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Ep 29 - The Woman in Gold (Movie Night!)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - September 17, 2020 18:59 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis 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...
Ep 28 - The Representation of Mental Illness in Museums
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - September 10, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsFrom 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 opt...
Ep 27 - Il Divino, Michelangelo
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - September 03, 2020 19:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 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 ou...
Ep 27: Il Divino, Michelangelo
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - September 03, 2020 19:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 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 ou...
Ep 26 - We Made It Up: An Introduction to Cultural Memory (w/ Dzebo)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - August 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThere'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...
Ep 25 - A COVID Update
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - August 20, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsRemember 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)...
Ep 24 - Hagia Sophia: May She Outlive Us All
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - August 13, 2020 19:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsA 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 epi...
Ep 23 - Tim's Vermeer (Movie Night!)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - August 06, 2020 19:20 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsSometimes 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 li...
Ep 22 - The Aesthetics of Revolution
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - July 30, 2020 23:18 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsMedia 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 lastin...
Ep 21 - The Abramović Method
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - July 16, 2020 20:43 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHere’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 ...
Ep 20 - Why Repatriate? (w/ Lindsey Anton-Wood)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - July 09, 2020 19:29 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhy 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-Woo...
Ep 19 - The Trouble with (the Title) Art
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - July 02, 2020 19:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHappy 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 ...
Ep 18 - The Iconoclasm of the Confederacy
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - June 25, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsCome 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, wher...
Ep 17 - The Color That Corrupts
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - June 18, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThere'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, ...
Ep 16 - Systemic Racism and Museums (w/ Tania Comenencia)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - June 11, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe 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 help...
Ep 15 - #podcastblackout
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - June 04, 2020 19:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 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...
Ep 15: #podcastblackout
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - June 04, 2020 19:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 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...
Ep 14 - Losing Our Marbles: The Parthenon Marbles
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - May 28, 2020 20:51 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsMay 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 ...
Ep 13 - BYWAP's Most Wanted: Jerks Who Steal Artifacts From Egypt
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - May 21, 2020 21:55 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsExtra, 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 ...
Ep 12 - You'd Scream Too If It Happened To You
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - May 21, 2020 19:37 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsI 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! Sometime...
Ep 11 - Where The Hell is Mona Lisa?
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - May 07, 2020 19:13 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs 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 p...
Ep 10 - Édouard Manet's Sexy Garden Time
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 30, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsJoin 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 ...
Ep 9 - Museums and the Combating of Social Inequality
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 23, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBoy, 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 passio...
Ep 8 - Monuments Men (Movie Night!)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 16, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis 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 s...
Ep 7 - A Story of Us + Updates
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 09, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsExtra, 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 futur...
Ep 7 - A Story About Us + Updates
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 09, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsExtra, 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 futur...
Ep 6 – Museums in the Time of COVID-19 (w/ Silvija Burbaitė)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 02, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs 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...
Ep 6 - Museums in the Time of COVID-19 (w/ Silvija Burbaitė)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - April 02, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs 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...
Ep 5 - Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Part 2)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - March 12, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe 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 ju...
Ep 4 - Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (Part 1)
Bet You Wish This Was An Art Podcast - February 13, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome 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 t...
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