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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	1028	Founded	15 years ago
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Nabil Ali

Research artist and writer; author of Gold from Newton's Apple Tree, Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes

Cambridge University Botanic Garden (artist in residence)

Episode: Nabil Ali, "Gold from Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Margaret Heffernan

Author of Embracing Uncertainty

Author, business consultant

Episode: Margaret Heffernan, "Embracing Uncertainty: How Writers, Musicians and Artists Thrive In An Unpredictable World" (Policy Press, 2025)

Dirk Imhof

Curator of rare books, manuscripts and archives

Museum

Episode: Karen L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof, "The Burgeoning European Print Trade: The Distribution of Prints Via the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp" (Harvey Miller, 2025)

Karen Bowen

Co-author of the book

University/Institute not explicitly stated in transcript

Episode: Karen L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof, "The Burgeoning European Print Trade: The Distribution of Prints Via the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp" (Harvey Miller, 2025)

Bimbola Akinbola

Assistant Professor in Performance Studies at Northwestern University and author of Transatlantic Disbelonging, Unruliness, Pleasure and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women's Arts

Northwestern University

Episode: Bimbola Akinbola, "Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure, and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women's Art" (Duke UP, 2025)

Eivind Røssaak

Author of The Cory Arcangel Hack: Digital Culture and Aesthetic Practice

National Library of Norway (Research Professor) / MIT Press (publisher of the book)

Episode: Eivind Røssaak, "The Cory Arcangel Hack: Digital Culture and Aesthetic Practice" (MIT Press, 2025)

Beth Derderian

Author, Assistant Professor of Modern Middle East Studies and Anthropology

Brandeis University / Crown Center for Middle East Studies

Episode: Beth Derderian, "Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Jennifer Dasal

Author of The Club, where American women artists found refuge in Belle Époque Paris

Author, The Club (publication)

Episode: The Club: Where American Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris

Vojta Hybl

Geologist turned illustrator and author of Rocks, A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell

Frances Lincoln (publisher)

Episode: Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

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Miranda Melcher

Host of New Books in Art, engaging with scholars to explore the realms of published art research and academic insights.

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 35 ratings

#Contemporary Korean Art: Tansaekhwa
I just listened to the fabulous 2014 interview with Joan Kee on the history of contemporary art in Korea. Contemporary Korean Art: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). I collect Tansaekwa and yet has missed this until now. Excellent thank you!
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K.C. SF
United Statesa year ago
Fascinating show
Love this show. I particularly liked the interview with Jessica Helfand about her book. I agree that there is more to be said about the humanity of images of faces that we'd normally not look twice at like Instagram selfies and mugshots (and the encoded information you can glean about the people behind the camera!) I’m looking forward to more episodes!!
@schulmanArt host of The Inspiration Place Podcast
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The Inspiration Place
United States5 years ago
Lol this sounded like an ASMR vid
I am referring to "Looted Episode 3: Big Bronzes"
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Beth Derderian, "Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Q: How did you compile sources given the lack of institutional archives in the region, and what methods did you rely on besides interviews?

I conducted dozens of interviews, did extensive observational work at exhibitions and events, and gathered archival material from private collections and galleries in Kuwait and other Gulf locales to triangulate oral histories with documentary traces.

Beth Derderian, "Art Capital: Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi" (Stanford UP, 2026)

Q: Can you explain why Abu Dhabi was chosen as the focal context for your research and what makes the Louvre Abu Dhabi project significant?

Abu Dhabi was chosen not just for its wealth, but because the project encapsulates a nexus of state-building, capital investment, and global cultural diplomacy, illustrating how these museums function as instruments of national aspiration and audience-building.

Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

Q: So how did you decide what to include and how to approach all of this?

He describes starting with a benchmark of mineral-heavy guides and choosing to focus on rocks themselves, then compiling a comprehensive list of common rocks, validating them with specimens from museums, and weaving in the geological narratives each rock tells to make the content engaging and grounded.

Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)

Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book? Why might we be rock blind? And how do you think we can fix it with tools like this?

The guest explains his background as a geologist who moved into illustration and education, highlighting how combining scientific rigor with artistic storytelling makes geology more accessible. He argues everyone encounters rocks daily yet often overlooks them, and he describes the book as a way to reconnect people with rock stories through practical identification, visuals, and museum-based specimens.

Georgios Boudalis, "On the Edge: Endbands in the Bookbinding Traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean" (Legacy Press, 2022)

Q: Welcome to the show; could you introduce yourself and share how you got involved with writing this book?

Giorgios Boudalis describes his background in conservation, his role at the Museum of Byzantine Culture, and how his work in the Sinai library project and studies of early bindings led him to focus on endbands and their regional variations.

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