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’Spill the Art Tea’ - Nua Collective’s art news podcast is broadcast live every Thursday on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Catch up on all your favourite podcast apps. Hosted by Eamonn B Shanahan and Josh Stein featuring special guests weekly! www.nuacollective.com.
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This week on Spill The Art Tea, we’re joined by Seán Óg Ó Murchú and Daragh Drake to unpack five stories that feel like the art world spinning a roulette wheel: • Space mushrooms that went to the ISS… and got eaten on Earth • The Philadelphia Museum of Art reversing its name change • A Michelangelo foot drawing selling for ~$27.2m • AI “restoring” Orson Welles: historic repair or digital overreach? • Britney Spears’ catalog sale and the never-ending gold rush for creative IP🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thurs 1900 BSTLearn more about our guests:Dlúthpháirtíocht:https://www.instagram.com/dluthphairtiocht_/Seán Óg Ó Murchú:https://linktr.ee/seananseanchaiDaragh Drake:www.daragh-drake.comhttps://www.instagram.com/daraghexists/Read our latest edition of Anecdotes - OUT NOW!https://nuacollective.ie/anecdotes-nua-art-magazine/
This week ShunShun from The Urgency of Art joins us for a brisk tour through culture’s current mess:- Rome starts charging €2 for close access to the Trevi Fountain (overtourism meets premium viewing). - British Museum gets backlash over AI-ish promo imagery and scrambles into “we’re drafting guidelines” mode. - UK creators push back with a major report arguing GenAI is already costing livelihoods and demanding CLEAR rules: consent, licensing, ethics, accountability, remuneration. - National Trust hits its goal to protect the Cerne Abbas Giant thanks to global donors. - Plus: the prehistoric weirdness of Prototaxites — possibly its own extinct branch of life. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thurs 1900 BSTCheck out more by The Urgency of Art:https://www.theurgencyofart.com/
This week on Spill The Art Tea, we’re joined by actor, presenter, and podcaster Sorcha Morgan for five stories that prove art is truly everywhere — even in places it probably shouldn’t be.We’re talking:🎨 Frida Kahlo getting turned into luxury condo branding🪨 The oldest rock art ever found — humanity’s first creative flex🏬 A collective of friends moving into a shopping mall for FOUR YEARS (iconic behaviour)📺 Super Bowl ads hitting $10 million… advertising as performance art🤖 AI agents online pretending to be people — the internet gets weirderIt’s art history, culture chaos, and modern absurdity, with Sorcha bringing the perfect mix of sharp insight and good humour.New episode out Thursday, 1900 BST.Check out more by Sorcha:Let me ask my sister Podcast: www.instagram.com/letmeaskmysister_podPersonal Profile: www.instagram.com/sorcha.morgan/The Lads Play: https://www.instagram.com/theladsplayuk/🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thurs 1900 BST.
This week on Spill The Art Tea, we’re joined by artist Enrique Hernandez for a properly chaotic art-world roundup. 🎨🍵We’re talking:🖌️ Michelangelo painting a masterpiece at 12 years old (some of us were eating glue…)🤖 A student literally eating AI-generated art in protest — critique or performance snack?😱 A study showing horror fans are just as empathetic as anyone else (goths have feelings too)🎭 Artists pulling out of the newly Trump-branded Kennedy Center in a major cultural walkout🏛️ Museums returning looted treasures and the big question: who actually owns beauty?Smart stories, ridiculous headlines, and Enrique bringing the artist’s perspective as always.New episode out now — come spill the tea with us.Enrique's Art Class: https://linktr.ee/enriqueart🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thurs 1900 BST.
This week on Spill the Art Tea, Poppy Cauchi joins us to unpack a stacked art news cycle — from the sudden cancellation of NFT Paris and what it says about the future of digital art, to Bonhams’ major losses and what that means for working artists.We also dive into MSCHF’s controversial cow project, Steve Jobs’ early Apple artefacts selling as fine art, and the £1.1bn insurance debate surrounding the Bayeux Tapestry.Is the art market collapsing — or just growing up?🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Mon 1900 BST.
This week on Spill the Art Tea, Eamonn and Josh wade into another round of art-world drama — starting with ICE using an Anish Kapoor sculpture in a promotional photo, triggering public outrage and the possibility of a lawsuit. Because apparently even government agencies can’t resist a shiny Bean. We look at the shutdown of Teen Vogue, closing the book on a publication that somehow balanced mascara tips with political fire.Then it’s museum controversy as the Phillips Collection deaccessions works by O’Keeffe, Seurat and Dove, raising eyebrows across the sector. Sotheby’s smashes expectations with a $236M Klimt sale, Ripley’s buys a Maurizio Cattelan piece and the internet is furious, and Hyperallergic asks the spicy question: is Cattelan… over? Another week, another swirl of art, chaos, money, and questionable decisions — exactly how we like it. 🎨🍵 🗞️ Stories this week: • ICE sparks backlash using Kapoor’s “Bean” in a Border Patrol promo• Teen Vogue shuts down• Phillips Collection sells O’Keeffe, Seurat & Dove works• Klimt painting sells for $236M at Sotheby’s• Ripley’s buys a Maurizio Cattelan artwork• Hyperallergic asks whether Cattelan’s moment has passed ⸻ 🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.com Love Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thurs 1900 BST. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.com LEARN MORE ABOUT "UNDER THE SAME SKY" HERE:www.nuacollective.ie/under-the-same-sky BUY / READ issue one of Anecdotes here:https://nuacollective.ie/publications/
This week on Spill The Art Tea, we’re joined by Kaili Woop to unpack five stories that prove the art world never knows when to calm down:- Basquiat’s work getting the fashion treatment in a new Scotch & Soda collection- A woman opening a folder and finding 35 forgotten Rembrandt etchings- The Rijksmuseum confirming a newly authenticated Rembrandt- The U.S. Supreme Court refusing to revive a copyright case over AI-generated art- San Francisco’s Big Art Loop raising questions about tech money, public space and who gets to shape cultureArt, ego, legacy, law, denim and Dutch drama. A balanced diet.🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Mon 1900 BST.Learn more about our guest:Kaili Woop: www.linktr.ee/kailiwoopRead our latest edition of Anecdotes - OUT NOW!https://nuacollective.ie/anecdotes-nua-art-magazine/
This week on Spill the Art Tea, Eamonn and Josh are joined by digital artist VitaliV and MA Gallery director Angelina Cebotari to wade through a week where art got covered up, nicked, censored, harassed, and quietly underfunded.We’re talking museums hiding nude sculptures, someone stealing Joan of Arc’s sword (bold move), art-world harassment convictions, the slow wobble of public broadcasting, and why dictators historically panic when confronted with abstract painting.It’s messy, political, occasionally ridiculous — and exactly why art still matters.Grab a cup. We’ve got tea.🎧 Full episode out now🎙️ More at @nuacollectiveartLove art ♥ Support artistswww.nuacollective.com #SpillTheArtTea #ArtPodcast #ArtWorld #CultureChat #ContemporaryArt #SupportArtists
Episode 72 is overflowing with art, intrigue, and even cheese! 🎨🧀 We’re joined by guest James Wellwood as we spill the art tea on:– The unsung queer artist Marlow Moss who may have inspired Piet Mondrian’s style.– The upcoming auction of Jimmy Carter’s paintings and handmade keepsakes.– Why the Louvre’s staff are on strike – and the museum’s plan to hike ticket prices.– A wild Parmigiano Reggiano conspiracy, featuring a partnership with the NY Jets (seriously!) to promote real parmesan.– A 10-foot-tall Trump-Epstein “birthday card” art installation causing a stir in D.C. 😱✍️It’s a light-hearted art news roundup full of surprises – grab a cuppa and join us for this week’s art tea! ☕️🗞️Follow James on instagram: www.instagram.com/james_wellwood99/Our feature in the 'Art of Urgency' Magazine: www.theurgencyofart.com/issue12🎧 Listen to the full podcast on your favourite platform🎙️ More episodes at @nuacollectivewww.nuacollective.comLove Art ♥️ Support ArtistsSPILL THE ART TEA: YouTube, Thursday's 1900 BST.#SpillTheArtTea #ArtNews #ArtHistory #Podcast #Cheese
This week on Spill the Art Tea, Eamonn and Josh dive into a fresh slate of art-world stories — from Bowie’s Aladdin Sane cover selling for a staggering £380k, to a 2,200-year-old Celtic ‘rainbow cup’ discovered in almost perfect condition.
We walk through LACMA’s refusal to recognise a newly formed workers’ union, and the bizarre case of a teen charged after allegedly sticking googly eyes onto a contemporary artwork known as the ‘Blue Blob’, Timothée Chalamet drifts through Jenny Holzer’s glowing installation City for a new Vogue shoot.
Fast-paced, cheeky, and caffeinated — just the way we serve it.
🗞️ STORIES THIS WEEK
• Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album cover sells for £380,000 at Bonhams
• 2,200-year-old Celtic ‘rainbow cup’ discovered in Germany
• LACMA declines to recognise a workers’ union
• Teen charged after sticking googly eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ artwork
• Timothée Chalamet shoots Vogue inside Jenny Holzer’s City
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BUY / READ issue one of Anecdotes here:
https://nuacollective.ie/publications/
This week, Eamonn and Josh are joined by Nua Collective artist Enrique Hernández, who brings a first-look preview of his work ahead of our London debut exhibition ‘Under The Same Sky’ at Candid Arts Trust (20–23 Nov).
We also dive into the biggest art stories of the week:
🧙♀️ Medieval Graffiti — witch marks, curses, and carved chaos
⌚ Coppola’s ultra-rare luxury watch hits auction
🏛️ The Parthenon finally revealed without scaffolding
🧠 Science confirms: going to galleries boosts wellbeing
🎻 Inside the architecture of sound with Charles Brooks’ instrument photography
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This week’s Quick Cuppa with Eamonn Shanahan and Josh Stein gets playful, political, and a little too techy for comfort. From LEGO’s hidden ideology to AI sexting and sustainable vandalism, we’re spilling the strangest brews in art and culture this week.
🧱 The Ideology of LEGO – What do plastic bricks say about capitalism, creativity, and control?
💻 Erotic ChatGPT – OpenAI tests adult mode: the internet’s most awkward love affair begins.
🎨 Columbus Statue Protest – Red paint, biodegradable guilt, and a question of legacy.
👗 Trash-to-Couture Fashion (Congo) – Turning rubbish into runway gold.
🏠 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalil House – DIY modernism gets its landmark moment.
📌 Episode highlights include Josh’s theory that LEGO turned from Marxist utopia to capitalist dystopia, and Eamonn’s confession that his first heartbreak was caused by ChatGPT refusing to roleplay properly.
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This Halloween, Eamonn and Josh welcome back artist and curator Ben Griffiths for a spine-tingling art world roundup! 👻
From two French museum heists in one week — including the uninsured $102M Louvre theft — to a missing Picasso, haunted AR exhibitions inside The Met, and the final code cracked at the CIA’s “Kryptos” sculpture, we’re serving a mix of mystery, mischief, and masterpieces.
Plus: Ireland makes the Artists’ Basic Income permanent, and tattoos go under the hammer — literally!
Stories this week:
1️⃣ Second French Museum Robbed After $102M Louvre Heist
2️⃣ The Louvre’s Treasures Weren’t Insured 😱
3️⃣ Indigenous Artists’ Unsanctioned AR Exhibition at The Met
4️⃣ Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Goes Permanent
5️⃣ Artist-Designed Tattoos Auctioned at Joopiter
6️⃣ Picasso Work Missing in Transit
7️⃣ CIA Kryptos Sculpture Code Finally Solved
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This week, Lucy Lambe returns to Spill the Art Tea as Eamonn and Josh unpack a wild mix of art world stories — from a daring Louvre heist to Ozzy Osbourne’s charity artwork, guerrilla projections lighting up Los Angeles, and MoMA’s surreal Barbie collaboration with Mattel.
They also question whether the contemporary art market is finally collapsing — and announce Nua Collective’s debut London exhibition, "Under The Same Sky".
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This week, architect Hugh Ryan joins Eamonn B. Shanahan and Josh Stein to Spill the Art Tea — where we uncover everything from psychedelic palettes to prehistoric microbes.
🎨 Grateful Dead x Pantone – Introducing Stealie Red & Stealie Blue, the colours of counterculture.
🗿 Bad Public Artwork, Part Z: Tina Turner – When tributes go terribly wrong.
🤖 Murderous AI – The YouTube experiment proving even machines can develop a killer instinct.
🧬 Revived Microbes – Scientists awaken 40,000-year-old bacteria (what could possibly go wrong?).
🪶 Vulture Nests & Human History – 700 years of archaeology hidden in bird homes.
📌 Episode highlights include Hugh’s reflections on architecture as living history, Josh’s take on AI behaving like a diva, and Eamonn’s plea for a Pantone shade called “Public Art Disaster Bronze.”
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Grab a cuppa — this week’s Spill the Art Tea is a quick-fire round with Josh Stein and Eamonn B. Shanahan, where the art world meets the absurd:
🌻 World’s Tallest Sunflower – A 10-metre floral skyscraper grown in Indiana and dedicated to Ukraine.
🎧 Serj Tankian’s Sound Paintings – System of a Down’s frontman makes art you can actually listen to.
🐌 Picasso Snail – Scientists name a micro-snail after the Cubist master for its twisted geometry.
🤖 Giant Human-Driven Robot – Japanese engineers bring mech art to life (slowly, and very loudly).
💋 The GILF Economy – The rise of older creators on OnlyFans and what it says about power, age, and art.
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This week artist Brian Baker joins Eamonn B. Shanahan and Josh Stein to Spill the Art Tea. From malfunctioning robot athletes to glowing succulents and the world’s fastest camera, Episode 61 is equal parts sci-fi, slapstick, and serious reflection.
🤖 Robot Games – Beijing hosts the first Humanoid Robot Olympics (and the fails are glorious).
🛡️ Hackers vs Artists – Threats to ransom artist data into AI training sets.
🌱 Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents – Rechargeable plants that could light your home.
📸 MIT’s Light Camera – A trillion frames per second to film light itself.
💭 ChatGPT’s Identity Crisis – From “synthetic brain” to internet’s busiest replacement.
📌 Episode highlights include Brian’s take on how tech fails often reveal more about art and humanity than the polished successes, Josh’s riffs on whether the robot games are the Olympics or a slapstick circus, and Eamonn’s crack that the freediver story from last week made art school crits feel short by comparison.
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This week Irish Artist Karen Ebbs Spills the Art Tea with Eamonn B Shanahan and Josh Stein. Our stories today push the boundaries of endurance, art, and perspective:
🌊 Breathless Record – Croatian freediver holds his breath for 24 minutes (longer than an art school crit).
🔮 Fractals at 50 – How repeating patterns changed science, tech, and even digital art.
🤖 AI Student Flynn – The world’s first AI officially enrolled in art school.
🌍 Tiny Dot Earth – NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captures Earth and Moon from 180 million miles away.
🌻 Van Gogh Museum – Could Amsterdam’s most famous museum really close without more government support?
Join us for wild records, cosmic images, and some existential art questions as we Spill the Art Tea.
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Karen is currently exhibiting at 'An Outer Reflection of an Inner Reality' showing at the DLR Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin until 9th November.
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This week on Spill the Art Tea we’re joined by guest artist Deirdre Burke for a lively dive into the latest art world stories:
🎸 A Van Halen guitar sells for $2 million — but is it art, or just rock memorabilia?
🏛️ Contemporary galleries face a slow death — are we witnessing the end of an era?
🤝 The artist–gallery split arrangement — time for a new deal?
📺 YouTube steps up to protect creators — but is it enough?
🏸 Killer badminton spin designed by AI — has tech finally gone too far?
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Saatchi Art: http://saatchiart.com/deeburke
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deirdreburke/
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Hey friends! We're trying something FRESH this week with our monthly Spill the Art Tea - QUICK CUPPA edition.
This week on Spill the Art Tea (Ep 58), we dive into some wild and wonderful stories:
☀️ A 2000-year-old sun hat discovered by archaeologists – the original fashion statement?
🏠 Mark Rothko’s former East Village home and studio is up for sale – would you live where he brooded?
👜 A $10M Hermès Birkin bag finds its mystery buyer – Japanese entrepreneur Shinsuke Sakimoto.
🎨 A David Wojnarowicz mural resurfaces in Kentucky after 40 years, only to be hidden again.
🤖 San Francisco’s underground robot cage fights bring engineers, hobbyists, and spectacle seekers together.
Join us for a fast, funny, and caffeinated look at the art world’s quirks, scandals, and unexpected headlines.
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