Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast
94 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA podcast by two art history nerds who needed an outlet to talk about art!
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Ep 36 - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
November 05, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBOh! The waters—the watersss—of Babylon. The waters that pour through the foundations of a luscious hanging garden! Where, exactly, were those gardens, you might ask? Well, consult some old-time-y writer trying to invent click-bait in the 3rd century, and you'd hear of the great stories of the Babylon empire. But, then again, almost every other city in some faraway place was Babylon, and the cite near modern-day Baghdad has never produced any record of these super fancy hanging structures... ...
Ep 35 - The Love Affair of Storytelling (w/ T.H. Ponders)
October 29, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBWelcome to the end of Spooky Season, and we hope that we move into November with safety and security. And, most importantly, we hope you can move into the holidays holding onto the stories we find comfort in. This week’s guest—the one and only T.H Ponders from Accession fame—brings us to the fireplace, and teaches us about the Ekphrastic tradition: where art tells a story, and that story becomes art. Find out why it matters that we tell stories about art; ponder with Ponders about the hist...
Ep 34 - Medusa: A #MeToo Icon?
October 22, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBThe story of Medusa is one of tragedy, heartbreak, and ultimate betrayals. Although Ovid's Metamorphosis has the hero Perseus emerging victorious, today's piece and article look at a reinterpretation of the myth—what if Medusa won the fight? And, furthermore, what happens when said reimagining becomes a powerful symbol for the #MeToo movement? Find out the story of Medusa and what inspired Luciano Garbati to create this powerful sculpture; sit in awe as Steph and Elene fundamentally dis...
Ep 33 - The Masters of the River (Movie Night!)
October 15, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBWhat's perfect for October Season? Ancient Civilizations. Your favorite hosts dawn our archeologists hats, grab our baby paintbrushes, and get to work exploring the fantastic ghost sites of Mohenjo-daro and Dholavira. We went back in time, and found an advanced Indus River Civilization and the Harappan Civilization thriving amongst rivers, lakes, and water systems. Hell yeah. Oh! And the magnificent UNESCO site of Mohenjo-daro literally translates to Mound of the Dead Men. Find out what sh...
Ep 33 - The Masters of the River (movie night!)
October 15, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBWhat's perfect for October Season? Ancient Civilizations. Your favorite hosts dawn our archeologists hats, grab our baby paintbrushes, and get to work exploring the fantastic ghost sites of Mohenjo-daro and Dholavira. We went back in time, and found an advanced Indus River Civilization and the Harappan Civilization thriving amongst rivers, lakes, and water systems. Hell yeah. Oh! And the magnificent UNESCO site of Mohenjo-daro literally translates to Mound of the Dead Men. Find out what sh...
Ep 32 - Duchamp's Ready Made Legacy
October 08, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn the spirit of Duchamp, we here at BYWAP are here to stand behind a simple truth: we don’t believe in art. We believe in artists! The horrors of War and Economic strife brought us Dada, and Dada gave us weird contemporary art that requires an arts history degree to decipher. Nothing is perfect, all systems are flawed, but we’ve got all these Ready-Mades ready for mass distribution and we hope you’re ready for the CHAOS. Find out the crazy sh*t that Duchamp came up with to promote as art,...
Ep 31 - Ukiyo-e: Art of the Floating World
October 01, 2020 19:14 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWelcome to Spooky Season! As we reflect on how time and life changes, we must also stop and think about the power of cultural exchange. Arts and culture doesn't operate in a vacuum, and different influences can radically transform different mediums. However, today's subject is unique. For the Edo (Tokugawa) period, Japan was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policy... and a wildly popular enjoyments of the arts. Ukiyo-e, then, represents the final ph...
Ep 31: Ukiyo-e: Art of the Floating World
October 01, 2020 19:14 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWelcome to Spooky Season! As we reflect on how time and life changes, we must also stop and think about the power of cultural exchange. Arts and culture doesn't operate in a vacuum, and different influences can radically transform different mediums. However, today's subject is unique. For the Edo (Tokugawa) period, Japan was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policy... and a wildly popular enjoyments of the arts. Ukiyo-e, then, represents the final ph...
Ep 30 - How To Talk About Art
September 24, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 87.4 MBOr, as our audio wizard, Julieta, puts it: Can We Offer You A Crash Course On Art in This Trying Time? Clickbait titles aside, today's episode dives into a topic so painfully overlooked by the art world. Have you ever been overwhelmed being in a gallery that you know nothing about the artist? Have you ever just been lost for words? Does talking about art make you uncomfortable? Just because you like art doesn't mean you know how to TALK about art. Over our many years deeply rooted to the art...
Ep 29 - The Woman in Gold (Movie Night!)
September 17, 2020 18:59 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MBThis week we're popping popcorn, bringing out our art law textbooks, and righting some of the wrongs of the Nazis. Tonight's Movie Night is the 2015 Historical Drama of "The Woman in Gold". Based off the incredible true story of one family's fight to reclaim stolen art, this movie centers itself around Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I"—or, "The Woman in Gold". This Helen Mirren/Ryan Reynolds film manages to make a six year legal battle seem interesting! Join us as we look at t...
Ep 28 - The Representation of Mental Illness in Museums
September 10, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 95.9 MBFrom Munch to Van Gogh, Goya to Kusama—the connection between mental illness and creativity has been a talking point of many art critics and art journals for centuries. However, the extent of that same illness being translated into museum spaces is a relatively new concept, with many museums opting to overlook (or outright deny) the impact of these diseases on artists. Join us as we read Elene's fantastic MuseumNext article, and dive into these deep and murky waters. Find out how different m...
Ep 27 - Il Divino, Michelangelo
September 03, 2020 19:02 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBThe most rewarding part of Art History is the look on someone's face when you inform them that these Renaissance Masters are actually catty drama queens—it tends to be a mix of surprise, joy, and horror. Vasari had his favorites, and so do we. Let's kick off our Renaissance Masters series with our boy: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Find out the true nature of our short and angry Renaissance man, discover the weird drama that permeated in Florence, contemplated why you should nev...
Ep 27: Il Divino, Michelangelo
September 03, 2020 19:02 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBThe most rewarding part of Art History is the look on someone's face when you inform them that these Renaissance Masters are actually catty drama queens—it tends to be a mix of surprise, joy, and horror. Vasari had his favorites, and so do we. Let's kick off our Renaissance Masters series with our boy: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Find out the true nature of our short and angry Renaissance man, discover the weird drama that permeated in Florence, contemplated why you should nev...
Ep 26 - We Made It Up: An Introduction to Cultural Memory (w/ Dzebo)
August 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBThere's no earthly way of knowing which direction your memories are going. And while this may not be Willy Wonka's tunnel to hell, the fluid and ever changing imagery of a river that cannot be pinned down or dominated is evocative of the nature of memories. Memory is what we make of it, and this week’s guest—Dzebo, our dear Georgian Cultural Memory Studies major—helps us get to the bottom of the tricky nature of Cultural and Collective Memory. Find out how obsessed Steph has been over the An...
Ep 25 - A COVID Update
August 20, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBRemember back in April when we were hopeful and interested in overcoming a pandemic before summer? Remember how we thought the world could globally deal with it? Anyways. A lot has changed since our 6th episode, and it's time we updated you all with some fun, fresh (and occasionally depressing) reminders. Find out what some museums are doing to reopen safely, what happens when museum funding runs out, the current state of COVID-19 cultural affairs, and what it sounds like when Stephanie for...
Ep 24 - Hagia Sophia: May She Outlive Us All
August 13, 2020 19:00 - 47 minutes - 44 MBA BYWAP First: An Architecture Episode! In today's episode, we finally talk about one of the most captivating buildings in the world: the Hagia Sophia. The church, then basilica, then mosque, then museum, and now mosque again has been continuing the ebb and flow of lived history. In today's episode, we tackle the long standing history of this magnificent monument and how it's being impacted in 2020. Join us as we celebrate They Might Be Giants, challenge neoimperialism, cry about how wonder...
Ep 23 - Tim's Vermeer (Movie Night!)
August 06, 2020 19:20 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBSometimes we lay in bed and we, too, dream about painting a Vermeer. And after Tim’s experiment here—maybe we can! It’s movie night in the BYWAP Camp and today’s episode is all about Tim’s Vermeer (2014). This man is the embodiment of Skill Share (and googling your way through a comprehensive liberal arts degree), and we stan. Is it cheating to use technology in art? Does the quality of work diminish if you 'copy'? Join us as we indulge in wholesome art content, speculate the artistic talen...
Ep 22 - The Aesthetics of Revolution
July 30, 2020 23:18 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMedia is mandated by the eyes that are drawn to it. Revolution is mandated by the voices that rally behind it. In today’s episode, your favorite hosts tackle the media that responds to passionate change and violence by looking at the Aesthetics of Revolution. Join us as we investigate the lasting impact of social media during political revolution, challenge the performative but necessary nature of memes, and bemoan corporations getting in on the aesthetic action just to sell you socks [upsid...
Ep 21 - The Abramović Method
July 16, 2020 20:43 - 1 hour - 71 MBHere’s the thing: performance is intentional. To be present in the moment, Marina Abramović teaches artists and audiences alike that 'performance' requires commitment, passion, focus, strength, and a little bit of instability. Find out what the Rhythms are; how InfoWars decided to take interest in her work'; why Abramović had "an artist should avoid falling in love with another artist" as a part of her manifesto; and, how David Blaine offered to kill Abramović for the finale of The Artist is...
Ep 20 - Why Repatriate? (w/ Lindsey Anton-Wood)
July 09, 2020 19:29 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWhy Repatriate, you may ask? Well... How do African masks and Totem Poles in museums make you feel? Do you wonder how they got there? Would you return stolen goods, even if you think you would do a better job taking care of it? This week’s guest is literal backbone of the show: Lindsey Anton-Wood, a Canadian studies researcher and our fabulous graphics designer. Today she helps us further last week's discussion of why (stolen) cultural objects find themselves under constant controversy. Find...
Ep 19 - The Trouble with (the Title) Art
July 02, 2020 19:00 - 42 minutes - 97.1 MBHappy July! Stay inside! Stay safe! Come sit around the academic campfire of our hearts, and join us in our article discussion of "The Trouble with (The Term) Art" by author Carolyn Dean. We love her, we love this article, we need more discussions on how to classify art. Can we talk about Art without talking about colonialism? What is Art by Intention or Art by Appropriation? Do we put too much value into our ability to define things art Art? What does that mean for us? This article broke ...
Ep 18 - The Iconoclasm of the Confederacy
June 25, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBCome one, come all, as we gather together to watch history being made as another history is torn down. But, it's not the history you'd think. Why are there so many Confederate statues in the United States? Where did they come from? Where can they go? Find out the long history of iconoclasm, where current events meet Hannah Montana references, and the long nature of destroying the symbols of ideologies that are oppressive to a current-era... A physical manifestation of 'Cancel Culture'. Don...
Ep 17 - The Color That Corrupts
June 18, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBThere's a lot of white in nature. It's just a thing, a color, the by-product of calcium. But alas, it just also had to be associated with Ancient Rome and purity, and we've never recovered. Your host will never learn. This week, we watched BBC Four's "The History of Art in Three Colors" series, watching the "White" episode for our Movie Night....... And Booooy Howdy. To no one's surprise, the art world is genuinely appalling when you get into the nitty gritty of colorism. Find out how you c...
Ep 16 - Systemic Racism and Museums (w/ Tania Comenencia)
June 11, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBWe are trained to see the patterns in arts and culture, but too often white privilege gives us the opportunity to overlook the systemic racism in museums. This week’s guest is Tania Comenencia, a Dutch heritage researcher who focuses on the last legacy of slavery in the Netherlands, and she helps us further the discussion of how systemic racism impacts culture. Find out how the individual perspective impacts systemic racial biases in museum practice, how much we love museum postcards, where ...
Ep 15: #podcastblackout
June 04, 2020 19:00 - 2 minutes - 6.08 MBThe First Pride Was a Riot. In protest of the epidemic of racism and police brutality that affects Black people in America daily, this episode is part of #podcastblackout. The movement was started by the Cult 45: The Movie podcast. BYWAP is pro-black, pro-protect, anti-cop, anti-racist. Donate. Sign petitions. Support Black owned businesses. Educate yourselves. Listen. Speak. Please do not solely rely on memes and hashtags to express your feelings. Social media has made it entirely too ea...
Ep 15 - #podcastblackout
June 04, 2020 19:00 - 2 minutes - 6.08 MBThe First Pride Was a Riot. In protest of the epidemic of racism and police brutality that affects Black people in America daily, this episode is part of #podcastblackout. The movement was started by the Cult 45: The Movie podcast. BYWAP is pro-black, pro-protect, anti-cop, anti-racist. Donate. Sign petitions. Support Black owned businesses. Educate yourselves. Listen. Speak. Please do not solely rely on memes and hashtags to express your feelings. Social media has made it entirely too ea...
Ep 14 - Losing Our Marbles: The Parthenon Marbles
May 28, 2020 20:51 - 1 hour - 150 MBMay is Art Theft Month, and today's episode is no exception. To finish strong, your hosts have finally tackled The Parthenon Marbles debacle, and what this means in the context of art theft. Find out how these architectural marvels ended up at the British Museum, why Greece wants them back, and watch us find the most roundabout way of saying “repatriation”, but you’ll know what we mean when we say it. Stay Safe. Don't Touch Your Face. Wash Your Hands. Find us online! You can follow BYW...
Ep 13 - BYWAP's Most Wanted: Jerks Who Steal Artifacts From Egypt
May 21, 2020 21:55 - 1 hour - 182 MBExtra, Extra! Read all about it: pretentious white European thinks he has claim to ancient Egyptian artifacts! And no one was surprised. Today we talk about Art of the Heist's enthralling episode "The Pharaoh's Head"! Jonathan Tokeley-Parry led a life of riches, art smuggling, and the heist of a lifetime... Only to be betrayed by the simplest of oversights. What exactly did he take? Why does it matter? Join us! Find out how how intensive the art smuggling efforts are, what happens when your...
Ep 12 - You'd Scream Too If It Happened To You
May 21, 2020 19:37 - 1 hour - 111 MBI Scream, You Scream, we all Scream! And Can't Stop Screaming! Today we talk about the captivating nature of Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch's haunting painting: The Scream. So much happened to this painting... Like, so much. And we're so excited to be sharing this with you! Sometimes you have to have major drama for the world to love you, and this painting is no exception. Find out how many times Munch had to deal with the scream to exorcize this obsession from his soul, what it...
Ep 11 - Where The Hell is Mona Lisa?
May 07, 2020 19:13 - 57 minutes - 106 MBAs all is fair in love and war, such is the wild nature of all things art crime. We begining “Art Theft Month” with the captivating and utterly wild story of the lost and found Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. Find out what it takes to steal a Renaissance painting, how we’re holding up during the pandemic, why you shouldn’t trust a smirking chick with no eyebrows, and is the painting at the Louvre *actually* Mona? Find out right now! Stay Safe. Don't Touch Your Face. Wash Your Hands. Our R...
Ep 10 - Édouard Manet's Sexy Garden Time
April 30, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBJoin us on a picnic: no clothes required! As we celebrate double digits on podcast episodes, we look at another sort of progenitor. Avant-garde artist Édouard Manet (not Monet, but he’s in here too) is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Impressionist movement, but is that really true? This week’s episode analyzes the life & times of the artsy bourgeois, makes a hundred different references to how little French critics liked Manet’s work, and takes a sabbatical to Spain to tal...
Ep 9 - Museums and the Combating of Social Inequality
April 23, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBBoy, oh, boy—does this get heated! How's April treating, y'all? Good? Bad? Are you tired? Please drink more water, you deserve it. Today's episode looks at Richard Sandell's (2003) "Museums and the combating of social inequality: roles, responsibilities, resistance" article. Find out how passionate your hosts are about the current state of museum affairs, our anime-filled pandemic plans, #MuseumsAreNotNeutral, the WILD notion that "art for art's sake" is a good enough museum/gallery model,...
Ep 8 - Monuments Men (Movie Night!)
April 16, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBThis week we're popping popcorn, bringing out our conservation tools & brushes, and fighting Nazis. That's right: we're watching the 2014 film Monuments Men—the Saving-Private-Ryan of art films. Join us for a boozy rambling of the most active job museum people can get, a celebration of badasses spying on Nazis, a shocking discovery of the Clooney family, the importance of culture, lots of vague references to random scenes, and our constant amazement at how much of this movie was based on true...
Ep 7 - A Story About Us + Updates
April 09, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBExtra, extra, read all about it: BYWAP is coming to you weekly! Today, we’re finally sitting down and introducing ourselves properly. Find out what brought us into the arts and heritage field, our podcast identity hiccups, some “Little Mermaid” references, and our plans for the COVID-19 new future. Stay Safe. Don't Touch Your Face. Wash Your Hands. Find us online! You can follow BYWAP on Twitter and Instagram. We want to hear from you, to share this time with you. We're in this together, a...
Ep 7 - A Story of Us + Updates
April 09, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBExtra, extra, read all about it: BYWAP is coming to you weekly! Today, we’re finally sitting down and introducing ourselves properly. Find out what brought us into the arts and heritage field, our podcast identity hiccups, some “Little Mermaid” references, and our plans for the COVID-19 new future. Stay Safe. Don't Touch Your Face. Wash Your Hands. Find us online! You can follow BYWAP on Twitter and Instagram. We want to hear from you, to share this time with you. We're in this together, a...
Ep 6 – Museums in the Time of COVID-19 (w/ Silvija Burbaitė)
April 02, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBAs we find ourselves in a new kind of current events storm, we're joined today by Silvija Burbaitė, who gives us an insight into one museum worker's perspective of museum work, international travel, and the Los Angeles Lockdown situation. Things may have changed dramatically in the span of a week, but we do our best to bemoan the current state of Museum Affairs while also offering small, cultural reprieves to fill quiet panic over these upcoming months. Also featured is some wholesome friends...
Ep 6 - Museums in the Time of COVID-19 (w/ Silvija Burbaitė)
April 02, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBAs we find ourselves in a new kind of current events storm, we're joined today by Silvija Burbaitė, who gives us an insight into one museum worker's perspective of museum work, international travel, and the Los Angeles Lockdown situation. Things may have changed dramatically in the span of a week, but we do our best to bemoan the current state of Museum Affairs while also offering small, cultural reprieves to fill quiet panic over these upcoming months. Also featured is some wholesome friends...
Ep 5 - Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Part 2)
March 12, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBThe only March Madness that's not getting canceled this month is the final part of our series! Today finishes our discussion of Linda Nochlin's (1971) "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" article. While we were hoping that between the parts we could resolve this whole debacle, we will just have to see if Part 2 solves it! Find out how we're planning to change the world with clout, how essential the fundamental access to education and training could make or break an artist's career, a...
Ep 4 - Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Part 1)
February 13, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBWelcome to February: the month that refuses to slow down! Today is the first of a two-part series, looking into Linda Nochlin's (1971) "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" article. Find out how to avoid getting into fist fights over poorly-phrased questions, what the lasting impact of the Feminist Movement on Art History has been, why there's no such thing as "The Genius", and where exactly the 2020 Oscars’ fit into all of this. Join us in all the yelling! Help BYWAP grow by spread...
Ep 3 - Fire Walk With Us
January 16, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBAn investigation of David Lynch & his art
Ep 2 - Love Conquers All
December 13, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBHappy Holiday Season! Today we get a *little* R-rated as we talk about one of (art) history's pettiest rivalries: Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio and Giovanni Baglione. Find out how little your two hosts like Mannerism, why you shouldn't write your enemy's biography, and our Hot Takes on the Art Basel Banana. Help BYWAP grow by spreading the word! You can find us on Twitter and Instagram. Also, please leave us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps as we begin growing, and we cannot wai...
Ep 2 - Caravaggio VS Giovanni: Love Conquers All
December 13, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBHappy Holiday Season! Today we get a *little* R-rated as we talk about one of (art) history's pettiest rivalries: Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio and Giovanni Baglione. Find out how little your two hosts like Mannerism, why you shouldn't write your enemy's biography, and our Hot Takes on the Art Basel Banana. Help BYWAP grow by spreading the word! You can find us on Twitter and Instagram. Also, please leave us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps as we begin growing, and we cannot wa...
Ep 1 - The One and Only: Frida Kahlo
November 14, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBHappy Scorpio Season! We celebrate Elene's birthday by releasing our first episode! Today we talk about the mythos and reality of the world famous Mexican icon: Frida Kahlo. Find out what the significance of the Mexican revolution was on Frida's life, how we manage to weave High School Musical references into everything, and how sometimes you have to invent your own mythology to circumvent mortality. Help BYWAP grow by spreading the word! You can find us on Twitter and Instagram. Also, pleas...