The Art Assignment

Episode 1

Art trip: pst: la/la

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

We take a trip to la and look at the getty-funded initiative pacific standard time: la/la.

Episode 2

The case for jackson pollock

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

We explore the life, evolution, and legacy of jackson pollock.

Episode 3

Art cooking: salvador dali

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Surrealist artist salvador dali is well known, but what about his 1973 cookbook?

Episode 4

Better know: the starry night

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Taking a look at vincent van gogh's famed painting the starry night.

Episode 5

Art cooking: vincent van gogh

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The life and eating habits of artist vincent van gogh,

Episode 6

Art must be beautiful

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

We revisit ancient philosophers' thoughts on beauty.

Episode 7

The case for museums

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

What purpose did museums serve? And why does every city have one today?

Episode 8

Do not try to eat this

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

In 1961 artist man ray offered this "menu for a dadaist day," and we cooked it for you.

Episode 9

Art + taxes = the dirty truth

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The art market is one of the many ways rich people game the system to save billions.

Episode 10

Art trip: utah

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Spiral jetty, sun tunnels, and salt.

Episode 11

Better know: the kiss by gustav klimt

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

One of the best loved paintings in history, let's learn about the kiss by gustav klimt.

Episode 12

Why you don't like art history

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Was your art history class an endless succession of names and dates and movements?

Episode 13

The case for nudity

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

What's wrong with seeing the unclothed human body? And what is its place in art?

Episode 14

Remake the met

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The met museum is a treasure trove of art, but is there a better way to organize it?

Episode 15

Butter + eggs = art, sometimes

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Episode 16

Trending artists of the 17th century

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Have you heard of italian baroque artist artemisia gentilschi? She's trending.

Episode 17

The case for conceptual art

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Sometimes art is paintings, and sometimes it's a chair. Why?.

Episode 18

Better know manet's a bar at the folies-bergère

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Let's explore edouard manet's a bar at the folies-bergère.

Episode 19

Art cooking: picasso

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Let's cook our way through moments in picasso's life and process our conflicted feelings.

Episode 20

Love the art, hate the artist

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

This one's in honor of all the art you used to love, and it's creators who behaved badly.

Episode 21

The case for realism

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick?

Episode 22

The myth of the tortured artist

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Are artists really more tortured than the rest of us?

Episode 23

Art trip: detroit

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The diego rivera mural, heidelberg project, moca, abandoned buildings, and much more.

Episode 24

Behind the banksy stunt

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Banksy shredded his artwork the moment after it sold at auction.

Episode 25

Art cooking: dutch and flemish still life painting

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The good life is on display in 17th century dutch and flemish still life paintings.

Episode 26

Which is the real girl with a pearl earring?

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

A look at "girl with the pearl earring," with the use of innovative technology.

Episode 27

Art i can't show you

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

John green discusses how agnes martin's paintings brilliantly capture emotion.

Episode 28

Art you can't get to

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Cientists left a plastic bust of lenin at the southern pole of inaccessibility.

Episode 29

The case for video art

Thu, Sep 10, 2026 10 mins

An analysis of "video art".

Episode 30

The truth of the tortured artist

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The truth of the tortured artist.

Episode 31

Artists in love

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Art history of full of amazing artist couples.