Sisters Bianca (MA in art history) and Gianna (BFA in studio art) Martucci-Fink
host conversations that connect the world of art history to our present popular
culture. With hot topics, and even hotter guests, they’ll tell you why and how
visual culture continues to inform our daily lives–while keeping you up to date
on the latest global art and pop news.
New episodes are out twice a month. Join them every first and third Tuesday for
an art-pop talk!
Get ready to FEAST on some Artpop Talk knowledge about radical hospitality and futurist cuisine! In this episode, we are wining and dining the tartlets with the bounty of still lives and the ornament…
When I was a young boy…. I stuffed my face with turkey and watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This episode is all things parade, starting with victory marches and Triumphal Arches and the Pa…
In celebration of Día de los Muertos we are joined by Dr. Cristina Cruz González to talk about the visual legacy of the holiday and the importance of the spectral within visual cultural. This episode…
In this finale of Artloween, we are joined by the very best Final Girl a horror film could ask for. Lyn Broyles is a writer and academic whose focuses include the intersection of gender and horror in…
In this ARTloween episode we are talking about taxidermy with emerging museum student and researcher Foster W. Krupp! We discusses how taxidermy is understood through a museum studies lens and their …
Here on APT we’ve talked about fandom and we’ve talked about cults, so in this episode we’re inviting you to... come up to our lab and see what’s on the slab! This marks our second discussion in this…
Kitsch or Treat! This episode marks the beginning of ARTloween here at APT, starting with defining the complexity of Kitsch and its use durning the spooky season!
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This week we are talking about the visual history of Drag, and more specifically, our everyday consumption of it! From makeup tutorials to slang, to even a particular Disney Villain. Drag may hold a …
This week we are throwing some white suburban woman energy into art history…(we know you all just LOVE that) because we are discussing the artist behind the Rae Dunn brand - the thing Live/Laugh/Love…
Did you watch The Met Gala!? We've been waiting for art history and pop-culture's biggest night for some time now... This episode is all things “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion!” Thanks to an Artpop…
Hear Ye, Hear Ye….. This week we will introduce Queen Lila, aka Queen Halsey, in our discussion of the film and album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.” Get ready to talk about all things Madonna …
All aboard at Sad Girl Central Station because the STEAM train has arrived! 🚂 This week we are joined by APT sister and photographer, Adrienne Turner, who is also a curriculum and instruction special…
Boy of APT and variant Andrew James is back and ready to talk all things Loki and Black Widow! We discuss the retro-futurist aesthetics of the TVA and our concerns following the release of Scar Jo’s …
Ready for an Artpop RANT?! In this episode we’re ranting about some of the art that we actually don’t like so much. From Gilmore Girls and Kiki Smith to Italian Futurism and their “original” movement…
Welcome back to Artpop Talk! This episode is all things Olympic! Starting with chariot racing competitions in the Byzantine Empire, history will lend itself well when looking at the politicization of…
We are wrapping up June with friend of APT and Printmaker, Jennifer Johnson— an artist who focuses on queer and figurative abstraction AND is currently teaching and pursuing a MFA in Printmaking at I…
This week we are joined by Onyx Montes— A museum educator and cultural worker to talk about her project, Salary Transparency! Onyx shares her insights and research on how museums and artistic environ…
Get ready for your Tuesday to be a little brighter with one of the Artpop Tart’s favorite segments, Josh Thoughts! Josh and Gianna discuss the themes and musicality behind Dischordia's upcoming album…
This week's Artpop BARK comes with a very esteemed guest, Dr. Elisabeth Green! Dr. Green is a veterinarian working in emergency medicine, and happens to be Bianca’s bestie. Elisa sits down with Bianc…
This week, we're talking “Performative Pride!” While LGBTQ+ programming in museums is essential, sometimes artistic spaces fall into the same trap of performative Pride--similar to what we see in man…