
Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History is where masterpieces meet mayhem. Join artist and educator James William Moore for bite-sized episodes exploring the scandals, strokes of genius, and happy accidents that shaped art history. Witty, insightful, and a little irreverent — it’s art history served with sass, smarts, and a splash of chaos. Because perfection’s overrated… and art happens.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ArtsSociety & CultureVisual Arts | |||

A portrait that refuses to sit still.
In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, host James William Moore opens the case file on Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait (1434)—a painting where the real plot twist isn’t the couple… it’... more
In this episode, we drop straight into Surrealism—where logic takes a back seat and the subconscious grabs the wheel. If you’ve ever seen a lobster perched on a telephone and thought, “Yep… that tracks,” you already understand the vibe.
Born in the ... more
In this Artist Snapshot episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History (presented by J-Squared Atelier), host James William Moore traces Jean-Michel Basquiat’s rise from the SAMO© tag on late-1970s Manhattan streets to the early-1980s gallery... more
When the camera arrived in the 1800s, it didn’t just introduce a new gadget — it triggered a full-blown identity crisis for painters. In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, host James William Moore digs into the moment photog... more
A “lost” Van Gogh wasn’t stolen. It wasn’t destroyed. It was simply dismissed—and then left to gather dust in an attic beside Christmas ornaments and broken lamps for more than a century.
In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art Histor... more
Step into the buzzing streets of 19th-century Paris, where bright new boulevards and a rapidly modernizing world were transforming everything—except the art establishment. In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, host James Wil... more
In this fierce and empowering Artist Snapshot, Art Happens dives into the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, the Baroque painter who shattered expectations and refused to be silenced.
From a brutal trial that tried to break her to the creation of her el... more
When Leonardo da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa in the early 1500s, he couldn’t have guessed her fame would come not from her smile — but her disappearance.
In this premiere episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, host James William Moo... more
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