Podcasts

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In 2008, the Norton Simon Museum began offering a podcast series as a new and exciting forum in which to explore the visual arts. From lively discussions between curators and scholars to fascinating interviews with living artists, the Norton Simon podcasts are a fun and informative way to experience the Museum's world-renowned collections and exhibitions.

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	Video: Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: An Artwork by John Cage Curatorial Assistant Tom Norris discusses Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, an artwork by American composer and artist John Cage (1912–1992). Created in 1969 as a tribute to artist Marcel Duchamp, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel is a multiple comprised of five components: four Plexigrams and one lithograph, all with randomly placed text and images. This innovative work, with its captivating construction and endless interpretation by the viewer, is featured in the exhibition Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: An Artwork by John Cage on view September 24, 2010 through March 28, 2011. Subscribe to iTunes Download Watch Now Small | Medium | Large
	Video: Hiroshige: Visions of Japan Curator Christine Knoke provides a brief overview of the life and career of Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), whose woodblock prints are featured in the exhibition Hiroshige: Visions of Japan, on view at the Norton Simon Museum from June 4, 2010 through January 17, 2011. Subscribe to iTunes Download Watch Now Small | Medium | Large
	Video: Sam Francis and the Basel Murals This short video provides a brief background on California artist Sam Francis (1923–1994) and his monumental triptych, the Basel Murals, painted in Paris in the late 1950s. His Basel Mural I was donated to the Museum in 1967, and Fragments 1 and 2 of Basel Mural III, which was partially destroyed in the mid-1960s, were donated to the Museum in 2009 by the Sam Francis Foundation. Features Debra Burchett-Lere, Director of the Sam Francis Foundation, and Leah Lehmbeck, Assistant Curator of the Norton Simon Museum. Subscribe to iTunes Download Watch Now Small | Medium | Large
	Ingres's "Comtesse d'Haussonville" On Loan from The Frick Collection Chief Curator Carol Togneri speaks with The Frick Collection's Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin Bailey about Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's stunning portrait of Comtesse d'Haussonville, 1845. This portrait of the comtesse is the first loan from the Frick in an art exchange program between the venerable New York institution and the Norton Simon foundations. This captivating, large-scale work has never before traveled to California. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres Assistant Curator Leah Lehmbeck traces artistic engagements with portraiture following French master Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's influence in the early to mid-19th century through to the present day, and examines why this genre, so seemingly laden with restrictions and expectations, appealed to some of the greatest avant-garde painters in the history of art. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	The Restoration of Francisco de Zurbarán's "Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" This nearly seven-minute video provides a detailed look at how the Norton Simon's spectacular 17th-century painting, "Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" by Spanish master Francisco de Zurbarán, was carefully restored in 2008 by Mark Leonard, Head of Paintings Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Subscribe to iTunes Download Watch Now Small | Medium | Large
	Indian Paintings in the Norton Simon Museum Curator Christine Knoke discusses how Norton Simon became interested in Asian art and how recently donated works have expanded the Museum's Asian art collection. Created in conjunction with the exhibition "Exceptionally Gifted: Recent Donations to the Norton Simon Museum," on view April 17 through August 31, 2009. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Matisse's Amours at the Norton Simon Museum Assistant Curator Leah Lehmbeck discusses Henri Matisse's exceptional but rarely considered artist's book "Florilège des Amours de Ronsard" or "Anthology of Ronsard's Love Poems." Created in conjunction with the exhibition "Matisse's Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard's Love Poems" on view at the Norton Simon Museum from February 13 through June 8, 2009. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Vermeer's "A Lady Writing" Comes to the Norton Simon Museum Chief Curator Carol Togneri talks to Arthur K. Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, about Dutch master Johannes Vermeer and his compelling painting, "A Lady Writing," c. 1665. "A Lady Writing" is on loan from the National Gallery of Art to the Norton Simon Museum from November 7, 2008 through February 2, 2009 as part of the institutions' art exchange program. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Ruth Weisberg and her Dialogue with the Past Distinguished artist and scholar Ruth Weisberg describes her series inspired by Guido Cagnacci’s powerful Martha Rebuking Mary for Her Vanity (after 1660), one of the Norton Simon Museum’s most important Baroque paintings. Weisberg’s 20 paintings, monumental drawings and monotypes are featured in the Norton Simon Museum’s exhibition “Ruth Weisberg: Guido Cagnacci and the Resonant Image,” on view October 17, 2008, through March 2, 2009. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	The Art of War: American War Posters from the Norton Simon Museum This episode looks at how U.S. government-sponsored posters got the American public to support both world wars. Leah Lehmbeck, Assistant Curator at the Norton Simon Museum, Allan M. Winkler, Professor at the Miami University, Ohio, and Robert Smullyan Sloan, one of the last living artists who created war-time posters, are featured. Created in conjunction with the exhibition "The Art of War: American Posters from World War I and World War II," on view at the Norton Simon Museum from September 5, 2008 through January 26, 2009. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Don Bachardy Draws Norton Simon Celebrated artist Don Bachardy discusses the portraits he created in the early 1970s of art collector and friend Norton Simon. The artist also talks about how he became an artist, his techniques, and how his relationship with writer Christopher Isherwood opened the door to drawing some of the world's most fascinating people. This interview was conducted in 2007 to commemorate the centenary of Norton Simon's birth and the Norton Simon Art Foundation's acquisition of the Bachardy portraits. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now
	Marcel Duchamp at the Pasadena Art Museum Norton Simon Museum Curator Gloria Williams Sander interviews art historian Dickran Tashjian about Marcel Duchamp and his first American retrospective held at the Pasadena Art Museum, now the Norton Simon Museum, in 1963, and curated by the legendary Walter Hopps. Created in conjunction with "Marcel Duchamp Redux," a commemorative installation on view at the Norton Simon Museum from April 25 through December 8, 2008. Subscribe to iTunes Download Listen Now