Highbrow Honey

Highbrow Honey

por Art Historian Celia Bugno
Temporada 4
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!
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!
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!
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!
The Beesness #118: One Code to Rule Them All
More buzz awaits here! Check out our arts news coverage of and all the most important headlines therein: UK politicians called for an investigation of the British Museum’s removal of ‘Palestine’ from its displays, Sotheby’s recorded an all-time high $4.4 billion in sales for the first half of 2026, two development projects have led to architectural troubles in Ecuador and in Florence, ICOM formally adopted a new code of ethics for museums, Salzburg was invaded by an army of mini Mozarts, and more! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M7ThPLgBY7NLiQiCkkHs9D1xoDzniVyT4R40tTO6-fs/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!
The Beesness #117: Repatriation Gets Real
Your updates are here, Honeys! Our newest episode features hand-picked humanities headlines from around the world that affect each of us, however indirectly. Catch our coverage of last week's many repatriations around the world, the White House's July 4th attack on the Smithsonian, the first UK businessman to be convicted of violating sanctions against Russia, and the reason why a NY artist is selling $25 trash souvenirs found outside Taylor Swift’s wedding, Enjoy the buzz! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15OmltD1ApWOP6lp_Q8gwlns09SIQs9r15j5ZFWuom-U/edit?usp=sharing Our show includes promotions from sponsors who make our business possible! We rely on their support 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!
The Beesness #116: The All-Business Beesness
We are once again recapping the most important arts world headlines for the Honeys, this time of ! You'll hear all about the record-breaking $323M NYC approved for next year's arts funding, how Canada’s largest art fraud case just got even more unbelievable, why the Mexican government is facing legal action over its handling of an art collection, the dozens of ancient artifacts seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the DA's office, and more! Enjoy the buzz. Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUsnMFuVCMNUoPOQ-YCOGkF6ZDOHHl-GOVCzpqv7s5w/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!
The Beesness #115: Presidents, the Parthenon, and Picasso
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 June 14-20th 2026, with some of the top stories including the new guidelines artists facing censorship can turn to, the first of its kind discovery of a bronze chariot in Iberia, hundreds of artists asking NYC's mayor to ban AI in schools, and our coverage of the new legal battle to remove the tarps obscuring the Kennedy Center's facade. Enjoy the buzz! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A5mQWLosmqG0t-MAkrqq2zkJaIT5IhWwK9SL_ux_LVE/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!
The Beesness #114: The Kuzovkov Case
Welcome back, Honeys. Our newest art world update spans from , and features hand curated headlines by yours truly. Curious about the billionaire given 30 days to return a Nazi-looted Modigliani painting? Want to know about the acquisition that made Penske Media Corp the world’s largest digital media publisher? Have you heard about the US House of Representatives proposal of $0 for the Department of Education’s lone arts grant program? Check out our latest drop to catch it all! Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LJwdC2Pg5MsP9fgUygwPe1TUpFgLZhXkYxUx7M-t1FE/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!
The Masterful Mr. Wright Part 2: The Formation of a Legend
Our first-ever miniseries has arrived! Join us as we talk through the life, accomplishments, scandals, and impacts of the iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Expect to hear more from our special guest Jim Wildeman, a former photography consultant for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, as we get into the Wright philosophy of organic architecture, his new concept for more democratic American neighborhoods, and explain how each originated in his early 20th century trips to Japan. Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZgRHT5ZK6M6Kme3TDKSfU1xUdW3L-UnploQlw8MzkMs/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!
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