Dr Great Art! Short, Fun Art History Artecdotes!

About Dr Great Art! Short, Fun Art History Artecdotes!

Dr Great Art! (Sometimes even with a "?"), Art History, Visual Metaphor, and a dash of politics. Through his podcasts and performance-lecture installations, artist and art historian Dr Mark Staff Brandl takes viewers inside visual art, art history, and visual metaphor theory. Entertainingly, yet educationally and aesthetically he presents and discusses stimulating tidbits of knowledge. Brandl stands for an understanding of art in which art historical knowledge and aesthetic pleasure merge into a new artistic experience.

Publisher

Dr Mark Staff Brandl

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Oct 2016

Latest episode

22 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

86 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Aug 2026

   Episode 86: Flash-Memoir Vignette Nr 7, My Politics

   This is the seventh of a series of auto-bio vignette webcomics, a form of flash-lit, as sequential art, podcasts and videos. You can see the original comic on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible, Instagram or at the blog site I made for them https://brandlflashmemoirvignettes.blogspot.com/. This one is about meeting my lifelong politics. Link to Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkYsEm97O90 (https://youtu.be/Gy8lrZRoNZ8)

2. 

   26 Mar 2026

   Episode 85: Flash Memoir Vignette Nr 6, Hinterm Horizont

   This is the sixth of a series of auto-bio vignette webcomics, a form of Flash-lit, as sequential art, podcast and video. You can see the original comic on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Spoutible or at the new blog site I made for them: https://brandlflashmemoirvignettes.blogspot.com/; youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/user/markstbr Hinterm Horizont geht's weiter, Beyond the Horizon, Things Go On. For a show in the Art Museum of Olten, also with an artist residency proposal.

3. 

   14 Mar 2026

   Episode 84: Podcastthon, Catandog Rescuing Animals Ukraine

   In March, a huge group of podcasters are posting episodes supporting charities of their choice. The action is called PODCASTHON, from 14 March to 20 March 2026. My episode concerns a wonderful project by an excellent former student of mine, Maria Zemchugova Bovkoun and her husband. They rescue dogs and cats in Ukraine, most of whom have been abandoned due to the terrible Putin War. The charity is titled "Catandog."

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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