One Last Time! This is our final episode of Artpop Talk and we're not crying, you're crying. Join us at Sad Girl Central Station to catch the train to memory lane, as we recap the last three years of our favorite Artpop Talk moments. But before we start sobbing, we are sharing one last Art Newzz segment in light of Gretta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie movie.  To our dearest Artpop Tarts, thank you for talking with us on Tuesdays. 💗🎙️

Women’s Art Wednesday is back on APT! Co-Founders of @Womensartwednesday Jane and Paloma tell us about their favorite nuns throughout history! Intellectual baddies include: Hildegard von Bingen, Herrad of Landsberg, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. The big theme: not all nuns are the same nun.For more Artpop Talk, click HERE. 

The Italians have taken over the MET GALA. We recap all the looks from this year's met gala carpet. The good, the bad, the controversial... or not?  Was there hidden pushback from celebs? Yes? No? These conspiracy queens break it all down.For more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

We're welcoming back Jane Thompson co-founder of @womensartwednesday! As 2023 brides, Jane and Gianna discuss brides throughout art and pop history. Jane introduces us to the hella symbolism in the Arnolfini Portrait, the wedding gift that is Birth of Venus, what is presumed to be the first wedding portrait captured through photography, and more! In the later half of the episode, we take a closer look at iconic brides from royals, celebrities, and fictional characters.For more Women's Art Wednesday, click HERE.For more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

Calling all Artpop Tarts! Tune in for this episode of Artpop Talk — your cohosts have some big newz to share! We'll also discuss papal drip and our David who has recently taken heat for his lack of modesty... For more Artpop Talk, click HERE. 

In today's episode, we chat with Parks and Nebula from the Fandames pod. From cosplay to comics, these dames talk about fandom across the board. You can listen to the Fandames pod HERE. For more Fandames' content on Patreon, click HERE.Find the Fandames on Instagram.For more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

This episode is a mini Artpop Talk! We bring you two art news stories, but we also give you the highlights from Gianna’s bachelorette party weekend! This story has everything… head trauma, taxidermy, drag queens, and more!To watch Yatika Starr Fields' video, click HERE.For more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

You know him, you love him, you're a big Dischordia fan... that's right Josh Turner is back for a special episode of Drunk Josh Thoughts. Gianna and Josh talk about... a lot of stuff... and then Bianca attempts to play a trivia game with them. You can also watch this episode on our YouTube channel.Want even more Artpop Talk? Click HERE. 

This is shaping up to be the most dramatic season of APT yet, all thanks to this episode on the history of bachelor and bachelorette parties! There won't be any roses to hand out… but we will be offering up our hot takes on recent public art installments in our Art Newz segment.For more APT, click here!

APT is back with our hot takes on the nepotism baby discussion. Sorry to burst your APT bubble, but nepo babies are nothing new. In this episode we look at nepo babies through art history and deconstruct the “self-made artist” and the “nepotism baby” together. We also recap the New York Times article, to take a deeper look at how nepotism is being critiqued, specifically within creative / high profile fields.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

Bianca and Gianna wrap up 2022 with some art historical and pop cultural discussions of the past year. They begin with some art news on the Balenciaga drama, and later on they play a leeetle 2022 Q&A game. Talk to you in 2023! Resources: Diet Prada Balenciaga postHarriet GillettFor more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

Special guest @lynwhoher is BACK!! In this episode we ask Lyn (our APT spooky expert) her hot takes on Pearl, Blonde, Don’t Worry Darling, Hocus Pocus 2, and more!Go back and listen to Lyn's first appearance on APT where she tells us all about the "final girl" theory. For more Artpop Talk, click HERE.

Ready for another mega art news?? In this week's episode we disucss more climate protests at art museums, the 2023 Met Gala theme, and of course a little AI. For more Artpop Talk, click HERE. 

Artpop Talk brings on its crush, culturala Art Theory Journal editor, Maria Kruglyak. @m.kruglyak is a writer, researcher, and art theorist, who runs @culturalajournal collaboratively, with a team of six and a network of different artists and writers from around the globe.  Maria has worked as an editor and writer for independent art publications and publishing houses since completing her MA in History of Art at SOAS, University of London. She’s spent the past nine months working with environmental art in a paid internship at MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon. (Just a few reasons why we are obsessed).  We cannot wait for you to meet this longtime friend/community partner of the podcast and listen to our conversation on self-starting a platform, burnout, and hot takes on finding your path in the arts.Want even more Artpop Talk? Click HERE.

In this Artpop Talk, we are joined by author and writer Erin Fuller (aka E.C. Fuller). We ask Erin about her relationship with art, BookTok, the pros of social media, and her young-adult fiction trilogy. Our visual learners will love this writer's hot take on “judging books by their covers” and learning about her working relationship with book illustrators.Keep up with Erin by following @Longhandhabits on TikTok. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

In preparation for spooky season, this episode is all about fear. We talk about the fears of today (and fears experienced by your co-hosts) that are exploited within pop culture by taking a closer look at House of the Dragon and She-Hulk. We think critically about the relationship of fandom and violence and how contemporary fears are used to drive TV plot lines.Taking fear back to its roots, we look at the use of fear in art history as a visual tool of propaganda in religion, politics, entertainment, and storytelling. CONTENT WARNING. When discussing House of the Dragon, we talk about violence against women and child bearers and bodily freedoms concerning abortion.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

In this Artpop Talk, we are joined by special guest Daria Foner. Foner speaks to her time working at the Morgan Library & Museum and the institution’s iconic first woman librarian, Belle Da Costa Greene. We also chat about her current position with Sotheby’s Old Master Painting Department... and we know the Artpop Tarts will love this auction house content. Daria is an art historian and native New Yorker. She completed her Ph.D. at Columbia University, where her dissertation, "Collaborative Endeavours in the Career of Andrea del Sarto," focused on the creative practices of sixteenth-century Florentine visual and performing artists. Prior to joining the Sotheby's Old Master Paintings Department, she worked at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. She previously held curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Frick Collection and contributed to exhibitions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Columbia University’s Wallach Gallery. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

APT is finally back from Summer Break and ready to get into everything we missed while we were away. This episode is  MEGA ART NEWZ as we dive into the hot topics of the summer from climate change protests in museums, to being teased by the British Government over the repatriation of the Parthenon Sculptures, replica making robots, and a bit of light art trafficking. We've also got some big housekeeping updates. We're so excited to talk to you think Tusday!  For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Hot girl summer is out, coastal grandmother summer is in! ☀️👩‍🌾 In our last episode of the season, we look at the Nancy Meyers inspired aesthetic trend to prepare you for summer! We discuss the trend’s origins and it’s connection to fantasy environments in rom coms.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

We love a good part 2! In this Artpop Talk we are diving back into THE momentous moment of the 2022 Met Gala where Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s actual dress. The water is a little frigid🥶 now that pop culture, museums, and private institutions are speaking about the use of this historic garment. We highly recommend staying with us for this wildly fascinating conversation on the second APT appearance of this iconic dress.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

You guys, this is the BIG ONE! We are very excited to announce our special guest Beatrice Levine, Creator of @culturequota! In this interview of our APT DREAMS, we speak with Beatrice about her art history thesis “Visual Culture of 21st Century Pop and Hip-Hop” which started her art and pop journey on social media, lead her to create her apparel line @glamourandhoney, and dive into her expanding research currently focusing on art and cultural restitution.  Get to know this lip gloss wearing, Sister Wendy Beckett loving, OG art history content creator! You can also watch the interview on our YouTube Channel! For 10% off your order at Glamour & Honey, use code ARTPOPTALK at checkout.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

This week Bianca and Gianna recap this year's Gilded Glamour theme at The Met Gala! Plus we throw in a little art news update, because you know APT loves a good part II. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

In addition to this artful personal advice episode, in our CHITTY CHATTY segment we talk about the new Netflix Documentary “White Hot— The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch” and Hulu’s The Kardashians.For ART NEWSSS we take a look at the board members at James Madison’s Montpelier who are stripping power-sharing status from the Montpelier Descendants Committee, a group representing African Americans who trace their roots to the community and the termination of staff members who publicly opposed the board’s vote.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

This week's episode is all about eggs! That’s right.. eggs! From Fabergé and pysanky to folklore, children’s books, and memes! For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Florals…for Spring….. groundbreaking? Who is the villain, Miranda Priestly or APT sisters for doing such a basic episode?! Find out in this episode where we talk about florals in cinema, fashion, and art history!For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

This week we're continuing the conversation from our "She's Not Well" episode about job hunting in the arts. We brought on two of our personal favorite art and life friends who have some amazing thoughts on making a major transition such as this. For 30% off your first three months at Zencastr, go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code artpoptalk0.To receive 2 months of fee-free investing from Vinovest, go to zen.ai/artpoptalk.Audrey Kominski on InstagramSami Lucas on Instagram For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Gianna has come back from Greece  and is ready to talk about all the fun visual / art history easter eggs she came across while traveling! This episode is a fun filled mess to welcome you back from spring break! We are looking at extra airplane safety videos, Minecraft and death trees, asking the question “what is authentic?” AND MORE! For 30% off your first three months at Zencastr, go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code artpoptalk0.To receive 2 months of fee-free investing from Vinovest, go to zen.ai/artpoptalk.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

While our dear Gianna is returning from her Greece trip, we have a reissue of our Great Women Artists episode from March of 2021 in celebration of Women's History Month. In this week's episode, we are highlighting and celebrating five iconic women that we haven’t talked about on the pod yet: Shirin Neshat, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Juliana Huxtable, Empress Theodora, and Rokudenashiko.Check out this episode of the Great Women Artists podcast where Katy Hessel interviews Shirin Neshat.https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com For 30% off your first three months at Zencastr, go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code artpoptalk0.To receive 2 months of fee-free investing from Vinovest, go to zen.ai/artpoptalk.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

We all know there's so much going on in the world at this moment. It's difficult to be feeling so many feelings all at the same time, and this episode speaks to Bianca's feelings about switching careers. The job hunt (on top of our state of the world) is causing your girl to crack, and we just wanted to talk to our closest friends about it. We love all of you, and appreciate everything you do for us, including just listening to a girl who needs you. For 30% off your first three months at Zencastr, go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code artpoptalk0.To receive 2 months of fee-free investing from Vinovest, go to zen.ai/artpoptalk.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

You might think this episode is your art influencer summit, but we call it trivia with Women's Art Wednesday. Writers and account creators of Women’s Art Wednesday, Paloma and Jane, sit down with APT to tell us about the origin of their project and their new book launching March 9th! Plus they school the APT sisters in a wicked game of women's art and pop trivia. For more about Women's Art Wednesday, AKA to buy their amazing book, click HERE. For 30% off your first three months at Zencastr, go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code artpoptalk0. To receive 2 months of fee-free investing from Vinovest, go to zen.ai/artpoptalk.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

This week's episode is a special surprise, with the Boys of APT hosting a talk all about the labors of love. They think about love as both a philosophical and financial phenomenon. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

If you liked last week's episode, we’re keeping the thematic ball rolling with a conversation on Mascots! (Did you like our spots pun). Where did they come from? Why are they a thing? And why do they have such a distinct look about them? Hint hint, wink wink, it’s capitalism central station. All aboard! For 10% off your order at Glamour & Honey, use code ARTPOPTALK at checkout. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

We can all agree, way too much ART NEWS happened last week… So in this episode, we are bringing you MEGA ART NEWS—giving you our hot takes on three stories including, M&M’s and Mini Mouse’s new looks and the new gaming phenomenon Wordle. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

Did anyone else notice the lamp in Ned’s grandma’s house in the new Spider-Man Movie?? We ask Boy of APT Andrew James all the obscure pop-culture questions in this TRIVIA episode. A note that the first section of audio is not up to our usual standards. The audio does improve at the 30.45 mark. We appreciate your patience and we're sorry if this listening experience isn't as fun as usual. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

We owe this episode to the Spotify curated playlist, y2k, where music and nostalgia work in tandem to uncover unconscious memories!  Get ready to explore modes of expression through narratives of sound art and visuals!For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

With great power comes great responsibility, which is why we are back and sober with an episode on image rights. We’re looking at the most interesting cases of image controversy, and ending with an artpop talk on the new spider-man movie– its image rights on the character as it relates to the new Marvel film. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

We are back with the episode you’ve been waiting for… Drunk Art History! You can watch us try to answer your questions on our YouTube channel, or listen like normal anywhere you get your podcasts! For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Ho ho ho! This episode of Artpop Talk is about the Big Man, Scott Calvin, Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Pere Noel, Babbo Natale, SANTA CLAUS… and the evolution of the “Santa aesthetic” that we know today. Bianca will also be talking with us about her recent trip to the Arthur M Sackler Museum at Harvard, The Harvard Museum of Natural History, and The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Hope you all did your homework by watching Hulu's Dopesick because we are talking about the Sackler family and their relationship with the arts. More specifically Bianca takes us through a chapter of her thesis on The Dinner Party and discusses The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art— the person who acquired the piece and the space it is permanently housed in. Stick around to listen to our thoughts on how art was used as a tool to suggest the Sackler’s status and how acts of protest took place in influential museum spaces both IRL and in the show.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

We're back from the break and in this week's episode, we are recapping House of Gucci with APT Fashion Expert, Giuliana Porro. Giuliana joins us for her third episode to share not only her thoughts on the film, but gives us some history on the looks from the famed fashion house. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

Get ready to FEAST on some Artpop Talk knowledge about radical hospitality and futurist cuisine! In this episode, we are wining and dining the tartlets with the bounty of still lives and the ornamentation of the dinner table. We will question how and where we share meals and who we get to share those meals with. Considering your place at the table as a viewer and participant in the holiday, stick around to listen to our discussion on “The Last Thanks” by artist Wendy Red Star.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

When I was a young boy…. I stuffed my face with turkey and watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This episode is all things parade, starting with victory marches and Triumphal Arches and the Panathenaic Procession. Pop Culture will lend itself to parade commercialism, floats, bands, balloons, and angsty teenager fandom.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.  

In celebration of Día de los Muertos we are joined by Dr. Cristina Cruz González to talk about the visual legacy of the holiday and the importance of the spectral within visual cultural. This episode is a haunting reminder that even though the spooky season is coming to an end, we are constantly engaging with ghosts.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

In this finale of Artloween, we are joined by the very best Final Girl a horror film could ask for. Lyn Broyles is a writer and academic whose focuses include the intersection of gender and horror in film. She talks with us about the inherent queerness within the horror genre and the trope of the final girl. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

In this ARTloween episode we are talking about taxidermy with emerging museum student and researcher Foster W. Krupp! We discusses how taxidermy is understood through a museum studies lens and their “creep factor.”  For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

Here on APT we’ve talked about fandom and we’ve talked about cults, so in this episode we’re inviting you to... come up to our lab and see what’s on the slab! This marks our second discussion in this year’s Artloween series, and we are diving into Halloween cult and camp. What makes a film a cult classic and how some of our most cherished haunted films, have a certain campiness about them? From Rocky Horror, to Jennifer’s Body we don't want to leave you in antici….pation…..! For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Kitsch or Treat!  This episode marks the beginning of ARTloween here at APT, starting with defining the complexity of Kitsch and its use durning the spooky season! For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

This week we are talking about the visual history of Drag, and more specifically, our everyday consumption of it! From makeup tutorials to slang, to even a particular Disney Villain. Drag may hold a larger presence in pop than you realize. And in the complete opposite direction of drag, we’re jumping into a metaphorical pile of leaves with some fall themed art news.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

This week we are throwing some white suburban woman energy into art history…(we know you all just LOVE that) because we are discussing the artist behind the Rae Dunn brand - the thing Live/Laugh/Love sign collectors can’t get enough of. We also give an updated assessment to some of last week's Met Gala looks. And in Art News, we're talking about the shimmering wrapping of Paris' Arc de Triomphe. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Did you watch The Met Gala!? We've been waiting for art history and pop-culture's biggest night for some time now... This episode is all things “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion!” Thanks to an Artpop Tart, we're also diving into the works of Anna Marie Tendler in Art News. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye….. This week we will introduce Queen Lila, aka Queen Halsey, in our discussion of the film and album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.” Get ready to talk about all things Madonna and Child, Lilith, stories of creation and death, and the horrors and power of childbirth. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

All aboard at Sad Girl Central Station because the STEAM train has arrived! 🚂 This week we are joined by APT sister and photographer, Adrienne Turner, who is also a curriculum and instruction specialist for PreK-12th grade! Adrienne talks about the history of STEM and foundational learning, “pullout” and gifted programs, and elective classes. Most importantly we learn why STEAM allows for true interdisciplinary learning!For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Boy of APT and variant Andrew James is back and ready to talk all things Loki and Black Widow! We discuss the retro-futurist aesthetics of the TVA and our concerns following the release of Scar Jo’s solo super heroine debut. We break the sacred timeline  by continuing our discussion on the Marvel franchise post-WandaVision. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Ready for an Artpop RANT?! In this episode we’re ranting about some of the art that we actually don’t like so much. From Gilmore Girls and Kiki Smith to Italian Futurism and their “original” movement. We’re asking questions like: why aren’t we allowed to say we don’t like a work of art? What are the benefits of art historical critique? And how could art education benefit from embracing hating on some art?For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.For 50% off your first Harvest, use code APT50 at hungryharvest.net.

Welcome back to Artpop Talk! This episode is all things Olympic! Starting with chariot racing competitions in the Byzantine Empire, history will lend itself well when looking at the politicization of sports entertainment and athletes, both past and present. Diving into the visuals from our current Olympic season, we talk about clothing contacts from Skims to Ralph Lauren, Olympic architecture, and its repercussions on human displacement. We are also so excited to share with you a code for 50% off your first Harvest at hungryharvest.net when you sign up with promo code APT50. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

We are wrapping up June with friend of APT and Printmaker, Jennifer Johnson— an artist who focuses on queer and figurative abstraction AND is currently teaching and pursuing a MFA in Printmaking at Indiana University. Don’t forget that we are taking the month of July off, to work on some exciting projects we have in store at APTHQ! Listen to this episode for a lilllte bit of homework while enjoying your hot girl summer.For more of Jenn's work, click HERE.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

This week we are joined by Onyx Montes— A museum educator and cultural worker to talk about her project, Salary Transparency! Onyx shares her insights and research on how museums and artistic environments can become salary transparent, the wage gap in creative fields, and “the fear” that enables us to share our salaries and advocate for higher pay!See more of Onyx's work HERE!!For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.For more on Kimberly Drew, click HERE.For Her First 100K and the Financial Feminist podcast, click HERE.

Get ready for your Tuesday to be a little brighter with one of the Artpop Tart’s favorite segments, Josh Thoughts! Josh and Gianna discuss the themes and musicality behind Dischordia's upcoming album “Triptych.” Gianna then shares a lillltle landscape theory, tied to historic narratives rooted in spirituality, religion, and nature when creating the cover art for the band! For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. For Dischordia's site and upcoming shows, click HERE.

This week's Artpop BARK comes with a very esteemed guest, Dr. Elisabeth Green! Dr. Green is a veterinarian working in emergency medicine, and happens to be Bianca’s bestie. Elisa sits down with Bianca to discuss all things animal! We look at the history of animal portraiture, and how the pop-visual culture of animals impacts those working in a scientific field. We also recap the Friends reunion, and play a little game of “guess the painting in my Animal Crossing museum.” For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

This week, we're talking “Performative Pride!” While LGBTQ+ programming in museums is essential, sometimes artistic spaces fall into the same trap of performative Pride--similar to what we see in many commercial Pride campaigns. We play a little game inspired by a TikTok that critiques this year’s pride merch and then discuss museums’ role in Pride.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

Howdy Y’all! This week we have an Artpop Talk with artist Dan Lynh Pham! Join us as we discuss Pham’s work, which focuses on her ongoing fascination with her identity, socialization, and the construction of culture. She aims to redefine what it means to be an Asian American woman. In art news this week we also talk about the two-year closure of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the firing of of 27 employees from the National Gallery. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.For Dan Lynh Pham's Instagram, click HERE. And you can visit her store at https://stillmill.store.For the PBS documentary, Asian Americans, click HERE.

This artpop talk features a blind reaction to fragrance commercials between Bianca and APT cousin and fashion expert, Giuliana Porro. They discuss the aesthetics, visual narratives, and formulas of fragrance commercials that Gianna has picked out for them. Head over to our YouTube channel to watch their video!To watch the blind react video on our YouTube channel, click HERE.For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE.

In this week's episode, we take some specific examples of monuments and considering their purpose. We also look at the differences between memorials, public art, and earth art. For all of this week's resources, click HERE.For Timory's Instagram, click HERE.

In this episode of Artpop Talk we are recapping Bianca’s experience, visiting the Public Washrooms at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. The intention of the Washrooms have been long standing in showcasing artistic exploration and collaboration between art and industrial design within the manufacturing company. However, considering two of their Washrooms “The Women’s Room” and “The Social History of Architecture,” we flush out our thoughts on the power and identity concepts that perpetuate highly constructed gendered, exclusive, and cliché spaces by the institution and the artists. For all of Artpop Talk's resources, click HERE. 

In this week's episode we are not only recapping the 93rd Academy Awards, but we are also celebrating one year of ARTPOP TALK! This week's art news covers the latest announcement for the hopeful 2021 Met Gala and Roxane Gay's new interest in collecting art. Get all of Artpop Talk's resources HERE. 

Today we are joined by THREE special guests— The Spotlight Artists for the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's Momentum 2021 exhibition. Momentum annually features Oklahoma artists ages 30 years and younger, working in diverse media. The exhibition presents a diversified look at young artistic talent across the state of Oklahoma. Get ready to meet Marium Rana, Amber L. DuBoise-Shepherd, and Andrea Duran-Cason for a discussion about their experience creating new work for the show.For the Momentum website, click HERE.For all of Artpop Talk's resources and more from today's episode, click HERE.

In this Artpop Talk with Anna Blake, a freelance arts writer and account holder of but_is_it_art on TikTok, we discuss a video of Anna's that went viral, stirring confusion on why Pablo Picasso is considered "overrated" between feminist and fascists. Anna elaborates on her TikTok by discussing the Die Ausstellung “Entartete Kunst” or Degenerate Art as called by the nazi party and we dive into a larger conversation about "accountability" and Cancel Culture within the arts.Follow Anna's TikTok account HERE!https://ruckusjournal.org/

This week we’re breaking down and sharing art historical references that we thought of while watching Lil Nas X's music video for his new single MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name). In the second half, we are also diving into the 666 shoes which were launched in tandem with the new single and what they mean for creative production. For the Comments By Celebs podcast mentioned, click HERE.For the Art History Babes podcast mentioned, click HERE.

In this week's episode we sit down with two certified nerds to talk about all things nerd culture, and how that ties into art history. We ask them what it means for "nerdy things" to enter mainstream spaces, what does cancel culture look like in nerdy content, and what does character design mean for promoting a certain type of visual trope? You can listen to their podcast here! Find them at Wooper and Nebula's Nerdtastic Galaxy. 

This week we discuss the history of comic books and their influence on the art historical canon. In the second half, we are sitting down with boy of APT Andrew James for a discussion about DisneyPlus'  WandaVision.

Happy International Women’s Day! In this week's episode, we are highlighting and celebrating five iconic women that we haven’t talked about on the pod yet: Shirin Neshat, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Juliana Huxtable, Empress Theodora, and Rokudenashiko. Check out this episode of the Great Women Artists podcast where Katy Hessel interviews Shirin Neshat.https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com 

In today's episode, we are recapping the 2021 Golden Globes. We're working through some thoughts on the latest award ceremony, talking less about analyzing skits and celebrity cameos...and more about the corruption within the organization that gives the Golden Globe awards and what that means for film and art history. We also go over a lot of pop and art news, from Emmanuel Acho hosting the Bachelor's After the Final Rose to a new inscription found on Edvard Munch’s famous Scream.  For a link to Rachel Lindsay's podcast click HERE.

This week we talk with Safiyyah Nawaz, the founder of ARTXBLM, and Shirleen Bredée, an operations and social media member, for an amazing conversation about their collective! ARTXBLM aims to encourage and facilitate a collaborative exchange of art to raise money for anti-racist action. Visit their site and purchase artworks at www.artxblm.com. Featured creatives in this episode include: XOXOKJoy HoulderUrban Medley DesignShilpa Kancharla

This week,  we are asking the question “could your kid do that?” in the hopes of challenging the phrase... “my kid could do that.” Gianna offers her perspective as a museum educator as to why this comment persists within a misunderstood art world and how it can be detrimental when trying to foster creativity and artful engagement for our young people. We discuss the perpetuated stigma around this well-known comment when it comes to works from the ab-ex, dada, and minimalist movements and use this topic to critique the public’s suspicion behind North West’s landscape painting.For the mentioned episode from the Comments By Celebs podcast, click HERE. For the mentioned episode from the Keep It podcast, click HERE. 

This episode is all about Valentine’s Day! We discuss the history and the icons behind this holiday through both Pagan and Christian images, all while learning about how v-day’s signature  kitschy ascetics came to be!Check out all of our resources here! 

After copious amounts of Bernie memes were created on Inauguration Day, we thought it was time to dive into art and the internet. This week, we're talking about the origins of memes, GIFs, and TikToks, and how all three mediums have direct ties to art history. Were artists like Duchamp and Man Ray the original meme makers? And do artists like Jenner Holzer and Barbara Kruger work in memes? After the GameStop news broke, we're also discussing the implications big money has on small creators. 

Anyone else out here straight 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙦𝙪𝙚? This episode is all about the 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙩$$$. We’re looking at art history and college debt, auctions and the art market, and discussing the 2018 documentary, The Price of Everything. We’ve also got a special Boy of APT making his debut as our financial correspondent!

This week we discuss the history of previous plague art versus contemporary works and experiences we are seeing in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Looking at the evolution of masks associated with diseases and the visual and written documentation of medical history, we can see how the Covid-19 pandemic compares to our understanding of past historical events.

In this week’s artpop talk, we sit down with Olivia Huffstetter, a doctoral candidate in art education. We talk about how Olivia is integrating art history and technology in the classroom, and how educators can make use of social media to teach visual culture and social justice. Olivia also talks with us about the Instagram account, Tabloid Art History--showing us that the arts and pop culture can teach us more than we think!

Hello hello and welcome to a new year of APT!! In this episode we are Artpop talking our way through The Davids of the Renaissance! Focusing on Michelangelo’s Statue of David, we share why we chose this HUNK of marble to be a part of the APT brand!

All aboard sad girl central station because “That’s a Wrap” on APT 2020! We’re going to break down the top moments of Pop and Arts culture this year AND take a look at some of our favorite moments from the Pod. Talk to you all on January 5th, 2021!

This Artpop Talk is all about the British Royals! Starting with The Crown Jewels and Poltimore Tiara, we examine and discuss the whereabouts of these royal objects. Taking it back to King Henry the VIII we look at the evolution of royal power and propaganda portraits to the transparent and intimate nature of photography in various images of Princess Margaret. Keep listening for a discussion on the royalist of all pop-culture topics, Netflix’s The Crown! 

APT sits down for a dream interview with Painter and Muralist, Yatika Starr Fields! Fields is from Oklahoma and currently lives and works  in Tulsa in conjunction with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. He makes "kaleidoscopic imagery, with dynamic pop, symbolism and culture aesthetic, that reference both historical and contemporary themes- tied together with traditional affinity but provoked by general concerns of world differences." Visit Fields' website at https://www.yatikafields.com/ and follow him @yatikafields. 

We are taking a BITE out of Bianca’s thesis on Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party. We define Ornamental Theory, discuss the debated topic of the use of biological essentialism, and address the agency that decorative objects possess. We end with a talk about John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.

Gianna sits down with Artpop Tart Clara Titus to discuss her perspective on the show as a listener and how she utilizes the podcast to facilitate artful conversations. Then we discuss Clara's sculpture series, Savannah,  composed of animal bones and ceramic flowers which addresses her relationship with the universal experience of death.

This week we are artpop talking about all things monstrous— From the history of monsters through myths, legends, folklore, and religions to the use of monstrous theory in regards to sexuality, gender, post-humanism, and cyborgs. In the second half, we offer our thoughts on the new HBO series Lovecraft Country and how those famous literary monsters have been reinvented by the series’ writers. 

This week's episode is not for the faint-of-tarts! We keep up the haunted vibes by discussing the experiences of haunted houses vs. installation art and the history of human remains in museum collections and exhibition displays! We can't wait to talk with you scardey-tarts! 

Hello all you ghoul-tarts and ghostly-strudels! This week’s episode is all about Hauntology! How are ghosts, spiritualists, and The Trace portrayed in art history? We discuss Spirit Photographers, the ghostly activism called upon by the work and murder of Ana Mendieta, and the "alien memory" employed by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s contemporary technological works.For the Hysteria podcast episode with America Ferrera, click HERE. 

Get ready for some juicy Artpop Talk! This week we discuss the traditional and symbolic use of fruits within still life paintings and portraits! Make sure to listen to the second half of this thirst trapping episode, as we compare our visual understanding of fruits, sexuality, and desires to Harry Styles' Watermelon Sugar music video—a dedication to touching. 

Join us as we take a closer look at Gianna’s sculptural work, while also discussing her Affinity Artists who have influenced her interests, knowledge, and visual practice in exploring personal and cultural traumas while exposing histories and documenting realities. We look at artists Kiki Smith, Nandipha Mntambo, and Wangechi Mutu.

WARNING: In this episode we do talk about mental health and self-harm in reference to Lady Gaga's new music video for 911 and her CBS Sunday Morning interview. This week we talk about Queen RBG, Lady Gaga, and the 2020 Emmy Awards. From the COVID jokes, celebrity looks, and the Kia Emmy delivery service... you’ll find out in our recap, that spotting Jon Hamm in the “fake audience” was the highlight of the night! 

What better way to celebrate our 20th episode of Artpop Talk than to hear from the Artpop Tarts! This week we are answering listener art and pop questions- from art theft, to nudity, to pop culture in art classes and MORE! Listen for special tips on how to tastefully put your nudes on the internet.  

This week is all about the 2020 VMAs and how the Video Music Awards influence visual culture. In 2020, what does visual culture even look like? From Lady Gaga's mask fashion, the Video for Good, and best Quarantine performance, this year's VMAs showed us visuals like no other year. 

Get ready for an episode on all things Fluxus— an international network of artists and composers in the 1960s that was characterized as a shared attitude rather than a movement. We discuss some important Fluxus players from its founding member Geroge Maciunas to John Cage and more! Stick around for the second half of the episode for another segment of JOSH THOUGHTS, where we get Josh’s perspective on Fluxus, sound, and music, involving artists such as Cage and George Brecht. 

Have you listened to last week’s episode about the celebrity artworks found in Architectural Digest videos? In this episode, we’re talking about some great feedback we received from a listener responding to our thoughts. We’re also talking about two works from artist Kehinde Wiley, an artist found in Lance Armstrong’s home tour.

This week's episode is about four celebrity home tours from Architectural Digest! We're looking at the art found in the homes of Kourtney Kardashian, Mark Ronson, Lance Armstrong, and Kendall Jenner. Do any of these art works actually belong in these homes? And what does art by celebrity artists look like or function as in a domestic space? 

In this week's episode we are finishing our recap of the OKCMOA exhibition, “POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.” We think about the kinds of influence foundations and art collectors have on the art world, while also diving into the breadth of work created by pop artists including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Damien Hirst-- featured artists in the Pop Power exhibition! 

In this weeks bebe episode, we're talking about a leetle project we worked on with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art! 

In this week's episode we sit down with our cousin, fashion merchandising major and costume history expert, Giuliana Porro, to discuss fashion designer Coco Chanel and her history as a Nazi agent. We also recall the partial reconstruction of The Villa La Pausa at the Dallas Museum of Art—a permanent exhibition of Chanel’s former residence, objects, and artworks— and how art museums can once again talk about their problematic previous owners. 

In this week's episode we talk about two works from the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art's permanent collection. Love by Robert Indiana, and An American Alphabet Series, Letter H by Robert Cottingham. We introduce the Pop Art movement and talk about these two Bobbys. Then we interview two former colleagues from the OSUMA and how they're using these works to cultivate community dialogue and discussion. 

In this week's episode we bring on our brother-in-law, metal band vocalist and celebrity news expert, Josh Turner. Josh wrote and created all of the music and sounds for Artpop Talk, and talks with us about other sounds he's interested in. How does Lady Gaga's Chromatica compare with musicians in different genres? How is artist Lingua Ignota also dealing with trauma though sound? For more information on Josh and his music, visit https://www.artpoptalk.com/featured-artists. 

Happy freaking PRIDE month, everyone! In this week's episode we talk about some history of Pride and the development of Queer Theory. We look at how Queer Theory impacts Art History and museum culture. We also talk about Queer artists, Gluck, Claude Cahun, and Nick and Jake. Click HERE to purchase the marimba solo piece written by our brother-in-law, and the man responsible for all of Artpop Talk's music, Josh Turner. Every cent of the purchase will be donated to Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization dedicated to true racial equality at every level of society. 

Welcome to Chromatica! In this week's episode we are talking all about our obsession with Mother Monster, the one and only Lady Gaga, and her newest album. What is LG6 and how can we apply what Lady Gaga is saying to visual culture? How is she talking about mental health? And is Chromatica really a response to Artpop and Joanne? 

In this week's episode we introduce our good friend, Audrey! Audrey is joining the Artpop Talk team as our production assistant. Meeting in college at the OSU Museum of Art, and working with Gianna throughout the BFA program, Audrey has worked with non-profit arts organization in school and now full time. She shares her experiences with arts organizations, and talks about her own body of work. As the new PA, we also ask our listeners.... are you a tartlet? Or a strudel? 

In this week's episode we talk about some history of protest art! We start with the 1968 "I Am a Man" protest signs that were used during the Memphis sanitation strike. How have similar signs and the same phrase been used by contemporary artists and activists? We then talk about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in relation to the work of Tulsa artist Crystal Z Campbell. Finally we look at the protest and street art of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, an artist originally from Oklahoma who has recently done work on Spike Lee's Netflix series, "She's Gotta Have It." 

This week we are talking all about dating apps and art. What is visual culture like on dating apps? And what is it like being a single woman working in the arts? We also compare two different works of installation art, from 1972 and 2016. 

In this week's episode we talk about Gianna's BFA program at Oklahoma State University. She shares the pros and cons of going through this program at a non-arts college. What's it like being a woman who focuses in sculpture? Gianna tells us about her work as well, why body-casting, and how her casts relate to printmaking.  You can follow Gianna's art work @gianna_martuccifink_art

In this this week's episode, we talk about an exhibition we both worked on separately at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Bianca as an Assistant Curator, and Gianna as the Visiting Artist Manager. The show was a timeline of the history of animation art, and to help us explain the contemporary animation art component, we bring on our colleague, Syd Hammond. Syd was on Bianca's curatorial team, and led the video game research that allowed the museum to showcase some of the most artful and innovative video games. Syd is one of our featured artists, having done our very own Artpop Talk logo. Follow @nebula_inky on Instagram, Twitter, Patreon, and Ko-Fi. DM Syd to find out more about her work or for private commissions. You can learn more about her on our featured artist page. 

In this week's episode, just after Mother's Day, we talk about three themes of motherhood in relation to art history. We discuss Gustave Courbet's painting, "Origin of the World," the work of artist Carmen Winant, and the "Immediate Family" photographic series by Sally Mann. We then do a recap of the Hulu TV show, "Little Fires Everywhere," and take a closer look motherhood in the new mini-series.  

In episode 2, we talk about Bianca's graduate thesis on Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party! Why is the piece so controversial and how does it remain a relevant work of art? We also discuss Chicago's involvement in Dior's 2020 Spring fashion show at the Musée Rodin in Paris. What are the implications of artists working with fashion companies, and does it matter? You can find this week's mentions on our resources page, as well as our social media @ArtpopTalk. 

Get to know Bianca and Gianna in our first episode! We talk about our upbringing, and how our childhood exposure to the arts has led us to pursue both academic engagements and careers in the art world. We also discuss why we sometimes feel excluded in our own discipline, and set up our goals for the podcast as a whole. Please excuse the 400 "ya knows," numerous "ummmms," and awkward transitions as we learn how to talk with each other and our audio audience! You can find this week's mentions on our resources page.

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