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ArtCurious Podcast

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 kil... Read more

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Episode #55: True Crime/Fine Art: Caravaggio the Murderer, and Murdered?

Episode #55: True Crime/Fine Art: Caravaggio the Murderer, and Murdered?

This season we’re learning that true crime and art history are two genres that have smashed together with some fascinati... Read more

14 Oct 2019

32mins

Ranked #2

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Episode #38- Rivals: Manet vs. Degas (Season 3, Episode 7)

Episode #38- Rivals: Manet vs. Degas (Season 3, Episode 7)

This episode receives additional support from Reynolda House Museum of American Art, where you can find one of the natio... Read more

9 Jul 2018

33mins

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Episode #30: Art and Remembrance (Season 2, Episode 10)

Episode #30: Art and Remembrance (Season 2, Episode 10)

It's interesting that literature seems to have cornered the market on artistic depictions of those who experienced the H... Read more

11 Dec 2017

32mins

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Episode #31: Season Finale, Art and WWII- The Long Shadow (Season 2, Episode 11)

Episode #31: Season Finale, Art and WWII- The Long Shadow (Season 2, Episode 11)

World War Two was the bloodiest, biggest, and most destructive war of all time, decimating entire countries and taking t... Read more

25 Dec 2017

24mins

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Episode #32: Rivals- Judith Leyster vs. Frans Hals (Season 3, Episode 1)

Episode #32: Rivals- Judith Leyster vs. Frans Hals (Season 3, Episode 1)

Rivalries are inherently fascinating, because they typically affect not only the individual rivals themselves, but also ... Read more

16 Apr 2018

29mins

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Bonus Episode: When Disney Met Dalí

Bonus Episode: When Disney Met Dalí

Today, we’re uncovering the bizarre artistic love child of Walt Disney and Salvador Dali with their incredible short fil... Read more

9 Sep 2018

19mins

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Episode #40: Shock Art: Sargent's Madame X (Season 4, Episode 1)

Episode #40: Shock Art: Sargent's Madame X (Season 4, Episode 1)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

1 Oct 2018

29mins

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Episode #41: Shock Art: Edouard Manet's Olympia (Season 4, Episode 2)

Episode #41: Shock Art: Edouard Manet's Olympia (Season 4, Episode 2)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

15 Oct 2018

27mins

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Episode #22: Hitler the (Failed) Artist (Season 2, Episode 2)

Episode #22: Hitler the (Failed) Artist (Season 2, Episode 2)

In this episode, we contemplate the way that fine art inspired, affected, and ultimately molded the man who would become... Read more

14 Aug 2017

29mins

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Episode #29: The Monuments Men (Season 2, Episode 9)

Episode #29: The Monuments Men (Season 2, Episode 9)

Ah, Hollywood. Nothing goes further than a big celebrity-studded movie to grab your pop-culture attention and to inspire... Read more

27 Nov 2017

32mins

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CURIOUS CALLBACK: Episode #44, Shock Art: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (Season 4, Episode 5)

CURIOUS CALLBACK: Episode #44, Shock Art: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (Season 4, Episode 5)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

17 Feb 2020

24mins

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Episode #45: Shock Art: Michelangelo's The Last Judgment (Season 4, Episode 6)

Episode #45: Shock Art: Michelangelo's The Last Judgment (Season 4, Episode 6)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

10 Dec 2018

27mins

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Episode #44: Shock Art: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (Season 4, Episode 5)

Episode #44: Shock Art: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (Season 4, Episode 5)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

26 Nov 2018

23mins

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Episode #46: Shock Art: Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Season 4, Episode 7)

Episode #46: Shock Art: Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Season 4, Episode 7)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

24 Dec 2018

24mins

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Episode #42: Shock Art: Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes (Season 4, Episode 3)

Episode #42: Shock Art: Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes (Season 4, Episode 3)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

29 Oct 2018

29mins

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Episode #43: Shock Art: Dürer's Self-Portrait (Season 4, Episode 4)

Episode #43: Shock Art: Dürer's Self-Portrait (Season 4, Episode 4)

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been con... Read more

12 Nov 2018

26mins

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Episode #24: American Propaganda Posters of WWII (Season 2, Episode 4)

Episode #24: American Propaganda Posters of WWII (Season 2, Episode 4)

This episode is all about American World War Two propaganda posters: what they were, who created them, and how America w... Read more

11 Sep 2017

30mins

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Episode #28: The Ghost Army (Season 2, Episode 8)

Episode #28: The Ghost Army (Season 2, Episode 8)

In a time where the arts are ever-undervalued, it is increasingly important for us not just to support the arts in our c... Read more

13 Nov 2017

28mins

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Episode #26: Hitler's Führermuseum (Season 2, Episode 6)

Episode #26: Hitler's Führermuseum (Season 2, Episode 6)

Today, we’re digging into the story behind one of the most significant museums never built-- Hitler’s Fuhrermuseum-- wha... Read more

16 Oct 2017

28mins

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Episode #23: Combat Artists of WWII (Season 2, Episode 3)

Episode #23: Combat Artists of WWII (Season 2, Episode 3)

In the winter of 1945, a World War II infantryman for the United States would be supplied with gear that was to be carri... Read more

28 Aug 2017

28mins

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