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Artpop Talk
by Bianca and Gianna Martucci-Fink
Sisters Bianca (MA in art history) and Gianna (BFA in studio art) Martucci-Finkhost conversations that connect the world of art history to our present popularculture. With hot topics, and even hotter guests, they’ll tell you why and howvisual culture continues to inform our daily lives–while keeping you up to dateon the latest global art and pop news.New episodes are out twice a month. Join them every first and third Tuesday foran art-pop talk!
Episodes
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One Last Artpop Talk
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...
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Nuns, huns. With Women's Art Wednesday
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...
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2023 Met Gala Recap
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.
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Brides of Art History with Jane Thompson
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…
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APT's Big Announcement
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.
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An Artpop Talk with Fandames
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...
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A Fun-Size Artpop Talk
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…
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Drunk Josh Thoughts
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…
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On this episode of the Bachelorette...
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…
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Nepo Bebes of Art History
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...
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That's an APT wrap on 2022
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 post Harriet Gillett For more Artpop...
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Another SpOoKy Artpop Talk with Lyn Broyles
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...
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Don't have a good day with this mega ARRTT NEWWZZ
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.
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An Artpop Talk with Maria Kruglyak
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...
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An Artpop Talk with Erin Fuller
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...
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Thots and Fears
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...
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An Artpop Talk with Daria Foner
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…
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What did we miss?
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...
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We Want the Mr. Beaumont: APT's Coastal Grandmother Summer Kickoff
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...
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Best Practices for Archives, or Critics? Kim Kardashian's Marilyn Dress Controversy.
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...
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An Artpop Talk with Beatrice Levine: Creator of Culture Quota
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…
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Pete Davidson's Big Night! (The Met Gala 2022)
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.
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Personal Advice! + Netflix's White Hot, the Kardashians, and Art News
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...
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How 'Bout Eggs?
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.
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Florals for Spring
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.
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Get Your A** Up and Work: With Audrey Kominski and Sami Lucas
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…
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Not Your Rick Steves Recap
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...
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Reissue: Great Women Artists
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…
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She's Not Well
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...
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Women's Art...Tuesday?... with Women's Art Wednesday
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...
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Labors of Love
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.
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Some History on Mascots
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...
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ARRT NEWZZZ: M&Ms, Minnie, and Wordle
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.
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Trivia with Boy of APT Andrew James
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...
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Undecided Y2K Episode
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.
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Credit Where Credit is Due: Image Rights and the new Spider-Man
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...
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dRuNk ArT hIsToRy
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.
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OH MY GOD SANTA!
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...
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The Sackler Family: Museum "Philanthropy" and Dopesick Recap
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—…
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House of Gucci Recap
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...
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A Feast Fit for an Artpop Tart
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...
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The Artpop Talk Thanksgiving Day Parade
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…
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Día de los Muertos and Hauntology with Cristina Cruz González
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...
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The Final Girl with Lyn Broyles
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...
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Foster W. Krupp and His Dead Petz
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.
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Cult and Camp in Halloween Horror
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...
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Kitsch or Treat: Halloween Traditions
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.
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You Better Artpop, B*tch: Drag Makeup, Slang, and Villains.
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...
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Dunn and Dunner with Dumb and Dumber
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…
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The Met Gala!
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…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sisters Bianca (MA in art history) and Gianna (BFA in studio art) Martucci-Finkhost conversations that connect the world of art history to our present popularculture. With hot topics, and even hotter guests, they’ll tell you why and howvisual culture continues to inform our daily lives–while keeping you up to dateon the latest global art and pop news.New episodes are out twice a month. Join them every first and third Tuesday foran art-pop talk!
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Bianca and Gianna Martucci-Fink
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