music Entertainment.
Death of an Artist Season 2 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries and Samizdat Audio.

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Performing Arts

Design

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Fashion & Beauty

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1942. Midtown. Peggy Guggenheim arrives, opens a gallery and gives hungry artists hope. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 3: The Collector

1936. Brooklyn. A young Lee Krasner leaves home and starts to create a kind of art America has never seen before. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 2: Inner Rhythm

1956. Paris. An artist named Lee Krasner learns that her husband is dead.
The entire season will be available to subscribers starting with episode two, on Friday, May 24th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 1: Crash

William Veres is in trouble. He's been arrested following the largest ever investigation by the Italian police’s art squad. They accuse him of running an $40 million art-smuggling ring with ties to the Sicilian mafia – charges that could get him jailed for 20 years. 
But Veres has a plan to get out of trouble. He strikes a deal with Italian police: if he can help them solve the coldest cold case in the history of art theft, they will help him in his own case. The theft in question is that of Caravaggio's Nativity – a masterpiece stolen from a Sicilian church five decades earlier. In this episode we follow Veres as he begins his quest. It is a journey that will take us into the dark heart of the most famous criminal organization of them all: Cosa Nostra. 
All four episodes of The Professor are out now. To keep listening, search for The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece, wherever you listen to podcasts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Death of an Artist Season 2: Krasner and Pollock

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