Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Accession cover
Arts

Accession

T.H. Ponders

The enchanting beauty of the art museum. The secret stories only a personal guide knows. All in the palm of your hand. Welcome to Accession. You can find out more at accession.fm.

Episodes

20 of 28 episodes

(EN) 24: La verdad de la fotógrafa (Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, Graciela Iturbide)

A portrait is so much more than a space, a subject, and a keen eye. It’s a place, a person, and a photographer’s truth.

22:11May 31, 2020

(ES) 24: La verdad de la fotógrafa (Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, Graciela Iturbide)

Un retrato es muchísimo más que un espacio, un sujeto y un buen ojo. Es un lugar, una persona y la verdad de un fotógrafo.

21:52May 31, 2020

23: Take Me to the Water (Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 2000.5)

The congregation gathers on the banks of the river to be baptized. An audio fiction based on Baptism Study by Benny Andrews. Content Warning...

19:33Feb 20, 2020

22: Moving Pieces (National Gallery, 1996.120.3)

A room where the art, and the artist, feel perfectly at home. A conversation on starts. An exploration of the Calder Tower at the National G...

29:32Jan 23, 2020

Accession: Homeward Trailer

We've got so many incredible pieces of art to see, museums to visit, people to meet, and stories to hear on this, the second season of Acces...

3:21Jan 9, 2020

21: Unfinished Piece

An unfinished piece, two types of silence, an unfinished peace.

10:58Jan 7, 2020

Welcome to Accession

Art contains exactly half of an old and powerful magic. It can build entire worlds from nothing but paint and canvas, tell epic stories insi...

6:39Jan 2, 2020

Reina Rebelde: An Interview with Regina Merson

T.H. Ponders sits down with Regina Merson, founder and creator of the makeup company Reina Rebelde to talk about starting a business, the ar...

48:27Dec 12, 2019

20: Garden of Light (Live from the Chihuly Gardens at PodCon2)

This episode features recordings collected from the attendees of our live event at the Chihuly Gardens in Seattle, Washington at Podcon 2! F...

17:01Jun 9, 2019

19: Night (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950.100)

I want to share a secret with you. But you cannot tell anyone... This episode looks at Night by Aristide Maillol from the collection of the...

25:56May 16, 2019

18: 1943- Nightlife (Art Institute Chicago, 1992.89)

Join us at a juke joint just around the corner from Hopper's Nighthawks, as we take a look at Archibald Motley's joyous, yet poignant reacti...

37:39Jan 31, 2019

17: 1943- Thanksgiving (Norman Rockwell Museum, 1973.22)

This episode looks at the classic image of the American Thanksgiving, that has been reinterpreted time and time again. Only this time, we di...

36:56Nov 21, 2018

16: 1942- Nighthawks (Art Institute Chicago, 1942.51)

In this episode, we are looking at the most iconic work in American Art. But we are going to take it out of its larger cultural context to f...

32:52Nov 19, 2018

15: Three Ghosts (Worcester Art Museum, 1916.20)

Today, we look at a familiar ghost from three different angles; a poem, a play, and a song. You can find the images for this episode and the...

29:09Oct 2, 2018

14: The Master's Teacher (Yale University Art Gallery, 1871.45)

While Leonardo da Vinci was an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, what exactly did Leonardo learn from Andrea? What did An...

30:01Sep 19, 2018

13: Dear Venus (Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2003.50)

With so many pieces of art that share the name Venus, what is it that makes a Venus a Venus? You can find the images for this episode and th...

18:50Sep 8, 2018

12: Mysterious Smile (Wadsworth Atheneum, 2012.13)

Amongst all the sitters in art history, the people who sit to have their portrait painted, only a few possess this remarkable skill: to cast...

28:11Jul 14, 2018

11: The Obstacle Remover (Denver Art Museum, 1968.24)

This week, we take look and listens from many different angles at one of the most beloved gods in Hinduism, and we may even get to touch som...

20:54Jul 2, 2018

10: Moon Museum (Moon Museum, 1969.1-6)

This is one small step for artist, one giant leap for artist kind. This question is: did it ever happen? Is there a secret museum on the moo...

22:08Jun 25, 2018

9: Changing Landscapes (Worcester Art Museum, 1916.97)

In this special episode of Accession for Kids, we take a look at a landscape painting of a place that may be familiar, even if it doesn't lo...

10:53Jun 16, 2018