Framed
Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs
A true crime podcast for art school dropouts and gallery gossips.
Hosts Steph and Joel dig into the wildest stories the art world has to offer — from million-dollar heists to forgery fiascos, cursed paintings, and museum drama that would make Gossip Girl blush. It’s art history, but make it chaotic, queer, and criminal.
🎨 Visual art, crime, and pop culture collide
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A podcast about the world of art and all the crime that happens there. Steph and Joel make art history a little less boring a little more pop culture.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
48. This shit is bananas: How the Guerrilla Girls Took on the Art World
In this episode of Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs, we dive into the wild history of the Guerrilla Girls — the anonymous collective of feminist art activists who shook up the art world with gori…
47. Are Phones Ruining Museums? From Uffizi to Oasis
We're back after a well needed with stories: Wembley’s thunderous sing-along to “Bittersweet Symphony” before Oasis and a full Uffizi debate about whether phones are ruining how we see art. There’s P…
46. Bob Ross: The Happy Little Legacy War
You know the perm. You know the voice. You’ve probably fallen asleep to the sound of “happy little trees.” But behind the gentle persona of Bob Ross was a very real — and very bitter — legal battle o…
45. Burning Embers
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44. Art, Lies, and Painting Toddlers
Prodigy or Performance? The Marla Olmstead Scandal
In the early 2000s, a four-year-old girl named Marla Olmstead became an overnight sensation — hailed as an abstract art prodigy whose paintings sold …
43. You Wrecked It!
This week on Framed, Joel takes the wheel to bring you a very special tour of people who accidentally (or… not so accidentally) wrecked art in galleries. From a cleaner who scrubbed the "dirt" off a …
42. Ladies Lounge v. The Law
Inside MONA: The Art Museum That Got Sued for Saying “No Men Allowed”
This week on Framed, Steph takes us inside Tasmania’s wildest art museum — MONA — and the legal storm surrounding its now-infamous…
41. Double Jeopardy: Who shot Andy Warhol?
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40. Double jeopardy: Down the Witches Road
Brooms, potions, and spells—oh my! This week on Framed, Steph delves into the world of witches, from historical lore to infamous trials and the mysterious women accused of witchcraft through the ages…
39. L'homme-araihnée
He climbed into a museum — and walked out with over $100 million in stolen art.
This week on Framed, we unravel the story of Vjeran Tomic, the real-life "French Spider-Man" who used climbing skills to…
38. The claws are out - Art Feuds!
Some rivalries spark creativity. Others burn everything to the ground.
In this week’s episode of Framed, we dive into the most iconic feuds in art and pop culture history — from bitter artistic rivals…
37. Left Eye Legacy
The Rise and Flame of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
She was the wild card of TLC. A lyrical genius. A tabloid magnet. A spiritual seeker.
In this episode of Framed, we trace the life of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes …
36. Big Little Crimes
This week on Framed, we investigate a small-time crime with big-time audacity.
It starts with a guy, a girlfriend, and a suspicious amount of stolen goods — all stashed neatly inside his mum’s house. …
35. A Wolfgang in Artists Clothing
Wolfgang Beltracchi: The Greatest Art Forger of Our Time?
He fooled the experts. He conned the galleries. He made millions painting in the styles of long-dead masters — and got away with it for decade…
34. The Flamin' MET Gallah
This week, things get extra fabulous on Framed. Joel and Steph debrief the Met Gala.
We’re talking feathers, fashion, and a potential possession of a horny hat. Steph also has an existential crisis ov…
33. Cursed arty-facts
This week, Joel takes the wheel and invites you to jump on board a spooky ride through history’s most cursed artifacts. From ancient mummies and the legend of the Hope Diamond to the fiery fate of Po…
32. Steph and Joel Variety Hour
This week on Framed, we gather around the break room water cooler and accidentally turn our pop culture intro into a full-blown episode.
Welcome to the Steph and Joel Variety Hour — where we chat (on …
31: Double jeopardy -Renoir Speedboat Spectacular
The photocopier is broken and we can't get onto IT at Framed HQ so we are on hold till next week. So you don't miss us too much we are bringing an old ep from season 1 out of the filing cabinets. Thi…
30. It Was Agatha All Along
🕵️♀️ The 10 Missing Days of Agatha Christie: Mystery, Scandal, or Stunt? 🕵️♀️
In 1926, bestselling crime author Agatha Christie vanished without a trace. For ten days, the world searched. Her car wa…
29. The Abduzzy of Buzzy
🎢 Inside Disney’s Dark Side: The Animatronics of EPCOT & The Curious Case of Buzzy 🎢
From the magic of animatronics to a real-life heist straight out of Tomorrowland — this episode of Framed dives int…