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In this episode of ART Minded, curator of European art, Guillaume Kientz discusses the origins of the Baroque art movement in Italy, the cultural and political context that helped to shape patronage, and the influence of important painters such as Caravaggio, Carracci, and Ribera. This program highlights paintings featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum, moderated by education manager Connie Barganier.

In this episode of Art Minded, eminent Italian Renaissance and Baroque scholars discuss a selection of masterpieces featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. The paintings discussed in this podcast, by El Greco, the Caracci brothers, and Caravaggio, embody the contrasts of this exhibition: beauty and violence, seduction and reverence, tradition and modernity, classical renaissance composure and baroque dynamism. Guillaume Kientz, curator of European art at the Kimbell Art Museum, begins the discussion with Babette Bohn of Texas Christian University and Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessey Chairman of European Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

This episode of Art Minded focuses on the curators' process of creating the special exhibition Renoir: The Body, The Senses. From the inspiration for the show and decision to include other artists to worldwide travels and last-minute loans, the exhibition curators discuss their most memorable behind-the-scenes moments. George Shackelford, deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum, moderates a conversation with exhibition co-curator Esther Bell, Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Senior Curator of the Clark Art Institute.

"His nudes . . . the loveliest nudes ever painted: no one has done better—no one." – Henri Matisse This new episode of "Art Minded" focuses on the Kimbell's current special exhibition, Renoir: The Body, The Senses, the only exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the artist's death and the first major exhibition to focus on Renoir's nudes. The Kimbell's deputy director, George Shackelford, discusses the exhibition with co-curator Esther Bell, the Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Senior Curator of the Clark Art Institute. The two discuss the conception of the exhibition, key works and themes, the evolution of Renoir, and the artist's enduring legacy in modern art.

"I am only good at two things, gardening and painting."- Claude Monet This new episode of Art Minded focuses on the Kimbell's acclaimed exhibition, "Monet: The Late Years," dedicated to the final phase of Claude Monet's career. Kimbell curator Nancy Edwards sits down with Dr. Edward Schneider, President of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and water-lily expert. Dr. Schneider discusses the evolution of water lilies and the challenge of acquiring and cultivating them in Claude Monet's native France. While Monet spent his last decades painting his garden in Giverny, he devoted much of his attention to perfecting his sanctuary, his water-lily pond and garden.