Art Talk

By KCRWArts Visual Arts

Art Talk episodes

July 27, 2011 The Majesty of Lucian Freud
5 min
July 20, 2011 Art Around the Clock, Carmageddon Be Damned
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Art has unique power to inspire, to heal and, sometimes, even to triumph over such daunting obstacles as Carmageddon...
5 min
July 13, 2011 Music to Your Eyes
Okay, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to a young lady I've been in love with for as long as I remember myself. Not only is she charming and pretty, but...
5 min
July 06, 2011 With Art, There's No Rest for the Wicked
When Russians try to talk sense into an impatient, restless person, they say, "For heaven's sakes, slow down! It seems like you are sitting on a nail!"...
5 min
June 29, 2011 It Takes Chutzpah to Compete with Great Artists of the Past
Compared to the US, everything in Europe seems so close. It took me less than an hour to get from Antwerp to Amsterdam by speed train...
5 min
June 22, 2011 Traveling for Art and Eating Well
Summer is upon us, and many of you
are probably traveling. Like everyone else, planning a trip, I ask my
smart, artsy friends for advice: what to see and what to eat....
5 min
June 15, 2011 Visiting the Belgium Trifecta of Bruges, Ghent and Mechelen
Trust me, it's not Lady Godiva chocolate or the amazing variety of beers that made me go to Belgium twice in the last five months. In January, I was invited to Brussels...
5 min
June 08, 2011 In a Dark Room. Intoxicated.
My recent trip to Europe ended up in Barcelona... About fifty art dealers from around the world gathered there for Loop, an annual video art fair....
5 min
June 01, 2011 Deathly Fascinating
When I went to the Whitney Museum in December, I had no idea who Paul Thek was...
5 min
May 25, 2011 In Belgium. High on Art.
It's 6 o'clock. I am waiting for a plane and staring in disbelief at the bold, colorful posters of Kandinsky, Sam Francis and Howard Hodgkin — of all places — on the walls of MacDonald's...
5 min