The Art History Babes
~life is short, art is long~
Corrie, Nat, Ginny, & Jen discuss all things visual culture
*Regular episodes: hanging out, talking about art - kind of like a college seminar and house party combined.
*Art History Babe Briefs (Art History BBs) : quick art history facts minus the expletives.
*Hot Takes: The Babes mix it up, chatting about topics outside the realm of established art history.
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Hot Takes: Drunk History
An homage to an AHB fave and big-time inspiration, Drunk History.
88 min
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Art History BB: The Sublime
An introduction to some basic ideas surrounding "the sublime".
16 min
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Mind Your Mannerism
Long necks, day glo color schemes, fruit men, GIANTS. Join the AHB for a journey through some 16th century ~strangeness~.
116 min
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AHB Classic: Smashin' & Slashin' : The Art of I...
66 min
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Holiday Kitsch
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, and so much more.
133 min
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Holiday Spooky Corner: Krampus
Corrie is joined by spooky Brian Muldoon to discuss the lore surrounding St. Nick's dark servant, Krampus.
46 min
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She Votes with Bridget Quinn
Ginny chats with the amazing Bridget Quinn: art historian and author of Broad Strokes
59 min
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Art History BB: Malagan Masks
Today's episode of the Art History BB AP Art History series focuses on the Malagan ritual masks of Papua New Guinea.
18 min
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
98 min
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Death Portraiture
Victorian era death portraits are an infamously creepy, yet beautiful means of memorializing the deceased.
123 min
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Art and Murder (& Wine) Part 2
Jen talks John Wayne Gacy and his creepy clown paintings. Corrie recounts a horrific murder that shook the 80s NYC art scene.
49 min
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Art and Murder (& Wine) Part 1
In part one of 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.
69 min
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Memento Mori
There's nothing spookier than thinking about the inevitability of death!
72 min
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Talking ‘The Honest Art Dictionary’
The babes gather via zoom to talk about our recently released book: The Honest Art Dictionary: A Jovial Trip Through Art Jargon.
27 min
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More Haunted Art with Happy Harvest Horror Show
Crossover Episode! Ginny, Nat, Corrie, and Brian join forces on a full moon to discuss a hodgepodge of various haunted/cursed works of art.
80 min
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Haunted Paintings
Prepare to get spooked! The AHB discuss the mythos surrounding four notable haunted paintings.
49 min
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Spooky Corner: Doppelgängers, Evil Twins, Uncan...
Live from Salem, Massachusetts! Corrie & Brian do a deep dive on doppelgängers, evil twins, and uncanny doubles. This ep is a doppel-banger.
44 min
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Art History BB: Rubens Paints Marie de' Medici
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.
26 min
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Witches, Bitches
From the Greek Goddess Hecate to contemporary Instagram witches, join all four Art History Babes for a spooky, silly, late night tour through witches in Art History.
120 min
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Yellow: The Grooviest Color
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.
117 min
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Writing Anti-racist Histories with Blair Imani
Nat and Corrie speak with amazing historian, author, and activist, Blair Imani.
60 min
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AHB Classic: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 "Untitled" sold for $110.5 million dollars, making it the most expensive American work ever sold. In this ep the Babe's 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".
78 min
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Decolonize the Art World with Yaa Addae
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.
62 min
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Historic Hospitals with Isabelle Kent Part 2
Part 2! Nat speaks again with London-based art historian Isabelle Kent, this time about the Isenheim Altarpiece.
91 min
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Historic Hospitals with Isabelle Kent Part 1
Nat speaks with London-based art historian Isabelle Kent about the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, Spain.
74 min