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SOURCE NEEDED

Abi Montalvo & Liz Hébert

In SOURCE NEEDED Abi and Liz discuss the cultural phenomena of the day - from painting conservation to film to poetry to the art market. Guilty of forming opinions on such topics without a source to back the claim, this podcast is an homage to those moments when our conversations precede research. (That said, we do our best to stick to the framework of a cultural ‘object’ per episode, and link the mentioned papers/tiktoks/memes/oddly specific wikipedia pages in the bibliomaniac caption). Intrigued

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32:55

Spooky Scary Studies

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2025/10/31

grab some hard candy from your halloween basket and suck on this episode! (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ) Abi + Liz are talking monsters in art, film, and pop culture with a big focus on the vampiric undead. Basing the conversation on their articles this week, the girls get into the philosophical framework of monster studies and the Date Paintings by the Japanese artist Kawara to determine what horror means to them.BIBLIOGRAPHY :Goya, "Saturn Devouring his Son" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_...Las

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37:15

Montalvo, A. (2025) Super Graphic Ultra Modern Chapel

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2025/10/17

On this episode of SOURCE NEEDED Abi and Liz crack open Abi's recent master's thesis to talk about artist chapels. Focusing on the chapels of Mark Rothko, James Turrell, and Ellsworth Kelly, they explore the relationship between artworks and exhibition spaces.Hit up the patreon to read Abi’s article in its entirety, and if your attention span isn’t long enough for that you can always listen to the AI podcast synopsis...PATREON => http://patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDWe’re also funny on

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51:02

Hébert, L. (2021) Full Transparency

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2025/10/03

Abi + Liz peal back the layers of Liz’s 2021 masters thesis about the darkening of Rembrandt’s most famous painting: The Night Watch. They cover the entire conservation history from the 1850s to the current Operation by the Rijksmuseum.Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!!Patreon: patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Theme Song CreditAcid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 --

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35:00

all this art is making me hungry

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2025/09/19

Are you hungry for a mouthwatering deep-dive into art and food with Abi and Liz? From Caravaggio’s wild artichoke story to luxury strawberries and today’s obsession with posting fancy meals online, this episode is all about the highs, lows, and occasional messiness behind what we eat and how we show it off. If you’ve ever wondered why artists paint rotting fruit, why people decorate pastries like works of art, or why watching someone eat can feel a bit over the top, this episode is a

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37:01

sabrina carpenter's symbol chain shibari

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2025/09/05

Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! Patreon: http://patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]Abis article: Garrard, Mary D. 1994. “Here’s Looking at Me: Sofonisba Anguissola and the Problem of the Woman Artist.” Renaissance Quarterly 47 (3): 556–622. https://doi.org/10.2307/2863021.Liz’s article:Chen, Liangfei. “The Female Identity Being Performed -- Gender Rebellion in

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31:08

you're gonna die hunny

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2025/04/25

Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.Patreon: http://patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]will be edited after kinds day lolTheme Song CreditAcid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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45:07

fascism is kitsch

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2025/04/10

Abi + Liz break down the definition of kitsch while exploring architectural trends under fascism. Wherever the discussion takes us we know the conclusion: Fascism is NOT fetch.Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.Patreon: [patreon.com/SOURCENEEDED](http://patreon.com/SOURCENEEDED) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes][3:53] Julia Friedman, “Classicism by Decree,” *Athenaeum

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41:39

forgery for beginners

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2025/03/27

Abi + Liz break down the art of forgery and go beyond the relic cult of art in this jam packed episode of the SOURCE NEEDED podcast. Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.Patreon: patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==BIBLIOGRAPHY [definitely improperly formatted this week]1:18 Noah Charney, "The Art of Forgery," published by Phaidon, 2015.11:23 Alexander Nagel, "Beyond the relic

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55:35

ponderings on art patronage

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2025/03/13

Are the Kardashians the modern day Medici or is that a grossly false equivalency? Abi and Liz are getting into it in this episode of the SOURCE NEEDED podcast.Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.PATREON: http://patreon.com/SOURCENEEDEDINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/sourceneeded?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]1. Sandro Botticelli, “Adoration of the Magi,” oil on canvas, 1475.

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46:17

superstars and stephen schwartz

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2025/02/27

On this weeks episode of SOURCE NEEDED Abi + Liz + Notre Dame are on FIRE! Their articles this week are both about the Notre Dame fire back in 2019. Abi + Liz chat about how the professionals, politicians, and the public responded to the event through the lens of crisis management and acoustics. Can they find a commonality? Listen to find out!Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.Patreon:

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38:08

prologue

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2025/02/18

Abi & Liz introduce themselves and lay the groundwork for what SOURCE NEEDED is about. There’s some background info on the girls, rants on what makes 17th-century Dutch artwork so special, how we view artwork (monetary value versus topography), and an explanation of the podcast title. Have 38 minutes to kill? Come hang with us.Check out more of SOURCE NEEDED!!! do it. do it now.Patreon:

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