Artist interview with Faith Spencer

🕯️Today on Art Smitten, we’ll be joined by Faith Spencer, whose solo show, ‘If stars were to touch me, I’d feel it’, has just opened at @alltheverybest_ in Abbotsford! Faith is a painter whose practice explores light and atmosphere through layered colour and a transient visual language. Drawing on…

Melbourne Sculpture Biennale - with Beth Maslen and Hannah Gartside

After an incredible day experiencing the 2026 Melbourne Sculpture Biennale at Billilla Mansion, our next episode of Art Smitten will be sharing our thoughts & reflections on the project 🍃🏡🕯️ We are also fortunate to be joined by Hannah Gartside + Beth Maslen, who both have new works presented at…

Radical Computing with Mel Huang Buntine

In this episode we are joined by Mel Huang Buntine, the curator of NCM's exhibition 'Radical Computing'. This exhibition is a love letter to the computer and our relationships to technological systems, from the communal to the personal.  The team also reflect on our own history with computers (hel…

ACCA NEW26 - Interview with Nicholas Currie and Diego Ramírez

Today on Art Smitten we are thrilled to be joined by Nicholas Currie and Diego Ramírez, 2 of the artists featured in ACCA’s NEW26 exhibition which celebrates the most compelling emerging artists with bold and ambitious new commissions. Image credits: 1) L-R: Nicholas Currie, I wonder if it’s all g…

The art of wandering - encounters on the streets of Naarm/Melbourne

We’ve been out walking on the beautiful streets of Naarm in preparation for today’s episode all about wandering around and finding art along the way. 🚶 Aditi shares a book review of I want to die, but I want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee  Afrina reflects on the debut single 'Ghost of You' by W…

'Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree' with Sophie Gerhard

We are excited to be discussing Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree currently on display at the Potter Museum of Art. This major exhibition reflects the deep cultural, ecological and symbolic significance of the gum tree — and we look forward to hearing our guest Sophie Gerhard share insights into t…

Funky foods, art and fashion: Interview with Dhishni de Silva + reflecting on Yayoi Kusama

We are keeping things funky and fresh in this episode of Art Smitten...  To kick things off, the team reflect on the life and work of Yayoi Kusama after passing away aged 97. Then we are joined by artist Dhishni de Silva @dhishni_art who has been running Funky Veg Still Life classes at Ruma @ru.ma…

South Korea trip, Young British Artists, Charli xcx & Agnès Varda

This week, the whole Art Smitten team will be in the studio sharing our thoughts 💭 and feelings 💕 about some recent art experiences. Aditi is back from South Korea, Jen reflects on the attitudes towards the Young British Artists to the rise of Charli xcx, Afrina has been inspired by Bartolini’s p…

Interview with Yosef Phelan, reflection on 'Wurrdha Marra' at NGV Australia & Daniel Spoerri assemblages

In this episode, Afrina shares an interview with Irish-Palestinian artist Yosef Phelan @yosefphelan who explores identity and familial histories through hand drawn animations, audio recordings and short film.  We also discuss works from the current exhibition Wurrdha Marra at NGV Australia, Daniel…

This track reminds me of … Pairing art and song

For our final episode of the season, the Art Smitten team are reflecting on music that reminds us of works of art … 💭🎶 Every week we celebrate visual art experiences through the audio medium of radio, so we can’t wait to celebrate this tension and explore how our senses collide and inform one ano…