My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast

Are you an art and culture lover? Would you love to go inside the minds of your favorite creatives? With over 10 million unique monthly viewers, My Modern Met is one of the world’s leading art+culture websites. And now, we’re exploring the world of visual arts for 30 minutes every other week with the photographers, painters, designers, and makers who are shaping our world. Sit back and relax as My Modern Met's contributing writers sit down for one-on-one chats with some of your favorite artists.

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Painter Omar Ortiz on His Hyperrealistic Paintings and Creative Process

This week on the Top Artist Podcast, we talk with painter Omar Ortiz about his shockingly realistic paintings. Ortiz specializes in hyperrealistic female nudes with often more abstract backgrounds. Ortiz shares that he has always been interested in technique and precision. He experimented with airbrushing in university because it allowed him to achieve a texture and blurriness common to the realism he is now known for. He currently works with oil paint as he believes it the “noblest technique.” ...

Jan 20, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Photographer Richard Silver on His Architectural Photography and Vertical Churches

Photographer Richard Silver has a talent for capturing space in unique and unexpected ways. This week on My Modern Met’s Top Artist Podcast, we talk about the techniques featured in his work, his upcoming Vertical Churches book, and much more. Silver has built up an impressive portfolio across the almost 100 countries and over 350 cities he has visited. In each new place, he documents iconic landmarks, incredible modern architecture, and beautiful vernacular designs. His photography also allows ...

Jan 06, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Photographer Navid Baraty and His Wide Range of Space-Inspired Work

Photographer Navid Baraty 's love for space is clear in his work. Though astrophotography is just one series in his incredibly diverse portfolio as a photographer, people around the world are inspired by his carefully composed shots of solar eclipses, meteor showers, and more. This week, we chat with Navid about his astrophotography, fictional kitchen space-scapes, and incredible planetary cross-stitching. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Navid’s work on his ...

Dec 23, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Oil Painter Erin Hanson on Creating Her Own Style and Running a Successful Art Business

Successful oil painter Erin Hanson has cultivated her own, distinct style called Open Impressionism. This fresh take on landscape painting is a reflection of her love for the great outdoors. Listen as we chat about her transition into painting full-time (and how art fairs helped her do so), as well as her innovative new 3D prints of her canvases. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Erin’s work on her website , Instagram , and Facebook . And read more about some ...

Dec 09, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Photographer Omar Z. Robles on His Sensational Images of Ballet Dancers Around the World

Photographer Omar Z. Robles is known for his electrifying images of ballet dancers. But he doesn't take these photographs inside of theaters or dance studio. Rather, he works with dancers out in the streets, combining urban grit with their elegant moves. This work has brought him around the world and we chat about how he got started and what the world of dance means to him. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Omar’s work on his website , Instagram , Facebook , a...

Nov 25, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Legendary Photographer Steve McCurry on His Illustrious Career and New Book

We're thrilled to welcome acclaimed photographer Steve McCurry for an intimate look at his incredible career, which spans more than four decades. We'll touch on his early photojournalism in Afganistan, as well as how his work has been impacted by COVID-19. And, he'll give us a preview of his new book In Search of Elsewhere , which contains previously unpublished photographs. See photographs from Steve's new book on the Top Artist Instagram . Follow Steve's work on Facebook , Instagram , and Twit...

Nov 11, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Finger Painter Iris Scott on Following Your Instincts and Breaking Down Barriers

Painter Iris Scott has built her career by forgoing one of the tools most artists work with—the paintbrush. Listen along as we chat with Iris about how she set the brush aside to launch a career as the world's foremost finger painter. She'll inspire you with her story of trusting her inner voice and knowing that she could break into the contemporary art market with her unconventional paintings. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Iris’s work on her website , Ins...

Oct 28, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Photographer Gregg Segal on the Waste Culture, Diet, and Globalization

American photographer Gregg Segal has always been fascinated by the way we consume. From what we throw away to what we eat, nothing is off-limits. We spend time chatting with Gregg about his groundbreaking series “7 Days of Garbage” and “Undaily Bread” to understand what he’s learned about the way we produce waste and what we can take away from other cultures. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Gregg’s work on his website , Instagram , and Facebook . His book D...

Oct 14, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Landscape Photographer Albert Dros on Transforming Your Passion Into Profession

We sit down with Dutch landscape photographer Albert Dros to learn more about how he made the leap into full-time photography. Along the way, we'll discuss how photographing his own backyard got his work recognized internationally, how he managed to enter the famous Keukenhof tulip garden during the coronavirus lockdown, and how he discovered the beauty of Kyrgyzstan. See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram Follow Albert's work on Instagram and Facebook . And read more abo...

Oct 14, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Welcome to the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast

Do you love art and culture? Are you interested in hearing more from today’s top creatives? We’ve got just the thing for you. The My Modern Met team has been sharing creativity on its website since 2008 and now, we’re starting the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast to go in-depth with some of our favorite photographers, painters, sculptors, crafters, and installation artists as they share what it takes to have a successful art career and take us behind the scenes of their incredible artwork....

Oct 01, 2020•1 min•Ep. 1

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