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…

Radical Hope - with Isabella Hone-Saunders

In this episode we will be exploring Radical hope as a way to live, make and create during times of uncertainty.  We discuss the current exhibition ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders and Paul Boyé as part of the MADA curator-in-residence p…

Art speak - how do we talk about art?

Art Smitten is dishing up a special on ‘art speak’ and the vernacular we use when talking about art 🗣️🗣️🗣️ The team will be reflecting on a recent attempt by the National Gallery of Art in Washington to Gen Z-ify art history. We will also be reflecting on John Berger’s influential series ‘Ways …

The natural world inspiring us all - with Pippa Milne from the Potter Museum of Art

For this week’s episode of Art Smitten ~ we are looking to the world around us and discussing how nature inspires artistic practice 🔍🐛🐜🌷🐦‍⬛ The team visited the Potter Museum of Art’s current exhibition ‘a velvet ant, a flower and a bird’, and will be speaking to Pippa Milne all about the show…

Measures of devotion in art - Rebel Heart at SLV

We are putting the SMITTEN into Art Smitten this week as we discuss art that act as measures of devotion <3 🏹 During the show we will be joined by Isabel from the State Library of Victoria to discuss the current exhibition 'Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations' ✍️ Jen also discusses …