ART'S COOL with Ken Goshen Ken Goshen

Today’s conversation has been eye opening for me, and one of the best I had in a long time. I hope you’ll find it as fruitful as I did. Today we discuss the future of painting, and specifically the chances of the field’s survival in light of the upcoming AI apocalypse. We managed to sketch out a few early signs for hope. Can painting continue guarding the fortress against the robot barbarians at the gate? Stay tuned… We are very fortunate to have the great Ilya Gefter back on the podcast. Ily...

Today’s episode touches on one of the most pressing topics in today’s art discourse: the rise of image-generating artificial intelligence. AI burst onto the scene like a hurricane, and today’s guest is right in the eye of the storm, he is the one and only, Greg Rutkowski. Greg is a towering figure in the world of illustration and concept art. He’s done work for the most influential trendsetters in the field, including Disney, Ubisoft, Netflix, Warner Bros, and my personal favorite, Wizards of...

Today’s episode taught me a great deal about a very important and pressing topic: the intersection of art and parenting. I don’t have kids yet, so I invited two special guests to shine a light on this topic, they are Emily Fossum and Hannah Leach. Two working artists who are also full-time busy moms. They also happen to be star students of mine, who can outperform me with techniques I pretty much invented. We spoke about how to build your own art space, making art as a family, forging art cam...

Steven Diamant is the owner and founder of Arcadia Contemporary, one of the world’s leading galleries for realistic art. Steven and I covered several pressing topics: how to work with galleries, the business of sales, the importance of Instagram for artists, how art universities are delinquent in their duties, timelessness and trends in the arts, and more. This is also the first podcast episode that I recorded in-person! I came down to Arcadia with two microphones and we recorded the talk rig...

Gustavo Ramos is a Brazilian-born Arizona-based painter. We touched on how to plan a painterly process using layers, how to deal with mistakes throughout the process, how to nurture artistic growth in children, how to paint successfully from photographs, how develop personal style, tips for getting commissions, and much much more. We also throw some shade at Hyperrealism, so get excited for that. Gustavo has some brilliant insights to share, so I’m exceedingly glad to bring his voice to all o...

Today we are touching on a topic that is pressing and urgent for many of us - can we paint without using solvents? As you know, solvents are harmful to our health, and eliminating or reducing their usage should be on everyone’s agenda. But how can we do it? We will be diving deeply into this question, and providing actionable technical insights you can start using pretty much as soon as you finish this episode. Hope you find this information as valuable as I did!My guest today is Kimberly Bro...