Think 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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High brow art… low brow tea! Our podcast is a light dive into your favorite artists juicy drama. Art is for everyone on this show and we’re serving it with a side of steeping hot tea!New episode every Wednesday! Come learn with us!Love you,Xoxo - Baroque B’sIG: Baroque.B.PodcastNow on Patreon! #artpodcast #arthistorypodcast
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Henri Toulouse Lautrec: Height is JUST a Number After All!
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Awwww, this hawty with a shorty body! We are so excited to share the EXCITEMENT that was the life of Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse Lautrec Monfa! Yes, though this short KING also lead a short life, that doesn't mean he wasn't hot and his life was not impactful. Come find out why he is considered the father of commercial print, the poster bo…
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ArtCurious + Like Minds Travel: Join us in Venice!
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SURPRISE! We’re back with you for some bonus episodes of ArtCurious this spring! First up: we’re thrilled to announce an all-new tour this September with Like Minds Travel. Today on the show, we’re welcoming LMT’s Laura Hart to chat about group travel: how she puts together these incredible, special excursions, making friends all over the world, an…
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Lisa Frank: It's not ALL Rainbows and Unicorns...!
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Oof, okay... this one may be a bit hard to swallow... yes we need to preface this nostalgic ICONIC art with a disclaimer that if your in your 30s... your childhood may be a little bit destroyed/tainted after this episode. Yes, we all loved everything covered in kittens, hearts, and rainbows.... but sometimes behind something sweet is a something si…
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Who Runs the World? GIRLS!!!
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Welcome to another enthralling week of low brow art and art history gossip! Join us as we venture through the life of totally-ahead-of-her-time-the-most-baddest-baddie… I mean this bitch was THE BITCH of the Baroque. There will be Jack Black quotes, chopped off heads, torture, and more! But don’t worry, our girl comes out ON TOP! DISCLAIMER: Our de…
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Ooooo yes, we are GOING THERE!!!! In this episode, we’ll start off with a riveting discussion on Looners (if you don’t know what this is you’re in for a treat ;) ), segue through all the childhood trauma one poor Vinny could ask for then end with a MYSTERIOUS MURDER TRIAL! Come join in on the fun! Also, we are recruiting stories to share! Send us y…
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Salvador Dali: Well Who Put That There?!
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Oh my goodness, what excitement! Dali's life was something else, and we're here to dive into all the dirty little details you'd ever want to know about this provocative surrealist voyeur! Join us as we journey through the wonder of confused little Dali... There will be lions, and crawfish, and menage e trois's... OH MY! You're not gonna wanna miss …
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THIS GUYYYYYY!!!! I can honestly say it sounds like he was a total dick… but that would maybe mean aliens are assholes too. Come find out why in this fun, spooky, and mysterious episode! There will be wobbly art, incest, and…. ANCIENT ALIENS!!! Who’s in for the ride?! Xoxo, The Baroque B’sBy Baroque Bs
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BONUS! The History of Irish Fairies and Saint Patrick Featuring Anne Loughman
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Welcome to our first official BONUS EPISODE! In the spirit of St Patricks Day, we though it only appropriate to take a break from drinking green beer and looking for gold to explore the history behind this DEBAUCHEROUS holiday. And we brought Chelsea's oldest and dearest friend Anne to help share in the joy. She's brilliant, hilarious, gorgeous, th…
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Yoko Ono: Loving, Starving, Screaming and the SKY!
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Welcome to our first living artist episode!!! Do you dislike Yoko Ono, but don’t really understand why? Or maybe you just think she broke up the Beatles? Or maybe you’re like wait… this bitch does art? Well let us tell you dear BB’s… this woman did A LOT for art as we know it today! So come along and learn about the QUEEN of performance art! There …
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Thomas Kinkade: Well, Isn’t That Nice?
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Yes we’re DOING IT! You’ve seen his work on mugs, greeting cards, blankets, puzzles, socks and pretty much any commodity you can buy. I mean… I really wouldn’t be surprised to see a TK dildo out there in a store one of these days… Yes this man entered the art world armed with a shrewd business sense in one hand, and a bible in the other… and though…
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Cleopatra: The Final FUCKING Pharaoh!
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If there are two words to sum up our girl Cleo, it’s HOT and SPICY! This queen was THE QUEEN and her legacy lives on… maybe not in the way she wanted exactly… but still! Yes, from IG makeup tutorials, to Spirit Halloween stores, to museums, history books, music, movies, TV shows and more, this bitch shows up everywhere and we’ll unpack why! This on…
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OOOOOoooooOOOoooo the tea is JUICY this Wednesday! There are a lot of unexpected twists and turns in this eventful episode, and our heads are still spinning from all the rumors... There will be a nurse love triangle... there will be guys peeing on things... and there will be CONSPIRACY! Come find out how the pride of the Netherlands was really noth…
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Andy Warhol: Love Me or Hate Me, It’s Still an Obsession!
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OMG this guyyyyy! Pop art KING! He is the tea and the tea is him... Come join us as we learn all about how this genius was able to sneak BLOW JOBS into the high art world! There will be sex, there will be drugs, and there will be soup… lots of soup… like omg why is there so much soup?!?! And in true Andy Warhol fashion, everyone is invited. So brin…
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The Khajuraho Temples: India, Let Your Sacred Freak Flag FLY!!!!
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Join us for the history behind the fun and scandalous Khajuraho Temples! We'll get you in touch with your sexual desires by starting off with a little guided meditation, lead into a scandolous sexy story about... the moon, and continue with lots of liberating conversation on why you should really LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY in the bedroom! No matter wh…
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Paul Gauguin: Love ’Em, Fuck ’Em, and Leave ’Em featuring Angela Dela Cruz
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Oof, Paul Gauguin, amirite? In this episode, we are joined by one of our favorite old friends, chef/artist/communicator/musician extraordinaire, ANGELA DELA CRUZ! Come meet our favorite Shmang!!! Together, we will dive deep into the depraved life of Paul Gauguin. Good thing his suffering matched his crimes in the end... There will be dogs named aft…
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Peter Paul Rubens: Thickness is my SICKNESS!
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We love a thick bodied babe and it probably doesn't take a genius to figure out that our man Rubens did too! And though we are all finally recovering from the mindfuck in media we grew up with, we’re here to remind that FAT has always been P.H.A.T. in this episode! Join us as Chelsea unearths all the TEA surrounding this painter's life. There will …
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Georgia O’Keeffe Part 2: Karen Goes West! featuring Evelynn Bird
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Welcome to part 2 of Georgia O'Keeffe - KAREN GOES WEST! In this episode we welcome an old friend, art conservationist - Evelynn Bird! We of course get into the HOT TEA in how Georgia gets to New Mexico, get some much needed perspective on this artist who everyone loves loves loves, and end off with the JUICIEST TEA I think we have done yet. You're…
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Georgia O’Keeffe Part 1: These Flowers... are HOT!!!
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Welcome to our first TWO-PART EPISODE!!! And you know what, Georgia deserves a long one! Join us as we dive a little deeper this time into the first half of the long life of this mysterious and unassuming ROYAL painter! There will be flowers, there will be petty fights over Christmas cards, there will be an obligatory-controlling-sexist dude, there…
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Happy Wednesday BB's! We're so happy you're here to deep dive with Chelsea's lesson this week on our mysterious rich Impressionist leader - MANET! There will be hookers a plenty, WEIRD love triangles, and SHOCK SHOCK SHOCK! Thanks for listening! We love you! Xoxo - The Baroque B'sBy Baroque Bs
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Egon Schiele: Life Ain’t Easy for a GENIUS Like Me!
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Do not forget the biscuits because this one is JAM packed with lots of steeping HOT TEA! Join us as we dive into the short, yet eventful life of this tormented artist. There will be syphilis, what essentially is early 19th century pornos, incest, kidnapping and more. Here's to the artist that gives, "never meet your heroes" a whole new meeting. Don…
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Baroque Bitches Christmas Special! Happy Saturnalia / History of Santa Claus
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Ever wonder why we bring trees from the outside into the inside? Or maybe you're tired of that weird pervy person at the Christmas party chasing you around with mistletoe... come dive into the origins of Christmas, who the hell is Santa Claus, and the imagery of the season for this merry episode filled with cheer, drunken caroling, and murder-solvi…
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Michelangelo: From the Hands of God, you’re welcome - Michelangelo
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Join us for this longer episode as we take a deeper dive into the Renaissances most passionate, dare I say volatile, painters. Oh Michelangelo, just so many feelings happening all the time. We'll get into the STANK, the lovers, and the famous duel with Leonardo, and beaty-sticky Popes. We love you, Xoxo - The Baroque B's…
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Episode #119: Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful
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Today, 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 cr…
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Jackson Pollock: A Walking Fucking Nightmare
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Come join us as we light dive into the tragic story of misunderstood Jack Pollock. There will be drinks, there will be horrible non-consensual sex-acts, and there will be a hot juicy goss. Love you, Xoxo - the Baroque B'sBy Baroque Bs
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: With a Heavy Heart, Frida and Diego
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This couple is non-stop drama!!! Join us as Chelsea teaches us about Diego's cannibalism, Fridas long list of famous lovers, and why this couple is just like Will and Jada. We love you! Xoxo - The Baroque BitchesBy Baroque Bs
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Peggy Guggenheim and the Removable PENIS!
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Come along for this WILD ride as we tell the story of a tragic heiress forever captivated by ART! There will be removable dicks, lots of lovers, and scandal scandal scandal! Love you! Xoxo - The Baroque B'sBy Baroque Bs
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes: NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISTION!
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Torture talk, incest, and toothless hotties are all the jam for this episode. Come join us as we spill all the HOT tea and unpack the jokes and mystery behind this EMOtional 18th century artist. Thank you Goya and sorry about your bleeding heart. Love you! Xoxo - the Baroque B'sBy Baroque Bs
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Author Interview: Joanna Moorhead's "Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington"
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Hello, 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…
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Caravaggio: Tries to Cut a Guy’s Dick Off, Misses and MURDERS!
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Join us as we travel to 17th Century Rome to deep dive into the HOT JUICY GOSS surrounding Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio! Come find out about how prostitutes ended up in paintings that priests were paying for, what the burns were in 17th century Rome, and why Joe Pesci is the perfect "Person at the Party" to describe this Edge L…
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Louis XIV: Slay and Obey - the Sun King and the Cult of Versailles!
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What’s that smell? It’s our first episode! Come find out why all this art was surrounded by stank, how you could die for the love of mirrors, and the art of compliments in this hot juicy rumory episode! Love you! Xoxo - Baroque B’sBy Baroque Bs
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Author Interview: Jeannie Marshall's "All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel"
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Hello, 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 q…
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Baroque Bitches an Art History Podcast Coming Soon…
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Author Interview: Patrick Bringley's "All the Beauty in the World"
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Hello, 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,…
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Episode #118: Modern Love--Marina Abramović and Ulay
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This 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. To…
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Episode #117: Modern Love--Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Part 2
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This 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. To…
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Episode #116: Modern Love--Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Part 1
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This 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. To…
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Episode #115: Modern Love--Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp
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This 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. To…
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Author Interview: Annie Cohen-Salal and "Picasso the Foreigner"
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Hello, 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 …
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Episode #114: Modern Love--Remedios Varo and Gerardo Lizarraga
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This 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. To…
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Author Interview: Michael Finkel on "The Art Thief"
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Hello, 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 …
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Episode #113: Modern Love--Lee Miller and Man Ray (Season 13, Episode 6)
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This 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. To…
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Episode #112: Modern Love--Robert Rauschenberg, with Cy Twombly and Jasper Johns (Season 13, Episode 5)
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This 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. To…
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Episode #111: Modern Love--Dora Maar and Pablo Picasso
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This 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. To…
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Episode #110: Modern Love--Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight (Season 13, Episode 3)
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This 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. To…
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Episode #109: Modern Love--Anni and Josef Albers (Season 13, Episode 2)
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This 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. To…
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Hey 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, …
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Episode #108: Modern Love--Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning (Season 13, Episode 1)
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Sponsor 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 …
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ArtCurious News This Week: March 31, 2023
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Hello 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 …
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ArtCurious News This Week: March 24, 2023
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Hello 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 confi…
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Author Interview: Damian Dibben and "The Colour Storm"
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Hello, 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…
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