Accession

A portrait is so much more than a space, a subject, and a keen eye. It’s a place, a person, and a photographer’s truth.

Un retrato es muchísimo más que un espacio, un sujeto y un buen ojo. Es un lugar, una persona y la verdad de un fotógrafo.

The congregation gathers on the banks of the river to be baptized. An audio fiction based on Baptism Study by Benny Andrews. Content Warning: There are sound effects simulating being underwater.

A room where the art, and the artist, feel perfectly at home. A conversation on starts. An exploration of the Calder Tower at the National Gallery in D.C.

We've got so many incredible pieces of art to see, museums to visit, people to meet, and stories to hear on this, the second season of Accession, which we're calling Homeward. We have a long journey ahead, but the road trip starts next Thursday January 16th, right here on this feed. We can't wait to see you on the road, and in the meantime, Welcome to Accession.

An unfinished piece, two types of silence, an unfinished peace.

Art contains exactly half of an old and powerful magic. It can build entire worlds from nothing but paint and canvas, tell epic stories inside a single frozen moment, and transport us across time, space, and ourselves. This show is about making that magic. Welcome to Accession.

T.H. Ponders sits down with Regina Merson, founder and creator of the makeup company Reina Rebelde to talk about starting a business, the art of makeup, Frida Kahlo and the intersection of makeup and Latinx culture.

This episode features recordings collected from the attendees of our live event at the Chihuly Gardens in Seattle, Washington at Podcon 2! Featuring Jamie Price, Hannah Wright, Erin Sellers, Ollie Morris, Gavin Gaddis, Elena Fernández Collins, V Silverman, Amber Rose, and Wil Williams. For links to their work and images of the art they were reacting to, head over to accession.fm.

I want to share a secret with you. But you cannot tell anyone... This episode looks at Night by Aristide Maillol from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1950.100.

Join us at a juke joint just around the corner from Hopper's Nighthawks, as we take a look at Archibald Motley's joyous, yet poignant reaction to World War Two, Nightlife.

This episode looks at the classic image of the American Thanksgiving, that has been reinterpreted time and time again. Only this time, we dig into precisely why this is such a replicable image, and what it has to share with us today. Guest hosted by Charles Gustine of Iconography Podcast. You can find the notes to the show, links to the art, and a few other goodies on our website at accession.fm. You can support the show through our Patreon at patreon.com/accessionfm

In this episode, we are looking at the most iconic work in American Art. But we are going to take it out of its larger cultural context to focus on the context of when it was first created. We're going back to January of 1942, exactly one month after Pearl Harbor. You can find the notes to the show, links to the art and social media, and a few other goodies on our website at accession.fm. You can support the show through our Patreon at patreon.com/accessionfm

Today, we look at a familiar ghost from three different angles; a poem, a play, and a song. You can find the images for this episode and the notes for the show on accession.fm. Art History Art Analysis Art Museum Shakespeare Hamlet Music Poetry Poem Audio Drama

While Leonardo da Vinci was an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, what exactly did Leonardo learn from Andrea? What did Andrea have to teach him? You can find the images for this episode and the notes for the show on accession.fm.

With so many pieces of art that share the name Venus, what is it that makes a Venus a Venus? You can find the images for this episode and the notes for the show on accession.fm.

Amongst all the sitters in art history, the people who sit to have their portrait painted, only a few possess this remarkable skill: to cast the most beautifully perplexing smile, that, with a simple curve of the lips, writes novels of emotional expression. This is one such smile. You can find the images for this episode and the notes for the show on accession.fm. 

This week, we take look and listens from many different angles at one of the most beloved gods in Hinduism, and we may even get to touch something. To see the art and read the transcript, head over to accession.fm.

This is one small step for artist, one giant leap for artist kind. This question is: did it ever happen? Is there a secret museum on the moon? To see the art and read the transcript, visit accession.fm.

In this special episode of Accession for Kids, we take a look at a landscape painting of a place that may be familiar, even if it doesn't look the same today. For a map and worksheet, a full transcript and a version of the story without music, visit accession.fm.