1956. Paris. An artist named Lee Krasner learns that her husband is dead.

1956. Paris. An artist named Lee Krasner learns that her husband is dead.

You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock but you may have never heard of Lee Krasner. Krasner was an artist, Pollock’s wife, and the woman who made him famous. She also changed everything about the landscape of modern art. This is a story about love, power, alcoholism and an ill-timed death. Hosted by curator, author, and broadcaster Katy Hessel, this 6-episode series, offers an inside look into two of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and how their vision impacts ours. 

And listen back to season one, where host Helen Molesworth revisits the artist Ana Mendieta’s death and the trial that followed– interrogating both the silence and the protest that have accompanied her story ever since.

Death of an Artist Season 1 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries, Somethin’ Else, and Sony Music Entertainment.

Death of an Artist Season 2 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries and Samizdat Audio.

You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock but you may have never heard of Lee Krasner. Krasner was an artist, Pollock’s wife, and the woman who made him famous. She also changed everything about the landscape of modern art. This is a story about love, power, alcoholism and an ill-timed death. Hosted by curator, author, and broadcaster Katy Hessel, this 6-episode series, offers an inside look into two of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and how their vision impacts ours. 
And listen back to season one, where host Helen Molesworth revisits the artist Ana Mendieta’s death and the trial that followed– interrogating both the silence and the protest that have accompanied her story ever since.
Death of an Artist Season 1 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries, Somethin’ Else, and Sony Music Entertainment.
Death of an Artist Season 2 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries and Samizdat Audio.

Death of an Artist

You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock but you may have never heard of Lee Krasner. Krasner was an artist, Pollock’s wife, and the woman who made him famous. She also changed everything about the landscape of modern art. This is a story about love, power, alcoholism and an ill-timed death. Hosted by curator, author, and broadcaster Katy Hessel, this 6-episode series, offers an inside look into two of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and how their vision impacts ours. 
And listen back to season one, where host Helen Molesworth revisits the artist Ana Mendieta’s death and the trial that followed– interrogating both the silence and the protest that have accompanied her story ever since.
Death of an Artist Season 1 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries, Somethin’ Else, and Sony Music Entertainment.
Death of an Artist Season 2 is a co-production between Pushkin Industries and Samizdat Audio.

Episode 1: Crash

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Here's a preview of a podcast we think you'll enjoy, Forged. 

Rock star Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies is doing rock star things—like buying paintings. And what better painting for an iconic Canadian rocker to buy than one by Norval Morrisseau, one of the most iconic Indigenous artists in Canada? But when Kevin’s Morrisseau painting is featured in an exhibit, it gets taken down because the head curator says it’s “questionable.” Kevin tries to get some answers but every answer leads to more questions. Host Adrian Stimson traces Kevin’s dogged quest to find out the truth about his painting—and learns how this one painting is the key to cracking a whole underworld open. 

Forged is a six-part series, from CBC in Canada and ABC Australia, host Adrian Stimson, an artist from the Siksika Nation, travels from Thunder Bay to the Northern Territory of Australia, to reveal what's believed to be the largest art crime fraud in the world. More episodes of Forged are available here: https://link.mgln.ai/ForgedxDOAA

Here's a preview of a podcast we think you'll enjoy, <a href="https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/ForgedxDOAA">Forged</a>. 
Rock star Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies is doing rock star things&mdash;like buying paintings. And what better painting for an iconic Canadian rocker to buy than one by Norval Morrisseau, one of the most iconic Indigenous artists in Canada? But when Kevin&rsquo;s Morrisseau painting is featured in an exhibit, it gets taken down because the head curator says it&rsquo;s &ldquo;questionable.&rdquo; Kevin tries to get some answers but every answer leads to more questions. Host Adrian Stimson traces Kevin&rsquo;s dogged quest to find out the truth about his painting&mdash;and learns how this one painting is the key to cracking a whole underworld open.&nbsp;
Forged is a six-part series, from CBC in Canada and ABC Australia, host Adrian Stimson, an artist from the Siksika Nation, travels from Thunder Bay to the Northern Territory of Australia, to reveal what's believed to be the largest art crime fraud in the world. More episodes of Forged are available here: <a href="https://link.mgln.ai/ForgedxDOAA">https://link.mgln.ai/ForgedxDOAA</a>

Introducing | Forged: The true story behind the Norval Morrisseau art fraud

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We’re sharing a preview of another podcast we think you’ll enjoy, Deep Cover Presents: Snowball. Snowball follows journalist Ollie Wards as he unravels the wild story of how his own family was taken in, and taken down, by a charming con woman from California…and tries to find out where she is now. He embarks on a question to find out how she did it, why she did it, and where she is now. Financial ruin, shattered trust, and a mystery that stretches across continents and decades—it’s got all the twists and turns you'd expect from a high-stakes crime thriller…only it's all true. Here’s a preview of Snowball by the Unravel Podcast team. 

If you can’t wait to find out what happens, binge episodes of Deep Cover Presents: Snowball early and ad-free with a Pushkin+ subscription. Find Pushkin+ on the Deep Cover show page in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

We&rsquo;re sharing a preview of another podcast we think you&rsquo;ll enjoy, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-cover/id1520478402?itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box&amp;ls=1&amp;mttnsubad=1520478402&amp;at=1000l36zH">Deep Cover Presents: Snowball</a>. Snowball follows journalist Ollie Wards as he unravels the wild story of how his own family was taken in, and taken down, by a charming con woman from California&hellip;and tries to find out where she is now. He embarks on a question to find out how she did it, why she did it, and where she is now. Financial ruin, shattered trust, and a mystery that stretches across continents and decades&mdash;it&rsquo;s got all the twists and turns you'd expect from a high-stakes crime thriller&hellip;only it's all true. Here&rsquo;s a preview of Snowball by the Unravel Podcast team.&nbsp;
If you can&rsquo;t wait to find out what happens, binge episodes of Deep Cover Presents: Snowball early and ad-free with a Pushkin+ subscription. Find Pushkin+ on the Deep Cover show page in&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-cover/id1520478402?itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box&amp;ls=1&amp;mttnsubad=1520478402&amp;at=1000l36zH">Apple Podcasts</a> or at <a href="http://pushkin.fm/plus">pushkin.fm/plus</a>.

Introducing Deep Cover Presents: Snowball

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Artist, musician and writer Audrey Flack shares her firsthand accounts of the downtown New York City art scene in the mid-twentieth-century and a song she and her band, The History of Art, wrote about Jackson Pollock. 

Flack passed away in June. For more about her life, see “Audrey Flack, Creator of Vibrant Photorealist Art, Dies at 93.” 

Artist, musician and writer Audrey Flack shares her firsthand accounts of the downtown New York City art scene in the mid-twentieth-century and a song she and her band, The History of Art, wrote about Jackson Pollock. 
Flack passed away in June. For more about her life, see “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/arts/audrey-flack-dead.html">Audrey Flack, Creator of Vibrant Photorealist Art, Dies at 93</a>.”

Bonus: The Women on the Scene with Audrey Flack

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