A selection of podcasts for the pleasure of life long learners

  • Art Curious

    A place to explore the unexpected and slightly odd within the strangely wonderful in art history.

  • Art and Labor

    A podcast focusing on the on-going struggle to survive as an art or cultural worker.

  • The Lonely Palette

    Tamar Avishai hosts an accessible, personal and substantive podcast about art, artists, institutions and art world stories.

  • The Art Newspaper

    A London publication that reports on international art, has created one of the most topical podcasts around. Hosted by Ben Luke, the weekly show is not a digest of recent articles, but a chance to hear experts talk in depth about the new developments and trends.

  • Art Matters

    A podcast exploring the interesting ways art meets popular culture and non-traditional art topics. They look at what art history and visual culture can tell us about the world around us, and how our everyday interests make us excellent art critics. Hosted by Feren Gipson.

  • In Other Words

    Produced by a division of Sotheby’s called Art Agency Partners and hosted by Charlotte Burns to provide the intimacy and insider feeling to issue and personality driven topics

  • The Great Women Artists Podcast

    Art historian and curator, Katy Hessel interviews artists on their career, or curators, writers, or general art lovers, on the female artists who means the most to them.

  • Hyperallergic

    A weekly collection of news, developments and stirrings in the art world with host Hrag Vartanian, cofounder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic.

  • Arttactic

    The leading podcast on the art market covering a wide range of topics from art investments to general topics about the global art market industry.

  • Bow-Down Women

    A podcast about significant women from the past who deserve our attention.

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  • In Other Words

    Discussions about art and culture with today’s makers, curators, collectors.

  • The Week

    National and International newsfeed from an interdisciplinary perspective.

  • Art Grind

    A podcast for and about artists, art lovers and art professionals.

  • Art Beat PBS

    The latest news, analysis and reporting on the art world.

  • Artblog Radio

    An Ongoing Conversation about Art and Community in Philadelphia and the World

  • The Root Presents: It’s Lit!

    Here at The Root we’ve always loved, praised, and centered Black literature in the broader conversation. Each week hosts Danielle Belton and Maiysha Kai sit down with an author we love to talk about their work, what inspires them, and what they hope to contribute to the culture at large. Guests so far include Nikole Hannah Jones, Brittney Cooper, Ijeoma Oluo, Morgan Jerkins, and Claudia Rankine.

  • Black's History Week

    A weekly podcast covering history, arts, culture and politics with emeritus Professor of History, Jeremy Black, from The Critic Magazine: Britain's new magazine for open-minded readers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  • Black Nerd on the Low

    Black Nerd On The Low (BNTL) is a podcast...I’m joking, please don’t leave! Besides being a podcast, it is a space that we created for all the things that excite us as black nerds. From anime, to comic books, to literature, to pop culture, we chop it up! Join us as we share our experiences, aspirations and appreciation of blerd culture.

  • Black Tea

    Toronto is a multicultural hotspot. But the diversity that makes the city special isn’t often reflected in the stories we hear and the discussions we have. Black Tea will change that. Dalton Higgins and Melayna Williams are here to bring important and uncomfortable Black community conversations out in the open, and to have some laughs while doing it.

  • Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire

    A podcast about bridging art, activism, and academia to build more just futures. On each episode, host Cathy Hannabach interviews the scholars, dancers, authors, artists, and filmmakers imagining collective freedom and creating it through culture.

  • Black Arts Admin B*tch Podcast

    Join Quanice and her guests as they highlight artists and arts leaders of color in the performing and visual arts world, and interrogate systemic and institutional issues of equity in the arts from a decolonizing framework. We don't have time for any more games.

  • The Black Shutter Podcast

    The Black Shutter Podcast is a series of conversations with Black photographers filmmakers, editors, and creative business folks. You will hear about their work, their challenges, and their inspirations revolving around photography. The Black Shutter Podcast is hosted by Idris Talib Solomon, a creative director, photographer, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackshutterpodcast/support

  • The Tight Rope

    As we navigate the balance between hope and uncertainty, we invite you to join Dr. Cornel West & Professor Tricia Rose on The Tight Rope, a weekly program where we welcome listeners and guests as thought collaborators. The Tight Rope is rich in creative, unfiltered dialogue on topics ranging from culture, art, and music to the contours of systemic racism, philosophy, the power of Socratic self-examination, and the possibilities of a peaceful and just world.

  • Black On Black | CHUO 89.1 FM

    Black On Black is your weekly connection to the Afro-Caribbean community in Ottawa and beyond! A public affairs & arts show focusing on local and international events and issues, with special emphasis on the African diaspora. Black History Month coverage, Artist Profiles, Community Calendar and lots of music by U.S, African and Caribbean artists.

  • Seeing Color

    Seeing Color is a podcast that talks with cultural workers and artists of color in order to expand the area of what is a predominantly white space in the arts. With discussions shifting between art and race, Zhiwan Cheung hashes out with guests a range of topics about the creative process in a white-dominated art world.

  • Helga: the Armory Converservancy

    Park Avenue Armory is an arts institution dedicated to work that benefits from the freedom of the building's vast drill hall and its constellation of magnificent period rooms. Filling a crucial niche in the cultural landscape of New York City, the Armory catalyzes productions best realized in a non-traditional setting.

  • What’s Newark Got to Do With It?

    Host, Roger C Tucker, III, interviews artists, historians, authors, curators and other cultural leaders from/of Newark, NJ about the cultural impact and life-long influences the Brick City has, and continues to have, on their lives and careers.

  • PBS NewsHour - Art Beat

    The latest news, analysis and reporting on the art and entertainment world. (Updated periodically) PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

  • Recording Artists

    Produced by the Getty, incisive and insightful storytelling and interviews are led by contemporary art curator, Helen Molesworth.

  • Black Art in America

    Conversations that feature the contributions of artists, thought leaders and art historians in the African American art community.

  • Cerebral Women

    Conversations offer insights into the visual art world from artists, mainly artists of color, and female artists who freely articulate what inspires their creativity. In addition, you'll hear interesting perspectives from dedicated art professionals who work with artists and the art institutions that feature them. Art Advisors, Art Critics, Collectors, Curators, Gallerists, Museum Professionals.

  • The Modern Art Notes Podcast

    The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a weekly, hour-long interview program featuring artists, historians, authors, curators and conservators. Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee called The MAN Podcast “one of the great archives of the art of our time.” When the US chapter of the International Association of Art Critics gave host Tyler Green one of its inaugural awards for criticism in 2014, it included a special citation for The MAN Podcast.

  • Cerebral Women

    Cerebral Women was launched in 2016 as a forum to feature the work of underrepresented visual artists. Utilizing social media platforms such as Instagram, Cerebral Women pairs images of artworks with quotes by notable philosophers, authors, historical geniuses, and intellectuals.