Cold Crit

Some of y'all are being really mean to Adrien Brody about his art! The Oscar-winning actor is getting absolutely roasted for his glittery Marilyn Monroe painting that sold for half a million at a Cannes charity auction, so we decided to learn more about Brody's decade-long art career. Follow us from his debut at a non-Lululemon-sponsored Art Basel Miami show to his present-day solo exhbition at NYC's Eden Gallery.Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at coldcrit.artOur theme music by Layers in Lairs

This episode is super late because we went on a spontaneous road trip across about half of the United States, which it turns out is a big country!But anyway, it’s time for another open studios! We report "LIVE" (two months ago) from EXPO — Chicago’s biggest art fair. Plus, we follow up on the aftermath of some art-related disasters, check in on Justin Sun after Trump’s crypto dinner, and more!Support us on Patreon Find us online at www.untitledpod.artTheme music by Layers in LairsLinksArticle | Kangxi Chinese Vases: Recovery from Disaster from The Fitzwilliam MuseumWeb Page | Jesse Krimes: Corrections from The Metropolitan Museum of ArtWeb Page | Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature from The Metropolitan Museum of ArtWeb Page | Woven Histories Textiles and Modern Abstraction from MoMAArticle | Who Won a Seat at Trump’s Crypto Dinner? from The New York TimesCommercial | “Dining Alfiasco” :30 | What AI Was Meant to Be with Matthew McConaughey from Salesforce

Ah crap, Donald Trump is back in office and things aren't looking so great for the arts in the good ol' USA—that is, unless you're a figurative sculpture artist or your primary mode of inquiry is about the Declaration of Independence. In that case, this could be a golden age for your career and you should definitely come be a guest on the show! This week we're focusing on the gutting of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), and how it might affect everything from your local children's museum to the fate of A Prairie Home Companion (which we’re not that torn up about, tbh).There’s no gallery guide for this episode, but be sure to check out the beautiful rendering of the National Garden of American Heroes on the Patreon!Our theme music by ⁠Layers in Lairs⁠Find us online at coldcrit.artJoin us on ⁠Patreon⁠ for access to exclusive episodes, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all of the art we discuss throughout the episode.

To hear the rest of this episode join us for free on our Patreon.We've got a new segment! Welcome to Open Studios! In these research-light, subscriber-only episodes, we're covering updates, corrections/omissions, and things we've been researching/thinking/talking about, reading, and looking at.Our theme music is by Layers in Lairs.

Okay, tell me if you've heard this one before. Two Chrises walk into an art gallery. One of them eats a banana right off the wall. The other says, "That's a $6.2 million banana!" Oh you have? Well apparently not everyone has, since it's the punchline of Meta Ray-Ban's second Super Bowl commercial of 2025. Don't worry, we move on quickly from there. Life's too short to discuss that dumb banana art for another second on this podcast. Instead, in this episode we talk about work lurking in the background by Damien Hirst, who holds records for both highest artist net worth and highest artistic body count. We also explore real-life instances of people destroying art, including the viral Ecce Homo "restoration" to a hapless student requiring 22 firefighters to surgically extract him from a vaginal cavern of a sculpture at a German university.Join our Patreon for free! Get access to exclusive bonus episodes, show notes, and the PDF Gallery Guide for each episode.Find us online at coldcrit.artTheme music by Layers in Lairs

Super Bowl? More like superbly weird ad! Meta Ray-Ban's two-part commercial for 2025’s big game follows the Chrises (Hemsworth & Pratt) as they fumble through Kris’s (Jenner) private gallery. The AI glasses promise to give the wearer an art history education, but the gallery scene turns out to be little more than a backdrop for pratfalls (Pratt falls? Huh? Is that anything?) and an opportunity for three people with the same name to take selfies.That’s why we’re picking up where Silicon Valley could never. We take a look at Urs Fischer's waxy/eggy/gooey meditations on impermanence and Carmen Herrera's iconic hard-edge paintings. Join us for the art history lesson the glasses couldn't provide, stay for our dissection of Silicon Valley's expensive display of cultural illiteracy.Watch commercial #1: Art Prank Gone Wrong Watch commercial #2: Hey Meta, Who Eats Art?Join us on Patreon for access to exclusive episodes, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at coldcrit.artTheme music by Layers in Lairs

Final reminder! We’re changing our name! We will be Cold Crit starting with our next episode. You begged for it, and now here it is! We’ve got Luigi Mangione part two! When Mangione got the perp walk treatment of Hannibal Lecter, we asked ourselves, “What do neo-classical paintings of the French Revolution, photos of arrests at BLM protests, and Abu Ghraib all have in common?” And then we decided to answer our own question with this episode! This week we’re looking at how arrest imagery shapes public narratives, especially once the internet gets involved.Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.artTheme music by Layers in Lairs

Important: We're changing our name! Expect our new name, Cold Crit, to replace our current name sometime in the coming weeks. We’re back from our holiday break! You might remember when long, long ago in the year 2024 a healthcare CEO was shot in Manhattan. The alleged perpetrator, Luigi Mangione, didn't just become a viral sensation - he sparked an unprecedented collision of meme culture and religious symbolism. We’re looking at centuries of Catholic art history to examine how the internet transformed shocking events into questionable digital icons, complete with AI-generated halos and an alarming number of extra fingers. Theme music by Layers in Lairs Instagram: @untitledartpod Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/untitledartpod and find us online at www.untitledpod.art

Surprise! Didn’t expect to see us again this year, did you? We were lying about that whole "holiday break" thing. After episode 9 we couldn't resist following up on the weird and shady goings on of crypto billionaire Justin Sun from the past week. From ID-required banana giveaways to suspicious crypto dealings with Trump's crypto scheme, we follow the money through an ever-deepening maze of questionable decisions and PR mishaps. Plus, we hear from a humble fruit vendor whose bananas became a stark symbol of art world inequality. Because sometimes you need a fruit-based metaphor to understand everything wrong with capitalism. This episode is audio-only this time, so if you’re on Spotify or YouTube don’t expect to see additional slide content!

When soup-throwing activists, incompetent art thieves, and a shady crypto bro walk into an art market... you get fall 2024's greatest hits. Join us as we explore how a $6.24M banana, some rain-soaked Warhols, and an NFT museum in the metaverse nobody wants perfectly capture the absurd state of contemporary art. Theme music by Layers in Lairs Instagram: @untitledartpod Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/untitledartpod and find us online at www.untitledpod.art

Art gets really dangerous in part two of our “Velvet Buzzsaw” episode! Deceased artist Vetril Dease is on a haunted rampage, taking down icy gallery owners, ambitious assistants, and feared critics. We’re diving into real-life killer art and creepy art history secrets alongside looking at work from artists like Anish Kapoor, Bruce Nauman, Lynda Benglis, Gustav Klimt, and Nam June Paik. Plus, a stop at the Venice Biennale for 2024’s most immersive installations. Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

Happy spooky season! In part one of our Velvet Buzzsaw episode, we’re joined by Chris Scott from Layers in Lairs to explore this 2019 “horror” film where Final Destination meets the Los Angeles art scene. Take a haunted gallery tour through works by Félix González-Torres, Jordan Wolfson, Anish Kapoor, Michael Heizer, Bruce Nauman, George Bellows, Eric Fischl, and Annika Ström—while we ponder the ultimate question that has been haunting us: What exactly is the name Morf short for? Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

We're back with part two of Problemista! This week we’re looking at work by artists Danielle De Jesus, Shellyne Rodriguez, Doug Henders, Pablo Picasso, Johannes Vermeer, Andy Warhol (YES HIM AGAIN), Banksy, and Ron English. Grab your emotional support cactus, flip on your phone's flashlight, and join us for this episode as we try to figure out if you have to tip your robot bellhop (and if so... in what hole?). Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

We're diving into A24's Problemista, where MC Escher meets the U.S. immigration system in the tale of Alejandro (Julio Torres), an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador turned NYC art world intern. We'll unpack everything from the cultural significance of eggs in art to the Venice Biennale. Along the way, we'll explore works by Nicole Eisenman, Justin Liam O'Brien, Bobby Doherty, UPWA MVP Danny McDonald, Olafur Eliasson, and more! This film is a must-see for anyone who's survived—or been crushed by—an absolutely unhinged boss in their 20s. Give it a watch, then join us to unscramble this cinematic omelet. Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

2024 Paris Olympics, Opening Ceremony: LGBTQ+ folks dare to... stand on a bridge? Gasp! Conservative meltdown ensues over imaginary Last Supper mockery. We're here this week armed with the knowledge of more than three paintings to unpack this "scandal." Featuring religious art from old masters to modern blasphemers like Jan van Bijlert, Jacopo Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, David LaChapelle, Andy Warhol, Andres Serrano, Marc Quinn, and Katharina Fritsch. Urgent questions raised during recording include: How many balls make a bacchanalia? Would a modern-day Last Supper be hosted at a Bennigan’s or Ruth’s Chris? Jesus: still our homeboy? Join us on this episode to learn the answers! Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

Hello, 911? A gallery in the Hamptons is selling artwork made from Justin Timberlake's recent mugshot! In this episode, we cover the nasty (bad) history of mugshots, why publishing them is an exploitative practice that is as uniquely American as a festering bag of garbage on a New York City street corner. We look at the recent work inspired by Timberlake's Driving While Idiot arrest plus historical and contemporary work created with mugshots by Andy Warhol, Paolo Cirio, and Jesse Krimes, and some work by noted “appropriation artist” Richard Prince. Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery Guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

We enjoyed making our first episode so much we decided to make another! In our second episode on Broad City we’re looking at work by Crys Yin, Katharina Fritsch, Takashi Murakami, Eva and Franco Mattes, Jeff Koons, and even more Danny McDonald. We somehow keep finding ways to talk about the Wall Street Bull, try to figure out if KAWS is or isn’t like balls, and finally get to the bottom of exactly how much time is appropriate to spend on art. Digressions include trying to figure out what you call a caterer who is also a waiter and of what exactly Baja Blast is made. We wrap up with a look at Abbi's evolution as an artist and the final resolution of the series. Join us on Patreon for access to bonus content, show notes, and a PDF Gallery guide featuring all the art we discuss throughout the episode. Find us online at www.untitledpod.art Theme music by Layers in Lairs

Welcome to episode one! We explain why we even bothered to make this podcast before taking a look at the art world through the eyes of Abbi Jacobson in the hit Comedy Central television show Broad City. Digressions include discussions of Jim Carry and his mangoes, the Wall Street bull covered in dildos being ridden by a shirtless Vladimir Putin, what you call the large flat Gardettos. We wind up doing a surprising amount of math. Does time spent on art equal value? BH²FC equals how many hairy bronze sculptures? Find out with us in our very first episode. Join us on Patreon for access to show notes and a PDF guide to all the art we discuss throughout the show.