Hey ArtLover! This week we're wrapping up season two! Your team are a little burnt out so we're going to take some much needed rest and come back stronger in the Summer for season three where maybe you'll find out why Seema hates monkeys so much. Send us your feedback and any thoughts on content for season three to artlustpodcast@gmail.com We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vi...
Apr 22, 2024•36 min
Hey ArtLover! Apologies for the radio silence last week, Sophie didn't hit the upload button properly before running off to see the solar eclipse (oops!). This week we sit down and share our origin stories with you, how we got into the arts, why we do the things we do and of course our villian origin stories. As well as some small ideas about what we envision for the futrure of the pod. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected an...
Apr 15, 2024•45 min
Hey ArtLover! This week's episode is an extra long and juicy episode from our patreon feed! We talk about the period of art history where art started being produced for arts sake and then onto a discussion of how academics approach online education. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @artlustpodcast @ArtLust (Seema) @Darkroomvarmint (Sop...
Apr 01, 2024•51 min
Hey ArtLover! This week we talk about the history of women wearing pants, contrasted with the hoards of shirtless men on the internet and how the culture of gender as performative consumption has shifted. The video Seema was referring to with the 'tackle sack' can be found here , if you dare to consume. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon:...
Mar 25, 2024•31 min
Hey ArtLover! This week is a highly requested topic from you all, our thoughts on AI generated art. We talk about the value of AI generated art, how art adds value to our lives, the funciton of imagery in contemporay life and more. Protecting your art from AI generators We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @artlustpodcast @ArtLust (Seema) ...
Mar 18, 2024•47 min
Hey ArtLover, this week we sit down to review The Met's latest exhibiton that opened last month, The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. ArtLust was invited by The Met to attend the press preview so we sent Sophie out into the city on an art quest so we could bring this episode to you! The art we talk about from Arron Douglas can be seen here https://www.artchive.com/artwork/noah-s-ark-aaron-douglas-1927/ We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust...
Mar 04, 2024•55 min
Hey ArtLover, this week we're talking epic poems and story telling and the clock app saga that had everyone hooked last week, Reesa Teesa's story of a dealing with a pathological liar. We discuss epics, the nature of good storytelling and why some long form content can just keep you hooked for hours, even on an instant gratification app like TikTok. We flipped the title this week but the format is still the same! Skip to the timestamp of 16.40 if you just want to hear out thoughts on Reesa Teesa...
Feb 26, 2024•45 min
Hey ArtLover, this week is a mixed bag of thoughts about interpreting art & content, and how our preconceived understanding can shift the way we see and experience the world around us. Dipping into chats about religious art and the clock app phenomoneon of the lesbian awakening, we hope you enjoy! We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @...
Feb 19, 2024•38 min
Hey ArtLover, we're back to our season one roots this week taking inspo from TikTok drama! That's right, we're talking slip cast mugs and small businesses run by artists. Starting with a chat about production value in a world of industrialization, we shift into why people get so swept up in choosing sides in these online cultural dramas. Check out some of the footage Sophie refers to about shipping containers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmzLcNF3kxs&ab_channel=Forbes Big thanks to M...
Feb 12, 2024•38 min
Hey ArtLover, this week we sit down and have a chat about the world of capitalist consumerism and how the desires of women creates entire industries. We then of course take the diuscussion over to the tiktok side of things and talk drama, modesty and more. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTok: @artlust_podcast @ArtLu...
Jan 29, 2024•40 min
Hey ArtLover, this week, based in some of Seema's online drama we give you a brief crash course in Hinduism and some of the symbols associated with the varied cultural practices under its umbrella. Shifting then into a conversation about Gillian Anderson's latest red carpet nonsense and cultural appropriation for her fashion line. ISBN numbers for Seema's book recs: Indian Art - Vidya Dehejia: 978-0714834962 Indian Art (World of Art) - Roy C. Craven: 978-0500203026 We have lots of plans for 202...
Jan 22, 2024•39 min
This episode is NOT spoiler free so proceed with caution. Hey ArtLover, welcome to the second ep of 2024! This week we talk about this last season's latest cinema sensation, Saltburn. Whether you love it or hate it, join your hosts for a chat about the film in general and how art is used in the movie to create meaning. We then of course move onto the interent based nonsense of the week as of you've come to love and expect from us. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future ...
Jan 15, 2024•31 min
Hey ArtLover, welcome to 2024! We're kicking off the year with an extra special reoccuring guest, Seema's live-in white guy & artist husband Joe! We sit down for a chat about making editions in the art world and how it changes the value of our art, then shift into a recap of the adult sippy cup- I mean Stanley Cup chaos that's rippled through the US this week. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community so stay connected and tell a friend! We lov...
Jan 08, 2024•49 min
Hey Friends, Seema's keeping ArtLust moving solo this week as Soph's too under the weather to record. So it's a brief lil episode looking back at the last year of the pod at what's ahead for us in 2024. With a little lesson in looking from Seema at the end. We'll be back in the new year. We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTok: @artlust_podcast @ArtLust (Seema) @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)...
Dec 25, 2023•15 min
Hey ArtLover, this week is a chunky one! We look back at some of 2023's major events in the art and online worlds. Summarizing a year of making content together here on the pod. We have lots of plans for 2024 and lots of dreams for the future of the ArtLust community. We love you all v much, stay vigilant, kind & critical. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTok: @artlust_podcast @ArtLust (Seema) @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)...
Dec 18, 2023•47 min
Hey friends, this weeks episode is a recording from our evergreen content reserve. Poor Seema is still a little too under the weather to be recording full length episodes. So this week you get the slightly unhinged, wonderfully silly and sometimes insightful dynamic that exists between your hosts when there's no real plan. New episodes every Monday, bonus content on our Patreon! Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and grow. Pat...
Dec 04, 2023•29 min
Welcome back, art lover! This week we talk about the myths and misinformation that surround the CIA's involvement in Abstract Expressionism. In the second half we explore the syntax of biscuits vs cookies and how nationality can be revealed through language. New episodes every Monday, bonus content on our Patreon! Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and grow. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTok: @artlust_podcast @ArtLust (Seema) @D...
Nov 20, 2023•45 min
Welcome back, art lover! This week we talk about the perception of ancient marble art and how it changed when we learned they were painted and tackle the ever looming threat of woke boys. New episodes every Monday, bonus content on our Patreon! Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and grow. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTok: @artlust_podcast @ArtLust (Seema) @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)...
Nov 13, 2023•42 min
CW Warning for this weeks episode: mentions of SA & cultures of violence in the funeral and medical industries. Hey ArtLuster, welcome back to another episode in our new, season two format. This week we talk about The Anatomical Venus and Kim K's contreoversial latest product line with Skims. New episodes every Monday, bonus content on our Patreon! Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and grow. Patreon: @artlustpodcast TikTo...
Nov 06, 2023•43 min
Hey ArtLuster, welcome back to another episode in our new season two format. This week - cause we love our American audience - is a Halloween themed special of content: Why Seema hates the neo-feminist trend of claiming witches as your ancestors and some reflections on why some folks love wearing (and broadcasting) offensive costumes this time of year. New episodes every Monday. Bonus content on our Patreon. Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us ...
Oct 30, 2023•26 min
Has the nature of information consumtpion changed? This week we sit down and chat about some of the feedback we've both been given in recent weeks as content creators. We're always interested in the ways our information goes out into the world, so we get into how to adapt to an audience that isn't gauranteed and how ways to fold valid critique into your practice. New episodes every Friday! Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts an...
Oct 13, 2023•25 min
Hey Art Lover! You may be wondering where on earth your Art-Lusty hosts have been! Due to unexpected technical difficulties (Sophie's compurter died) we were out of action for awhile but we're back baby! We catch up on some art Soph saw while in Australia, check in on Seema's latest viral success and more. New content coming next week (fr this time lmao). Don't forget to find us on Patreon!
Oct 05, 2023•36 min
Hey Art Lover! This week's episode is a release of last months bonus episode from our Patreon feed. We explore the difference between the concepts of Camp and Kitsch and why exactly people seem to get them so confused. We also talk about some of the latest clock app drama (the Pinterest craft/copyright debacle between home decor creators) and of course we carve out time to discuss the guy with the chopping-board and knife everyone is (rightfully) teasing lately. Apologies for Soph's audio qualit...
Aug 31, 2023•57 min
What's good art lovers? This week we talk about the controversial museum industry drama of Peter Higgs and his private life as a part time art thief. All while staying true to the ethos of the British Museum: looting artifacts. With bonus guest: Seema's live-in white guy/artist husband, Joe. We've also restructured our format a bit! "Art or Nah" is out the window and we'll be working towards producing slightly shorter form & video content. Apologies for Soph's audio quality this week, they'r...
Aug 24, 2023•41 min
What's good art lovers? This week we tackle the phenomenon of the 'Accidental Renaissance'. You know, those photos that circulate online where folks have whoopsie-dasied into an image that looks like a phenomonal work of [Baroque] art? We explore commonly misused phrases, the meaning we think sits behind the use of the word Renaissance, photographic practice and more. We've also restructured our format a bit! "Art or Nah" is out the window and we'll be working towards producing slightly shorter ...
Aug 17, 2023•52 min
Hey art lovers! This week we have the famous Gene on for an interview, Sophie's grad school husband. This was a big recording session and chat so we're uploading the episode in two parts so you can hear in depth about Gene's work. Our time toegher earning our photo MFAs and some invaluable advice from Gene about how artists can operate their practices as a business in order to be protected in the contemporary art world. You can find Gene's artworks at genetolan.com Also this week we used Adobe b...
Aug 10, 2023•55 min
Hey art lovers! This week we have the famous Gene on for an interview, Sophie's grad school husband. This was a big recording session and chat so we're uploading the episode in two parts so you can hear in depth about Gene's work. Our time toegher earning our photo MFAs and some invaluable advice from Gene about how artists can operate their practices as a business in order to be protected in the contemporary art world. You can find Gene's artworks at genetolan.com Also this week we used Adobe b...
Aug 03, 2023•54 min
Tune in as Seema leads Sophie into this week's topic like a horse to water, where we discuss THAT topic. Is it actually possible to separate the art from the artist? No spoilers here, you'll have to listen to find out. Btw the show we're talking about at the beginning is called 'Deadloch' and is a masterpiece of Australian TV. Get amongst it! Consequesntly there's some explicit language in this one so be prepared. Also this week we used Adobe beta podcast AI software to improve our sound quality...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min
This week we sit down with one of our long time supporters and patrons, artist Cindy Walter. This episode is a little different to our previous interviews as Cindy is an emerging artist out of Aotearoa. You can find Cindy's works at cindywalterart.com and on IG: @nanacindynz We have a chat, talk to Cindy about her art, give some specialized references and some adivce that is applicable to any artist looking to move into the fine art/contemporary art space. We've also got an extended video upload...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min
As requested by our Patrons, this week we're talking critical thinking. In true ArtLust fashion this week's episode is born from TT internet drama. We also have an extra special guest! An extended member of the ArtLust fam. We sit down and talk about the fundamentals of engaging with media, how to de-center your thinking and embrace multiple perspectives when comsuming art, media and other people's opinoins! Also this week we used Adobe beta podcast AI software to improve our sound quality! Let ...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 35 min