Professional art historian Celia Bugno takes listeners through today's ever-expanding visual culture by breaking down last week's most important art news each Tuesday, and by deep-diving into art history's groundbreaking moments in concentrated miniseries releases. Talking through the weird, the infamous, the hilarious, and even the seemingly pointless of visual culture in order to understand our present, we bring you all the "highbrow" knowledge we can get our hands on in short, sweet episodes designed to keep you hooked and just maybe teach you a little something.
Celia Bugno holds a Master's in Art History, specialized in Contemporary arts, from Arizona State University (2023), and a B.A. in Art History from Miami University (2016). Check each episode description for a complete source list, or visit our Patreon for membership opportunities including access to the 5 Minute Musical and our Substack for all sorts of written resources!
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 (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gW4qUe4wfsDdiPylEmwupGUPec34K9zF3JhIXajvsEM/edit?usp=sharing)
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22 Sept 2026
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 (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SmTES5vNPV_pnMFa8-TmEi6pT4fkU7CBl9YmkWNNVUE/edit?usp=sharing)
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25 Aug 2026
The Beesness #121:
Look no further for your arts news updates, Honeys.
This Tuesday Beesness, we look back at August 9--15th and tell you all about the proposal which led to a landmark loan, which New England arts sites will or won't become affordable housing, the Banksy artworks that have cost UK taxpayers nearly £150,000, the eleven-year-old who set a museum-related Guinness World Record, and more!
Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyCGteSatFxstUWfB8E7oGoi3RM1eKXtJXlIZ7FIe6g/edit?usp=sharing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cyCGteSatFxstUWfB8E7oGoi3RM1eKXtJXlIZ7FIe6g/edit?usp=sharing)
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