Canvas & Consequence

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Every masterpiece has a story that goes beyond the frame. Join us as we uncover the scandals, secrets, and surprising human drama behind history's most famous artworks and the artists who created them.

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    The Forger Who Made the Experts Look Like Idiots: Han van Meegeren's Revenge on the Art World

    In the 1930s and 40s, a bitter, critically dismissed Dutch painter fooled the world's foremost Vermeer scholars, sold a fake Old Master to a literal Nazi war criminal, and then — when caught — had to forge another painting in front of a courtroom just to prove he was guilty. Han van Meegeren's story isn't just about deception; it's about who gets to decide what's 'great,' and what happens when the gatekeepers are spectacularly, humiliatingly wrong. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  2. 12 août

    She Painted It, He Signed It: The Woman Inside Impressionism

    Berthe Morisot showed alongside Monet and Degas in the very first Impressionist exhibition — and for over a century, art history buried her anyway. This episode pulls apart exactly how that happened: the brother-in-law who got the credit, the critics who called her work 'charming' like it was an insult, and why the painting hanging in your favorite museum might have the wrong name on the placard. It's a story about genius, erasure, and the surprisingly violent politics of who gets to be remembered. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  3. 5 août

    The Critic Who Killed an Artist and Called It a Review

    In 1890, John Ruskin — the most powerful art critic in the Victorian world — accused James McNeill Whistler of 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face,' and Whistler sued him for libel. What followed was a courtroom disaster that bankrupted the painter, humiliated the critic, and accidentally blew open the question no one in the art world wanted answered: who actually gets to decide what art is worth? Last episode we watched forgers exploit expert arrogance — this week, we watch two egomaniacs drag that same arrogance into a courthouse and set it on fire. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  4. 22 juil.

    The Forger Who Made the Art World Eat Crow

    Han van Meegeren spent years being dismissed by critics who called his original work derivative and unoriginal — so he painted a fake Vermeer, sold it to Hermann Göring, and watched the experts who'd humiliated him fall over themselves to authenticate it. This is the story of what happens when the gatekeepers are so in love with their own authority that a con man becomes the most honest person in the room. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  5. 21 juil.

    Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Painted Her Way Out of the Revolution

    In 1789, as the guillotine warmed up for Marie Antoinette's court, the queen's favorite portraitist grabbed her brushes and fled Paris with her daughter, reinventing herself across Europe for eleven years without losing a single aristocratic client. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun wasn't just surviving — she was running the most successful one-woman branding operation the 18th century ever saw, at a time when women weren't supposed to have careers, opinions, or passports. This is the story of how genius, social intelligence, and a particular talent for making powerful people look sympathetic can outrun almost anything — even a continent trying to eat itself alive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. 20 juil.

    Caravaggio Killed a Man and the Pope Covered It Up

    In 1606, Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio murdered a man in a street brawl — and instead of facing justice, he fled Rome with powerful Cardinals quietly smoothing his path to pardon. This episode unpacks how the Catholic Church's desperate need for propaganda art made Caravaggio essentially too valuable to prosecute, and what that unholy transaction between genius and institutional power tells us about who actually gets to commit violence without consequence. Last week we watched the French Academy weaponize taste; this week we watch the Vatican weaponize forgiveness. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  7. 19 juil.

    The Painting That Started a War (No, Literally)

    In 1863, the French art establishment rejected a painting so aggressively that it accidentally ignited a revolution — not just in art, but in how power itself gets decided. Édouard Manet's 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' wasn't scandalous because of the nudity; it was scandalous because of who the nudity was looking at, and what that gaze implied about everyone in the room. We're unpacking the Salon des Refusés, the culture war baked into a single canvas, and why the most dangerous thing an artist can do is make the audience feel stupid. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  8. 18 juil.

    The Forger Who Made the Nazis Look Like Idiots (And Got Away With It)

    Han van Meegeren sold a fake Vermeer to Hermann Göring during World War II — and when the Dutch government arrested him for Nazi collaboration after the war, his only defense was to confess to one of the greatest art frauds in history. It's a story about ego, expertise, revenge, and the uncomfortable question of whether a painting's value lives in the object itself or in the story we desperately need to believe about it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Every masterpiece has a story that goes beyond the frame. Join us as we uncover the scandals, secrets, and surprising human drama behind history's most famous artworks and the artists who created them.

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  • Années d’activité
    2026
  • Épisodes
    73
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    Canvas & Consequence