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Listen to State of the Arts, a Arts podcast by Art History Happy Hour. Stream 34 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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If you live in or have visited a major city over the past year, chances are you've come across some version of the various new "immersive" "...

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Back in February 2015, we discussed the history of 19th century French political satire in response to the tragedy of the mass shooting at t...

In this follow-up to our discussion of NFTs and the NFT market , we consider how so-called "cryptoart"--or digital art that is bought and so...

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This is the inaugural episode of our series SEEN, in which we discuss art that appears in movies, TV shows, and the like. For access to futu...

In this two-part series, we explore the recent explosion of interest around NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and digital art.

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In recent months, the term "fascism" has appeared frequently in the media. Many pundits have argued that the political tactics and rhetoric...

In 2011, shock waves erupted in the art world when the long-established New York gallery Knoedler & Company announced it was closing. Knoe...

In this special Memorial Day Weekend episode, we interview Harriet F. Senie , Professor of Art History and Director of the M.A. program in A...

In today's Valentine's Day-inspired episode, we delve into the history of Japanese erotica, with the help of our friend, Maggie Mustard. Mag...

Chances are you probably remember "Beast Jesus"--the fresco painting in a Spanish church that was lovingly "restored" by a local parishioner...

It's our 20th episode, so we decided to talk about two things that are near and dear to us: cats and art. Listen as we discuss four works of...

This past August-September, a seaside town in England hosted a very different kind of holiday attraction: a dystopian theme park by the anon...

Continuing with our recent theme of New York City architectural and cultural gems, today's episode delves into one of the most vital element...

Joseph Mallord William Turner has been the subject of a number of projects recently, from the 2014 biopic Mr. Turner to the exhibition J. M....

It's that time of year (well, one of those times of year) when tourists flood our city of New York. If you're planning a visit, check out to...

On March 18, 1990, two thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 objects from the museum's collection. This...

Spring has finally sprung in New York City, so we decided to spend an episode discussing how artists have represented the seasons , using fo...

When we started Art History Today and its podcast, State of the Arts, we wanted to show how art and its history make and inform the news. Be...

The rise of organizations like ISIS (or ISIL) has brought attention to the looting and destruction of ancient artifacts in the Middle East....

In today's episode we discuss the French satirical journal Charlie Hebdo, whose offices in Paris were attacked on January 7th, 2015. Charlie...

On November 12, 2014, the auction house Christie's hosted its annual fall auction of major works of postwar and contemporary art in New York...

In today's episode, we discuss one of the most popular and controversial artists of the last century, Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012). Kinkade's...

In this episode, we look at the ongoing debate over the proposed expansion plans of two beloved NYC museums: MoMA and the Frick. - See more...

Happy Halloween! In today's episode we discuss Romanticism, a period that produced some of our favorite creepy images in the history of art....

The biggest show of the year in New York (and maybe America, or the world) closed this weekend: the retrospective of Jeff Koons at the Whitn...

In August, The Art Newspaper reported that Donald Olson, an astrophysicist at Texas State University, had pinpointed the exact moment that M...

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and political activist who has been named the most influential artist alive. A retrospective of his work has b...

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Parthenon (a temple atop the Acropolis in Athens that was constructed in the 5th century BCE) had...

In today's episode, we discuss New York's summer blockbuster exhibition, Kara Walker's A Subtlety. Walker is a prominent but controversial a...

In today's episode, we discuss the current situation with the Detroit Institute of Arts. Since the city of Detroit declared bankruptcy in Ju...

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