Best Art Podcasts: 45 Shows for Artists and Art Lovers
I listen to art podcasts while I paint. Some days it's an artist describing how she mixes a color. Other days it's the story behind a portrait I've seen a hundred times. I look at paintings differently afterward, and so will you.
My own collections range from Animals and Florals to Just Add Water, Interiors, Life’s Small Pleasures, and Inspirational Women.
This guide introduces 45 art podcasts in six categories, with who hosts each show, what you'll hear, and a link to start listening. If you collect art or love museums and galleries, start with the first two. Painters will find studio and business shows further down.
Featured: Mrs. Bradshaw’s Dinner Party, oil on canvas, 12 × 12 inches
Hearing an artist explain a painting changes how you see it. These hosts take you into studios and galleries around the world.
A Brush With…
Ben Luke of The Art Newspaper asks leading international artists about the painters they admire, the museums they return to, and the music in their studios. Guests include Jenny Saville, Kehinde Wiley, and Marlene Dumas.
Art Grind Podcast
New York artists Dina Brodsky and Marshall Jones lead long conversations with contemporary artists and gallery directors. It feels like a late-night studio chat about art and everything else.
Art Wank
Australian artists Fiona Verity and Julie Nicholson, with host Gary Seller, interview painters, curators, and gallery owners. Expect plenty of banter and an irreverent look at the art world.
Authentic Obsessions
Host Margret Petrie talks with artists, curators, photographers, and writers about their creative obsessions, fears, and joys. Her guests admit the mess and keep going.
I Like Your Work: Conversations With Artists
Painter Erika B. Hess interviews contemporary artists about their studio practice and career paths. The show also runs a community and exhibitions for artists.
Talk Art
Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament interview artists, curators, and gallerists, plus famous friends from music and film. Their enthusiasm makes contemporary art feel open to everyone.
Talking With Painters
Australian artist Maria Stoljar sits down with painters to talk about their lives and work. Listen for honest stories about how painters build a career.
The Art People Podcast
Las Vegas artist Justin Favela talks with artists about identity, family, memory, and healing. Many of his guests are immigrant artists and artists of color.
The Great Women Artists
Art historian Katy Hessel interviews artists, curators, and writers about the women artists who matter most to them. Her book, The Story of Art Without Men, grew from the same mission.
The Jealous Curator: Art for Your Ear
Danielle Krysa, the artist and author behind The Jealous Curator, talks with contemporary artists about their creative journeys. Her warm style makes each guest easy to root for.
Willy (Wilamina) Russo
Australian artist mentor Willy Russo hosts Interview With An Artist and Two Red Chairs. She champions emerging artists and shares practical next steps for growing a career.
Art History and Stories
Featured: Georgia O'Keeffe, oil on cradled panel, 12 × 12 inches
You need zero art history background for these. Each host takes one painting, artist, or mystery and tells the story behind it, so you look closer the next time you stand in front of the work.
ArtCurious Podcast
Curator Jennifer Dasal digs into the strange and surprising corners of art history. Episodes tackle questions like how the Mona Lisa became the most famous painting in the world.
ArtHoles
Comedian Michael Anthony started this show with no background in art at all. His multi-episode stories on artists like Caravaggio and Toulouse-Lautrec are funny and well researched. Archive: no new episodes since October 2024.
Dr. Janina Ramirez: Art Detective
Oxford art historian Janina Ramirez started this show to hold full, unedited conversations with experts. Each episode investigates a work, an artist, or a forgotten story.
The Lonely Palette
Art historian Tamar Avishai takes one artwork per episode and unpacks it. She opens with museum visitors describing what they see, then tells you the story behind the piece.
If the stories behind famous women move you, my Inspirational Women collection celebrates them in paint.
Creativity and Inspiration
Featured: Beloved, mixed media on canvas, 30 × 24 inches
Listen to one of these shows when you need a nudge back to the easel, the sketchbook, or any creative project. One morning, with a podcast playing, I sketched roses I'd arranged in my mother's blue and white china. That sketch has its own story on my blog.
Creative Catch Up
UK artist Natasha Newton and illustrator Mel Chadwick chat like old friends about creative life. Topics range from pricing and burnout to the books and supplies that inspire them.
Creative Pep Talk
Illustrator Andy J. Pizza gives you energetic, practical advice on finding your voice and building a creative career. Each episode tackles one problem, such as imposter syndrome or a creative slump.
The Artist's Way Podcast Weekly Check In
This show follows Julia Cameron's 12-week program from The Artist's Way, chapter by chapter. Listen along if you want company for morning pages and artist dates.
The Creative Exponent
Painter and author Marian Parsons, known as Miss Mustard Seed, co-founded this show as a weekly creative pick-me-up. The episodes mix creativity, business, and the habits that keep makers going.
The Jeanne Oliver Podcast
Mixed media artist Jeanne Oliver talks with artists and makers about their creative paths. Her warm interviews focus on courage, story, and building a creative life.
The World of Women Create Podcast
The team behind Women Create magazine interviews women artists, makers, and entrepreneurs. You hear how each guest turned a creative passion into a business.
Windowsill Chats
Host Margo Tantau talks with artists and makers around the world about what it's like to walk a creative path. Expect honest stories and grounded business tips.
Painting and Studio Practice
At the easel in my art studio + gallery
These shows go inside the studio. Painters pick up technique, and art lovers learn what goes into the paintings on their walls.
Art Juice
UK painters Alice Sheridan and Louise Fletcher talk through the real questions of studio life: what to paint next, how to push past a stuck canvas, and how to keep going when the work fights back. Archive: the final episode aired May 6, 2025, and all 279 episodes remain online.
Art2Life
Painter Nicholas Wilton built a following around composition and design. His episodes focus on making stronger paintings and building an art life you want to live.
Learn to Paint Podcast
Kelly Anne Powers interviews painters and teachers about tools, color theory, composition, and studio habits. The conversations work for beginners and advanced painters alike.
PleinAir Podcast
Eric Rhoads, publisher of PleinAir magazine, interviews landscape painters who work outdoors. You hear how they handle changing light, weather, and travel.
Savvy Painter Podcast With Antrese Wood
Painter Antrese Wood talks with working painters about process, mindset, and the decisions behind their best paintings. Her questions go past surface-level tips.
The Laura Horn Art Podcast
Australian artist Laura Horn and her husband, Richie, talk about making art, running a business, and family life. Expect practical studio talk on her loose, colorful mixed media work and encouragement to experiment.
Every mixed media floral I paint starts with a vine charcoal sketch, then layers of acrylic, pastel, and graphite. See where they end up in my Florals collection,
Art Business and Marketing
Featured: Party Animals, my book of 25 paintings and 25 stories
These shows cover pricing, galleries, marketing, and making a living from art. Collectors get a candid look at how artists price and sell the work you buy.
Ask an Artist
Portrait painter Peter Keegan co-founded this show in 2019 with printmaker Laura Boswell. Watercolor artist Tom Shepherd later joined him as co-host, and their candid episodes on making art a career remain online. In 2026, they handed the show to Lisa Takahashi and the team at Jackson's Art Supplies, with new episodes planned for fall 2026.
Art Problems
Paddy Johnson of Vvrkshop speaks to mid-career artists who want to grow. Episodes mix step-by-step career education with honest stories from artists and art professionals.
Beyond the Studio: A Podcast for Artists
Artists Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller ask working artists how they pay the bills. Expect candid talk about money, time management, and building a creative career.
The 5 to 9 Podcast
This show speaks to artists growing a business on nights and weekends. Topics include leaving a day job, Instagram strategy, and running an online art business.
The Art Biz
Art business coach Alyson Stanfield has helped artists for decades. Her episodes cover marketing, exhibitions, and the systems behind a steady art career.
The Art Business Podcast
Melanie Greenwood of Vision City shares quick, practical tips for artists and designers who want to sell art online. Episodes cover pricing, online shops, and turning creative skills into steady income.
The Art Coaching Club Podcast
Artist and business coach Hayley Price, owner of the online gallery The Scouted Studio, helps artists get organized. Her guests share how they sold out collections and grew their audiences.
The Art Marketing Podcast
Patrick from Art Storefronts covers the tactics artists and photographers use to sell work online and off. Episodes range from email marketing to Instagram Live.
The Handcrafted Podcast: The Business of Making Things
Paul Mencel, founder of Philadelphia Table Co., talks pricing, marketing, and systems for makers. His advice comes from running his own custom furniture business.
The Independent Artist Podcast
Glassblower Douglas Sigwarth and mixed media artist Will Armstrong have spent more than 20 years on the art fair circuit. They interview successful show artists with humor and honesty.
The Inspiration Place
Artist Miriam Schulman talks with marketing experts and artists about selling your work. She pairs practical strategy with mindset work for artists who struggle with self-doubt.
Art World News and Commentary
Featured: Afternoon Tea, oil on museum gessobord, 8 × 8 inches
These shows cover exhibitions, museums, artists' ideas, and the art market. Most publish new episodes regularly, and one offers an archive of past seasons.
Bad at Sports
This weekly contemporary art podcast started in Chicago and has run since the mid-2000s. Its artist-hosts talk with artists, curators, and critics without the usual art world polish.
Edge of Reason
Writer Jeff Chang hosts this series from gallery Hauser & Wirth and Atlantic Re:think. Major artists pair up with novelists, scientists, and musicians to discuss big ideas like memory and resistance. Season one won a Signal Award for Best Podcast in Arts, Culture, and Design.
Raw Material
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art produced this show. Each season digs into one theme through conversations with artists and museum experts. Archive: no new episodes since 2023.
The Art Angle
Artnet News editors, including Ben Davis, Andrew Russeth, and Min Chen, take a big art world story each week and talk it through with artists, critics, and curators. Recent episodes cover everything from museum wall texts to New York gallery news.
The Modern Art Notes Podcast
Art critic Tyler Green interviews artists, historians, curators, and conservators. He keeps the focus on the art itself rather than the market.
The Week in Art
Ben Luke and the team at The Art Newspaper cover the week's biggest exhibitions, auctions, and museum stories, with a guest interview in each episode.
To see where my paintings are showing next, visit my exhibitions and events page.
Meet the Artist: Merrill Weber
My rainbow pom pom sofa in the making, one handmade pom pom at a time.
Podcast hosts describe brushwork. Standing in front of a painting, you see every stroke.
Explore the paintings in every collection, from Party Animals to Inspirational Women.
To see them in person, book a private studio tour.
You will find my studio + gallery on the first floor of Spring City Mill Studios, a restored 1896 knitting mill in Spring City, Chester County, close to Philadelphia. Up close, you see the loose brushwork using oil paint on a Party Animals party hat and the pastel and graphite layers on a mixed media floral.
Find your next favorite painting in my online gallery. If you'd like to visit, book a private studio tour. I would love to meet you. You make me tidy.