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Listen to some of music's biggest names narrate some of the most famous artworks in the world

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The latest episode in the Art Zoom series

From The Kiss to The Kissing Booth

Joey King discusses Gustav Klimt’s icon

Now Try it Yourself

Zoom in to 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt

Explore more from season 2

Six new episodes from six music superstars

FKA twigs x Artemisia Gentileschi

The MOBO Award-winning singer songwriter explores female empowerment 400 years on

Chaeyoung x Yoo Youngkuk

The rapper from KPOP band TWICE explores colors, shapes, mountains, and nature

Ellie Goulding x Yves Klein x Cy Twombly x Julie Mehretu

The Brit award winner discusses love, peace and calm

Matty Healy x Piet Mondrian

The 1975 frontman searches for a collective utopia

Grimes x Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Grammy-nominated and four-time Juno Award-winning musician on the age-old fight between good and evil

J.Balvin x Fernando Botero

The best-selling Prince of Reggaeton discusses his pride for Colombia

Now see the artworks, up close

Break it down into individual brushstrokes

Zoom Into Mind Breath Drawings

What do you see when you look up close?

Zoom Into Second Voyage to Italy

Discover the Greek myth the artwork is based on

Zoom Into Large Composition A with Black Red, Gray, Yellow, and Black

Get lost in the visual vocabulary of red, blue, and yellow

Zoom Into '20 de Julio' For Yourself

Did you spot the cat slinking away in the distance?

Zoom Into 'Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy' For Yourself

Get up close to the artwork that was lost for hundreds of years

Zoom Right Into Fall of the Rebel Angels

Discover how the painting was originally attributed to a different artist altogether

Zoom Right Into Mountain (Topography)

Did you know Youngkuk had to wait until the age of sixty before selling his first painting?

Zoom Into Large Blue Anthropometry

Explore this artwork made with 'living brushes'

More about the artists

Learn more about the people who have inspired these musicians, sometimes centuries later

8 Things You Might Not Know About Artemisia Gentileschi

Discover surprising facts about the iconic Italian Baroque painter

10 Things You Should Know About Fernando Botero

Voluminous characters and an explosive color palette

A Closer Look at The Census at Bethlehem

Bruegel's reimagining of a Biblical story in contemporary terms

The Birth of a Korean Modern Master

Get to know the life of Yoo Youngkuk

Season 1 recap

Previously on Art Zoom...

Episode 1: Jarvis Cocker on Claude Monet

Discover why Cocker compares Claude Monet’s 'La Gare Saint Lazare' to an 80s horror movie

Episode 2: Maggie Rogers on Vincent Van Gogh

The Grammy nominated singer talks about Van Gogh's dramatic contrasts

Episode 3: Feist on Pieter Bruegel the Elder

A master of pop on a master of paint

Episode 4: Girl in Red on Edvard Munch

One of the most iconic paintings in art history (and a popular emoji too)

Episode 5: Lolo Zouaï on Sandro Botticelli

The mystery behind the beautiful women in a shell

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Travel with Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper, singer and songwriter Raja Kumari

Go on a Scavenger Hunt With The Eh Bee Family

Follow the clues with them around to unmissable places

Karen and Paul Relive their European Honeymoon

Join them on a romantic journey around Italy

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