Artist home museums offer a rare kind of experience—a peek into the personal spaces behind masterpieces we love. From Monet's Giverny to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul to Louis Armstrong's home museum in Queens, these unforgettable places reveal the gardens, studios, objects, and stories that shaped the lives of geniuses. In this episode, we explore 13 artists' homes you can visit to soak up inspiration and information. These home museums also offer a unique kind of affordable adventure: a chance to experience art history through the spaces, objects, and places where creative lives unfolded.
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Here is a wonderful article on writers' homes we need to see.
And as promised a peek at Gustave Moreau's staircase to write home about.
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The cover photo of this podcast is from the wonderful book Artist's Houses by Gérard-Georges Lemaire. Photo by Jean Claude Amiel.