Art Smitten

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of art!Art Smitten is a SYN Media Podcast.

Art Smitten is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 710 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Art Smitten, a arts show with 710 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  'Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree' with Sophie Gerhard

  Sep 16, 202657 minS42

  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 the curatorial process! Also in this episode, Astra reflects on the art he found in a local library and Aditi shares the work of Felicity Chiao! Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm Images Credit: Installation view of Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2026.  @pottermuseum Details from Matthew Harris’ ‘With a Warm Embrace’, 2023 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #8

  Funky foods, art and fashion: Interview with Dhishni de Silva + reflecting on Yayoi Kusama

  Sep 16, 202647 minS42

  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_studio in Brunswick for the last month. Plus, we share our connections to art and music through Aditi's pairing of Jiang Miao's 'Heavenly Eyes' + Wisp.  Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN90.7fm @synmedia Cover Image: by Jennifer Hunt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #3

  South Korea trip, Young British Artists, Charli xcx & Agnès Varda

  Sep 12, 202656 minS42

  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 practice and Astra will be sharing a review of 'One Sings, the Other Doesn't' (1977) dir. by Agnès Varda.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #2

  Interview with Yosef Phelan, reflection on 'Wurrdha Marra' at NGV Australia & Daniel Spoerri assemblages

  Aug 16, 202647 minS42

  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 Spoerri's Prose Poems (1959–60), and went on a tangent about the impact of community radio. Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN Media 90.7fm   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #19

  This track reminds me of … Pairing art and song

  Aug 16, 202655 minS41

  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 another Artworks discussed: David Hockney, We Two Boys Together Clinging,  1961. Matilda Davis, Jumping for Joy (collige virgo rosas) , 2024. John Constable, Harwich Lighthouse, 1820. John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew’s Day’, 1852. Frida Kahlo,  Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954. Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa , 1831. Art Smitten airs Monday 3-5pm on SYN90.7fm @synmedia Cover: Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Compositon 8’, 1923. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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