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Episode 28: No Foolin’02 Nov 202100:35:59
In this episode we delve into the portrait of Don Juan de Calabazas in the Cleveland Museum of Art! Allyson talks jesters, fools, disability history,

Episode 27: The Incredible Flying Kris09 Aug 202100:32:35
The podcast returns as sharp as ever with a discussion of an example of a Malaysian blade called a kris! Allyson talks about the transition

Episode 20: Big Odalisque Energy28 Oct 201900:29:20
There are lots of different types of bodies in the world, but artist Fernando Botero focuses on the rounder kind--in this episode, Allyson tells you about Botero's 1998 painting L'Odalisque, and talks about how it relates to body image and ideas of the "other."
Episode 19: The Casco and the Yacht01 Oct 201900:29:24
Allyson discusses Filipina artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s Girls with Baskets (1966), and how colonialism, class, and global politics affect even the most sentimental of art. © 
Episode 18: As Much Worker as Woman26 Aug 201900:30:09
Allyson discusses Myra Albert Wiggins's The Lacemaker (1899, Portland Museum of Art), workin' hard for the money, and types of labor that we might not see as labor. This one's for you, needleworkers!
Episode 17: First Lady to Travel Over Sea25 Jun 201900:29:38
Esther Mahlangu's Untitled, 2008 has simple geometry, but a complex context--Allyson talks about its connections to commerce, soccer, and... BMWs? 
Episode 16: Invasion of the Night27 May 201900:29:02
It's a mind-bending episode as Allyson guides you through Roberto Matta's surreal mental landscape, Invasion of the Night (1941), and explores its connections to physics and psychology.
Episode 15: Compared to Rocks and Mountains29 Apr 201900:29:25
Allyson guides you through the eleventh-century Chinese handscroll painting Summer Mountains, (挗漋 ć‚łć±ˆéŒŽ ć€ć±±ćœ– ć·) by little-known painter Qu Ding (ć±ˆéŒŽ). © 2019 Allyson Healey

Episode 14: Happiness and Color26 Mar 201900:25:26
Allyson teaches you all about québécoise painter and stained glass artist Marcelle Ferron, whose windows at the Champ-de-Mars Métro station in Montréal are a unique

Episode 13: Namatjira’s Creek28 Feb 201900:29:02
In this episode, Allyson goes down under and discusses the life of Albert Namatjira, his watercolor painting Catherine Creek, Northern Territory (circa 1950), and the

Episode 12: Wrecked29 Jan 201900:31:58
ThĂ©odore GĂ©ricault’s 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa is part of a larger tangled web of colonialism, incompetence, and disaster. In this episode we get

Episode 11: Suspended on a Golden Chain24 Dec 201800:32:16
Hagia Sophia has had many lives over the centuries: from church, to mosque, to secular museum, it’s always taken center stage in its city, whether

Episode 26: The Case of Ingapirca22 Feb 202100:26:25
Allyson returns refreshed after a quarantine-induced slump to tell you all about Ingapirca, an Inka archaeological site whose function has been obscured by time and

Episode 10: A Sketch of Native American History26 Nov 201800:31:32
This episode gets a bit obscure and focuses on a single woodcut from David Cusick’s 1828 book Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations, the

Episode 9: Fiends, Frankenstein, and Fuseli29 Oct 201800:34:41
We’re getting spooky in this episode and looking at Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, by far one of the eeriest paintings in Western art

Episode 8: In Memory of Malcolm24 Sep 201800:30:08
This episode is a bit more multidimensional, mainly because we’re talking about a sculpture! Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Malcolm X #3 is titled in memory of Malcolm X, but

Episode 7: Painting of Interest27 Aug 201800:30:40
The game is afoot as we investigate the theft of Johannes Vermeer’s The Concert–or, more accurately, investigate how that theft affects how we look at the

Episode 6: Fly Like An Eagle30 Jul 201800:31:18
Get your shutter fingers ready, because in this episode we’re talking about a photograph! Specifically, Laura Aguilar’s Three Eagles Flying (1990). **This podcast contains discussions of lynching,

Episode 5: Hip to Be Square21 Jun 201800:32:55
Brace yourselves, listeners, because in this episode Allyson gets abstract and discusses Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, often hailed as the end of traditional painting and the

Episode 4: Do the Wave19 May 201800:30:28
This episode we dip our toe into the Asian art pool and talk about Hokusai’s Great Wave, its origins, and the many many transformations it has undergone

Episode 3: In Love with the Rococo15 Apr 201800:31:47
In a very self-indulgent episode, Allyson talks about her favorite period in art history, and one of her favorite artists: Rosalba Carriera, who did a

Episode 2: Why Oh Wiley14 Mar 201800:31:23
In this episode, Allyson gets topical and talks about a Kehinde Wiley painting–but maybe not the one you think! You can find a transcript of

Episode 1: For the Love of Mona Lisa13 Feb 2018
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Art History for All! In this episode, Allyson tells you all about Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the impact

Episode 25: Aboriginal Glyph31 Aug 202000:24:30
AH4A is back with an examination of Margaret Preston’s 1958 work Aboriginal Glyph, and lots of thoughts about what it means for a white woman

Episode 24: A Place to Rest08 Jun 202000:26:18
Lots of food for thought in this episode as Allyson discusses a Shona headrest from Zimbabwe in the Met’s collection: how do such objects come

#podcastblackout01 Jun 202000:02:24
In protest of the epidemic of racism and police brutality that affects Black people in America daily, this episode is part of #podcastblackout, a movement

Episode 23: Rock Steady09 Mar 202000:24:05
AH4A is back with an episode that ROCKS! Allyson discusses the rock art at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil, and what its story

Episode 22: Gilded Gingerbread24 Dec 201900:27:00
An icon of the head of John the Baptist (c. 1680) from Yaroslavl is the focus of this last episode of 2019, prompting a discussion of how Russia has been viewed across history.
Episode 21: A Paintbrush in Her Hand25 Nov 201900:29:23
Indigenous Canadian artist Daphne Odjig's painting Bathed in Sunlight (1983) and the larger story of Odjig's career prompt us to think about Native art and how it is (or isn't) included in the mainstream contemporary art world.
In Focus: Conservation Horror Stories31 Oct 201900:14:08
It's Halloween 2K19 and Allyson is sharing a very specific type of horror story--art conservation horror stories! Listen in, and then share your own tales of artsy mishaps by emailing allysonh[at]arthistoryforall.com!
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