Secrets Behind the Masterpieces

Secrets Behind the Masterpieces

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1002 , Segment 2

The Lady In Gold

Episode: The Lady In Gold

  • May 13, 2021 7:00 pm
  • 22:04 mins

Forget linear perspective and chiaroscuro, lets get the stories behind the masterpieces: maybe Van Gogh was murdered and didn't commit suicide after all; the woman who pushed Norman Rockwell in a more political direction; the secret CIA funding that was poured into abstract expressionism. Art has never been so engaging before. Guest: Jennifer Dasal, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art; creator and host of the podcast ArtCurious; author of “ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History”