Hosted by Betty Chen and Quinn Rose.
Quinn and Betty are two non-professional art enthusiasts who love art and want to learn more about it. They take turns researching interesting parts of art history and culture, and sharing those stories with each other.
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#52: Sarah Hatton
January 25th, 2022 · 28 minutes
This episode we're talking about the contemporary artist Sarah Hatton. Her work focuses on reclaiming materials, the natural world, and investigating questions about human nature. Also, she's Canadian, so Betty's having a great week.
#51: Concert Posters
January 11th, 2022 · 41 minutes
For our first episode of 2022, Betty is walking Quinn through a brief history of concert posters: the good, the bad, and the psychedelic.
#50: Art Musicals
December 14th, 2021 · 30 minutes
In blatant exploitation of the responsibility of hosting our 50th episode, Quinn walks Betty through musicals about famous visual artists.
#49: The Florida Highwaymen
November 30th, 2021 · 34 minutes
Betty tells Quinn all about the Florida Highwaymen, a group of African American landscape artists who sold paintings door-to-door and out of the trunks of their cars starting in the 1950s.
#48: Take the Money and Run
November 16th, 2021 · 33 minutes
In October, the internet came together to laugh about an absurd-sounding art story: a Danish artist had pocketed $84,000 given to him by a museum and returned blank canvasses titled "Take the Money and Run." Today we discuss the Kunsten Museum, Jens Haaning, and what he's trying to do with this art piece.
#47: Hindu Art
November 2nd, 2021 · 34 minutes
We finish up our religious art mini-series with a look at the temples and sculptures of Hindu art!
#46: Jewish Art
October 19th, 2021 · 32 minutes
In part three of our religious art mini-series, Quinn and Betty talk about the hamsa, Hiddur Mitzvah, and the paintings of Marc Chagall.
#45: Christian Art
October 5th, 2021 · 42 minutes
Betty and Quinn look at the art of the biggest religion in the world, Christianity. They cover pieces from catacomb paintings in the fourth century, to the iconic art of Michelangelo, to the surrealist interpretations of Salvador Dalí.
#44: Islamic Art
September 21st, 2021 · 32 minutes
Quinn and Betty kick off a four-part mini-series on major religious art traditions with a peek into the history of Islamic art.
#43: International Klein Blue
September 7th, 2021 · 32 minutes
What do the Virgin Mary and the Blue Man Group have in common? Their association with ultramarine blue and its high tech sibling, International Klein Blue.