The Lives of Contemporary Artists
Timmy Black presents a podcast exploring the lives and careers of contemporary artists. Each episode focuses on the personal stories and creative journeys of modern visual artists. The show offers insight into their influences, struggles, and achievements in today's art world.
Episodes
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode #176
How to succeed in (the art) business without even trying
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 175
All we hope to get is 47 seconds of your attention so arts podcaster Timmy Black keeps it ...... oops .... time's up
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 174
The new Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a spectacular tour-de-force. Listen to Timmy Black's insightful observations.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 173
A moving tribute to our collective failures
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 172
Podcaster Timmy Black extends a gracious invitation to the editors of The New York Times
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 171
Those who can , do. Those who can't, give advice (for a price).
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 170
Odd as it may sound, art is completely superfluous to an artist's career
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 169
A solemn tribute to science
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 168
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 168 by Timmy Black
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: episode 167
Have faith in young people. The arts await them!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists : Episode 166
The letters of artists can be extremely revealing. This episode celebrates the latest innovation in the epistolary arts.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 165
What the world needs now is The Complete Work of Art. Timmy explains what that means.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 164
In this short tribute to all our terrific podcasters, Timmy reserves his highest praise for a marginalized peer.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: episode 163
With questionable motivation, Brooklyn artist Spark Boon keeps the art of figure drawing alive
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 162
Through the work of Carmalite McKenzee, Timmy examines the strange alliance of disheveled ivy leaguers and J6 conspiracists
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 161
Timmy Black and TLOCA is taking a dramatic turn, hoping to gain more listeners
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 160
The comforts of conservatism in today's best artists
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 159
Timmy travels to Paris to speak to his favorite French artists
The Lives of Contemporary Artists Episode 158
Timmy asks New York artist Boris Lemon about the state of our students
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 157
Autocracy might not be as bad as you think if you know which galleries to visit.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 156
Timmy speaks to a pair of Maltese documentary filmmakers about an exciting yet doomed new project
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: The David Schoffman Interview
A rare glimpse of an enigmatic artist
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode155
Timmy talks to New York painter Boris Lemon .... and regrets it.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 154
From Rockefeller to Trump - A neat summary of the art of our time
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 153
Our final episode of 2024 comes with some serious resoiutions.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 152
Our annual holiday episode includes sophisticated suggestions for intelligent gift giving .... or something like that.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 151
If you're at a loss at understanding the economic and social aspects of contemporary art. you're not alone. In this episode Timmy Black sheds less light than usual on this timely subject.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 150
Introducing the greatest performance artist of out time. Athena Vermogen!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 149
Going out on a limb, Timmy ventures into a political endorsement
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 148
"Do no harm" is fine for physicians but do we really need artists to be so benign? Timmy takes our tinkerers to task.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 147
For those long hot, humid nights or for those long hot humid days, or for those idle moments during your exciting and exotic vacation, here a are few seasonal reading recommendations.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 146
Finally, some really useful, practical advice on how to "make it" as an artist!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 145
Somewhere between bondage and divestment, Timmy manages to sum up youth culture and its relationship with real world events.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 144
Frieze LA 2024! The verdict is in!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 143
Timmy reaches out to his young audience with timely tales of impending catastrophe.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 142
Cheerfully delivered prophecies of despair close out another banner year for this unusual podcast.
TLOCA New Years Greeting 2024
The Lives of Contemporary Artists' producer Bozman Arcadia offers a short appreciation to all our devoted listeners.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 141
Timmy tempts fate as he mingles pop tunes with Middle East politics on this timely and tragic episode.
The Lives of Contemporary ArtistsEpisode 140
A short meditation on the "intellectuel engagé."
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 139
How to Survive in the Academy: Three easy steps to keep your job.
The Live of Contemporary Artists: Episode 138
Timmy discusses the Shock of the Ordinary and the aesthetics of negativity with his typical lack of insight.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 137
Is it time to reassess the last reassessment of the canon of art history? Timmy Black might be tired of the question but he still figured out how to make a podcast episode about it.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 136
Where Timmy expresses his abiding love for and belief in Figurative Painting.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 135
The tricky topic of the unreliable brushstroke is imperfectly examined in this important and timely episode.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 134
These days, many artists are doing amazing work that is politically engaged. Timmy explores this trend and focuses on a few inspiring examples.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 133 -
Florida takes on art history textbooks while Timmy Black takes on Florida
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 132
Rap is the new Neo-Geo: The Los Angeles Art Fairs of 2023
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 131
Could art and technology be the product of an arranged marriage on the verge of annulment? Timmy Black weighs in.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 130
The work of Norwegian artist Sophia Lagrimar inspires a few thoughtful New Year's resolutions.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 129
The greatly anticipated annual Top Ten Artists list for 2022!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 128
Timmy plugs an amazing new t-shirt enterprise, Dead Poets Hard Wear, by interviewing its brilliant CEO. Find it at deadpoetshardwear.com
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 127
The necessity of networking for artists is made clear in this important episode. The how's and why's are surprisingly simple and easily applicable. This is required listening for all ambitious artists.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 126
Timmy takes a tour of a very prestigious art school on the east coast and comes away transformed.
The Lives of Contemporary ArtistsEpisode 125
Celebrating the publication of Micah Carpentier's Song of Songs, Timmy interviews the editor of this important book, artist Dahlia Danton.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 124
Art critics provide an invaluable service and are the subject of unjust resentment. Timmy attempts to correct this cultural transgression.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 123
Sometimes our prejudices taint our aesthetic judgments. In this episode Timmy has some tips on how to avoid jumping to conclusions.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 122
Timmy's annual summer reading recommendations include some superfluous insights!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 121
An important essay on life's purpose and the artist's journey. Essential listening for all young creative people starting out on their careers.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 120
Imagine Pablo Picasso, Faun Roberts, Harold Bloom, Orestia Shestov and Timmy Black entering a bar.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 119
An update from the fabulous 2022 Venice Biennale!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 118
Timmy toys with biblical studies in a tirade that trades in jeremiads.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 117
The internet and social media have been maligned for too long. It's time to offer a clear rebuttal.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 116
It can't be said enough. Artists must cultivate their networking skills! Here's a short roadmap for the successful schmooze.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 115
Art as a form of mysticism has a new and unusual advocate as Timmy Black addresses the most comfortable environments for reading.
The Lives of the Contemporary Artists: Episode 114
"Nothing is more disfiguring than insecurity."
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 113
Timmy discovers a Los Angeles artist who draws on wheels.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 112
Timmy Black is sorry and wants you to know it.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 111
Timmy meets an old and dear friend. They go to a bar to have a drink. The old friend talks about art. Timmy stops and thinks ... but not for too long.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 110
Artists need to set good examples for impressionable children. Unfortunately, podcaster Timmy Black is doing just the opposite.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 109
School is back!! Join podcaster Timmy Black in celebrating our under appreciated teachers!
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 108
How to impersonate a smart person is one indispensable skill in our age of relentless self-invention. In this episode, Timmy offers tips on how to punch above one's weight
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 107
A careful consideration of the rugged art of sculpture is long overdue (& continues to be so).
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 106
Writing an Artist Statement: The 5 Essential Steps
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 105
The art world is Building Back Better and if that's not the only stale phrase Timmy has appropriated for his backhanded purposes, listen to this terrific new episode for many more of the same.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 104
However difficult it is to be an artist it is infinitely more difficult admitting that you are not. A few essential career tips from Timmy Black.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 103
There's great wisdom to be found among our elders. Timmy Black pays tribute to one who is a national treasure, a sage and a charmingly petulant visionary.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 102
It's graduation time and Timmy Black would never allow this modified milestone to go unchecked. Here he gives some notes on the perfect commencement speech.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 101
Deviating from his typical format, Timmy trips on the laces of propriety as he conducts a live interview with lewd artist.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Epidose 100
We've reached an auspicious milestone in this, our 100th episode! Join Timmy with his retrospective tribute to the lives and The Lives of Contemporary Artists.
The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 99
Had he been enrolled Timmy Black would have surely been expelled from the Frankfurt School. Listen as Timmy gives corruption a good name.
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