We’re back dear listeners and this time we’ve decided to go all Modernist on you with an episode dedicated to the Dada art movement! Join us on this weird and wonderful Dadaist trip through inter-war Europe and New York as we explore avant-garde art, sound poetry, performance, photomontage, and the mystery of the world’s most famous urinal. Artwork…

Happy Festive Season listeners! We've just squeaked in a Christmas-themed episode for you to enjoy before the New Year. This time, we wanted answers to a question that has bothered the IIAT household for some time: what's the deal with Old Man Baby Jesus in early art? We discover why people couldn't get enough of balding / jacked / eye bags / combo…

It is the season of the WITCH, baby!!! This time we have a Halloween special for you. From Lilith the OG, via Circe, Hekate and Europe’s early modern Witch Craze, we are giving you a whistle-stop tour of all things witchy and woo woo. Along the way we discuss crow armies, personal taxidermists, and whether Albrecht Dürer was a fan of the Curly Girl…

Sorry listeners, we’ve left a long gap since our last two episodes… but we’re making up for it with a truly bonkers painting. Oh, you’re in for a treat this time, because we are talking about Hieronymus Bosch’s wackiest of paintings, The Garden of Earthly Delights. It was Augustina’s turn to research this one and she ended up tearing her hair out t…

This episode we cover the life, art and unbelievable drama of the one and only Frida Kahlo. Get ready for sex, gore, love, betrayal, jail, revolutionary communism and for some reason... a monkey. We also meet Ellie's cat Frida, the third podcast member and - probably - Kahlo's feline horcrux. To view all the paintings in this episode, visit our Ins…

Welcome to the podcast! We're here to look at great art and spill some historical tea along the way. In our first episode, we’re covering the Pre-Raphaelites and OMG THE GOSS. We're talking elopements, anti-establishment painting, pervy art critics, mega f**kboi Rossetti and why we stan Lizzie Siddall. To view all the paintings in this episode, vis…