The Art History Babes

We recap our trip to Mexico (thx again everyone for joining us and making this trip magic) and do a deep dive on some traditional Mexican Folk Art (El Arte Popular de Mexico) including discussion of ex votos, la cartoneria, talavera poblana, and alebrijes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jen and Corrie are talking hungry bois! Judgement, hellfire, hybrid alligator/lion/hippos, the primal fear of being eaten - all this and more in this episode on medieval hellmouth imagery. support us on patreon// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ig // @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our final Virtual Realism episode, Ginny and Jen talk with another artist featured in the exhibition–Deborah Root. Deborah is a visual artist, cultural critic and writer. Ginny and Jen discuss her art practice and figurative painting “The Nordstrom Box” featured in Virtual Realism. In addition to her art practice, Deborah is the author of various works including Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation and the Commodification of Difference which had a particular on Jen’s thesis research during grad school. This delightful conversation took place in fall of 2021 so thank you for your patience in its release. Virtual Realism Online ExhibitionD // Deborah's website // Deborah's Instagram // Zach's website // Zach's instagram // THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jen, Ginny, Nat, & Corrie take a tour through the colossal of history toys, asking the age-old question, why do we love a little guy? Outline: 1 since the dawn of time, ppl have wanted other ppl to check out the little guy they made. 2 imitative and instructive 3 the earliest toys 4 enlightenment era toys 5 industrialization of toys 6 once plastic hits the scene, it’s all over 7 toys reflect contemporary technologies and cultural values 8 kids, possession over toys, and holiday gift culture  9 love language tangent 10 toys and child development 11 jacks: sharp but not 12 playdough is timeless 13 everything is a ceremony 14 everybody loves a log 15 cass holman 16 good toys make good people 17 fostering creative thinking vs. pre-destining a child’s future 18 play is life 19 the sucklord 20 designer toys/ art collectible toys/ “urban vinyl” 21 hypebeast collectors 22 kaws 23 the beanie babies craze 24 tamagotchis 25 furbys are creepy travel to mexico w us// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 support us on patreon// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JP (Josephine) Morrison Lans and Nicci Arnold join Nat and Zach to discuss their work in the online exhibition Virtual Realism. Topics include parenthood, identity, living and making art in the midwest, just making art and living in general during the pandemic. We get to discuss their different processes––encaustic painting currently for JP, and printmaking for Nicci. This delightful conversation took place in fall of 2021 so thank you for your patience in its release. (*apologies for the mysterious clicking sound and the glitchy moment in the middle. remote recording comes with its challenges.) Virtual Realism Online Exhibition JP's website // JP's instagram // Nicci's website // Nicci's instagram // Zach's website // Zach's instagram // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

a new episode/new year/new approach. corrie and nat share some interesting art experiences from the past six months and catch you all up on the state of the AHB universe. 1 having fun with christian symbols 2 the energy of being/ creating in the same space again 3 travel to mexico with us: https://trips.trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 4 tiny lighthouse calendars 5 “corrie went to the mountains and now she hates the internet” 6 texas art experiences established big city white cube museums vs. socially-integrated public art Marfa, Texas is a liminal space 7 sometimes you just want to hang out with your friends. 8 we appreciate patrons: https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jen, Ginny & Nat gather to bring you this special, spooky season episode. The babes cover classic monsters and get a little silly in honor of Halloween. TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our next episode for the Art History Babes’ upcoming collaborative, online art show with National Monument Press: Virtual Realism features artists Connor Czora and Anna Rotty. They discuss their works in the show as well as their processes and how their art making was affected by the US political landscape of the last couple years. Connor's website // Connor's instagram // Anna's website // Anna's instagram // Smashin' & Slashin': The Art of Iconoclasm // Ai Wei Wei or the Highway // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode features two artists from the Art History Babes’ upcoming collaborative, online art show with National Monument Press: Virtual Realism. The lovely Morgane Clément-Gagnon and Jillian Abir MacMaster join Nat, Ginny and Zach Clarke to discuss their work in the upcoming exhibition. (& a very special happy birthday to Jillian..) // Morgane's website // Morgane's instagram // Jillian's website // Jillian's instagram // Being Inspired vs. Copying // TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 //THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Originally Released April 2016. Love them or hate them you can't deny the intrigue of bad boys. This week's episode discusses the artistic and personal dramas of three bad boys of the Baroque: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, & Diego Velazquez. TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 The Bad Boys of the Baroque Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-2-bad-boys-of-the-baroque Artemisia Gentileschi Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-9-artemisia-gentileschi THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corrie, Nat, Ginny, & Jen feature three baddies of the Baroque: Judith Leyster, Elisabetta Sirani, and Rachel Ruysch. From Judy's eel-wielding Dutch children, to Sirani's big daddy energy, to Ruysch's intricate representations of the natural world - each artist expressed the Baroque style in a unique way. TRAVEL TO MEXICO W US// https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022 The Bad Boys of the Baroque Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-2-bad-boys-of-the-baroque Artemisia Gentileschi Episode// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/episode-9-artemisia-gentileschi THE AHB CENTER FOR EROTIC ART// https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes SUPPORT THE AHB// https://www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes ORDER THE HONEST ART DICTIONARY// https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book IG// @arthistorybabespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Travel to Mexico City & Oaxaca with the Art History Babes May 29th - June 4th 2022 Get all the details and book your trip: https://trovatrip.com/trips/mexico-with-art-history-babes-may-2022.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

cor and nat attempt to break down the difference between being inspired by another person's art and outright copying. conversation includes situations between contemporaries, as well as big companies stealing from independent creators. It's a complicated subject, but we cover a lot in this lengthy discussion. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corrie and Nat discuss the famously mysterious, Stonehenge. This Prehistoric structure is both a monument and an earthwork. It is shrouded in mystery and surrounded by wild theories–the biggest of which may be "how did they do it?!" Merlin, aliens, druids, this episode has got it all. Happy Harvest Horror Show Summer Solstice Ep: https://anchor.fm/hhhs/episodes/Summer-Solstice-e130jhu AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corrie and Nat are joined by artist, musician, and all around fascinating human, Cork Marcheschi. Cork shares many valuable insights for artists, as well as several art world tales--including that of his serendipitous meeting with Marcel Duchamp. We discuss the merit of “bumping into things”, the tangible relationship of love and literal light, and why “real art needs help”. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cor, Nat, Gin, & Jen take a journey through the life and work of Surrealist artist, Remedios Varo. From casting spells with her lady friends, to sexy adventurous trysts with pilots, to creating an entire body of beautifully complex, mystical, and enchanting work. This woman lived a *life* — and left some incredible art behind for us to gush over. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes AHB Center for Erotic Art: http://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check out Paul's amazing work on his website and Instagram. Get in on the fun with Hold Space for My Tribe to see Paul as a little blue alien. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered, application deadline is May 1st! Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to [email protected], please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Art and sex - it's a topic as expansive as the seas. Corrie, Nat, Ginny, & Jen ponder the precarious line between erotic art and pornography, [enthusiastically] weigh in on Lil Nas X's video for MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name), and announce something completely new! Join us at the AHB Center for Erotic Art for the second half of the episode - a discussion of erotic art in Pompeii, Shunga, Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power", and mooooore: https://www.onlyfans.com/artbabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We want to see your submission! Submit by or before May 1st. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to [email protected], please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nat, Corrie, and Ginny discuss the Ambum Stone from the island of New Guinea. Created around 1500 BCE, it’s become well known for its incredible detail, for being one of the oldest sculptures made in Oceania, and because it’s just so darn cute. Watch this episode on youtube. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corrie & Nat talk through a few case studies of contemporary artists being judged harshly on the gram and discuss public shaming, taking responsibility for our own perceptions, and share some of our own experiences with online hate (and tips for dealing with it) Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check out Kristin's dope paintings and projects on her website. Visit Kristin, Katie Holden and Julian Tan's curatorial project Outback Art House. Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to [email protected], please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Click here to submit your artwork to Virtual Realism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing Virtual Realism: an online exhibition produced in partnership between the Art History Babes and Zach Clark of National Monument Press. Attention artists, we want you to submit your work for the exhibition! Follow these two steps to be considered: Subscribe to the Art History Babe's Patreon for as little as $1 a month Submit your work on Virtual Realism's page by filling out a simple submission form Any inquiries can be submitted via email to [email protected], please put "Virtual Realism" in the subject line. Additionally, you can reach out to Ginny and Zach directly on their Instagram's: @_ginbot & @zachclarkis or @arthistorybabespodcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"The history of art is the history of power." This week's episode examines the feminist activist artist collective, Guerrilla Girls and their creative, smart, and comedic tactics in fighting against discrimination in the art world. Originally Released June 25th, 2016 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Like all forms design, the designing of public spaces is done with careful attention and specific intention. Hostile architecture is a form of public design that sends a particularly aggressive message, often directed towards already marginalized populations. Corrie, Nat, & Ginny discuss the history and current trends in hostile design, and share some ideas for combatting it. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An homage to an AHB fave and big-time inspiration, Drunk History. All 4 babes countdown their favorite episodes of the show that changed the game for educational history content, and share their favorite boozey episodes of this very podcast. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Sublime - it's more than just an ska punk band from the 1990s. Join the Babes for an introduction to some basic ideas surrounding the densely philosophical concept of "the sublime" and how this heavy topic relates to art history. We wrote a book! Originally released February 2018 Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Become a patron: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The AHB make a valiant attempt at explaining the late renaissance art style that evades definition, Mannerism. We got long necks, day glo color schemes, fruit men, GIANTS. Join us for a journey through some 16th century ~strangeness~. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Theme music by Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Religious belief, political dissent, a desire to "warm up a cold painting". All of these are given motives for destroying artwork. Join the Babes as they discuss the various layers of iconoclasm spanning from the religious icons of Byzantium to the "Punched Monet" of 2012. Originally Released October 8th, 2017 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The AHB are together for some annual holiday magic! Let's deconstruct every element of holiday kitsch you can imagine: psychedelic Christmas lights, vintage plastic light up decorations, subversive snow globes, intentionally absurd merman Santa. Join us for a discussion of the many kitschy aesthetics of Christmas time, and the many layered and complicated emotions they evoke. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A festive spooky corner revival! Corrie is joined by spooky Brian Muldoon to discuss the lore surrounding St. Nick's dark servant, Krampus. We take a look at some classic creepy christmas cards, and chat about Krampus in film. Plus a discussion of favorite festive horror flicks. Originally released: December 25th, 2019 Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ginny chats with the amazing Bridget Quinn: art historian and author of Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (In That Order) (2017) and She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next (2020), published in In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. Tune in for discussions on feminism, how Mary Cassatt was a badass, art education, graduate school and more! Be sure to check out Bridget’s funny, fantastic, and informative books on her website. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode of the Art History BB AP Art History series focuses on the Malagan ritual masks of Papua New Guinea. Corrie and Nat discuss the creation, purpose, and ephemerality of this ritual art form. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Four Horseman aka the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse. Over time, imagery of these four riders has reflected rich and varied interpretation (including our 2020 Halloween costume). The Babes examine each individual Horse Man, discuss some examples from art history, and dive a bit into the apocalyptic anxieties of humans. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Victorian era death portraits are an infamously creepy, yet beautiful means of memorializing the deceased. Join the Babes in a discussion of this artistic expression of grief, the ubiquity of Victorian era ghosts, and Frida Kahlo’s death mask. Plus we share our individual death plans! It doesn’t get more intimate than that. LIFE IS SHORT ART IS LONG. (so is this episode.) / Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Halloween! In part two of the 2018 Halloween special, Jen talks John Wayne Gacy, his creepy clown paintings, and the rise of murderabilia and Corrie recounts the horrific death mask murder that shook the 80s NYC art scene. Warning: this episode contains casual and explicit discussion of murder, violence, and sexual assault. It is not appropriate for children and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Please use your own discretion. Originally Released October 30th, 2019. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is the AHB's favorite time of year and that means it's time for another spooky episode! In part one of a two parter on art and murder, the Babes discuss the violent, murderous exploits of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and recount the abusive behaviors and dramatic murder of Stanford White. Originally Released: October 26th, 2018. Warning: this episode contains casual and explicit discussion of murder, violence, and sexual assault. It is not appropriate for children and may not be appropriate for all listeners. Please use your own discretion. Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's nothing spookier than thinking about the inevitability of death! The Babes examine reminders of death present in a wide range of art from Dutch vanitas symbolism, to the sugar skulls of Dia de los Muertos, to the formaldehyde-soaked works of Damien Hirst. Life is short, art is long my friends. (Originally Released: October 25th, 2016)/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The babes gather via zoom to talk about our recently released book: The Honest Art Dictionary: A Jovial Trip Through Art Jargon. Basically, we wrote our first book and we're very excited about it. Each babe reads their favorite passage written by another babe. It's a real good time. (Also available in video form.) Youtube version: https://youtu.be/P_zJefld1b4 Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crossover Episode! Ginny, Nat, Corrie, and Brian join forces on a full moon to discuss a hodgepodge of various haunted/cursed works of art: stolen artifacts from Pompeii, a Japanese tale of ghostly revenge, spooky stained glass in San Diego, and the curse of the 1976 film "The Omen". Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs Haunted Art Discussion Board: https://www.patreon.com/posts/haunted-art-42564499 Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com ig: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prepare to get spooked! Join the Art History Babes as they discuss the mythos surrounding four notable haunted paintings. Warning: listening to this podcast may induce nausea, levitation, mind control experiences (whatever that means), and demonic voices.Originally Released October 16th, 2017 Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corrie and Brian coming to you live from Salem, Massachusetts! In episode three of the Spooky Corner series, Corrie & Brian do a deep dive on doppelgängers, evil twins, and uncanny doubles. Mythological history, common (and not so common) incarnations in film, real life ghostly doppelgänger sightings, a possible ghost recording? This episode is a doppel-banger. Originally Released: October 21, 2019 Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gin and Nat discuss the cycle of paintings that Marie de' Medici had commissioned by Peter Paul Rubens to represent momentous events in her life. Particularly, focusing on The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici (c. 1622-1625), the babes talk metaphor, mythology and marriage. Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Check out Happy Harvest Horror Show : https://anchor.fm/hhhs | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: [email protected] | Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously??? ALL FOUR Art History Babes/Art History Witches/Art History Bitches back together in one room talking about one of our favorite topics: Witches. From the Greek Goddess Hecate all the way to contemporary Instagram witches, join us for a spooky, silly, late night tour through witches in Art History. Originally released October 9th, 2019. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book AHB merch: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/merchandise Check out Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saffron, sexy forbidden books, a song by Coldplay, bovine urine, emoji culture - join the AHB to find out all the reasons why yellow is, historically, the ~grooviest~ color. | Nat tries natural tie dye : https://youtu.be/K7rY-m85rnE | Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: [email protected] | Happy Harvest Horror Show: https://anchor.fm/hhhs | Outro music by MSKD sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVQQWdH_FuE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nat and Corrie speak with amazing historian, author, and activist, Blair Imani. Topics include being a historian in the 21st century, social media as a tool for education, and Blair’s two books: Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History (2018) and Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and The Black American Dream (2020). Do yourself a favor and visit Blair’s website and instagram for more entertainment and education, and check out her Patreon or send her some money via PayPal ([email protected]) to support her in fighting the good fight. :) Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Originally Released June 17th, 2017 Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 "Untitled" recently sold for $110.5 million dollars, making it the most expensive American work ever sold. In this episode the Babes highlight the life and work of this revolutionary Neo-expressionist, discuss what this sale means for the art market, and put the kibosh on the term "primitivism". Order The Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book | Art Market video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWxVw4YeCc&t | Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes | Website: www.arthistorybabes.com | Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast | Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A powerful, wonderful, full moon-charged conversation with writer, artist, curator, and organizer of the platform @decolonizetheartworld, Yaa Addae about overhaul of the global art industry, the absolute necessity of imagining anti-colonial possibilities, and the discipline of art history vs. a history of the world as constructed by artists. Decolonize the Art World: https://www.are.na/decolonize-the-art-world ig: @decolonizetheartworld Yaa's ig: @yaatheplant AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part 2! Nat speaks again with London-based art historian Isabelle Kent (@izzy_kent) , this time about the Isenheim Altarpiece. This giant, multi-layered altarpiece comes from the early 16th century, when people were suffering from Ergotism on a large scale. Special thanks to all of the health care professionals and essential workers out there–we appreciate you. AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nat speaks with London-based art historian Isabelle Kent (@izzy_kent) in this two-part episode. In part 1, they discuss the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, Spain. This institution famously cared for Seville's sick, promoted charity, and housed some amazing artworks. Nat and Isabelle discuss the hospitals triumphs and some problematic details in this lengthy episode. Special thanks to all of the health care professionals and essential workers out there–we appreciate you. AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Twitter: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices