The Lives of Contemporary Artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 174 12.06.2026 9:45 ↓

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 25.05.2026 11:02 ↓

A moving tribute to our collective failures

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 172 13.05.2026 6:27 ↓

Podcaster Timmy Black extends a gracious invitation to the editors of The New York Times

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 171 07.05.2026 8:50 ↓

Those who can , do. Those who can't, give advice (for a price).

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 170 30.04.2026 11:11 ↓

Odd as it may sound, art is completely superfluous to an artist's career

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 169 27.02.2026 9:41 ↓

A solemn tribute to science

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 168 20.02.2026 8:04 ↓

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 168 by Timmy Black

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: episode 167 18.02.2026 13:12 ↓

Have faith in young people. The arts await them!

The Lives of Contemporary Artists : Episode 166 23.01.2026 15:03 ↓

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 13.12.2025 8:32 ↓

What the world needs now is The Complete Work of Art. Timmy explains what that means.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 164 07.11.2025 9:23 ↓

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 16.10.2025 13:21 ↓

With questionable motivation, Brooklyn artist Spark Boon keeps the art of figure drawing alive

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 162 09.09.2025 12:39 ↓

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 02.09.2025 7:34 ↓

Timmy Black and TLOCA is taking a dramatic turn, hoping to gain more listeners

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 160 19.07.2025 11:22 ↓

The comforts of conservatism in today's best artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 159 09.07.2025 11:42 ↓

Timmy travels to Paris to speak to his favorite French artists

The Lives of Contemporary Artists Episode 158 30.05.2025 8:47 ↓

Timmy asks New York artist Boris Lemon about the state of our students

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 157 18.04.2025 7:04 ↓

Autocracy might not be as bad as you think if you know which galleries to visit.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 156 10.04.2025 19:51 ↓

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 27.03.2025 6:41 ↓

A rare glimpse of an enigmatic artist

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode155 03.02.2025 11:20 ↓

Timmy talks to New York painter Boris Lemon .... and regrets it.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 154 27.01.2025 11:19 ↓

From Rockefeller to Trump - A neat summary of the art of our time

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 153 27.12.2024 11:54 ↓

Our final episode of 2024 comes with some serious resoiutions.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 152 12.12.2024 10:44 ↓

Our annual holiday episode includes sophisticated suggestions for intelligent gift giving .... or something like that.

The Lives of Contemporary Artists: Episode 151 23.11.2024 7:43 ↓

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.