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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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In the 1970s, American curator Donna Stein served as an art advisor to Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Together, Stein and Pahlavi generated an art market in Iran, as Stein encouraged Pahlavi’s patronage of the Tehran Museum of Cont... more

Is culture good for you? In Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives (Cornerstone Press, 2026) Daisy Fancourt, a Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at University College London offer... more

How do we compare across languages, media, and histories, all without flattening differences? And what might Hong Kong teach us about doing comparison differently?

Alvin K. Wong examines these and other questions in Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hon... more

Rick Fröberg was an accomplished artist and musician born in Southern California who spent most of his early creative years in San Diego before moving to New York, and then back to San Diego toward the end of his life. While juggling both of his crea... more

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Donna Stein
Author of The Empress and I, curator, essayist, and retired deputy director of the Venda Museum of the Cold War in Los Angeles
Skira
Episode: Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)
Mike Jay
An author and curator with a focus on the history of drugs
Author of "Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind"
Episode: Mike Jay, "Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind" (Yale UP, 2023)
Matthew Davis
Writer with contributions to The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Review of Books
St. Martin's Press
Episode: Matthew Davis, "A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
Tony Spawforth
Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Newcastle University, renowned expert on ancient Greece
Newcastle University
Episode: Tony Spawforth, "What the Greeks Did for Us" (Yale UP, 2023)
David Newheiser
Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University
Florida State University
Episode: David Newheiser et al., "Art-Making as Spiritual Practice: Rituals of Embodied Understanding" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Maddalena Alvi
Historian of modern Europe and author of The European Art Market and the First World War
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Maddalena Alvi, "The European Art Market and the First World War: Art, Capital, and the Decline of the Collecting Class, 1910–1925" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Mariana Ortega
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latina-Latino Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Episode: Mariana Ortega, "Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad" (Duke UP, 2024)
Dr. Shilla Lee
Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Modern Japan
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Episode: Shilla Lee , "Crafting Rural Japan: Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization" (Routledge, 2024)
Stephen Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Curating and Museology of Asian Art, Chair of the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
NUS Press
Episode: Stephen Murphy, "Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau, 7th to 11th Centuries (NUS Press, 2024)

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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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    meme loose
    United States8 years ago

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Many enjoy the rich variety of topics and guests, often noting the engaging format that combines scholarly discussion with accessible language.
Listeners appreciate the intellectual depth and academic rigor presented in each episode, finding the discussions enlightening and relevant to contemporary artistic practices.

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Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)
Q: What are your hopes for the collection that was such a part of your life?
I believe they recognize its value and importance, managing it well and making plans for future exhibitions.
Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)
Q: What were the changes in your position at the museum over time?
I initially intended to focus on graphic arts but gradually expanded into broader roles, becoming the only one working closely with the chief of the Queen's office.
Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)
Q: How did you get involved in this grand adventure of moving to Tehran in 1974 and working on this museum?
I received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and ended up taking a travel trip around the world where I first arrived in Tehran.
Daisy Fancourt, "Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives" (Cornerstone Press, 2026)
Q: What are some examples of how arts practice can help with stress in hospital settings?
Music can encourage physiological relaxation by synchronizing our breathing, heart rate, and movements to its beats, effectively reducing anxiety levels in patients waiting for surgery.
Daisy Fancourt, "Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives" (Cornerstone Press, 2026)
Q: What inspired you to write about the intersections of arts, health, and science?
I loved arts and science growing up and couldn't really pick between them, which led me to work in the NHS designing arts programs in hospitals.

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