ArtLust Podcast

Seema Rao and Sophie Chalk•www.podserve.fm

Welcome to ArtLust Podcast, where we make art accessible. Join art historian and museum industry expert Seema Rao and fine art photographer, fiber artist and educator Sophie Chalk. Every week we get together for a chat about the big and little ‘A' art worlds. Navigating intimacy, celebrity and education on Tiktok & so much more.

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Episodes

19 - Tragedy and Submersibles in Art and Media

This week our Art or Nah segment snowballed into our topic of the week. In talking about Ocean Gate we got thinking about representations of human tragedy in media and art. Also this week we used Adobe beta podcast AI software to improve our sound quality! Let us know what you think and if it's a better listening experience for you, our lovely listener. Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and grow. Patreon @artlustpodcast TikTo...

Jun 29, 2023•47 min

18 - Beauty

This week we tackle the idea of beauty and ultimately what would a world without our current beauty standards look like? Is it even possible to imagine? Also this week we used Adobe podcast AI to improve our sound quality! Let us know what you think and if it's a better listening experience for you, our lovely listener. The artist Sophie mentions can be found @itslilyholiday on Instagram. Show us some support and rate, review & subscribe! Every bit of engagement helps us climb the charts and...

Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 23 min

17 - Pablo-Matic at the Brooklyn Museum

Join us this week for an ArtLust first, a crituque of the new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Pablo-Matic. The contentious show guest curated by Australian comedian, writer and actor, Hannah Gadsby. Buckle in for a long one folks, we didn't want to release this in two parts so you could get the full juicy picture of the exhibition, its ins, outs and shortcomings. We'll be uploading some of the images and videos Sophie shared with Seema to our Patreon. Show us some support and rate, review &am...

Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 35 min

16 - Double Standards

Join us this week for another imprompu topic recording, the cis gendered and their double standards. A bit of a longer episode this week we have a long form chat about gender, masculinity and the double standards that exist in our day to day lives - of course, through the lens of art and culture. Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)

Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 26 min

14 - Bridgerton & the 'American Regency'

Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format. Join us this week for an episode we had absolutely no plan for, a discussion. of Bridgerton, America's fixaton on the Regency period and the messages women are internalizing within romance novels. Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)

May 25, 2023•1 hr 17 min

13 - Artist Interview w. Frank Oriti

Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format. Join us this week for a backdated interview with realist artist, Frank Oriti. Check out Frank's work on IG: @frankoriti or on his site frankoritijr.com/home Apologies for some of the sound quality in the beginning folks, our internet connection was a bit wonky for a minute but it does impove! Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie...

May 18, 2023•1 hr 16 min

10 - Male Gaze pt.2 & why we're sick of CapCut

Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format. Join us this week for the second installment of our discussion on the male gaze & how it operates through meme culture on TikTok, especially with CapCut trends. It's a bit of a chunky episode cause we nearly forgot our media recommendations but we hope you enjoy. Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)

Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 14 min

09 - Hubris

Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format. Join us this week for our exploaration hubris in the art world. Or in simpler terms, why can folks in the art world be such di*ks? Seema has some incredible insights into how visual culture and the art world came to be in this episode you won't want to miss. Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlustpodcast and TikTok @ArtLust (Seema) and @Darkroomvarmint (Sophie)

Apr 20, 2023•1 hr

08 - 'Neo Dada' & Contemporary Meme Culture

Holy cats! A weekly upload from ArtLust??? That's right friends, we've switched to our new format. Join us this week for our exploaration of the term 'Neo Dada', a phrase that appeared in early Tumblr culture and is still used today in online spaces. We explore the origins of Dadaism and why we think memes are so important to our current visual culture. Touching on Corecore, Jasper the Doll and the culture of trending absurdity our fave app cultivates. Don't forget to find us on Patreon @artlust...

Apr 13, 2023•59 min

07 - Tracing

Join us this week for our discussion of one of TikTok's biggest opinion-based sh*tstoms: the validity of tracing in artistic practice. We were absolutely giddy with excitement to be recording this episode. Tune in and listen as Sophie's hyper-focus on photography & optical methodology collides with Seema's expansive understanding of painting and art history. New episodes fortnightly! (Soon to be weekly!!)

Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 10 min

06 - White Lotus w. bonus guest

Join us this week for our discussion of the hit TV show White Lotus with bonus guest, Joe! Also known as the man in the ArtLust lives & Seema's husband. Joe has spent years working in museums and is an artist himself, specializing in lithography & printmaking. We talk about the show and the use of art in popular media and why it's so often... so wrong. Sorry for some of the wonky robot audio this week friends. Zoom didn't do right by us this week. New episodes fortnightly! (Soon to be we...

Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 10 min

04 - Our First Listener Email!

This week we're responding to our first listener email! Thank you so much to Clara who reached out asking for a ‘primer' episode on how to get into/resources for art history. We ended up talking curators, tiktok drama, 'tiers' of the art world, how we conduct our own art-based research and more. New episodes fortnightly!

Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min

03 - Interview with Artist Joseph Minek

Tune in for our first interview with contemporary artist and photographer, Joseph Minek. Our interview with Joe ran so long we'll be releasing the second half as exclusive Patreon content! Apologies for the sound quality on this one folks, I've since gently bullied Seema into getting a new mic. New episodes fortnightly!

Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min

02 - Male Gaze

In which, we talk about the male gaze, women's sexuality in painting, and 80's artists we hate.

Jan 17, 2023•56 min

01 - Nepo Babies

Welcome to the first episode of Art Lust Podcast, where we make art accessible. Join art historian and veteran museum industry worker Seema Rao and fine art photographer and educator Sophie Chalk for a chat about the big and little ‘A' art worlds, navigating intimacy, celebrity and education on Tiktok & more. Artists: The Bubble process - silk screen printers in Cleveland Cho Gi Seok - photographer Julia Soboleva Illustration Books: Veronica Wrath - Poster Girl Jean Swallow - Out From Under ...

Dec 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min

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