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Art Smitten
Hosted by SYN Media · EN
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.
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Radical Hope - with Isabella Hone-Saunders
3w ago00:49:28Tap to summarizeIn this episode we will be exploring Radical hope as a way to live, make and create during times of uncertainty. We discuss the current exhibition ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders and Paul Boyé as part of the MADA curator-in-residence program. Isabella joined us in the studio to chat with us all about the project!Also, Mio shares the work of artist Wendy Hannah whose installation work in Aotearoa had her smitten 🎐Tune into SYN90.7fm from 3-5pm Mondays to hear us live each week🤞Image Credit: Rory Pilgrim, ‘Tomorrow in your hands and Government lover’, 2026 plastic bags with printed text, grass. Exhibited in ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ at MADA gallerySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Art speak - how do we talk about art?
3w ago00:44:15Tap to summarizeArt Smitten is dishing up a special on ‘art speak’ and the vernacular we use when talking about art 🗣️🗣️🗣️The team will be reflecting on a recent attempt by the National Gallery of Art in Washington to Gen Z-ify art history.We will also be reflecting on John Berger’s influential series ‘Ways of Seeing’ and discover what the heck ekphrasis means!?!!?!?🤎🤎Tune in Mondays at 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia Credit to @ngadc and Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art, Curator of Early European Sculpture and Deputy Head of Sculpture for the clip played at 1:21 to 2:06. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The natural world inspiring us all - with Pippa Milne from the Potter Museum of Art
4w ago00:39:40Tap to summarizeFor this week’s episode of Art Smitten ~ we are looking to the world around us and discussing how nature inspires artistic practice 🔍🐛🐜🌷🐦‍⬛The team visited the Potter Museum of Art’s current exhibition ‘a velvet ant, a flower and a bird’, and will be speaking to Pippa Milne all about the show!Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmediaImage: Ingela Ihrman, Waterlily Amazonica, 2012. Courtesy the artist @blodfrukten_fran_istiden@pottermuseumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Measures of devotion in art - Rebel Heart at SLV
4w ago00:46:56Tap to summarizeWe are putting the SMITTEN into Art Smitten this week as we discuss art that act as measures of devotion <3🏹 During the show we will be joined by Isabel from the State Library of Victoria to discuss the current exhibition 'Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations' ✍️ Jen also discusses the conceptual art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the art that has us smitten segment and we briefly chat about The Oscars award winners. Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm@library_vicImage: installation view of Rebel Heart at State Library of VictoriaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The bedroom as site for artistic resistance - George from ' Bedside Oracle' + Nina on 'Forever Bedroom'
Apr 2600:45:55Tap to summarizeThis episode explores the bed and our rooms as sites for artistic expression + resistance 💭🛌 Speaking first to George @cinnam0nros3 about their essays on Beside Oracle before hearing about an upcoming group exhibition curated by Nina @nini.beani titled ‘forever bedroom’🤍🤍🤍Art Smitten airs 3-5pm Mondays on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia ☁️ Image courtesy of Nina Seeburg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Art Smitten - film experiences
Apr 2600:49:12Tap to summarizeThe long weekend is the perfect time to tick off all those movies on your watchlist - so that's exactly what we will be talking about on today’s show! 📽️Tyra talks about Vietnamese film 'Bunny!!' (2026), Astra speaks to 'Wanda' (1970), Afrina reflects on her recent trip to Taiwan and the team discuss recent comments made by Timothée Chalamet dissing the opera and ballet ...Art Smitten airs live from 3-5pm Mondays on SYN 90.7fm. 💬 Image: Lyle Fowler, ‘Film projection room at the Regent Theatre, Collins Street’ (1948)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Inspiration from the streets - Viva Gibb
Apr 2000:46:58Tap to summarizeGet out of your house and onto the streets for today’s episode of Art Smitten 🗞️In our episode, we will be discussing the streets as inspiration featuring a discussion about Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Death in Brunswick (1990) and a special conversation with Savannah from City Gallery. 📸 Their exhibition ‘On The Streets Where I Live’ features the work of Viva Gibb who photographed neighbourhoods in Melbourne from the 70s into the 90s. @cityofmelbourne @synmediaImage Credit : Viva GibbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ben from Fed Square's Open Air Program
Mar 2600:55:52Tap to summarizeAstra speaks with Ben, the programmer for Fed Square's Open Air! Hear them speak in detail about the uniqueness of outdoor cinematic experiences, public space activation and the films on offer for the 2026 program. Art Smitten airs 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mas and Fressie - Yarra Youth Artists-in-Residence
Mar 2400:46:03Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we are fortunate to be joined by Francesca Smith and Mas Cremasco, two of Yarra Youth’s Artists-in-Residents 🖌️We spoke to them about their practices and the workshops they have been running with young people in the City of Yarra!This episode also features reviews on Laneway '26, "Wuthering Heights", and art reflections by our presenters. For more like this, be sure to tune into Art Smitten Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm! @yarrayouthservices @f_3_r_a_l @mas._.spaceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Capturing youthfulness in art with Angela Connor from MAPh
Mar 400:45:10Tap to summarizeFor our first show back in 2026, Art Smitten will be speaking to Angela Connor, Senior Curator at MAPh on the exhibition YOUNG 📸🌟This episode kicks off with a new segment 'Art that has us SMITTEN' before focusing on how youthfulness is captured in art. We hear Angela’s perspectives on the role photography plays in representing youth and wrap up the show with a discussion on depictions of youth in film! Tune in Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia@angela___connor @maph_photographySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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