The Round-Up: Looted Art Exposed in House Lis...

If you had to pick two conversations that defined the last 10 years in art, one would certainly be about digital culture and online life. The other would be about race, racism, and representation. The critic and artist Aria Dean has been at the center of both these conversations. ...  Show more

Here we are, already at the end of the first month of the new year. That means it’s time to do the first Art Angle Round-Up of 2026, where, as is custom, we’ll review some of the art news stories that people are talking about, and what they might tell us something about the force ...  Show more

It was supposed to be the highlight of New York’s spring auction week: Sculptor Alberto Giacometti’s masterpiece “Large Thin Head” was this year’s most hotly anticipated piece up for sale. But when the bidding opened, collectors went silent. WSJ’s Kelly Crow explains what this un ...  Show more

Comedian and poet Tim Key on writing and starring in The Ballad of Wallis Island which has become one of the surprise film hits of the year.Novelists Saima Mir and Marcia Hutchinson on setting their stories in Bradford.Playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni on reimagining the 5th Pan Afric ...  Show more

This week, Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker tread through the fascinating history behind the sculpture work “Silver Bedhead” from 1946 by Alexander “Sandy'“ Calder, mobile master, commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim, a woman whose art addiction influenced Modern Art His ...

Summer selling season, the creator economy & importance of story in art sales

(00:00) Introduction and Podcast Overview

(00:59) The Importance of Summer for Art Sales

(07:05) Understanding the Interest-Based Algorithm