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~life is short, art is long~ *Regular episodes: Discussion of art & art history often fueled by alcohol (like a college seminar & a house party combined) *Art History Babe Briefs (Art History BBs) : quick art history facts minus the expletives. *Hot Takes: The Babes mix it up, chatting about topics outside the realm of established art history.

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    • Oct 17, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 191 EPISODES

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    Mexican Folk Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 101:08


    We recap our trip to Mexico (thx again everyone for joining us and making this trip magic) and do a deep dive on some traditional Mexican Folk Art (El Arte Popular de Mexico) including discussion of ex votos, la cartoneria, talavera poblana, and alebrijes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Hellmouths: Hungry Bois of Hades

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 34:44


    Jen and Corrie are talking hungry bois! Judgement, hellfire, hybrid alligator/lion/hippos, the primal fear of being eaten - all this and more in this episode on medieval hellmouth imagery. support us on patreon// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ig // @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Episode 187: Virtual Realism Artist Talks: Deborah Root

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 63:17


    For our final Virtual Realism episode, Ginny and Jen talk with another artist featured in the exhibition–Deborah Root. Deborah is a visual artist, cultural critic and writer. Ginny and Jen discuss her art practice and figurative painting “The Nordstrom Box” featured in Virtual Realism. In addition to her art practice, Deborah is the author of various works including Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation and the Commodification of Difference which had a particular on Jen's thesis research during grad school. This delightful conversation took place in fall of 2021 so thank you for your patience in its release. Virtual Realism Online ExhibitionD // Deborah's website // Deborah's Instagram // Zach's website // Zach's instagram // THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The History of Toys (or Why Do We Love a Little Guy?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 134:29


    Jen, Ginny, Nat, & Corrie take a tour through the colossal history toys, asking that age-old question, why do we love a little guy? Outline: 1 since the dawn of time, ppl have wanted other ppl to check out the little guy they made. 2 imitative and instructive 3 the earliest toys 4 enlightenment era toys 5 industrialization of toys 6 once plastic hits the scene, it's all over 7 toys reflect contemporary technologies and cultural values 8 kids, possession over toys, and holiday gift culture  9 love language tangent 10 toys and child development 11 jacks: sharp but not 12 playdough is timeless 13 everything is a ceremony 14 everybody loves a log 15 cass holman 16 good toys make good people 17 fostering creative thinking vs. pre-destining a child's future 18 play is life 19 the sucklord 20 designer toys/ art collectible toys/ “urban vinyl” 21 hypebeast collectors 22 kaws 23 the beanie babies craze 24 tamagotchis 25 furbys are creepy travel to mexico w us// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 support us on patreon// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Episode 185: Virtual Realism Artist Talks: JP Morrison Lans & Nicci Arnold

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 67:32


    JP (Josephine) Morrison Lans and Nicci Arnold join Nat and Zach to discuss their work in the online exhibition Virtual Realism. Topics include parenthood, identity, living and making art in the midwest, just making art and living in general during the pandemic. We get to discuss their different processes––encaustic painting currently for JP, and printmaking for Nicci. This delightful conversation took place in fall of 2021 so thank you for your patience in its release. (*apologies for the mysterious clicking sound and the glitchy moment in the middle. remote recording comes with its challenges.) Virtual Realism Online Exhibition JP's website // JP's instagram // Nicci's website // Nicci's instagram // Zach's website // Zach's instagram // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art History Babes c. 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2022 67:48


    a new episode/new year/new approach. corrie and nat share some interesting art experiences from the past six months and catch you all up on the state of the AHB universe. 1 having fun with christian symbols 2 the energy of being/ creating in the same space again 3 travel to mexico with us: https://trips.trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 4 tiny lighthouse calendars 5 “corrie went to the mountains and now she hates the internet” 6 texas art experiences established big city white cube museums vs. socially-integrated public art Marfa, Texas is a liminal space 7 sometimes you just want to hang out with your friends. 8 we appreciate patrons: https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Zombies, Vampires, Aliens... oh my

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 100:06


    Jen, Ginny & Nat gather to bring you this special, spooky season episode. The babes cover classic monsters and get a little silly in honor of Halloween. TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Virtual Realism Artist Talks: Connor Czora and Anna Rotty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 59:35


    Our next episode for the Art History Babes' upcoming collaborative, online art show with National Monument Press: Virtual Realism features artists Connor Czora and Anna Rotty. They discuss their works in the show as well as their processes and how their art making was affected by the US political landscape of the last couple years. Connor's website // Connor's instagram // Anna's website // Anna's instagram // Smashin' & Slashin': The Art of Iconoclasm // Ai Wei Wei or the Highway // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Virtual Realism Artist Talks: Morgane Clément-Gagnon and Jillian Abir MacMaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 72:36


    This episode features two artists from the Art History Babes' upcoming collaborative, online art show with National Monument Press: Virtual Realism. The lovely Morgane Clément-Gagnon and Jillian Abir MacMaster join Nat, Ginny and Zach Clarke to discuss their work in the upcoming exhibition. (& a very special happy birthday to Jillian..) // Morgane's website // Morgane's instagram // Jillian's website // Jillian's instagram // Being Inspired vs. Copying // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Bad Bitches of the Baroque

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 116:11


    Corrie, Nat, Ginny, & Jen feature three baddies of the Baroque: Judith Leyster, Elisabetta Sirani, and Rachel Ruysch. From Judy's eel-wielding Dutch children, to Sirani's big daddy energy, to Ruysch's intricate representations of the natural world - each artist expressed the Baroque style in a unique way. TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 The Bad Boys of the Baroque Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-2-bad-boys-of-the-baroque Artemisia Gentileschi Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-9-artemisia-gentileschi THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Mexico with the Art History Babes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 9:35


    Travel to Mexico City & Oaxaca with the Art History Babes May 29th - June 4th 2022 Trip page goes live July 15th 10 AM PST sign up to get trip updates and take advantage of early bird pricing: https://bit.ly/mexicowitharthistorybabes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Being Inspired vs. Copying

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 89:19


    cor and nat attempt to break down the difference between being inspired by another person's art and outright copying. conversation includes situations between contemporaries, as well as big companies stealing from independent creators. It's a complicated subject, but we cover a lot in this lengthy discussion. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Journeys in Art and Life with Cork Marcheschi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 69:28


    Corrie and Nat are joined by artist, musician, and all around fascinating human, Cork Marcheschi. Cork shares many valuable insights for artists, as well as several art world tales--including that of his serendipitous meeting with Marcel Duchamp. We discuss the merit of “bumping into things”, the tangible relationship of love and literal light, and why “real art needs help”. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Remedios Varo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 104:35


    Cor, Nat, Gin, & Jen take a journey through the life and work of Surrealist artist, Remedios Varo. From casting spells with her lady friends, to sexy adventurous trysts with pilots, to creating an entire body of beautifully complex, mystical, and enchanting work. This woman lived a *life* — and left some incredible art behind for us to gush over. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Virtual Realism #3: Interview with Graphic Designer and Little Blue Alien Paul Kreizenbeck

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 33:14


    Check out Paul's amazing work on his website and Instagram. Get in on the fun with Hold Space for My Tribe to see Paul as a little blue alien. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered, application deadline is May 1st! Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to arthistorybabes@gmail.com, please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Erotic Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 55:30


    Art and sex - it's a topic as expansive as the seas. Corrie, Nat, Ginny, & Jen ponder the precarious line between erotic art and pornography, [enthusiastically] weigh in on Lil Nas X's video for MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), and announce something completely new! Join us at the AHB Center for Erotic Art for the second half of the episode - a discussion of erotic art in Pompeii, Shunga, Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power", and mooooore: https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Virtual Realism Update: Artwork submission deadline extended

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 9:05


    We want to see your submission! Submit by or before May 1st. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to arthistorybabes@gmail.com, please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art History BB: Ambum Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 19:08


    Nat, Corrie, and Ginny discuss the Ambum Stone from the island of New Guinea. Created around 1500 BCE, it’s become well known for its incredible detail, for being one of the oldest sculptures made in Oceania, and because it’s just so darn cute. Watch this episode on youtube. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Social Media Criticism & Searching for the Worst in Creators

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 87:45


    Corrie & Nat talk through a few case studies of contemporary artists being judged harshly on the gram and discuss public shaming, taking responsibility for our own perceptions, and share some of our own experiences with online hate (and tips for dealing with it) Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Virtual Realism #2: Interview with Artist and Curator Kristin Hough

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 42:14


    Check out Kristin's dope paintings and projects on her website. Visit Kristin, Katie Holden and Julian Tan's curatorial project Outback Art House. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to arthistorybabes@gmail.com, please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Click here to submit your artwork to Virtual Realism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Introducing: Virtual Realism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 17:09


    Introducing Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to arthistorybabes@gmail.com, please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    AHB Classic: The Guerrilla Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 64:25


    "The history of art is the history of power." This week's episode examines the feminist activist artist collective, Guerrilla Girls and their creative, smart, and comedic tactics in fighting against discrimination in the art world. Originally Released June 25th, 2016 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Hostile Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 86:24


    Like all forms design, the designing of public spaces is done with careful attention and specific intention. Hostile architecture is a form of public design that sends a particularly aggressive message, often directed towards already marginalized populations. Corrie, Nat, & Ginny discuss the history and current trends in hostile design, and share some ideas for combatting it. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Hot Takes: Drunk History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 94:32


    An homage to an AHB fave and big-time inspiration, Drunk History. All 4 babes countdown their favorite episodes of the show that changed the game for educational history content, and share their favorite boozey episodes of this very podcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art History BB: The Sublime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 19:44


    The Sublime - it's more than just an ska punk band from the 1990s. Join the Babes for an introduction to some basic ideas surrounding the densely philosophical concept of "the sublime" and how this heavy topic relates to art history. We wrote a book! Originally released February 2018 Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Become a patron: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Mind Your Mannerism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 122:39


    The AHB make a valiant attempt at explaining the late renaissance art style that evades definition, Mannerism. We got long necks, day glo color schemes, fruit men, GIANTS. Join us for a journey through some 16th century ~strangeness~. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Smashin' & Slashin' : The Art of Iconoclasm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 73:15


    Religious belief, political dissent, a desire to "warm up a cold painting". All of these are given motives for destroying artwork. Join the Babes as they discuss the various layers of iconoclasm spanning from the religious icons of Byzantium to the "Punched Monet" of 2012. Originally Released October 8th, 2017 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Holiday Kitsch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 139:31


    The AHB are together for some annual holiday magic! Let's deconstruct every element of holiday kitsch you can imagine: psychedelic Christmas lights, vintage plastic light up decorations, subversive snow globes, intentionally absurd merman Santa. Join us for a discussion of the many kitschy aesthetics of Christmas time, and the many layered and complicated emotions they evoke. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Holiday Spooky Corner: Krampus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 52:13


    A festive spooky corner revival! Corrie is joined by spooky Brian Muldoon to discuss the lore surrounding St. Nick's dark servant, Krampus. We take a look at some classic creepy christmas cards, and chat about Krampus in film. Plus a discussion of favorite festive horror flicks. Originally released: December 25th, 2019 Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    She Votes with Bridget Quinn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 63:52


    Ginny chats with the amazing Bridget Quinn: art historian and author of Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (In That Order) (2017) and She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next (2020), published in In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. Tune in for discussions on feminism, how Mary Cassatt was a badass, art education, graduate school and more! Be sure to check out Bridget’s funny, fantastic, and informative books on her website. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art History BB: Malagan Masks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 21:57


    Today's episode of the Art History BB AP Art History series focuses on the Malagan ritual masks of Papua New Guinea. Corrie and Nat discuss the creation, purpose, and ephemerality of this ritual art form. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 104:37


    The Four Horseman aka the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse. Over time, imagery of these four riders has reflected rich and varied interpretation (including our 2020 Halloween costume). The Babes examine each individual Horse Man, discuss some examples from art history, and dive a bit into the apocalyptic anxieties of humans. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Death Portraiture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 129:38


    Victorian era death portraits are an infamously creepy, yet beautiful means of memorializing the deceased. Join the Babes in a discussion of this artistic expression of grief, the ubiquity of Victorian era ghosts, and Frida Kahlo’s death mask. Plus we share our individual death plans! It doesn’t get more intimate than that. LIFE IS SHORT ART IS LONG. (so is this episode.) / Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art and Murder (& Wine) Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 54:34


    Happy Halloween! In part two of the 2018 Halloween special, Jen talks John Wayne Gacy, his creepy clown paintings, and the rise of murderabilia and Corrie recounts the horrific death mask murder that shook the 80s NYC art scene. Warning: this episode contains casual and explicit discussion of murder, violence, and sexual assault. It is not appropriate for children and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Please use your own discretion. Originally Released October 30th, 2019. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art and Murder (& Wine) Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 75:05


    It is the AHB's favorite time of year and that means it's time for another spooky episode! In part one of a two parter on art and murder, the Babes discuss the violent, murderous exploits of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and recount the abusive behaviors and dramatic murder of Stanford White. Originally Released: October 26th, 2018. Warning: this episode contains casual and explicit discussion of murder, violence, and sexual assault. It is not appropriate for children and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Please use your own discretion. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Memento Mori

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 78:29


    There's nothing spookier than thinking about the inevitability of death! The Babes examine reminders of death present in a wide range of art from Dutch vanitas symbolism, to the sugar skulls of Dia de los Muertos, to the formaldehyde-soaked works of Damien Hirst. Life is short, art is long my friends. (Originally Released: October 25th, 2016)/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Talking ‘The Honest Art Dictionary’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 29:48


    The babes gather via zoom to talk about our recently released book: The Honest Art Dictionary: A Jovial Trip Through Art Jargon. Basically, we wrote our first book and we're very excited about it. Each babe reads their favorite passage written by another babe. It's a real good time. (Also available in video form.) Youtube version: https://youtu.be/P_zJefld1b4 Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    More Haunted Art with Happy Harvest Horror Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 86:55


    Crossover Episode! Ginny, Nat, Corrie, and Brian join forces on a full moon to discuss a hodgepodge of various haunted/cursed works of art: stolen artifacts from Pompeii, a Japanese tale of ghostly revenge, spooky stained glass in San Diego, and the curse of the 1976 film "The Omen". Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs Haunted Art Discussion Board: https://www.patreon.com/posts/haunted-art-42564499 Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Haunted Paintings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 55:06


    Prepare to get spooked! Join the Art History Babes as they discuss the mythos surrounding four notable haunted paintings. Warning: listening to this podcast may induce nausea, levitation, mind control experiences (whatever that means), and demonic voices.Originally Released October 16th, 2017 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    welcome to the art history experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 20:32


    art history babes 2.0. learn about the new art history babes patreon experience and our october giveway. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Spooky Corner: Doppelgängers, Evil Twins, Uncanny Doubles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 50:23


    Corrie and Brian coming to you live from Salem, Massachusetts! In episode three of the Spooky Corner series, Corrie & Brian do a deep dive on doppelgängers, evil twins, and uncanny doubles. Mythological history, common (and not so common) incarnations in film, real life ghostly doppelgänger sightings, a possible ghost recording? This episode is a doppel-banger. Originally Released: October 21, 2019 Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Art History BB: Rubens Paints Marie de' Medici

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 29:55


    Gin and Nat discuss the cycle of paintings that Marie de' Medici had commissioned by Peter Paul Rubens to represent momentous events in her life. Particularly, focusing on The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici (c. 1622-1625), the babes talk metaphor, mythology and marriage. Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Check out Happy Harvest Horror Show : https://anchor.fm/hhhs | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: arthistorybabes@gmail.com | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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