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We are surrounded by art every day. Claude Monet’s water lilies are ubiquitous on scarves and umbrellas. Our cabinets are full of the Campbell’s Soup cans that inspired Andy Warhol. Even a urinal can be art, as Marcel Duchamp proved with his ready-made Fountain, which has been called one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century. There’s so much more to the art world than museums, fancy galleries, and old men in paint-spattered shirts and berets, and Dasal knows that the real gems lie in the stories, especially the ones that never get told. ArtCurious is art history as you’ve never read it, stories that will shock and entertain, make you question what you thought you knew, and introduce you to unknown characters and hidden histories, conspiracy theories, scandal, and intrigue. The tales—told in her signature charming and accessible style—range from the weird (Andy Warhol collected toenail clippings) to the dark (a British painter might have been Jack the Ripper) to the quietly fascinating (Norman Rockwell might be best known for schmaltzy Saturday Evening Post covers, but he also painted significant works addressing race and social justice).
Since 2016, Jennifer Dasal has been wowing listeners with her wildly entertaining podcast, “ArtCurious,” where she delves into the weird and wonderful stories behind the world’s greatest artists and artworks. Now, in her first book, she goes even deeper on the questions that have fascinated her listeners and explores fresh mysteries, including seven chapters of all-new material. Dasal, who is also the curator of modern and contemporary art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, tackles her subjects with humor, lively prose, and thorough research, resulting in a book that’s as informative, eye-opening, and entertaining as her podcast.
Join Jennifer for this virtual conversation, with special guest Carolyn Janssen. Janssen is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator, whose work has exhibited in solo shows at the Julie Saul Gallery in New York and Quinto del Sordo in Madrid. She has participated in residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Intercambiador Madrid and Kala Art Institute. Janssen has completed commissions for the North Carolina Museum of Art's permanent collection and the San Francisco Arts Commission, contributed to the Spring/Break Art Fair and Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam, and participated in group exhibitions at the Minnesota Street Gallery, the Contemporary Art Museum: Raleigh and Essex Flowers. Her work has been featured in Beautiful/Decay, Womanzine and In-the-InBetween Journal. Janssen received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from the University of North Carolina.
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