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Professional art historian Celia Bugno takes listeners through today's ever-expanding visual culture by breaking down last week's most important art news each Tuesday, and by deep-diving into art history's groundbreaking moments in concentrated miniseries releases. Talking through the weird, the infamous, the hilarious, and even the seemingly pointless of visual culture in order to understand our present, we bring you all the "highbrow" knowledge we can get our hands on in short, sweet episodes designed to keep you hooked and just maybe teach you a little something. 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). Check each episode description for a complete source list, or visit our Patreon for membership opportunities including access to the 5 Minute Musical and our Substack for all sorts of written resources!

Recent Episodes

The Beesness #123: Nothing to Seed Here

Hello Honeys! This week's edition of The Beesness, as always, features 20 minutes of arts news and events from around the world considered notable by your resident art historian. Today we will be looking back at 2026, with some of the top stories including the launch of the first visual artists' royalty program in the USA, the closure of the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, why the Eiffel Tower's workers decided to strike (again), and our coverage of the twists in a recent removal of anti-Trump crop art at the Minnesota State Fair. Enjoy the buzz! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gW4qUe4wfsDdiPylEmwupGUPec34K9zF3JhIXajvsEM/edit?usp=sharing Our show includes promotions from sponsors whose support we rely on to keep providing you with the best possible arts content. If you'd like to directly support us and go without the ad breaks, check out our Patreon!

34 MIN

The Beesness #122: Europol's Museum Theft Dilemma

Need art? Need news? Time for a Beesness! We'll be covering the most need-to-know info from Auguest 23rd--29th, including such notable stories as a leadership exodus at blue-chip Phillips auction house, how Europol's warnings of increasingly violent museum thefts connect to two thefts last week, and the US State Department's removal of a “woke” Kehinde Wiley painting. Plus, the age-old problem of figural artwork came up again when police broke into a Vancouver gallery after confusing a sculpture for a person in need of help. Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SmTES5vNPV_pnMFa8-TmEi6pT4fkU7CBl9YmkWNNVUE/edit?usp=sharing Our show includes promotions from sponsors whose support we rely on to keep providing you with the best possible arts content. If you'd like to directly support us and go without the ad breaks, check out our Patreon!

24 MIN

The Beesness #121: The Grand British Proposal

Look no further for your arts news updates, Honeys. This Tuesday Beesness, we look back at August 9--15th and tell you all about the proposal which led to a landmark loan, which New England arts sites will or won't become affordable housing, the Banksy artworks that have cost UK taxpayers nearly £150,000, the eleven-year-old who set a museum-related Guinness World Record, and more! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyCGteSatFxstUWfB8E7oGoi3RM1eKXtJXlIZ7FIe6g/edit?usp=sharing Our show includes promotions from sponsors whose support we rely on to keep providing you with the best possible arts content. If you'd like to directly support us and go without the ad breaks, check out our Patreon!

22 MIN

The Beesness #120: Go (Museum) Team Go!

Look no further for your arts news updates, Honeys. This Tuesday Beesness, we look back at August 2nd through 8th of 2026 and tell you all about a new post-pandemic study arts organization performance study with telling results, the new demand from hundreds to reinstate SAIC professor Savneet Talwar, why 16 people were arrested in a DC Senate building last week, who is launching a film festival in New York, and more! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kLzTfdANWXQZsQhON7sfux6SDyWn9vzgO8VICJq8l8M/edit?usp=drivesdk Our show includes promotions from sponsors whose support we rely on to keep providing you with the best possible arts content. If you'd like to directly support us and go without the ad breaks, check out our Patreon!

21 MIN

The Beesness #119: Guerilla Girl Unmasked!

Look no further for your arts news updates, Honeys. This Tuesday Beesness, we look back at July 19th-25th and tell you all about a shocking allegation from the former V&A Museum's head of academic programs, the rare unmasking of a founding Guerrilla Girl, the biggest move the EU has made yet against the Venice Biennale after this year's inclusion of Russia, why and how Leonardo da Vinci may become part of a new banknote design, and more! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FtmMWOZC8WxjSEruhYPTsw38T8UEKYFiCAFFxBX5fhE/edit?usp=sharing Our show includes promotions from sponsors whose support we rely on to keep providing you with the best possible arts content. If you'd like to directly support us and go without the ad breaks, check out our Patreon!

22 MIN