New Books in Art

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Porcelain

Chinese Art

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Ai Weiwei

Liu Jianhua

Saguaro Cactus

Body Art

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Stained Glass

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Renaissance Art

International Corpus Vitriarum

Georgia O'keeffe

Agnes Block

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	1024	Founded	15 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	Visual ArtsArts

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

Most people hate and fear uncertainty. It causes such stress and anxiety that we often choose certain surrender over doubt, becoming passive, dependent, addicted―and more anxious than ever. Doubling down on the certainties promised by technology and ... more

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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 L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof join Jana Byars to talk about their new book, The Burgeoning European Print Trade: The Distribution of Prints Via the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp (Harvey Miller, 2025). The European print trade is an evocative topic... more

8 Apr 2026 • 44 min

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

In Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women's Art (Duke University Press, 2025), Bimbola Akinbola redirects the focus in diaspora studies from questions of loss and longing to acts of unapologetic self-def... more

6 Apr 2026 • 1 hr 5 min

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

The first in-depth exploration of the work of artist Cory Arcangel, a pioneer of DIY-new media art whose influential “hacks” subvert the confines of Big Tech.

Cory Arcangel (b. 1978)—perhaps best known for Super Mario Clouds, the most referenced art... more

4 Apr 2026 • 43 min

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Recent Guests

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)

Jonathan Blackwood

Associate professor in contemporary art at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University

Episode: Jonathan Blackwood and Jasmina Tumbas, "Contemporary Art in the Post-Yugoslav Space" (Routledge, 2025)

Jasmina Tumbas

Associate professor of contemporary art history and performance studies, University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo

Episode: Jonathan Blackwood and Jasmina Tumbas, "Contemporary Art in the Post-Yugoslav Space" (Routledge, 2025)

Claire Goldstein

Professor of French and Director of the Humanities Program at UC Davis; author of In the Sun King's Cosmos, Comets, and the Cultural Imagination of 17th Century France

University of California, Davis

Episode: Claire Goldstein, "Sun King's Cosmos: Comets and the Cultural Imagination of Seventeenth-Century France" (Northwestern UP, 2025)

Bella Meyer

Granddaughter of Marc Chagall; art historian and cultural practitioner

Fleur Bella; YIVO-related cultural work

Episode: Marc Chagall: Reflections of a Granddaughter

Giorgios Boudalis

Head of Book and Paper Conservation at the Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki

Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki

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

Reginald Jackson

Author of Textures of Mourning, Calligraphy, Mortality, and The Tale of Genji Scrolls

University of Michigan Press

Episode: Reginald Jackson, “Textures of Mourning: Calligraphy, Mortality, and The Tale of Genji Scrolls” (U Michigan Press, 2018)

Margaret Graves

Adrienne Manassian Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Brown University

Brown University

Episode: Margaret S. Graves, "Invisible Hands: Fabrication, Forgery, and the Art of Islamic Ceramics" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Alexis Lerner

Assistant Professor at the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

Episode: Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

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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.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 34 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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Listeners appreciate the scholarly depth and relevance of discussions, particularly in relation to contemporary issues in art.

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Apple Podcasts	#168	United States/Arts/Visual Arts
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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.

Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

Q: When and where are we sort of talking for that? And what sorts of reasons and messages are we seeing at this phase?

Alexis describes the origins of graffiti in the mid-1980s during Perestroika, where the transmission of Western culture sparked interest in graffiti among youth.

Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?

Alexis Lerner introduces herself as an assistant professor at the United States Naval Academy and explains her motivation rooted in experiences living in St. Petersburg and exploring political themes through graffiti.

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