Art Drama Llama: Looking Beyond the Galleries

A leading art gallery selling fakes to the Met? With the owner related to Armie Hammer? What has the world come to?  

Join the llamas this week as they discuss the largest art fraud in U.S. history. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

Picture this: it's April 1991, and you and your friends are in the middle of pulling off what could be one of the most spectacular heists. But then, something happens and makes your heist become one of the shortest instead. What happened? 

Join the llamas as they discover what happened with these thieves' Van and why it wouldn't Gogh. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

It's 2004, and you've been watching Ocean's 11 on repeat, trying to devise a heist as elaborate as the one in the movie. What goes wrong? 

Welcome to the start of our 2022 special April Fools series! Listen along with the llamas this month as they uncover what goes wrong (or right) in a series of heists in the art world. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

Did you know badgers have secret superpowers? They can find treasures that have been hidden for centuries! 

Go digging with the llamas as they learn how a badger led archeologists to a hidden treasure. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

Swiper, no swiping! We discover that stealing stuff is indeed bad, and no one should do it, especially if they are ancient artifacts.

Museums are like dragons and hoard all their things, whether or not they belong to them. However, this week, the llamas discover one museum doing some good and giving back some of their Benin art to Nigeria.  

Join the llamas as they talk about repatriation and aliens? For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

Happy one year of Art Drama Llama!! The llamas celebrate the podcast's first anniversary by discussing the painting that started it all: La Grande Odalisque. 

Listen along as the llamas reminisce about how this artwork brought them and their love of art history together. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream! This week, the llamas delve into the inner psyche of Edvard Munch to understand how a man can express such terror. Maybe because the aurora borealis is in retrograde?

Fun fact: Did you know that the wave emoji (the Apple version) resembles Hokusai’s The Great Wave? Did you know the iconic piece is a woodblock print and not actually a painting?  

Ride the waves with the llamas this week as they discuss the difficulties of woodblock prints, especially this one. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]

The llamas start to discuss their favorite paintings! This week, one llama entertains us with her despair and how it translates to her love for one particular Goya piece.   

Join us on a lively discussion on Goya and Saturn Devouring His Son. For any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]