Artpop Talk

WARNING: In this episode we do talk about mental health and self-harm in reference to Lady Gaga's new music video for 911 and her CBS Sunday Morning interview. 

This week we talk about Queen RBG, Lady Gaga, and the 2020 Emmy Awards. From the COVID jokes, celebrity looks, and the Kia Emmy delivery service... you’ll find out in our recap, that spotting Jon Hamm in the “fake audience” was the highlight of the night! 

What better way to celebrate our 20th episode of Artpop Talk than to hear from the Artpop Tarts! This week we are answering listener art and pop questions- from art theft, to nudity, to pop culture in art classes and MORE! Listen for special tips on how to tastefully put your nudes on the internet.  

This week is all about the 2020 VMAs and how the Video Music Awards influence visual culture. In 2020, what does visual culture even look like? From Lady Gaga's mask fashion, the Video for Good, and best Quarantine performance, this year's VMAs showed us visuals like no other year. 

Get ready for an episode on all things Fluxus— an international network of artists and composers in the 1960s that was characterized as a shared attitude rather than a movement. We discuss some important Fluxus players from its founding member Geroge Maciunas to John Cage and more! Stick around for the second half of the episode for another segment of JOSH THOUGHTS, where we get Josh’s perspective on Fluxus, sound, and music, involving artists such as Cage and George Brecht. 

Have you listened to last week’s episode about the celebrity artworks found in Architectural Digest videos? In this episode, we’re talking about some great feedback we received from a listener responding to our thoughts. We’re also talking about two works from artist Kehinde Wiley, an artist found in Lance Armstrong’s home tour.

This week's episode is about four celebrity home tours from Architectural Digest! We're looking at the art found in the homes of Kourtney Kardashian, Mark Ronson, Lance Armstrong, and Kendall Jenner. Do any of these art works actually belong in these homes? And what does art by celebrity artists look like or function as in a domestic space? 

In this week's episode we are finishing our recap of the OKCMOA exhibition, “POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.” We think about the kinds of influence foundations and art collectors have on the art world, while also diving into the breadth of work created by pop artists including Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Damien Hirst-- featured artists in the Pop Power exhibition! 

In this weeks bebe episode, we're talking about a leetle project we worked on with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art! 

In this week's episode we sit down with our cousin, fashion merchandising major and costume history expert, Giuliana Porro, to discuss fashion designer Coco Chanel and her history as a Nazi agent. We also recall the partial reconstruction of The Villa La Pausa at the Dallas Museum of Art—a permanent exhibition of Chanel’s former residence, objects, and artworks— and how art museums can once again talk about their problematic previous owners. 

In this week's episode we talk about two works from the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art's permanent collection. Love by Robert Indiana, and An American Alphabet Series, Letter H by Robert Cottingham. We introduce the Pop Art movement and talk about these two Bobbys. Then we interview two former colleagues from the OSUMA and how they're using these works to cultivate community dialogue and discussion.