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The Object

The Object

65 Episodes • By The Object podcast from the Minneapolis Institute of Art • new.artsmia.org/the-object-podca...
"The Object" podcast explores the surprising, tru…
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Yard Show: The World According to Joe
Thirty-five years ago, Joe Minter received a vision.... more
Apr 8 2024 24m
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The premiere of Season 6! When the work of a brillia... more
Mar 11 2024 24m
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Encore episode: The O'Keeffe We Never Knew
One week until Season 6 begins (March 11)! Here's a ... more
Mar 5 2024 30m
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Bonus Episode: Dance Like Everyone's Watching
It was a mystery: two dancers—one white, one Black—c... more
Feb 12 2024 23m
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Encore episode: Secrets of the Veiled Lady
They are illusions, no more real than someone being ... more
Jan 15 2024 24m
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American Epic: Looking for Ella Watson
In 1942—years before becoming the first Black photog... more
Dec 22 2023 25m
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Give and Take:The Weird, Wonderful Art of the Gift
From the gift of fire to Pandora’s Box to the origin... more
Nov 27 2023 25m
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Shooting Back: The Photographer Who Unvanished
In the 1890s, B.A. Haldane sets up a photography stu... more
Oct 23 2023 29m
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Goodbye, Columbus: Frida and Diego's American Dream
In the fall of 1930, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera tr... more
Sep 25 2023 30m
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Water for Spirits: The Circus Star Who Became a Goddess
An ancient African water spirit, Portuguese slave tr... more
Aug 28 2023 22m
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Finding Fanny: The Model Who Disappeared
She was one of the most recognizable women in the wo... more
Jul 31 2023 29m
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Making Monet: The Invention of Genius
He rose from scorn and poverty to become one of the ... more
Jul 3 2023 27m
Monet's Success and Lavish Lifestyle
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Dangerous Liaisons: What Happened to the First Queer Art Star?
Simeon Solomon—bold, dashing, and openly queer—is a ... more
Jun 5 2023 24m
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52: The Man Who Broke the World
Truth, beauty, transcendence. For millennia, people ... more
May 1 2023 33m
The Flaming Bowels of Art
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The Naked and the Nude: A Revealing History
As long as humans have made art, they have made art ... more
Apr 3 2023 27m
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50: The Department of Missing Limbs
The first episode of Season 5 is a story as old as l... more
Mar 6 2023 23m
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49: Encore episode: The Black Musketeer: A Swashbuckling Tale of Race and Revenge
Season 5 of The Object begins Monday, March 6! Until... more
Feb 27 2023 26m
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48: Bonus episode: When a Kiss is Just a Kiss
In 1950, Robert Doisneau takes one of the most iconi... more
Feb 6 2023 17m
Paris in the 50s
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47: Do You Feel Lucky? A Bonus Episode for the New Year
Many people dream of finding a masterpiece in the at... more
Jan 19 2023 17m
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46: The Sinner and the Saint: A Christmas Fable
In 1650, a less-than-holy artist is hired to paint a... more
Dec 19 2022 28m
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The Man Who Shot America
In the mid-1960s, Richard Avedon is the most famous ... more
Nov 14 2022 28m
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44: The Ghost Ships Of Xu Fu
In ancient China, a royal sorcerer named Xu Fu is se... more
Oct 10 2022 22m
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43: The Possibly True Story of an American Legend
In 1798, a portrait artist named Joshua Johnson adve... more
Sep 12 2022 23m
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Seeing Ourselves in Animals: An Unnatural History
As long as people have told stories, we have told st... more
Aug 8 2022 26m
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41: Escape Velocity: The Woman Who Left the World
Leonora Carrington has never felt at home in her wea... more
Jul 11 2022 26m
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