The arts can engage all our senses, but it’s in the crossover between them that things really get interesting. When we listen to music, what do we see in our mind’s eye? When we look at a work of art, what do we hear? Sound Thoughts on Art, a new podcast from the National Gallery of Art, explores the intersection of sight and sound.
Hosted by musician and journalist Celeste Headlee, each episode focuses on a work of art in the National Gallery’s collection. Learn about the work and its context and hear a musician respond to that work through sound, creating a dialogue between visual art and music. Sound Thoughts on Art tells the stories of how we experience art and how it connects us.
Site
RSS
Apple
Données mises à jour le 04/07/2026
Classements récents
Dernières positions dans les classements Apple Podcasts et Spotify.
Liens partagés entre épisodes et podcasts
Liens présents dans les descriptions d'épisodes et autres podcasts les utilisant également.
Season 2, Episode 8: Sonia De Los Santos and Auguste Renoir’s “Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar”
Saison 2 · Épisode 8
mardi 31 mai 2022 • Durée 21:17
Guitarist Sonia De Los Santos hails from Mexico, where as a child she was exposed to different musical influences. In Auguste Renoir’s “Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar,” De Los Santos sees echoes of her younger self. Her song “Sueña” is an ode to dreams.
Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/sonia-de-los-santos-auguste-renoir-young-spanish-woman-guitar.html
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Image credit: Auguste Renoir, “Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar” (detail), 1898, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.76
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2, Episode 7: Maria Schneider and George Bellows’s “The Lone Tenement”
Saison 2 · Épisode 7
mardi 17 mai 2022 • Durée 38:39
Maria Schneider composed “Bulería, Soleá y Rumba” in the wake of a cancer diagnosis. Inspired by American artists such as Robert Henri and George Bellows, Schneider discusses “art for life’s sake” that tells a story of people—like the evocative figures in Bellows’s The Lone Tenement.
Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/maria-schneider-george-bellows-lone-tenement.html
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Image credit: George Bellows, "The Lone Tenement," (detail) 1909, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.83
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2: Episode 6: Delfeayo Marsalis and Hawkins Bolden’s “Untitled”
Saison 2 · Épisode 6
mardi 3 mai 2022 • Durée 30:35
This work reminds jazz trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis of the proud, hard-working generations that raised him. A history of struggle may suggest the minor key, but Marsalis ultimately chose upbeat music to celebrate those who fought and made it work.
Find full transcript and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/delfeayo-marsalis-hawkins-bolden-untitled.html
Image credit: Hawkins Bolden, Untitled, 1980/1987, shovel head, garden hose, and wire, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.10
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2: Episode 5: Peter Sheppard Skærved and Hieronymus Bosch’s “Death and the Miser”
Saison 2 · Épisode 5
mardi 19 avril 2022 • Durée 47:48
Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved and National Gallery director Kaywin Feldman discuss Hieronymus Bosch’s “Death and the Miser” and its symbolism of contrast: light and dark, life and death. Skærved plays a 17th-century violin sonatina that echoes similar contrasts of sensuality and fatality, beauty and mortality.
Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/peter-sheppard-skaerved-hieronymus-bosch-death-miser.html
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Image credit: Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser (detail), c. 1485/1490, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.33
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2, Episode 4: Daniel Ho and Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life series
Saison 2 · Épisode 4
mardi 5 avril 2022 • Durée 42:29
Musician Daniel Ho spent much of his childhood on the water, so he relates to Thomas Cole’s river paintings. Ho responds to Voyage of Life with an original suite. Starting with simple harmonies to represent childhood, he gradually introduces complexity.
Find full transcript and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-ho-thomas-cole-voyage-life-series.html.
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Image credit: Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.16.1
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2, Episode 3: Sa-Roc and Margaret Burroughs’s Sleeping Boy
Saison 2 · Épisode 3
mardi 22 mars 2022 • Durée 36:09
Rapper Sa-Roc’s music speaks to different aspects of Black experience, including the vulnerability of many Black kids—similar to the boy in Margaret Burroughs’s linocut, who hides himself. Her song “Forever” invites listeners not to hide, but to shine and share their “inner light” with the world.
Find full transcript and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/sa-roc-margaret-burroughs-sleeping-boy.html
Image credit: Margaret Burroughs, Sleeping Boy (also known as Mexican Boy) (detail), 1953, linocut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.28
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
Season 2: Episode 2: Jenny Scheinman and El Greco’s “Laocoön”
Saison 2 · Épisode 2
mardi 8 mars 2022 • Durée 33:36
In “Sand Dipper,” jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman creates an abstract and overwhelming world. This music, Scheinman says, sounds how El Greco’s painting looks. And it feels like the question on Laocoön’s face as he looks up for the last time.
Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/jenny-scheinman-el-greco-laocoon.html.
Image credit: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Laocoön, c. 1610/1614, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1946.18.1
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
E-News: https://nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Season 2: Episode 1: Dom Flemons and Marc Chagall’s “Orphée”
Saison 2 · Épisode 1
mardi 22 février 2022 • Durée 35:56
Orphée depicts many tragedies, but songwriter Dom Flemons finds the joy in it: it resolves in the beautiful scene of two lovers embracing. Flemons pairs it with the tranquil “Blue Butterfly.” The instrumental song helps the emotional weight sink in.
Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/dom-flemons-marc-chagall-orphee.html.
Image credit: Marc Chagall, Orphée, 1969, stone and glass mosaic, National Gallery of Art, Washington, The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection, 2011.60.104.1–10
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
E-News: https://nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Bonus Episode: Episode 11: Celeste Headlee and James Van Der Zee’s “Couple, Harlem”
Épisode 11
mardi 23 novembre 2021 • Durée 27:03
In this photograph, journalist and musician Celeste Headlee hears “Lenox Avenue,” a suite her grandfather William Grant Still named after Harlem’s main street. This portrait captures the pride of Black Americans achieving success during the Harlem Renaissance despite systemic injustice. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts.html.
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
E-News: https://nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Season 1: "Sound Thoughts on Art" trailer
Saison 1
mercredi 27 octobre 2021 • Durée 00:44
The arts can engage all our senses, but it’s in the crossover between them that things really get interesting. When we listen to music, what do we see in our mind’s eye? When we look at a work of art, what do we hear? Sound Thoughts on Art, a new podcast from the National Gallery of Art, explores the intersection of sight and sound.
Hosted by musician and journalist Celeste Headlee, each episode focuses on a work of art in the National Gallery’s collection. Learn about the work and its context and hear a musician respond to that work through sound, creating a dialogue between visual art and music. Sound Thoughts on Art tells the stories of how we experience art and how it connects us.
Find more information about this episode at www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts.html
Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nati…rt/id1552618916), Google Podcasts (podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly…AAAAAHQAAAAAQBA), Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/7cyalz9GPgP…8nTY6xdrUUGHn46A), Stitcher (www.stitcher.com/show/sound-thoughts-on-art), or your favorite podcast app.
Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?
National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS
National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
More National Gallery of Art Content:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/
E-News: https://nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Découvrez des podcasts liées à Sound Thoughts on Art. Explorez des podcasts avec des thèmes, sujets, et formats similaires. Ces similarités sont calculées grâce à des données tangibles, pas d'extrapolations !