Episode #19: Conservation and Controversy (Season 1, Episode 19)
Conservators are art heroes: they transform damaged or dirty works of art into beautiful, fresh works for public consumption. Then why is it that conservation has been at the center of some of the big...
8 Maj 201725min
BONUS EPISODE: What is Art? (With A Thousand Things to Talk About)
We are incredibly thrilled to release a bonus episode with our friend, Andrea Parrish, at A Thousand Things to Talk About! This daily podcast is the perfect start to your morning, with a brief 2-3 min...
29 Apr 201712min
Episode #18: Diagnosis: Art History (Season 1, Episode 18)
Over the centuries, there have been numerous examples of fine artists creating works of art that deliberately work with and within contemporaneous medical thought, portraying people with particular ai...
24 Apr 201726min
Episode #17: The Casino of the Spirits (Season 1, Episode 17)
Venice-- it's the most serene and beautiful city in Italy, and possibly the whole world. But Venice at night-- all darkened and quiet-- takes up the most space in my imagination. I seriously love the ...
10 Apr 201728min
Episode #16: The Muse (Season 1, Episode 16)
Sometimes when I am looking at a particularly fascinating work of art, I find myself overwhelmed with awe-- for the creative act itself and the technical prowess that was needed to bring it to fruitio...
27 Mars 201721min
Episode #15: Hans-Joachim Bohlmann and Serial Art Vandalism (Season 1, Episode 15)
A few months ago, I began looking into occurrences of art vandalism-- the purposeful destruction or harm of works of art that have occurred consistently, especially throughout the 20th century. As I r...
16 Mars 201727min
Episode #14: Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre (Season 1, Episode 14)
How many know that the inventor of the telegraph and co-creator of Morse code--Samuel F. B. Morse-- was a successful artist, too? And crazily enough, one of his paintings in particular, foreshadowed h...
27 Feb 201729min
Episode #13: Diego and Frida, Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 13)
Glamour. Curiosity. Excitement. A love story for the ages. Such are the types of descriptors that you hear when you ponder the life and love of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Truly, in the pantheon of ...
13 Feb 201725min
