• Episode 79: Dorf Sex Podcast Crossover in German
    May 11 2025

    Me in German. Dr Great Art auf Deutsch. Es war spannend und ich habe Spass gehabt. In the Podcast "Dorf_Sex" by Dr Stephanie Meyer and Nicole Blattmann. Ich als Gast.
    "Zwischen Lust und Leinwand – Ein Ausflug in Kunstgeschichte und Erotik
    In der ersten Folge unserer speziellen Kunst-, Schauspiel- und Fotografie-Reihe haben wir einen ganz besonderen Gast: Mark Staff Brandl, aka Dr Great Art, Kunsthistoriker und Experte!
    Gemeinsam tauchen wir ein in die Welt der Kunst und Erotik, diskutieren spannende Themen, von politisch bis feministisch – und bringen ordentlich Power ins Gespräch.
    Seid dabei, wenn wir die Verbindungen zwischen Kunst und Lust entblättern und dabei die Grenzen von Darstellung, Sexualität und Gesellschaft hinterfragen.
    Hört rein, wenn Kunst und Erotik eine spannende Symbiose eingehen. Sehe auch Stephanies und Nicoles viele, gute Podcast Episodes, alle auf Deutsch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dorf-sex/id1782695532 "

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    56 mins
  • Episode 78: Art, Metaphor, and Politics
    Mar 28 2025

    My podcast makes a come-back with some slight changes. I will still be talking mostly about art and art history, but will also expand my discussions regularly into visual metaphor, as I did in several recent podcast episodes, based on my recently released philosophy book, A Philosophy of Visual Metaphor in Contemporary Art, from Bloomsbury Press London. I will also be adding a short "pamphlet" section at the end of each with thoughts about recent politics, as they are so prevalent and dangerous now, and especially when they affect art and the artworld.

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    6 mins
  • Episode 77: Visual Metaphor, William Conger
    Jun 16 2024

    My recently released philosophy book, A Philosophy of Visual Metaphor in Contemporary Art, from Bloomsbury Press, features short descriptions of artists and their works which I find important to visual metaphor. Here is one, one of several times I discuss the great William Conger. Get the book and read it! But here is an excerpt.

    Link to page for my book on Bloomsbury Press:
    US: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/
    Europe: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/

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    5 mins
  • Episode 76: Brandl Interviewed by Dan Hill
    Jul 4 2023

    This is a crossover episode, it is a short interview Dan Hill made on his EQ Spotlight podcast with me, Mark Staff Brandl, about my book A Philosophy of Visual Metaphor in Contemporary Art.
    Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight podcast link: https://www.sensorylogic.com/eq-spotlight-podcast

    Link to page for my book on Bloomsbury Press:
    US: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/
    Europe: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/

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    33 mins
  • Episode 75: Visual Metaphor the Back Cover
    Apr 17 2023

    Last episode, I discussed the ins-and-outs of the front cover of my new book from Bloomsbury Press, A Philosophy of Visual metaphor in Contemporary Art. This episode we have a few discussion points about the recommendation blurbs on the back cover by three very important and creative scholars Dr Daniel F. Ammann, Dr James Elkins, and Dr Philip Ursprung.

    Link to page for the book on Bloomsbury Press:
    US: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/
    Europe: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/

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    14 mins
  • Episode 74: I'm Back! Visual Metaphor
    Mar 19 2023

    The podcast is back after a break of about one year. I was extremely wrapping up my book titled A Philosophy of Visual Metaphor in Contemporary Art for Bloomsbury Press. This is the first of an arc of podcast episodes where I will be working my way somewhat improvisationally through the book. Not reading it out-loud, though. I will go through and find certain details, points, examples, artists and ideas that I want to expand on or use as springboards.
    Bloomsbury link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosophy-of-visual-metaphor-in-contemporary-art-9781350073838/

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    8 mins
  • Episode 73: No Back to Normal in Art
    Jan 18 2022

    Catastrophes, such as the Covid pandemic, don't cause problems and breakdowns in society as much as reveal and intensify the problems already present. The coronavirus crisis has accelerated already existing troubles in the artworld. Normal was not all that great anyway, and to revive it as a zombie would be even worse.

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    8 mins
  • Episode 72: Design vs Fine Art
    Aug 4 2021

    A new Dr Great Art Podcast Episode 72: Design vs Fine Art
    After a 7 month break, I'm back. My artecdote this time is concerns differentiating the ontological state of design versus that of fine art without denigrating either. They are different. It has to do with purposeful polysemy.

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    12 mins