Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History

About Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History

Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History is where masterpieces meet mayhem. Join artist and educator James William Moore for fast, funny journeys through the artists, movements, mysteries, scandals, and strokes of genius that shaped the art world. From missing masterpieces and artistic rivalries to radical ideas that changed how we see, each bite-sized episode brings art history to life with sharp insight, irreverent humor, and just the right amount of chaos. Perfection is overrated. History is messy. And that is where art happens.

Publisher

James William Moore

Category

arts · arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Nov 2025

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Mexican Muralism: Revolution Painted on the Walls

   After the Mexican Revolution, the country needed a new way to tell its story. The answer was impossible to ignore: hand artists enormous walls and tell them to paint the revolution. James explores how Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—the celebrated “Big Three” of Mexican Muralism—transformed public buildings into monumental arguments about workers, Indigenous history, capitalism, violence, and national identity. They shared a belief in art’s public power, but the...

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Winged Victory of Samothrace: The Mystery of the Missing Head

   Walk into the Louvre, turn toward the grand Daru staircase, and there she is: wings spread, marble drapery whipped by an invisible sea wind, standing triumphantly on the prow of a ship. The Winged Victory of Samothrace—La Victoire de Samothrace—is one of the most recognizable sculptures in the world. There is just one fairly significant problem: she doesn’t have a head, and nobody knows where it is. In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, presented by J-Squared Atelier...

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Edvard Munch's The Scream: What if the Figure Isn't Screaming?

   You know the face: hands pressed against the head, eyes wide, mouth open, and a blood-red sky twisting behind it. Edvard Munch’s The Scream has been parodied, memed, printed on mugs, and transformed into the international symbol for “I am not handling this well.” But what if the figure isn’t screaming? In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, presented by J-Squared Atelier, James looks beyond the famous face to uncover what makes The Scream so unsettling. The figure may...

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10 ratings

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5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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