Episode #90: Art Fact and Fiction: Did Van Gogh Only Sell One Painting? (S10E07)

ArtCurious Podcast

ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In our tenth season, we’re going at art history with a skeptical eye and a myth-busting attitude to uncover the fictions and facts about some of our favorite artists. We’re starting our season today with this controversial subject: was Van Gogh a completely failed artist with only one sale to his name? Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and FOLLOW on Spotify Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Fireside Don’t forget to show your support for our show by purchasing ArtCurious swag from TeePublic! SPONSORS: Kiwi Co: Get 50% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with promo code ARTCURIOUS Indeed: Listeners get a free $75 credit to upgrade your job post NYU Tisch Pro/Online: Register for spring 2022 film-making and screenwriting courses online with NYU’s Tisch Pro online Mint Mobile: Get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/ArtCuriousPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.8	listener to our show, you're probably thinking another Van Gogh episode, and I totally
0:51.4	hear you. Since this show's premiere in 2016, I featured him in two full
0:56.8	episodes, including one that was so long in its original iteration that when I released it as part
1:02.6	of a listener favorite season last year, where it was voted as one of your top favorites,
1:07.9	I actually cut it down into two parts, because otherwise that single episode
1:12.3	would have been over an hour long. I've also done bonus episodes on the theme of genius
1:18.2	that has featured Vincent Van Gogh as the main character. And naturally, he's been
1:22.7	mentioned in many other episodes as a cultural touchstone and an inspiration for artist who came after.
1:29.9	Van Gogh is never really far from my mind, it seems.
1:33.1	And so he pops up again and again.
1:35.5	And he's popping up now in the middle of our facts and fiction season of the podcast.
1:40.6	Because like Michelangelo and Leonardo, there just seemed to be a lot of myths built around this single artist.
1:54.1	Some people think that visual art is dry, boring, lifeless.
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