Best Vanessa Frank Podcasts (2024)

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Van Gogh blockbuster, the birth of Impressionism, Juan Pablo Echeverri 1:01:37

9h ago1:01:37

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This week: the Van Gogh blockbuster in London, a new book on the birth of Impressionism, and Juan Pablo Echeverri’s performative self-portraits. As the exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers opens at the National Gallery in London as part of its bicentenary celebrations, The Art Newspaper’s special correspondent and resident expert in the Dutch pain…

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The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst and Surrealism in Paris 59:23

7d ago59:23

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The Week in Art is back. In this first episode of the season: on Tuesday it was reported in the Financial Times that Sotheby’s core earnings are down 88% in the first half of this year. This is the latest evidence to suggest that the art market may be in a far more serious economic rut than its major players have previously indicated, after disappo…

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Ep 37 Summoned by Earth with Honourary Lama Cynthia Jurs 38:04

9d ago38:04

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Lama Cynthia Jurs' commitment to healing Mother Earth began in the 1990s in the Himalayas, visiting a a 106 year-old Tibetan Buddhist in the Himalayas where she was told to bury Earth Treasure Vases. Since then, Cynthia has buried almost 100 vases across the world, including Libya, Congo, Australia, New Mexico, and more! The journey is meticulously…

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Ep 36 Cycling Across Canada in 30 Days ft Canada's First Decathlete Leanna Carriere and Ecologist Timm Döbert 31:18

18d ago31:18

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They're baaaaack! On this episode of The Human Challenge, an Amazon Music x ACAST "Indie Podcast Amplifier 2023", Leanna Carriere and Timm Döbert are back to talk about their recent cycling trip across Canada to support the 30x30 initiative, a United Nations goal of protecting 30% of land and water by 2030. You might remember them (how could you fo…

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Ep 35 Why Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Explore Entrepreneurship ft Kylie Hwang Kellogg Business 28:29

1M ago28:29

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With over 2.11 million people incarcerated as of 2018, almost 600,000 people per year reenter society from incarceration with little re-integration support, leading to over 66% of formerly incarcerated people rearrested within three years of reentry. Kylie Hwang saw this firsthand while working at a background check company, and noticed that most s…

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Infamous Covers Victoria’s Secret 2:28

2M ago2:28

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On Infamous, co-hosts Vanessa Grigoriadis and Natalie Robehmed join forces to talk about the most notorious scandals of the rich and famous. In this special preview, we’ll play some of the episode where Vanessa reunites with Justine Harman to talk about the past, present, and future of Victoria’s Secret. You can listen to the full episode for free,…

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Ep 34 "The Walls Have Eyes": Border and Surveillance Technology ft Petra Molnar 31:02

2M ago31:02

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It took 6 years for Petra Molnar to write "The Walls Have Eyes", a book showcasing the use of technology in immigration and migrant affairs. As a lawyer and anthropology specializing in human rights, the book documents both research and true stories of people on the move that she herself has supported in their own journeys to freedom. Petra joins V…

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Ep 33 Earth & Soul ft award-winning author Leah Rampy 24:57

2M ago24:57

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On this episode of The Human Challenge, Leah Rampy, award-winning author of "Earth & Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos", talks about the story of separation and "otherness" we have a society have been living in a predominant Western culture. To her, the biggest human challenge is that "being human is not about being separate... being human is a…

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Ep 32 Impact of "Reuse" ft Jessica Gonzalez CEO of Happen Ventures 17:15

2M ago17:15

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Jessica Gonzalez is one of the most prominent entrepreneurs in New Jersey. Jessica was EY Entrepreneur of the year award runner up 2019 + 2021, 50 Best Women in Business NJ, Women, Minority, & Small Business Enterprise Certified, NGLCC® LGBTBE® Certified, and has been published over 100 times in Forbes, Huffington Post, and INC. Magazine. Jessica i…

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Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury 57:43

3M ago57:43

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On Thursday 4 July, the UK will hold a general election, with the Labour party currently far ahead in the opinion polls. Dale Berning Sawa, a contributor to The Art Newspaper who is also commissioning editor at the online news site The Conversation, joins Ben Luke to reflect on the effects on culture of 14 years of Conservative or Conservative-led …

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Just Stop Oil’s Stonehenge protest, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese 52:40

3M ago52:40

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This week: Just Stop Oil’s Stonehenge protest. On Wednesday, two activists sprayed orange powder paint made from cornflour on to three of the boulders at Stonehenge, prompting outrage and some support. Before this latest action, in an article for the July/August print edition of The Art Newspaper, John Paul Stonard had argued that Just Stop Oil’s m…

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Art Basel: fireworks and nuance, Lynn Barber on her artist interviews, Guillaume Lethière at the Clark 1:03:02

3M ago1:03:02

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This week: it’s arguably the best loved of the major art fairs among collectors and dealers, but what have we learned about the art market at this year’s Art Basel, in its original Swiss home? The Art Newspaper’s acting art market editor, Tim Schneider, tells us about the big sales in Switzerland amid the wider market picture. The journalist Lynn B…

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The Truth about Ruby Franke 2:30

3M ago2:30

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Listen on Infamous to a story about a stay-at-home mom Ruby Franke. She starts a Youtube channel, joining a popular niche of Mormon women sharing their lives online as mommy vloggers. While Ruby gains a following for her videos of the everyday life of a big Mormon family, we hear from Ruby's former neighbhor, who sensed that something dark was goin…

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Ep 31 The Truth About Immigration ft Professor Zeke Hernandez 15:12

3M ago15:12

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There are two main narratives we are told about welcoming immigrants into our countries: that they harm society by taking jobs or that it is our "moral responsibility" to support immigrants. But are these truly representative of the value immigrants offer our society? Is there a third narrative that tells us otherwise? Zeke Hernandez, Professor at …

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya 56:37

3M ago56:37

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This week: we explore the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition dedicated to what Georgia O’Keeffe called her New Yorks—paintings of skyscrapers and views from one of them across the East River, which marked a turning point in her career. Sarah Kelly Oehler, one of the curators of the show, tells us more. One of the most distinctive of all London’s…

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Art’s AI reckoning, the rise of comic art, and Degas’ Miss La La 55:13

4M ago55:13

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The publication in April of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Index Annual Report has provided the art world with much food for thought. We look at the implications for artists and institutions with Louis Jebb, the managing editor of The Art Newspaper and our technology specialist. As the Centre Pompidou in Paris is taken over on all it…

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The Mona Lisa's endless, and problematic, allure; Judy Chicago; Christian Schad and the New Objectivity 56:31

4M ago56:31

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As the Louvre’s director admits that the Paris museum wants to move its most famous painting away from the crowded gallery in which it is currently displayed, we ask the Leonardo specialist Martin Kemp: does the museum have a Mona Lisa problem? We also talk about the painting’s continuing allure and the ongoing efforts to explain its mysteries. In …

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Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting 1:06:18

4M ago1:06:18

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We take a tour of Tate Britain’s new exhibition, Now You See Us, featuring more than 100 women artists who worked between the 16th and 20th centuries, with Tabitha Barber, its curator. The Dia Art Foundation has reached its half century and its director, Jessica Morgan, tells us how it has changed in that time, and especially how it has radically e…

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Gaza: artists’ stories, Frank Stella remembered, Vanessa Bell’s garden view 1:09:48

4M ago1:09:48

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We talk to The Art Newspaper’s reporter Sarvy Geranpayeh about her conversations with six Palestinian artists about their daily lives amid Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Frank Stella, one of the key artists in the history of American abstraction, has died, aged 87. We speak to Bonnie Clearwater, the director and chief curator of the N…

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Ep 30 Impact in Media ft Waterbear's Chief Impact Officer, Poppy Mason-Watts 32:15

5M ago32:15

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Have you ever felt so passionate about a cause that it made you swim the English channel? Well, Poppy Mason-Watts, Chief Growth and Impact Officer of WaterBear, has! What is WaterBear? It is more than a streaming platform; it is a community! WaterBear is the home of captivating films and thought-provoking series that empower you to lead a meaningfu…

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Should UK museums charge for entry? Plus, Michelangelo’s last decades and Maria Blanchard 1:00:31

5M ago1:00:31

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After years of decreasing public funding, the lingering effects of the Covid pandemic and enduring questions around the ethics of corporate sponsorship, UK museums are facing unprecedented financial pressures. Some commentators are suggesting that the time has come to abandon the policy of free admission to museums that is viewed by many as key to …

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Klimt’s last picture sells for €35m, Rebecca Horn, a Cézanne restored 41:21

5M ago41:21

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The last painting made by Gustav Klimt, left on his easel when he died in 1918 of illnesses relating to the Spanish flu epidemic of that year, has sold at auction in Vienna for €35m including fees. But much remains unclear about the picture, including its sitter, its commissioner and what happened to it in the Second World War. Ben Luke talks to Ca…

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Ep 29 Free Palestine ft activists Frank Barat, Yara Jamal, Paula Sahyoun 25:27

5M ago25:27

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On this episode of The Human Challenge, an Amazon Music x ACAST "Indie Podcast Amplifier" 2023, Vanessa speaks with producer, author, activist, Frank Barat; Yara Jamal, co-founder of Free Palestine Halifax; and Paula Sahyoun, founder of the Palestine Impact Collective to learn about how we can move toward collective liberation. Touching on their ow…

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Venice Biennale special 1:53:47

5M ago1:53:47

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We are back in Venice for the latest edition of the biggest biennial in the world of art. The 60th Venice Biennale comprises an international exhibition featuring more than 300 artists, dozens of national pavilions in the Giardini—the gardens at the eastern end of the city—and the Arsenale—the historic shipyards of the Venetian Republic—and host of…

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Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting 54:08

5M ago54:08

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This week: after 80 years in business, Marlborough Gallery, one of the most historic commercial galleries in London, New York and beyond, has announced that it is closing. Host Ben Luke talks to Anny Shaw, a contributing editor at The Art Newspaper, about what happened and what, if anything, it tells us about the market. The New Mexico-based sculpt…

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Ep 28 - JEDI in education ft former Olympian Julia Rivard CEO of Shoelace Learning 45:00

5M ago45:00

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After witnessing her son's challenges with reading, Canadian Olympian-turned-entrepreneur, Julia Rivard, started Shoelace Learning to create engaging applications to improve reading. Julia shares about her upbringing from Northern Ontario, her journey to the Australian Olympics, and how she approached her "athlete retirement" as an opportunity to r…

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Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword 1:03:57

6M ago1:03:57

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The convicted art fraudster Inigo Philbrick is out of prison and possibly seeking a return to art dealing. How is that possible? Tim Schneider, The Art Newspaper’s acting art market editor, tells us about Philbrick’s story, why the art trade is a natural habitat for fraud, and why a criminal past need not lead to art-world banishment. In the wake o…

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Ep 27 Period Equity in Remote Communities ft Nicole White, Moontime Connections 34:36

6M ago34:36

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Nicole White, founder of Moontime Connections, joined Vanessa on "The Human Challenge", an Amazon Music x ACAST "Indie Podcast Amplifier 2023" to talk about period inequities in the remote communities. Moontime Connections, along with their partner True North Aid, collects and distributes period products for women in remote communities across Canad…

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Infamous Covers Meghan Markle’s Chess Game 4:42

6M ago4:42

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With Kate Middleton's "disappearance" in the headlines, Infamous investigates another Princess who absconded: Meghan Markle. But on the Infamous podcast, the real question is, who is Meghan? Is she a fearless advocate speaking out against an antiquated institution? Or an opportunist obsessed with managing her public image? Or…both? This week, we’re…

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Richard Serra remembered. Plus, expressionist art special: Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA and the Blue Rider at Tate Modern 1:00:42

6M ago1:00:42

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Richard Serra, one of the greatest artists of the past 50 years, a linchpin of the post-minimalist scene in late 1960s and early 1970s New York and later the creator of vast steel ellipses and spirals, died on Tuesday 26 March. We mark the passing of this titan of sculpture with Donna De Salvo, the senior adjunct curator of special projects at the …

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Whitney Biennial reviewed, museum visits back to normal, Pieter Bruegel the Elder 53:49

6M ago53:49

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This week: the Whitney Biennial reviewed. Host Ben Luke discusses the show with Ben Sutton, The Art Newspaper’s editor, Americas, and the critic Annabel Keenan. Our annual survey of visitor numbers at museums is published in the next print edition of The Art Newspaper and Lee Cheshire, the co-editor of the report, joins us to discuss the findings. …

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Ep 26 Reggae Roots: From Jamaica to Canada ft JUNO nominee Jah'Mila 39:34

6M ago39:34

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This week on The Human Challenge, an Amazon Music x ACAST "Indie Podcast Amplifier 2023", Vanessa Ferlaino sits down with JUNO nominee for "Reggae Recording of the Year 2024", Jah'Mila. In this episode, Jah'Mila shares her journey from Kingston, Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, touching on her religious and cultural influences in all aspects of her…

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Tate’s racist mural—Keith Piper’s response, the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report, Anni Albers 53:45

6M ago53:45

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Four years after Tate Britain closed its restaurant because Rex Whistler’s murals on its walls contained racist imagery, it has unveiled the work it commissioned in response to Whistler’s painting by the artist Keith Piper. We talk to Piper about the work. The annual Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report was published on Wednesday and, as ever, reviews…

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