Art Stories: The Official Podcast

About Art Stories: The Official Podcast

Behind the scenes of the global art world — from studios to showrooms. Hosted by Sky Lilah, Art Stories: The Official Podcast takes you inside the global art world through candid conversations with artists, gallerists, and collectors shaping it. From in-studio interviews to market insights, each episode reveals the stories, ideas, and relationships that drive contemporary visual culture. Discover emerging voices, explore the inspirations behind the work, and hear firsthand how artists build sustainable practices and connect with audiences. Whether you're a collector seeking new talent, a gallerist watching the next wave, or an artist navigating your own journey, this podcast brings you closer to the people moving art forward. Subscribe now to explore new perspectives, discover original work, and go behind the scenes of the art world. For more from the Vancouver Visual Art Foundation, follow @vanvafofficial and @artvancouver for updates on our art fairs, events, and exhibitions — or visit artvancouver.net and vanvaf.com.

Publisher

Vancouver Visual Art Foundation

Category

arts · business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Mar 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Weaving Stories: Sylvester Aigbogun on Aso Ebi Painting

   In this episode of the Art Stories Podcast, hosted by Sky Lilah (@skylilah), we sit down with Sylvester Aigbogun, a Nigerian-born contemporary artist based in Vancouver whose practice explores cultural identity, community, and intergenerational belonging through richly textured acrylic paintings. Working primarily with palette knives on canvas, Sylvester creates layered figurative and abstract works that center the women who have shaped his life and heritage. His creative vision is deeply roo...

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Dreaming in Colour: Olya Schmidt on Translating the Subconscious

   In this episode of the Art Stories Podcast, hosted by Sky Lilah (@skylilah), we sit down with Olya Schmidt, a visionary artist whose paintings emerge directly from her dreams. Using acrylics and gouache, Olya creates a luminous visual language that blends surrealism with deeply personal mythology. Her groundbreaking dreamscape series, beginning with the haunting "Hands of Time," marks a radical artistic evolution—a shift in style, subject matter, and scale that unfolded as she learned to trus...

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   From Wilderness to Canvas: Sarah Phelps on Following Two Loves

   In this episode of the Art Stories Podcast, hosted by Sky Lilah (@skylilah), we sit down with Sarah Phelps, a Canadian abstract artist whose bold, vibrant paintings are shaped by a remarkable dual identity as both artist and wildlife biologist. Over a decade studying mammals, reptiles, and amphibians across Canada and Australia gave Phelps a scientific lens on the natural world—a perspective that now infuses her expressive acrylic and mixed media works with depth, wonder, and authentic resona...

Who has been a guest on Art Stories: The Official Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Silvina Lanusse
• Rosemary Kolasa
• Daniel Taylor

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YouTube views

20,682

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

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Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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