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When soup-throwing activists, incompetent art thieves, and a shady crypto bro walk into an art market... you get fall 2024's greatest hits. Join us as we explore how a $6.24M banana, some rain-soaked Warhols, and an NFT museum in the metaverse nobody wants perfectly capture the absurd state of contemporary art.

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Art gets really dangerous in part two of our “Velvet Buzzsaw” episode! Deceased artist Vetril Dease is on a haunted rampage, taking down icy gallery owners, ambitious assistants, and feared critics. We’re diving into real-life killer art and creepy art history secrets alongside looking at work from artists like Anish Kapoor, Bruce Nauman, Lynda Benglis, Gustav Klimt, and Nam June Paik. Plus, a stop at the Venice Biennale for 2024’s most immersive installations.

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Happy spooky season! In part one of our Velvet Buzzsaw episode, we’re joined by Chris Scott from Layers in Lairs to explore this 2019 “horror” film where Final Destination meets the Los Angeles art scene. Take a haunted gallery tour through works by Félix González-Torres, Jordan Wolfson, Anish Kapoor, Michael Heizer, Bruce Nauman, George Bellows, Eric Fischl, and Annika Ström—while we ponder the ultimate question that has been haunting us: What exactly is the name Morf short for?

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We're back with part two of Problemista! This week we’re looking at work by artists Danielle De Jesus, Shellyne Rodriguez, Doug Henders, Pablo Picasso, Johannes Vermeer, Andy Warhol (YES HIM AGAIN), Banksy, and Ron English. Grab your emotional support cactus, flip on your phone's flashlight, and join us for this episode as we try to figure out if you have to tip your robot bellhop (and if so... in what hole?).

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We're diving into A24's Problemista, where MC Escher meets the U.S. immigration system in the tale of Alejandro (Julio Torres), an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador turned NYC art world intern. We'll unpack everything from the cultural significance of eggs in art to the Venice Biennale. Along the way, we'll explore works by Nicole Eisenman, Justin Liam O'Brien, Bobby Doherty, UPWA MVP Danny McDonald, Olafur Eliasson, and more! This film is a must-see for anyone who's survived—or been crushed by—an absolutely unhinged boss in their 20s. Give it a watch, then join us to unscramble this cinematic omelet.

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2024 Paris Olympics, Opening Ceremony: LGBTQ+ folks dare to... stand on a bridge? Gasp! Conservative meltdown ensues over imaginary Last Supper mockery. We're here this week armed with the knowledge of more than three paintings to unpack this "scandal." Featuring religious art from old masters to modern blasphemers like Jan van Bijlert, Jacopo Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, David LaChapelle, Andy Warhol, Andres Serrano, Marc Quinn, and Katharina Fritsch. Urgent questions raised during recording include: How many balls make a bacchanalia? Would a modern-day Last Supper be hosted at a Bennigan’s or Ruth’s Chris? Jesus: still our homeboy? Join us on this episode to learn the answers!

Hello, 911? A gallery in the Hamptons is selling artwork made from Justin Timberlake's recent mugshot! In this episode, we cover the nasty (bad) history of mugshots, why publishing them is an exploitative practice that is as uniquely American as a festering bag of garbage on a New York City street corner. We look at the recent work inspired by Timberlake's Driving While Idiot arrest plus historical and contemporary work created with mugshots by Andy Warhol, Paolo Cirio, and Jesse Krimes, and some work by noted “appropriation artist” Richard Prince.

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We enjoyed making our first episode so much we decided to make another! In our second episode on Broad City we’re looking at work by Crys Yin, Katharina Fritsch, Takashi Murakami, Eva and Franco Mattes, Jeff Koons, and even more Danny McDonald. We somehow keep finding ways to talk about the Wall Street Bull, try to figure out if KAWS is or isn’t like balls, and finally get to the bottom of exactly how much time is appropriate to spend on art. Digressions include trying to figure out what you call a caterer who is also a waiter and of what exactly Baja Blast is made. We wrap up with a look at Abbi's evolution as an artist and the final resolution of the series.

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Welcome to episode one! We explain why we even bothered to make this podcast before taking a look at the art world through the eyes of Abbi Jacobson in the hit Comedy Central television show Broad City. Digressions include discussions of Jim Carry and his mangoes, the Wall Street bull covered in dildos being ridden by a shirtless Vladimir Putin, what you call the large flat Gardettos. We wind up doing a surprising amount of math. Does time spent on art equal value? BH²FC equals how many hairy bronze sculptures? Find out with us in our very first episode.

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