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Your Art Sucks

Engaging stories about legendary artists and inspiring advice to help you make better art.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Successful Self Criticism - Pollock and LeWitt

Successful Self Criticism - Pollock and LeWitt

The first episode of this podcast focuses on self criticism and self doubt as it pertains to creating art. This episode ... Read more

19 Feb 2018

32mins

Ranked #2

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Killer Collaborations - Van Gogh and Iggy Pop

Killer Collaborations - Van Gogh and Iggy Pop

In the second episode we look at how fruitful collaborations with other artists can be. Are they doomed from the start, ... Read more

23 Feb 2018

38mins

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Ranked #3

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Menial Jobs - William Burroughs and Jack White

Menial Jobs - William Burroughs and Jack White

In this episode we will look at the impact of menial jobs on artists. Are they beneficial or are they a soul sucking det... Read more

28 Feb 2018

25mins

Ranked #4

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Self Criticism Revisited

Self Criticism Revisited

This is Self Criticism Revisited, the first episode of season four. It's great to be back and I do hope all of you are r... Read more

4 Nov 2018

29mins

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Ranked #5

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Forgery Ahead - Sturtevant and Beltracchi

Forgery Ahead - Sturtevant and Beltracchi

In this episode we will look at how two artists who made careers out of copying other artists - or in one case- masterfu... Read more

4 Mar 2018

35mins

Ranked #6

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Outsource Me - Mark Kostabi and Damien Hirst

Outsource Me - Mark Kostabi and Damien Hirst

In this episode we will look at artists who have bragged openly about  farming out their artwork and claiming it as thei... Read more

5 May 2018

28mins

Ranked #7

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Complete Unknown - Thomas Pynchon and Daft Punk

Complete Unknown - Thomas Pynchon and Daft Punk

In this episode we will look at artists who have gone to great lengths to remain anonymous, to stay out of the public ey... Read more

9 Jun 2018

32mins

Ranked #8

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Creative Smack - Layne Staley and Ginger Baker

Creative Smack - Layne Staley and Ginger Baker

I want to start this episode, the final one in Season One, by saying this: I did not want to do this episode. I had thou... Read more

15 Apr 2018

39mins

Ranked #9

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Women First - Dorothy Arzner and Amy Beach

Women First - Dorothy Arzner and Amy Beach

In this episode we will look at two extraordinary artists who broke through the many barriers they faced to become recog... Read more

12 May 2018

27mins

Ranked #10

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Publicity Stunted - Sinead O'Connor and The Sex Pistols

Publicity Stunted - Sinead O'Connor and The Sex Pistols

In this episode we will look at how the necessary evil of self promotion, usually through acts of Publicity Stunts have ... Read more

11 Mar 2018

36mins

Ranked #11

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Poisonous Love - Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso

Poisonous Love - Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso

In this episode we will look at the troubling lives of these artists to uncover the abusive, and deadly relationships th... Read more

26 May 2018

33mins

Ranked #12

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Horrible Deal - The Rolling Stones and Neil Gaiman

Horrible Deal - The Rolling Stones and Neil Gaiman

In this episode we will have a look at two artists who found themselves in legal situations that severely impacted their... Read more

2 Jun 2018

33mins

Ranked #13

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Being Hated - Ernest Hemingway and Maya Lin

Being Hated - Ernest Hemingway and Maya Lin

In this episode we will look at the raw emotion of hate as it applies to artists and their work. By looking at these two... Read more

18 Mar 2018

25mins

Ranked #14

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Against Odds - Christy Brown and Ludwig Van Beethoven

Against Odds - Christy Brown and Ludwig Van Beethoven

In this episode, we will hear about how these artists were impacted by their physical impairments and the impact such li... Read more

19 May 2018

24mins

Ranked #15

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Getting Fooled - Nat Tate and Joaquin Phoenix

Getting Fooled - Nat Tate and Joaquin Phoenix

In this episode we will look at artists who have made it their goal to pull the wool over the eyes of the viewing public... Read more

24 Mar 2018

31mins

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