ArtCurious Podcast
230 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 783 ratingsThink art history is boring? Think again. It's weird, funny, mysterious, enthralling, and liberating. Join us as we cover the strangest stories in art. Is the Mona Lisa fake? Did Van Gogh actually kill himself? And why were the Impressionists so great? Subscribe to us here, and follow us at www.artcuriouspodcast.com for further information and fun extras. © 2023 Jennifer Dasal
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Episodes
Episode #119: Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful
December 11, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutesToday, it’s a very special episode of ArtCurious— and a big ol’ thank you, to you. If you’d like to donate to ArtCurious, please feel free to do so here. Episode Credits: Production and Editing by Kaboonki. Theme music by Alex Davis. Additional music by Storyblocks. Logo by Vaulted.co. ArtCurious is sponsored by Anchorlight, an interdisciplinary creative space, founded with the intent of fostering artists, designers, and craftspeople at varying stages of their development. Home to artist...
Author Interview: Joanna Moorhead's "Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington"
November 13, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed recently with expat and author Joanna Moorhead about her fantastic new biography, Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington. The British-born artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) is one of the vanguards in the history of women artists and the history of Surrealism. The interests of this visionary—feminism, ecology, the arcane and the mys...
Author Interview: Jeannie Marshall's "All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel"
October 30, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed recently with expat and author Jeannie Marshall about her lovely book, All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel. What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine Chapel frescoes. She wanted to understand their meaning and context―but in the process, sh...
Author Interview: Patrick Bringley's "All the Beauty in the World"
October 16, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed earlier this summer with author Patrick Bringley, all about his fantastic book about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His book, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, is out now. Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unr...
Episode #118: Modern Love--Marina Abramović and Ulay
September 18, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: it’s our season finale, and my absolute favorite (tear-jerking!) story of the season: the epic love-and-lost story of Marina Abramović and Ula...
Episode #117: Modern Love--Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Part 2
September 04, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’ve re-recorded and updated our original Season 1 double-header on Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Check out their story here. Note that this ...
Episode #116: Modern Love--Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Part 1
August 21, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’ve re-recorded and updated our original Season 1 double-header on Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Check out their story here. Part two is com...
Episode #115: Modern Love--Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp
August 07, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: it’s one of the most collaborative, creative couples of the century— meet Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW...
Author Interview: Annie Cohen-Salal and "Picasso the Foreigner"
July 24, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’ve been waiting to share this amazing conversation that I enjoyed earlier this spring with author Annie Cohen-Salal, all about her wonderful new book, Picasso the Foreigner (translated by Sam Taylor). Before Picasso became Picasso—the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France’s leading figures—he was constantly surveilled by the French police. Amid political tensions in the spring of 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by...
Episode #114: Modern Love--Remedios Varo and Gerardo Lizarraga
July 10, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: let’s get to know artists Remedios Varo and her first husband, Gerardo Lizzaraga. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and ...
Author Interview: Michael Finkel on "The Art Thief"
June 26, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I absolutely loved this new book by author and journalist Michael Finkel, and I didn't want to wait any longer to share it with you. Finkel's latest book, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, is about the world's most prolific art thief-- and believe me, his story is stranger than fiction. If you’re anything like me, you love art-- and you also love a good and unbelievable true story about bad t...
Episode #113: Modern Love--Lee Miller and Man Ray (Season 13, Episode 6)
June 12, 2023 15:21 - 37 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’re homing in on the early years of Lee Miller, model and photographer, and her years spent with surrealist Man Ray. Please SUBSCRIBE and RE...
Episode #112: Modern Love--Robert Rauschenberg, with Cy Twombly and Jasper Johns (Season 13, Episode 5)
May 29, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’re homing in on the love affairs of Robert Rauschenberg, moving from Cy Twombly and on to Jasper Johns—a series of relationships that laste...
Episode #111: Modern Love--Dora Maar and Pablo Picasso
May 15, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’re discussing the lives and loves of Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and FOLLOW on Sp...
Episode #110: Modern Love--Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight (Season 13, Episode 3)
May 01, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’re enjoying the story of one supremely confident couple, incredibly supportive of one another and individually talented, two makers who epi...
Episode #109: Modern Love--Anni and Josef Albers (Season 13, Episode 2)
April 17, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutesThis season, I’m rounding up stories about modern artists in love, in lust, in relationships— digging into these individuals, see how their liaisons, marriages, affairs, and connections played in or on their respective works of art, and how, if anything, they affected art history as we know it. I, for one, believe that it’s time for Modern Love. Today: we’re highlighting a powerful artist couple who taught at a landmark place at a singular moment in history—Anni and Josef Albers. Please SU...
Bonus: Enjoy "The Art of Crime"
April 14, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutesHey friends, I have a show that I’d like to share with you today. It’s right up my personal alley--so much so that I made a similarly-themed season of ArtCurious a few years back. Today it’s a pleasure to introduce you to The Art of Crime. The Art of Crime is a history podcast about the unlikely collisions between true crime and the arts--created, written, and narrated by Gavin Whitehead. Gavin notes that he has had an interest in things criminal and artistic for as long as he can remember, ...
Episode #108: Modern Love--Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning (Season 13, Episode 1)
April 03, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutesSponsor ArtCurious for as little as $4 on Patreon Listeners, I heard you—a bunch of self-admitting hopeless romantics who wanted to hear more about people bound by attraction, fascination. By love. Though there are examples of romantic and sexual relationships between creators that are sprinkled throughout art history as we know it, it’s true that we have the most information about relationships from folks who lived in the last century—because we have greater access to documentation recordin...
ArtCurious News This Week: March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutesHello ArtCurious listeners! This is ArtCurious News this Week, our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. Today is Friday, March 31, 2023. This week’s stories: CNN: Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings NBC News: Unknown Jackson Pollock painting found in police raid in Bulgaria CNN: Rare print of Hokusai's 'Great Wave' sets new auction record AP News: Louvre staff block entrances as part of pension protest New...
ArtCurious News This Week: March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutesHello listeners! This is ArtCurious News this Week, our new short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. Today is Friday, March 24, 2023. This week’s stories: ArtNews: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Early After Plans for ‘Guerilla Art Installation’ by Climate Activists Leak CNN: Scientists confirm long held theory about what inspired Monet ArtNews: New Investigation Finds More than 1,000 Objects in Met’s Collection Linked to Antiquities...
Author Interview: Damian Dibben and "The Colour Storm"
March 17, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. Instead of doing our typical Friday news cast, I’m sharing a recent discussion I had with author Damian Dibben about his latest novel, The Colour Storm. Set in the cutthroat art-world of Renaissance Venice, The Colour Storm is about the search for a new color. The daring young painter, Giorgione, is in the fight of his life to beat his rivals and find it first. It’s a searing tale of creation, ambition, rivalry and passion at on...
CURIOUS CALLBACK: Episode #35, Rivals-- Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning vs. Their Husbands
March 13, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutesAnyone familiar with Abstract Expressionism will tell you that this art movement was one where all the insiders or practitioners were more closely involved than many other art movements. Such close confines also made for some serious rivalries, too. But there were other artists who were more intimately involved with one another and their artistic process-- they were married, or were lovers. Such is the case with both Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning --both of whom married women who were ...
ArtCurious News This Week: March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutesHello and how are you, ArtCurious listeners! This is ArtCurious News this Week, our new short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. Today is Friday, March 10, 2023. This week’s stories: The Art Newspaper: Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece in 'historic event' The Art Newspaper: Notre Dame to reopen in December 2024 ArtNews: University Faculty Vote Against Plan to Deaccession Paintings at Brauer Museum of Art The Art Newspaper: Archaeo...
ArtCurious News This Week: March 3, 2023
March 03, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutesHello and how are you, ArtCurious listeners! This is ArtCurious News this Week, our new short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. Today is Friday, March 3, 2023. This week’s stories: New York Times: High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever The Art Newspaper: The must-see exhibitions in 2023: from the biggest ever show of Vermeer paintings to a history of hip-hop The Art Newspaper: The hunt for as many as nine elusive Vermeer paintings con...
ArtCurious News This Week: February 17, 2023
February 17, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutesHello and how are you, ArtCurious listeners! Jennifer here with your short-form news roundup meant to bring you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. This is ArtCurious News this Week and I’m ready to roll. Today is Friday, February 17, 2023. This week’s stories: ArtNews: Vermeer Retrospective Sells Out All Tickets Within Days of Opening The Art Newspaper: Paris's Centre Pompidou breaks new ground by acquiring 18 NFTs The Art Newspaper: Mysterious NFT collec...
Author Interview: Julia Voss and "Hilma af Klint, a Biography"
February 13, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutesI’ve got a great interview for you today— this time, I’m featuring a conversation with Julia Voss on her fascinating book, Hilma af Klint, a Biography, which was released recently in its English translation. The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) was forty-four years old when she broke with the academic tradition in which she had been trained to produce a body of radical, abstract works the likes of which had never been seen before. Today, it is widely accepted that af Klint was one ...
ArtCurious News This Week: February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutesHello and how are you, ArtCurious listeners! Jennifer here with your short-form news roundup meant to bring you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. This is ArtCurious News this Week and I’m ready to roll. Today is Friday, February 10, 2023. This week’s stories: The Art Newspaper: Huge earthquakes in Turkey and Syria devastate heritage sites including 2,000-year-old castle The Art Newspaper: Artefacts in Swiss museums were looted from the Kingdom of Benin, n...
BONUS: Listen to "Who ARTed"
February 08, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutesHello, listeners! I’ve got a special surprise for you this week. I’m sharing an episode of the fun, all-ages art podcast, Who ARTed. Who ARTed is a show created by an art teacher with the goal of making art history fun and interesting for listeners of any age, so if you're looking for a show that you can enjoy with the kids, Kyle shares fun facts about everything from Mona Lisa to Mario. Today I’m sharing his recent mini-episode about Salvador Dalí, but be sure to check out Who ARTed’s daily ...
ArtCurious News This Week: February 3, 2023
February 03, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutesHi there, listeners. It’s Friday, which means that it is time for ArtCurious News this Week, our short-form news roundup meant to bring you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. I’m your host, Jennifer Dasal, and we’ve got some great stories for you today, Friday, February 3, 2023. This week’s stories: BBC: Mystery portrait likely to be Raphael masterpiece The Guardian: Archaeologist hails possibly oldest mummy yet found in Egypt The Daily Mail: Don't use th...
ArtCurious News This Week: January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutesHi there, listeners. It’s Friday, which means that it is time for ArtCurious News this Week, our short-form news roundup meant to bring you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. I’m your host, Jennifer Dasal, and we’ve got some great stories for you today, Friday, January 27th, 2023. This week’s stories: ArtNews: Heirs Sue Guggenheim to Recover Storied Picasso Painting, Citing ‘Wrongful Possession’ WESH Orlando: Orlando Museum of Art placed on probation by A...
Episode #107: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Plautilla Nelli (Season 12, Episode 8)
January 23, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: Another day, another nun! But Plautilla Nelli’s story is an interesting one, involving a ...
ArtCurious News This Week: January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutesHi there, listeners. It’s Friday, which means that it is time for ArtCurious News this Week, our short-form news roundup meant to bring you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. I’m your host, Jennifer Dasal, and we’ve got some great stories for you today, Friday, January 20th, 2023. This week’s stories: New York Times: After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-Art Institute payroll manager stole mor...
ArtCurious News This Week: January 13, 2023
January 13, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutesHappy Friday, and Happy New Year, listeners! Welcome back to with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, January 13, 2023. This week’s stories: New York Times: A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job. New York Times: Opinion + Letters: Fired by a College for Showing ...
Episode #106: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Properzia de’ Rossi (Season 12, Episode 7)
January 09, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today’s subject is a major one: Properzia de’ Rossi, a Renaissance sculptor who was (gasp!) fema...
Episode #105: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Levina Teerlinc (Season 12, Episode 6)
December 19, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: Finding a signed, confirmed work by Levina Teerlinc isn’t an easy task, as we know of no ...
ArtCurious News This Week: December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022 13:00 - 14 minutesHappy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, December 16, 2022. This week’s stories: ArtNews: Hamas Says 63 Roman-Era Tombs Found in the Gaza Strip ArtNews: Roman Treasure Stolen from British Museum After Metal Detectoris...
Curious Callback: Jennifer Higgie's "The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women's Self Portraits"
December 12, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutesLast year, I enjoyed a fantastic live conversation on Fireside with author and art critic Jennifer Higgie about her latest book, The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women's Self Portraits. I love this book and gobbled it up in a day— I meant it when I said that I really love this book!— and I adored talking all things women artists with Jennifer. It only feels right to revisit her book, and our conversation, in connection with our current s...
Episode #104: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": St. Catherine of Bologna (Season 12, Episode 5)
December 05, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: Artist-nuns are not rare: just look at the example of the famed Hildegard von Bingen, lon...
Author Interview: Paul Fisher's "The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World"
November 28, 2022 14:00 - 35 minutesWelcome to a bonus episode of ArtCurious featuring my interview with Paul Fisher about his latest book, The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World. An iconic American artist, John Singer Sargent was also a complicated and mysterious man. While presenting himself as a reserved, buttoned-up businessman, he scandalized viewers on both sides of the Atlantic with the frankness and sensuality of his work. He charmed the possessors of new money and old, while reserving his greatest sympathie...
Episode #103: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Marietta Robusti (Season 12, Episode 4)
November 21, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutesSponsor ArtCurious for as little as $4 on Patreon For this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: Lots of women artists have gotten a h...
ArtCurious News This Week: November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutesHappy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, November 18, 2022. This week’s stories: Black Trustee Alliance: The Art Museum Trustee Survey Ithaka S + R: Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey 2022 ArtNews and the Art Newspa...
ArtCurious News This Week: November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022 13:00 - 13 minutesHappy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, November 11, 2022. This week’s stories: New York Times: Paul G. Allen’s Art at Christie’s Tops $1.5 Billion, Cracking Records New York Times: Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator ...
Episode #102: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Diana Scultori (Season 12, Episode 3)
November 07, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: One of the earliest-known female printmakers in Europe, Diana Scultori (sometimes identif...
ArtCurious News This Week: November 4, 2022
November 04, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutesHappy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, November 4, 2022. This week’s stories: The Guardian: Museums spar over authenticity of painting ahead of major Vermeer show The Guardian: Protesters who targeted Girl with a P...
ArtCurious News This Week: October 28, 2022
October 28, 2022 13:00 - 13 minutesHappy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, FINALLY back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, October 28, 2022. This week’s stories: The Art Newspaper: Jo Bonger: the woman who made Van Gogh famous as one of the greatest artists of all time New York Times: Dama...
Episode #101: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Fede Galizia (Season 12, Episode 2)
October 24, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today: She might not have had the backing of royal patrons or the fancy aristocratic connections...
Author Interview: Hugh Eakin's "Picasso's War"
October 17, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutesWe’re back on ArtCurious with another great interview episode for you today. Today’s episode features a conversation about Picasso’s War, a recent book by journalist Hugh Eakin. Today we think of New York as the center of the twentieth century art world, but it took three determined men, two world wars, and one singular artist to secure the city’s cultural prominence. Pablo Picasso was the most influential and perplexing artist of his age, and the turning points of his career and salient face...
Episode #100: Bits of "Breaking Barriers": Lucia and Elena Anguissola (Season 12, Episode 1)
October 10, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutesFor this season of ArtCurious, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m treating you to renditions of eight of my favorite segments from Breaking Barriers: Women Artists of Renaissance Europe, my online course found exclusively at avid.fm. Every other week through January, I’ll share selections from Breaking Barriers, and encourage you that if you like it, you can purchase the whole course. Today, I’m sharing a story about the family of one of the most well-known female artists of the ...
CURIOUS CALLBACK: Episode #20: Sofonisba Anguissola: Great (Woman) Artist
October 03, 2022 13:30 - 27 minutesHi listeners! I’ve been traveling over last month, and am preparing to hit the road again, and to begin sharing new episodes to your feed next week. So, things have been a bit busy over here. So while we put the finishing touches on next week’s episode, I’m re-airing one of my old favorites from the first season of the podcast. And guess what? It’ll prepare you nicely for the next season. Wink wink. Today, I’m returning to share the story of Sofonisba Anguissola, one of the most prominent fem...
Death of an Artist: Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre Split the Art World
September 23, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutesHere’s a preview from a new podcast, Death of the Artist, that explores a tragedy in the art world. For more than 35 years, accusations of murder shrouded one of the art world’s most storied couples: Was the famous sculptor Carl Andre involved in the death of his up-and-coming artist wife Ana Mendieta? Host Helen Molesworth revisits Mendieta’s death, taking a closer look at how she might have fallen out of the window of Carl’s 34th floor New York apartment, and the following trial which has d...