Taking a break from writing about astronauts, Tom Wolfe donned his white suit and strolled to the art museums of New York City, letting the incomprehensible literary works of the movement wash over him like a warm bath of clam broth, and producing what, in the words of art critic Rosalind Krauss, "hit the art world like a really bad, MSG-headache-producing, ... Show More
Sep 14
Ep. 72 - Joe Rosenthal's "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" (1945)
“While the men prepared to replace the first flag, I was able to position myself for a picture, the elements of which were composed by the men themselves, and the wind, weather, midday lighting, and the luck of timing.” - Joe Rosenthal, Associated Press At the end of the war in W ... Show More
40m 50s
Apr 2025
Ep. 69 - Yee Sookyung's "Translated Vase" (2011)
“It is not about fixing or mending, but about celebrating the vulnerability of the object and ultimately myself.” - Yee Sookyung
Shattered porcelain is impossible to repair. As impossible as fully, and accurately, reconstructing the past. But who needs that pressure? What if, ins ... Show More
23m 40s
Mar 2024
Navigating Cheesiness, Kitsch, and the Quest for Authenticity: Episode 24 of The Painting Podcast
This episode delves into the fine line between cheesiness, kitsch, and high art. From the pastoral scenes of Gainsborough to the consumer culture critiques of Warhol and the polling experiments of Komar and Melamid, we examine how artists challenge and redefine our notions of tas ... Show More
29m 25s
Apr 2017
18 – Junkspace – Rem Koolhaas & the End of Architecture
A fuzzy empire of blur, a low grade purgatory, a perpetual Jacuzzi with millions of your best friends…
We're discussing Junkspace (2001), Rem Koolhaas's notoriously elliptical wander through the dystopian and formless morass of early 21st retail architecture that seems gradually ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 2021
The Woman in White: Third Epoch, Walter Hartright, Chapter 10, pt. 1
Phoebe reads a chapter a day of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White. Read along. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love. It’s the Radiotopia Spring Fundraiser! Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. Donate today at https://on ... Show More
21m 38s
Dec 2021
Ep 507 - If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino
Sometimes a book is so meta it sort of breaks your brain! How to talk about a book that is all beginnings and no ends? How to discuss a book that enlists You, the Reader, in its chicanery? We try to get on the wavelength with Calvino's text. You be the judge of if we get there. O ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2021
Pablo Picasso: ASMR Critic
On this episode of the show, I critique some of Pablo Picasso's work, in another rendition of The ASMR Critic. We'll look at works such as his self-portrait, Guernica, The Weeping Woman, and more. Listen along as I ramble about some of Picasso's works. Enjoy! --- View / purchase ... Show More
30 m
Jun 2021
The Woman in White: Third Epoch, Walter Hartright, Chapter 9
Phoebe reads a chapter a day of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White. Read along. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love. It’s the Radiotopia Spring Fundraiser! Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. Donate today at https://on ... Show More
31m 42s