She was one of the most recognizable women in the world, her long copper hair filling painting after painting, even if few people knew her name: Fanny Cornforth. Model, muse, and mistress to the most influential artists of the Victorian era, she still had to fight for everything she got. Until, in the end, she lost the one thing she could count on for sure: herself.You can see Fanny in this 1868 painting, "I know a maiden fair to see," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/83645/i-know-a-maiden-fair-to-see-charles-edward-peruginiYou can see the photograph mentioned in this episode--of Fanny, posing beside a mirror--here: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/sa223.rap.html

She was one of the most recognizable women in the world, her long copper hair filling painting after painting, even if few people knew her name: Fanny Cornforth. Model, muse, and mistress to the most influential artists of the Victorian era, she still had to fight for everything she got. Until, in the end, she lost the one thing she could count on for sure: herself. You can see Fanny in this 1868 painting, "I know a maiden fair to see," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/83645/i-know-a-maiden-fair-to-see-charles-edward-perugini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/83645/i-know-a-maiden-fair-to-see-charles-edward-perugini</a> You can see the photograph mentioned in this episode--of Fanny, posing beside a mirror--here: <a href="http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/sa223.rap.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/sa223.rap.html</a>

Finding Fanny: The Model Who Disappeared

He rose from scorn and poverty to become one of the most beloved and wealthy artists in history—the original rebel with a cause, dedicated to showing the world a new way of seeing. But what if Claude Monet's real cause was...Claude Monet? What if his rise was fueled by marketing, myth, and money? Can we still love him anyway?

Making Monet: The Invention of Genius

Simeon Solomon—bold, dashing, and openly queer—is a rising star in the Victorian art world when a scandal in 1873 supposedly forces him into obscurity, a cautionary tale for fans like Oscar Wilde. But the truth is more complicated and only now coming to light, revealing the fate of this forgotten figure as both more tragic and more inspiring.You can see an “allegorical self-portrait” here, from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1686/allegorical-self-portrait-simeon-solomonYou can see his haunting masterwork “Love in Autumn” here: https://arthive.com/artists/1557~Simeon_Solomon/works/9454~Love_in_autumn

Simeon Solomon—bold, dashing, and openly queer—is a rising star in the Victorian art world when a scandal in 1873 supposedly forces him into obscurity, a cautionary tale for fans like Oscar Wilde. But the truth is more complicated and only now coming to light, revealing the fate of this forgotten figure as both more tragic and more inspiring. You can see an “allegorical self-portrait” here, from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1686/allegorical-self-portrait-simeon-solomon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1686/allegorical-self-portrait-simeon-solomon</a> You can see his haunting masterwork “Love in Autumn” here: <a href="https://arthive.com/artists/1557~Simeon_Solomon/works/9454~Love_in_autumn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arthive.com/artists/1557~Simeon_Solomon/works/9454~Love_in_autumn</a>

Dangerous Liaisons: What Happened to the First Queer Art Star?

Truth, beauty, transcendence. For millennia, people think they know the rules of great art. Then, in the 1950s, a guy named Bob breaks every one of them, declaring car tires and Coke bottles and entirely blank canvases part of his art--and, in turn, being declared the greatest artist of his time. As war gives way to optimism, is Robert Rauschenberg offering a weary world a new way of seeing, or is he simply, entertainingly, lucratively bamboozling it?Here, you can see Rauschenberg's 1970 exhibition at Gallery 12, atop Dayton's department store in Minneapolis: https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/currents-daytons-gallery-12Here's an iconic print, commissioned but ultimately rejected by Time magazine in 1969, acquired the following year by the Minneapolis Institute of Art when the museum held a major retrospective of his prints: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7519/signs-robert-rauschenbergAnd here's a boat hauling Rauschenberg's work across Venice for the 1964 Biennale: https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/32nd-venice-biennale

Truth, beauty, transcendence. For millennia, people think they know the rules of great art. Then, in the 1950s, a guy named Bob breaks every one of them, declaring car tires and Coke bottles and entirely blank canvases part of his art--and, in turn, being declared the greatest artist of his time. As war gives way to optimism, is Robert Rauschenberg offering a weary world a new way of seeing, or is he simply, entertainingly, lucratively bamboozling it? Here, you can see Rauschenberg's 1970 exhibition at Gallery 12, atop Dayton's department store in Minneapolis: <a href="https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/currents-daytons-gallery-12" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/currents-daytons-gallery-12</a> Here's an iconic print, commissioned but ultimately rejected by Time magazine in 1969, acquired the following year by the Minneapolis Institute of Art when the museum held a major retrospective of his prints: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7519/signs-robert-rauschenberg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7519/signs-robert-rauschenberg</a> And here's a boat hauling Rauschenberg's work across Venice for the 1964 Biennale: <a href="https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/32nd-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/art/archive/32nd-venice-biennale</a>

How to Break the World

As long as humans have made art, they have made art of naked humans. But why? From Greek gods romping in the buff to saints au naturel to modern “bathing beauties,” it’s the surprising story of a phenomenon as misunderstood as it is ubiquitous.You can see one of Matisse's reclining nudes, mentioned in this episode and a great ab workout, here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1888/large-seated-nude-henri-matisseAnd a photo of the real thing in studio here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4502/henri-matisse-brassaiThe scandalous Caillebotte nude on a couch here: https://collections.artsmia.org/search/CaillebotteOne of many Saint Sebastians here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/47994/saint-sebastian-martin-schongauerAnd last but certainly not least, Dürer's winking image of men at the bath: https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Durer%20bath

As long as humans have made art, they have made art of naked humans. But why? From Greek gods romping in the buff to saints au naturel to modern “bathing beauties,” it’s the surprising story of a phenomenon as misunderstood as it is ubiquitous. You can see one of Matisse's reclining nudes, mentioned in this episode and a great ab workout, here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1888/large-seated-nude-henri-matisse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1888/large-seated-nude-henri-matisse</a> And a photo of the real thing in studio here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4502/henri-matisse-brassai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4502/henri-matisse-brassai</a> The scandalous Caillebotte nude on a couch here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Caillebotte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Caillebotte</a> One of many Saint Sebastians here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/47994/saint-sebastian-martin-schongauer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/47994/saint-sebastian-martin-schongauer</a> And last but certainly not least, Dürer's winking image of men at the bath: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Durer%20bath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Durer%20bath</a>

Revealing History: The Naked and the Nude

The first episode of Season 5 is a story as old as life itself: things fall apart. But what really happened to all those ancient statues missing arms, legs, heads, and other appendages? How have we come to treat them as normal--a normal way of seeing the classical age, like paintings of the Renaissance or black-and-white photos of the 1900s? Have they shaped a perception of the past as more remote, mysterious, and, well, broken than it really was?See some of the battered artworks mentioned in this episode, including the Tiber muse: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1280/the-tiber-muse-graeco-romanA Graeco-Roman torso: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8483/torso-graeco-romanAn ancient Egyptian figure: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1346/striding-figure-ancient-egyptianAnd the Venus de Milo: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010277627

The first episode of Season 5 is a story as old as life itself: things fall apart. But what really happened to all those ancient statues missing arms, legs, heads, and other appendages? How have we come to treat them as normal--a normal way of seeing the classical age, like paintings of the Renaissance or black-and-white photos of the 1900s? Have they shaped a perception of the past as more remote, mysterious, and, well, broken than it really was? See some of the battered artworks mentioned in this episode, including the Tiber muse: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1280/the-tiber-muse-graeco-roman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1280/the-tiber-muse-graeco-roman</a> A Graeco-Roman torso: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8483/torso-graeco-roman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8483/torso-graeco-roman</a> An ancient Egyptian figure: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1346/striding-figure-ancient-egyptian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1346/striding-figure-ancient-egyptian</a> And the Venus de Milo: <a href="https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010277627" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010277627</a>

Breaking Good: The Department of Missing Limbs

Season 5 of The Object begins Monday, March 6! Until then, enjoy this encore presentation of "The Black Musketeer," first broadcast in May 2022. The man behind "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" was one of the richest, most popular authors in the world—an adventurous celebrity who could fight as well as write. But many of Alexandre Dumas’ readers today don’t know that he was Black—or that his best story may have been his own.A portrait of Alexandre Dumas, widely reproduced in his day, was recently acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art:collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/po…eugene-giraudAnother portrait of Dumas in Mia’s collection—younger, dashing, looking a little like Prince: collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/por…hille-deveria

Season 5 of The Object begins Monday, March 6! Until then, enjoy this encore presentation of "The Black Musketeer," first broadcast in May 2022. The man behind "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" was one of the richest, most popular authors in the world—an adventurous celebrity who could fight as well as write. But many of Alexandre Dumas’ readers today don’t know that he was Black—or that his best story may have been his own. A portrait of Alexandre Dumas, widely reproduced in his day, was recently acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="http://collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/po…eugene-giraud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/po…eugene-giraud</a> Another portrait of Dumas in Mia’s collection—younger, dashing, looking a little like Prince: <a href="http://collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/por…hille-deveria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/por…hille-deveria</a>

Encore episode:  The Black Musketeer: A Swashbuckling Tale of Race and Revenge

In 1950, Robert Doisneau takes one of the most iconic photographs of Paris—a young couple kissing on the street—that eventually becomes a global symbol of romance, spontaneity, joie de vivre. But the real story is only now coming to light, a story about the world as it is and the world as we wish it to be.You can see the photograph in question here, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, but be sure to listen before you buy a ticket to Paris: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/11815/le-baiser-du-trottoir-robert-doisneau

In 1950, Robert Doisneau takes one of the most iconic photographs of Paris—a young couple kissing on the street—that eventually becomes a global symbol of romance, spontaneity, joie de vivre. But the real story is only now coming to light, a story about the world as it is and the world as we wish it to be. You can see the photograph in question here, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, but be sure to listen before you buy a ticket to Paris: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/11815/le-baiser-du-trottoir-robert-doisneau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/11815/le-baiser-du-trottoir-robert-doisneau</a>

Bonus episode: When a Kiss is Just a Kiss

Many people dream of finding a masterpiece in the attic, a closet, or a thrift store. In 2007, it happened to a church in a small town, and the story behind the painting is just as curious. It's a special bonus episode to start the new year with good vibes and a question: do you feel lucky? What would you do? Maybe you should listen to find out. You can see the painting mentioned in this episode, "Christus Consolator," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/104894/christus-consolator-ary-scheffer

Many people dream of finding a masterpiece in the attic, a closet, or a thrift store. In 2007, it happened to a church in a small town, and the story behind the painting is just as curious. It's a special bonus episode to start the new year with good vibes and a question: do you feel lucky? What would you do? Maybe you should listen to find out. You can see the painting mentioned in this episode, "Christus Consolator," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/104894/christus-consolator-ary-scheffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/104894/christus-consolator-ary-scheffer</a>

Do You Feel Lucky? A Bonus Episode for the New Year

In 1650, a less-than-holy artist is hired to paint a religious mystery even the pope isn't totally sure about. It's just one part of the Church's plan to counter its enemies with guns, inquisitions, and art, but the mystery—and the artist—will become increasingly popular as a new world threatens to end the old. You can see the grand artwork mentioned in the show here, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1613/the-immaculate-conception-with-saints-francis-of-assisi-and-anthony-of-padua-giovanni-benedetto-castiglione

In 1650, a less-than-holy artist is hired to paint a religious mystery even the pope isn't totally sure about. It's just one part of the Church's plan to counter its enemies with guns, inquisitions, and art, but the mystery—and the artist—will become increasingly popular as a new world threatens to end the old. You can see the grand artwork mentioned in the show here, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1613/the-immaculate-conception-with-saints-francis-of-assisi-and-anthony-of-padua-giovanni-benedetto-castiglione" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1613/the-immaculate-conception-with-saints-francis-of-assisi-and-anthony-of-padua-giovanni-benedetto-castiglione</a>

A Christmas Fable: The Sinner and the Saint

Hosted by Tim Gihring, "The Object" podcast explores the surprising, true stories behind museum objects, touching on immigration, race, and other issues. An object's view of us. (Produced by the Minneapolis Institute of Art)

In the mid-1960s, Richard Avedon is the most famous photographer in the world, redefining fashion and celebrity while becoming an icon himself. But as America is shaken by the war in Vietnam and racial strife, he struggles to reinvent himself as a serious artist, showing the country as it is—not as it pretends to be.You can see more than a dozen of Avedon's most famous photographs, including his portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Dovima with elephants, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Richard%20AvedonYou can see images of his groundbreaking 1970 show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art here: https://www.avedonfoundation.org/minneapolis-institute-of-arts-mn-1970-richard-avedonAnd images of Avedon's very 1960s fashion shoot with Angelica Huston in Ireland here: https://lineargrey.wordpress.com/portfolio/when-anjelica-met-avedon/

In the mid-1960s, Richard Avedon is the most famous photographer in the world, redefining fashion and celebrity while becoming an icon himself. But as America is shaken by the war in Vietnam and racial strife, he struggles to reinvent himself as a serious artist, showing the country as it is—not as it pretends to be. You can see more than a dozen of Avedon's most famous photographs, including his portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Dovima with elephants, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Richard%20Avedon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Richard%20Avedon</a> You can see images of his groundbreaking 1970 show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art here: <a href="https://www.avedonfoundation.org/minneapolis-institute-of-arts-mn-1970-richard-avedon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.avedonfoundation.org/minneapolis-institute-of-arts-mn-1970-richard-avedon</a> And images of Avedon's very 1960s fashion shoot with Angelica Huston in Ireland here: <a href="https://lineargrey.wordpress.com/portfolio/when-anjelica-met-avedon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lineargrey.wordpress.com/portfolio/when-anjelica-met-avedon/</a>

Photographer of Fortune: The Man Who Shot America

In ancient China, a royal sorcerer named Xu Fu is sent with some 60 ships to find the elixir of immortality. But on the second voyage, he and his crew of thousands disappear. Possibly to Japan, legend suggests, where Xu Fu becomes the first emperor. Now, as a Hmong artist explains, one clue to their fate may lie with his people’s own legendary history.You can see the entire 50-painting series of “The Hmong Migration” by Cy Thao, mentioned in this episode, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, including the painting depicting Xu Fu’s voyage:https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89559/5-cy-thao

In ancient China, a royal sorcerer named Xu Fu is sent with some 60 ships to find the elixir of immortality. But on the second voyage, he and his crew of thousands disappear. Possibly to Japan, legend suggests, where Xu Fu becomes the first emperor. Now, as a Hmong artist explains, one clue to their fate may lie with his people’s own legendary history. You can see the entire 50-painting series of “The Hmong Migration” by Cy Thao, mentioned in this episode, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, including the painting depicting Xu Fu’s voyage: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89559/5-cy-thao" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/89559/5-cy-thao</a>

Ghost Ships Of Xu Fu

In 1798, a portrait artist named Joshua Johnson advertises himself as a “self-taught genius.” A few decades later, he will nearly be forgotten. It’s a mystery only now being revealed: the unlikely story of the man sometimes called America’s first Black professional artist. A story of slavery and freedom, racism and redemption, nearly lost to history.You can see Johnson's "Portrait of Richard John Cock," c. 1817, here in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/106096/portrait-of-richard-john-cock-joshua-johnson

In 1798, a portrait artist named Joshua Johnson advertises himself as a “self-taught genius.” A few decades later, he will nearly be forgotten. It’s a mystery only now being revealed: the unlikely story of the man sometimes called America’s first Black professional artist. A story of slavery and freedom, racism and redemption, nearly lost to history. You can see Johnson's "Portrait of Richard John Cock," c. 1817, here in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/106096/portrait-of-richard-john-cock-joshua-johnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/106096/portrait-of-richard-john-cock-joshua-johnson</a>

Lost and Found: The Possibly True Story of America's First Black Artist

As long as people have told stories, we have told stories about animals. Stories of slow turtles and fast rabbits, sly foxes and cunning monkeys, that are really stories about ourselves. But why? What can animals tell us about human nature? And what happens to our fellow creatures when we turn them—in art and literature and myth—into something they’re not?You can see Edwin Landseer’s startling painting of the 17th century fable “The Monkey and the Cat” in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (just don’t show your cat):https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3077/the-cats-paw-sir-edwin-henry-landseer

As long as people have told stories, we have told stories about animals. Stories of slow turtles and fast rabbits, sly foxes and cunning monkeys, that are really stories about ourselves. But why? What can animals tell us about human nature? And what happens to our fellow creatures when we turn them—in art and literature and myth—into something they’re not? You can see Edwin Landseer’s startling painting of the 17th century fable “The Monkey and the Cat” in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (just don’t show your cat): <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3077/the-cats-paw-sir-edwin-henry-landseer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3077/the-cats-paw-sir-edwin-henry-landseer</a>

Seeing Ourselves in Animals: An Unnatural History

Leonora Carrington has never felt at home in her wealthy, conservative family. But when she meets the Surrealists in the 1930s, and runs from everything she knows, it will take everything she has to become the artist and writer she wants to be. Most importantly: her singular imagination, which reveals the world as both more magical and more haunted than most of us care to admit. You can see her feminist take on Surrealism in this painting from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/98514/dear-diary-never-since-we-left-prague-leonora-carrington

Leonora Carrington has never felt at home in her wealthy, conservative family. But when she meets the Surrealists in the 1930s, and runs from everything she knows, it will take everything she has to become the artist and writer she wants to be. Most importantly: her singular imagination, which reveals the world as both more magical and more haunted than most of us care to admit. You can see her feminist take on Surrealism in this painting from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/98514/dear-diary-never-since-we-left-prague-leonora-carrington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/98514/dear-diary-never-since-we-left-prague-leonora-carrington</a>

Escape Velocity: The Woman Who Left the World

No one lives forever. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying, and for a long time the noble way to avoid getting old and dying was to avoid getting old at all: the Greek notion of the “glorious death” that confers immortality in battle. It’s an idea that resurfaces throughout history—until it meets its match in a war of many deaths and little glory.You can see “Kiss of Victory,” the sculpture that kicks off this episode and launched the career of Sir Alfred Gilbert, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/2279/kiss-of-victory-sir-alfred-gilbert

No one lives forever. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying, and for a long time the noble way to avoid getting old and dying was to avoid getting old at all: the Greek notion of the “glorious death” that confers immortality in battle. It’s an idea that resurfaces throughout history—until it meets its match in a war of many deaths and little glory. You can see “Kiss of Victory,” the sculpture that kicks off this episode and launched the career of Sir Alfred Gilbert, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/2279/kiss-of-victory-sir-alfred-gilbert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/2279/kiss-of-victory-sir-alfred-gilbert</a>

How to Live Forever (or Die Trying)

The man behind "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" was one of the richest, most popular authors in the world—an adventurous celebrity who could fight as well as write. But many of Alexandre Dumas’ readers today don’t know that he was Black—or that his best story may have been his own.A portrait of Alexandre Dumas, widely reproduced in his day, was recently acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art:https://collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/portrait-of-alexandre-dumas-pere-pierre-francois-eugene-giraudAnother portrait of Dumas in Mia’s collection—younger, dashing, looking a little like Prince: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/portrait-of-alexander-dumas-achille-deveria

The man behind "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" was one of the richest, most popular authors in the world—an adventurous celebrity who could fight as well as write. But many of Alexandre Dumas’ readers today don’t know that he was Black—or that his best story may have been his own. A portrait of Alexandre Dumas, widely reproduced in his day, was recently acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/portrait-of-alexandre-dumas-pere-pierre-francois-eugene-giraud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/142671/portrait-of-alexandre-dumas-pere-pierre-francois-eugene-giraud</a> Another portrait of Dumas in Mia’s collection—younger, dashing, looking a little like Prince: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/portrait-of-alexander-dumas-achille-deveria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/54426/portrait-of-alexander-dumas-achille-deveria</a>

Black Musketeer: A Swashbuckling Tale of Race and Revenge

In the 1970s, Georgia O’Keeffe is supposedly the hermit savant of the New Mexico badlands, rarely heard and seldom seen, even as the outside world can’t get enough of her enigmatic art. But when curators, journalists, and even the FBI come calling, it seems the head ghost of Ghost Ranch is the host with the most—and hardly ever alone. A fresh look at a myth we can’t stop believing.You can see one of O'Keeffe's badlands pictures, "Black Place I," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/119128/black-place-i-georgia-okeeffeAlso, one of her iconic views from Ghost Ranch, "Pedernal--From the  Ranch #1": https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1554/pedernal-from-the-ranch-1-georgia-okeeffeAnd a photograph of her with husband Alfred Stieglitz: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1973/stieglitz-and-okeeffe-arnold-newman

In the 1970s, Georgia O’Keeffe is supposedly the hermit savant of the New Mexico badlands, rarely heard and seldom seen, even as the outside world can’t get enough of her enigmatic art. But when curators, journalists, and even the FBI come calling, it seems the head ghost of Ghost Ranch is the host with the most—and hardly ever alone. A fresh look at a myth we can’t stop believing. You can see one of O'Keeffe's badlands pictures, "Black Place I," in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/119128/black-place-i-georgia-okeeffe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/119128/black-place-i-georgia-okeeffe</a> Also, one of her iconic views from Ghost Ranch, "Pedernal--From the Ranch #1": <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1554/pedernal-from-the-ranch-1-georgia-okeeffe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1554/pedernal-from-the-ranch-1-georgia-okeeffe</a> And a photograph of her with husband Alfred Stieglitz: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1973/stieglitz-and-okeeffe-arnold-newman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1973/stieglitz-and-okeeffe-arnold-newman</a>

Hiding in Plain Sight: The O’Keeffe We Never Knew

(Season 4 premiere) It’s one of the largest jade sculptures in the world, a 640-pound mountain commissioned by the Chinese emperor. But in 1901, in the ugly aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, it ends up leaving China with an American diplomat—only to resurface on the dinner table of a lumber baron. It’s a story of power and scandal, a story as old as stone: can anyone be king of the hill for long?You can see "Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion" here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4324/jade-mountain-illustrating-the-gathering-of-scholars-at-the-lanting-pavilion-china

(Season 4 premiere) It’s one of the largest jade sculptures in the world, a 640-pound mountain commissioned by the Chinese emperor. But in 1901, in the ugly aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, it ends up leaving China with an American diplomat—only to resurface on the dinner table of a lumber baron. It’s a story of power and scandal, a story as old as stone: can anyone be king of the hill for long? You can see "Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion" here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4324/jade-mountain-illustrating-the-gathering-of-scholars-at-the-lanting-pavilion-china" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/4324/jade-mountain-illustrating-the-gathering-of-scholars-at-the-lanting-pavilion-china</a>

King of Hills: The Mountain That Came to Dinner

In 1852, Harriet Hosmer packs her pistol, her anatomy degree, and two pictures of a sculpture she made and moves to Rome. There, among other “emancipated women” in the expat colony, she becomes one of the world’s most famous artists. But it’s the spirit world that truly calls to her, the realm of the dead that she channels through clairvoyance and seances. So what happens when she answers? (This episode first aired in June 2021.  New season begins March 14.)You can see Hosmer's remarkably tender sculpture of Medusa, now on view in the "Supernatural America" exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, in the online collection: collections.artsmia.org/art/81074/med…oodhue-hosmer

In 1852, Harriet Hosmer packs her pistol, her anatomy degree, and two pictures of a sculpture she made and moves to Rome. There, among other “emancipated women” in the expat colony, she becomes one of the world’s most famous artists. But it’s the spirit world that truly calls to her, the realm of the dead that she channels through clairvoyance and seances. So what happens when she answers? (This episode first aired in June 2021. New season begins March 14.) You can see Hosmer's remarkably tender sculpture of Medusa, now on view in the "Supernatural America" exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, in the online collection: <a href="http://collections.artsmia.org/art/81074/med…oodhue-hosmer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collections.artsmia.org/art/81074/med…oodhue-hosmer</a>

Life After Life: The Psychic Sculptor (encore episode)

Love the show and the context it gives us for art we can see tomorrow, for free.

Fantastic historical snapshots

Fun and informative. Music maybe a little too loud and distracting.

Fun and informative

The Object

Yoshitoshi is poised to be the greatest artist of the Floating World, the semi-fictional universe of sex and style in old Japan. But when Japan opens to the West, in the 1850s, Yoshitoshi struggles to adapt. And the ghosts he conjures become colorful symbols of a vanishing way of life.If you're an anime enthusiast, a fan of old Japan, or just into beguiling beauty wherever you find it, you're going to love Yoshitoshi. Find him here: https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Yoshitoshi

Yoshitoshi is poised to be the greatest artist of the Floating World, the semi-fictional universe of sex and style in old Japan. But when Japan opens to the West, in the 1850s, Yoshitoshi struggles to adapt. And the ghosts he conjures become colorful symbols of a vanishing way of life. If you're an anime enthusiast, a fan of old Japan, or just into beguiling beauty wherever you find it, you're going to love Yoshitoshi. Find him here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Yoshitoshi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/search/Yoshitoshi</a>

Spirited Away: The Incredible Ghosts of Yoshitoshi

Elizabeth Catlett, the granddaughter of enslaved African-Americans, is a struggling artist at the height of Jim Crow. But when she moves to Mexico City in 1946, she finds love, inspiration, and eventually fame. There's just one catch: she can't come home. Check out her work in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7890/sharecropper-elizabeth-catlett

Elizabeth Catlett, the granddaughter of enslaved African-Americans, is a struggling artist at the height of Jim Crow. But when she moves to Mexico City in 1946, she finds love, inspiration, and eventually fame. There's just one catch: she can't come home. Check out her work in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7890/sharecropper-elizabeth-catlett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7890/sharecropper-elizabeth-catlett</a>

Young, Gifted, and Gone: The Woman Who Never Came Back

In 1666, Rembrandt painted a masterpiece that disappeared almost as soon as he finished it. Where it went, and what it meant to its various owners, is as fascinating as the question it begs: how can people be so tender and also so cruel?

Gone Girl: The Case of the Missing Rembrandt

He was the ideal man. Handsome, strapping, with unreal proportions. But ancient statues like the Doryphoros originally looked much different, a revelation that is slowly upending long-held assumptions about race and art in the classical world. And not a moment too soon to confront the dangerous claims of white supremacists. You can see a 3D model of the Doryphoros statue here: skfb.ly/6KZOH. You can read more about it here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3520/the-doryphoros-italy. And read more here about the scholars cited in this episode, who are confronting the abuse of antiquity by hate groups: https://bit.ly/2YRG5GZ

He was the ideal man. Handsome, strapping, with unreal proportions. But ancient statues like the Doryphoros originally looked much different, a revelation that is slowly upending long-held assumptions about race and art in the classical world. And not a moment too soon to confront the dangerous claims of white supremacists. You can see a 3D model of the Doryphoros statue here: <a href="http://skfb.ly/6KZOH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skfb.ly/6KZOH</a>. You can read more about it here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3520/the-doryphoros-italy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/3520/the-doryphoros-italy</a>. And read more here about the scholars cited in this episode, who are confronting the abuse of antiquity by hate groups: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YRG5GZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YRG5GZ</a>

True Colors: The Truth About "White" Classical Art

Kehinde Wiley, long before he painted President Obama's official portrait, went to Brazil. There, he was inspired by a monument to the great aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, whose incredible, tragic life is as forgotten in the United States as it is celebrated almost everywhere else. You can see the monument here: https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/fotografias/GEBIS%20-%20RJ/rj39822.jpgAnd you can see the painting discussed in this episode here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/107241/santos-dumont-the-father-of-aviation-ii-kehinde-wiley

Kehinde Wiley, long before he painted President Obama's official portrait, went to Brazil. There, he was inspired by a monument to the great aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, whose incredible, tragic life is as forgotten in the United States as it is celebrated almost everywhere else. You can see the monument here: <a href="https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/fotografias/GEBIS%20-%20RJ/rj39822.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/fotografias/GEBIS%20-%20RJ/rj39822.jpg</a> And you can see the painting discussed in this episode here: <a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/107241/santos-dumont-the-father-of-aviation-ii-kehinde-wiley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collections.artsmia.org/art/107241/santos-dumont-the-father-of-aviation-ii-kehinde-wiley</a>

Flying Too Close to the Sun

When World War II began, nothing seemed capable of slowing the Nazis. Except a very fast, very unusual Czech automobile called the Tatra. A poignant story of poetic justice, grace in wartime, and the utopian future that wasn't.

Fast and Furious: The Car That Killed Nazis

In the 1920s, the sculptural image of Shiva Nataraja--the Hindu god Shiva as the cosmic dancer, ensuring the cycle of life--suddenly becomes a museum must-have. As India strives for independence, the image comes to symbolize something of the nascent nation itself.

Lord of the Dance: An Indian Icon Goes Global

Long ago, when everyone but your dog was a potential assassin, you needed to protect yourself by any means necessary. Starting with poison-proof silverware. A surprising story of art, myth, and the dangerous world that was.

How to Stop an Assassin

An assistant curator decides to x-ray a 3,000-year-old mummy case, to learn if anything’s in there, and sees more than he bargained for. The international mystery would change his life — and the fate of the mummy.

X-ray Man and the Great Mummy Mystery

There were wolves and caribou on the Minnesota frontier when John Scott Bradstreet arrived with his white suits and Far East fantasies of furniture, determined to elevate this outpost with fine interior design. A globalist mission on a collision course with history.

Fellowship of the Things

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best Episodes: Interesting Stories & Things

The best podcast episodes about true crime. For any thrill seeking podcast listeners who just can't get enough of the captivating stories of murderers and criminals. This topic has all the best episodes from many different true crime podcasts.  Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!