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We are excited to be discussing Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree currently on display at the Potter Museum of Art. This major exhibition reflects the deep cultural, ecological and symbolic significance of the gum tree — and we look forward to hearing our guest Sophie Gerhard share insights into the curatorial process! 🌿Also in this episode, Astra reflects on the art he found in a local library and Aditi shares the work of Felicity Chiao!Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm 🌳Images Credit: Installation view of Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree, Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2026. @pottermuseumDetails from Matthew Harris’ ‘With a Warm Embrace’, 2023 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are keeping things funky and fresh in this episode of Art Smitten...  To kick things off, the team reflect on the life and work of Yayoi Kusama after passing away aged 97. Then we are joined by artist Dhishni de Silva @dhishni_art who has been running Funky Veg Still Life classes at Ruma @ru.ma_studio in Brunswick for the last month. Plus, we share our connections to art and music through Aditi's pairing of Jiang Miao's 'Heavenly Eyes' + Wisp.  🌱🌽🥕🥦 Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN90.7fm @synmedia Cover Image: by Jennifer Hunt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, the whole Art Smitten team will be in the studio sharing our thoughts 💭 and feelings 💕 about some recent art experiences.Aditi is back from South Korea, Jen reflects on the attitudes towards the Young British Artists to the rise of Charli xcx, Afrina has been inspired by Bartolini’s practice and Astra will be sharing a review of 'One Sings, the Other Doesn't' (1977) dir. by Agnès Varda.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Afrina shares an interview with Irish-Palestinian artist Yosef Phelan @yosefphelan who explores identity and familial histories through hand drawn animations, audio recordings and short film.  We also discuss works from the current exhibition Wurrdha Marra at NGV Australia, Daniel Spoerri's Prose Poems (1959–60), and went on a tangent about the impact of community radio. Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN Media 90.7fm   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our final episode of the season, the Art Smitten team are reflecting on music that reminds us of works of art … 💭🎶Every week we celebrate visual art experiences through the audio medium of radio, so we can’t wait to celebrate this tension and explore how our senses collide and inform one another 💌 Artworks discussed: David Hockney, We Two Boys Together Clinging, 1961. Matilda Davis, Jumping for Joy (collige virgo rosas), 2024. John Constable, Harwich Lighthouse, 1820. John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew’s Day’, 1852. Frida Kahlo, Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954. Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1831. Art Smitten airs Monday 3-5pm on 📻 SYN90.7fm @synmedia Cover: Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Compositon 8’, 1923. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we will be exploring Radical hope as a way to live, make and create during times of uncertainty. We discuss the current exhibition ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders and Paul Boyé as part of the MADA curator-in-residence program. Isabella joined us in the studio to chat with us all about the project!Also, Mio shares the work of artist Wendy Hannah whose installation work in Aotearoa had her smitten 🎐Tune into SYN90.7fm from 3-5pm Mondays to hear us live each week🤞Image Credit: Rory Pilgrim, ‘Tomorrow in your hands and Government lover’, 2026 plastic bags with printed text, grass. Exhibited in ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ at MADA gallery See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Art Smitten is dishing up a special on ‘art speak’ and the vernacular we use when talking about art 🗣️🗣️🗣️The team will be reflecting on a recent attempt by the National Gallery of Art in Washington to Gen Z-ify art history.We will also be reflecting on John Berger’s influential series ‘Ways of Seeing’ and discover what the heck ekphrasis means!?!!?!?🤎🤎Tune in Mondays at 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia Credit to @ngadc and Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art, Curator of Early European Sculpture and Deputy Head of Sculpture for the clip played at 1:21 to 2:06.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week’s episode of Art Smitten ~ we are looking to the world around us and discussing how nature inspires artistic practice 🔍🐛🐜🌷🐦‍⬛The team visited the Potter Museum of Art’s current exhibition ‘a velvet ant, a flower and a bird’, and will be speaking to Pippa Milne all about the show!Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmediaImage: Ingela Ihrman, Waterlily Amazonica, 2012. Courtesy the artist @blodfrukten_fran_istiden@pottermuseum See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are putting the SMITTEN into Art Smitten this week as we discuss art that act as measures of devotion 3🏹 During the show we will be joined by Isabel from the State Library of Victoria to discuss the current exhibition 'Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations' ✍️ Jen also discusses the conceptual art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the art that has us smitten segment and we briefly chat about The Oscars award winners.  Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm@library_vicImage: installation view of Rebel Heart at State Library of Victoria See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode explores the bed and our rooms as sites for artistic expression + resistance 💭🛌 Speaking first to George @cinnam0nros3 about their essays on Beside Oracle before hearing about an upcoming group exhibition curated by Nina @nini.beani titled ‘forever bedroom’🤍🤍🤍Art Smitten airs 3-5pm Mondays on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia ☁️ Image courtesy of Nina Seeburg. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The long weekend is the perfect time to tick off all those movies on your watchlist - so that's exactly what we will be talking about on today’s show! 📽️Tyra talks about Vietnamese film 'Bunny!!' (2026), Astra speaks to 'Wanda' (1970), Afrina reflects on her recent trip to Taiwan and the team discuss recent comments made by Timothée Chalamet dissing the opera and ballet ...Art Smitten airs live from 3-5pm Mondays on SYN 90.7fm. 💬 Image: Lyle Fowler, ‘Film projection room at the Regent Theatre, Collins Street’ (1948) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get out of your house and onto the streets for today’s episode of Art Smitten 🗞️In our episode, we will be discussing the streets as inspiration featuring a discussion about Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Death in Brunswick (1990) and a special conversation with Savannah from City Gallery. 📸 Their exhibition ‘On The Streets Where I Live’ features the work of Viva Gibb who photographed neighbourhoods in Melbourne from the 70s into the 90s. @cityofmelbourne @synmediaImage Credit : Viva Gibb See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Astra speaks with Ben, the programmer for Fed Square's Open Air! Hear them speak in detail about the uniqueness of outdoor cinematic experiences, public space activation and the films on offer for the 2026 program.  Art Smitten airs 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we are fortunate to be joined by Francesca Smith and Mas Cremasco, two of Yarra Youth’s Artists-in-Residents 🖌️We spoke to them about their practices and the workshops they have been running with young people in the City of Yarra!This episode also features reviews on Laneway '26, "Wuthering Heights", and art reflections by our presenters. For more like this, be sure to tune into Art Smitten Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm! @yarrayouthservices  @f_3_r_a_l  @mas._.space See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For our first show back in 2026, Art Smitten will be speaking to Angela Connor, Senior Curator at MAPh on the exhibition YOUNG 📸🌟This episode kicks off with a new segment 'Art that has us SMITTEN' before focusing on how youthfulness is captured in art. We hear Angela’s perspectives on the role photography plays in representing youth and wrap up the show with a discussion on depictions of youth in film! Tune in Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia@angela___connor @maph_photography See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.