Highbrow Honey
Welcome to your weekly sweet bite of art history!
Together with host Celia Bugno, listeners will make their way through today's ever-expanding visual culture by discussing major arts-world stories from the last week each Tuesday, and by deep-diving into groundbreaking moments from the art historical past once-monthly. Talking through the weird, the infamous, the hilarious, and even the seemingly pointless of visual culture in order to understand our present, Celia brings you all the "highbrow" knowledge she can get her hands on in short, sweet episodes designed to keep you hooked and just maybe teach you a little something. This is Highbrow Honey!
Celia Bugno holds a Master's in Art History, specialized in Contemporary arts, from Arizona State University (2023), and a B.A. in Art History from Miami University (2016). Her primary goal in podcasting is to inspire the same love of learning in her listeners that her professors and mentors have inspired in her through the efforts of her work.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Beauty Scandals: The Portrait of Madame X
Welcome back and welcome to the new year Honeys!
Once highly scandalous and widely considered ugly, she stands today as an emblem of fashion and of women's self-possession: the one and only Madame X. …
Myths of Art History Part 3: Dark & Depressed
To finish out our series with the diciest and darkest of all art history myths, we'll be covering the myth of the tortured/suffering artist this week. Pop culture and art history alike are full of ex…
Myths of Art History Part 2: The Starving Artist
Coming to you from your host doing the most this holiday, "The Myths of Art History Part 2: The Starving Artist"! Originating with the Romantics and their bohemian lifestyles in the late 18th century…
Myths of Art History P1: The Myth of the Male Genius
The first of many art historical myths in this new series will be tackled in our new episode, “The Myth of the Male Genius”, dropping tonight! We will be tracing the myth from its origins in antiquit…
Curtis' Photography: Native "Authenticity"
We’re finally dropping our long-awaited episode on Edward Curtis’ photography and issues of “authenticity” in art and art history! Though Curtis’ own life story—and that very loaded term—are tales wo…
The Mural-ity of Rivera vs Rockefeller
Call it an accidental theme, since November typically is election month, but we're diving into another well-known clash between politics and art: the destruction of Diego Rivera's mural for the Rocke…
The OG Frat Boys: Atelier Hazing Histories
New episode alert! Today's story is taking us back to the 19th century, but this time we're getting inside the institutions rather than critiquing from the outside. We will be talking about the histo…
Political Criticism: Morality in Art
Get cozy Honeys, because---like the sweaters we are pulling out of our closets these days---we're getting into some heavy topics. Specifically, politics. But don't worry, we aren't starting any fight…
Personal Pin-up Special #1
In light of developments in the Palestine-Israel situation over the last week, we have decided to postpone this week's planned episode on Victorian Death Photography until a more appropriate time. In…
Artemisia Gentileschi and the Evolution of Judith
CW: SA (avoid 5:30-7:35), general violence
Our spooky season continues with an investigation into a very famous depiction of a bloody beheading in order to honor some Halloween visual traditions: the …
The Infamous Robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The story of the most infamous art crime in the world, with special focus on the remaining questions and the damage to the artworks themselves. A comprehensive look into how true crime and art histor…
Episode 1: Dipping our toes in the paint
Welcome to our first episode, marking our official launch! Host Celia Bugno introduces the podcast, explains her aims for Highbrow Honey and what the heck a "creative professional" is, and how she is…