Art Attack w/ Lizy Dastin and Justin BUA

From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance to the renegade world of the street, artists have always aligned their work with their political beliefs. Join our hosts as they examine the ways in which artists use their work as a vehicle for the activism.

We've all seen thousands of people post photos in Yayoi Kusama's immersive installation, Infinity Mirror Room , now join our hosts as they deep dive into the artist's provocative and brilliant career.

During his short but prolific career, Keith Haring forged an urban aesthetic that changed street art forever. Join our hosts as they discuss Haring's impact, his life and his iconic hieroglyphic style.

With his Planes of the Head and now Planes of the Body , John Asaro is an instrumental teacher of representational art. Join our hosts as they discuss Asaro's tremendous contributions as a painter.

From urinals to political photo collages to defaced posters of the Mona Lisa, Dada Art is strange, subversive and nonsensical. Join our hosts as they explore this weird and wonderful world.

Known for his renegade billboard takeovers and trenchant critique of technology and governmental ills, street artist thrashbird makes powerful statements through his art and certainly has a lot to say. Join our hosts as they open up their discussion to thrashbird to talk about authenticity and hypocrisy within contemporary street art.

From painting live elephants to match the pattern of wallpaper to creating a frame that self-destructed its contents seconds after being sold at auction, Banksy is a master of subversive performance. Join our hosts as they lift the veil of this anonymous, mysterious street art master.

Synthetic stimulants, like drugs and alcohol, have fueled the creativity of artists for the last hundred years, at least. Post-Impressionist painter Henri Toulouse Lautrec illustrated the swirls and spirals of the underground Parisian nightclub, The Moulin Rouge, while being swept away himself by the swirls and spirals of absinthe. However, there is no denying addiction's dark and dangerous side....

It's turtle time! In this episode, our hosts uncover the real Renaissance artists--Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo--behind those cartoon ninja masks.

Successful artists are brands. Sometimes artists collaborate with outside corporate brands and sometimes they even create their own. Join our hosts as they discuss this multi-pronged relationship between artists and branding.

The tenor of the times feels increasingly dark. Politics in particular have been dividing us with tenacious vigor, leaving many feeling sensitized and shattered. Art--making and consuming--can be an inroad through this trauma. Join our hosts as they discuss powerful art that was made to heal.

When consuming art, context matters. From a gallery to the streets to the Metropolitan Museum to the mall--the location that contains the art ends up shaping the way in which viewers understand that work and its importance. Join our hosts as they discuss this significant intersection between art and place.    

Garry Winogrand's photography--raw, slashing, energized and personal--perfectly echoes the tenor of the 1960s. Join our hosts as they discuss his work and share an exclusive story that potentially puts a debate surrounding Winogrand's methods to bed.

The Mona Lisa is the most iconic image in Western art. But, why? And what's so interesting about portraits as a genre and how can we grapple with what they reveal about the sitter, the artist and us viewing them? Join our hosts as they dissect several significant examples of some of the most significant and exciting portraits of all time.

Contemporary artist Annie Preece has a style that is all her own: nostalgic, subversive, humorous and outrageous. Join our hosts as they discuss her work, her life and exclusive moments from her time on BUA's T.V. show,  Street Art Throwdown.

The epicenter of the artworld may not be New York anymore. With its abundance of physical space and psychological distance from the Manhattan-centric scene, it may, in fact, be Los Angeles. Join our hosts as they explore significant artists--like Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and Judy Chicago--whose work asserts the significance of the city. 

With Van Gogh becoming famous after his death, Basquiat rising to stardom with the help of Andy Warhol and hosts of other artists accessing classes and buyers with family money, there's no one way to make it in this unregulated artworld. Join our hosts as they outline some tips and ideas for anyone wanting to break in and make their mark.

Illustrator Dami Lee has figured out how to craft a cartoon that's both whimsically humorous but also speaks to contemporary awareness of globalism and identity. Join our hosts as they talk to Lee about her work and new book, Be Everything at Once .

Even people who don't know much about art always seem to love the Impressionists. The paintings are colorful, the subject matter seemingly light, and if you don't feel a gentle sense of calm while gazing at Monet's "Waterlilies" then clearly you hate life. But what people don't know is that the Impressionists were rebellious, visually anarchic and turned the artworld upside down. Join our hosts as...

POPagandist and contemporary art behemoth, Ron English joins our hosts to strip down the artworld.

From sculptures of massive balloon animals to porcelain renderings of Michael Jackson with Bubbles the chimpanzee, if you've been to a museum you've most likely encountered art by Jeff Koons. The perennial artworld frenemy, Koons is a figure we love to hate. But do we have to hate him? Join our hosts as they discuss then pop the criticisms surrounding his work.

As far back as the Paleolithic cave drawings and ancient Roman frescoes in Pompeii, artists have illustrated explicit sexual acts in their work. Join our hosts as they outline historic and contemporary examples of this subject matter and discuss the role and intrigue of sex in art. 

The 2016 U.S. presidential election unfolded on the streets in canvassing, in protests, and in art. Beyond caricatures that cartoonists drew of Donald Trump in The New Yorker and newspapers around the world, Trump's portrayal in street art was uniquely scathing. Join our hosts as they go through several significant examples of anti-Trump artivism.

Unfortunately, art often gets a bad rap for being elitist and not particularly useful to study. In this episode, our hosts are joined by award-winning author Mary Sheldon to discuss why it's important to look at art and how adding art into your everyday experience will change your life.

Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address talks to our hosts about her new novel, The Masterpiece. Orbiting around the short-lived Grand Central School of Art located in Manhattan's iconic Grand Central Terminal, Davis' intertwining dual narratives are rich with art references and themes.