ArtLust Podcast

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...

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...

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 on...

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 arti...

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'...

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 &...

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...

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...

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 (S...

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 (Sop...

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 f...

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 Patreo...

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 @artlus...

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 th...

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...

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 aud...

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!

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!

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

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 - p...