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Verso: An Art History Podcast

by Emma Laramie
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About the show

Discover the hidden side of art history with Verso. Every other week, we peel back the layers of famous and forgotten masterpieces to reveal the stories that shaped them—art heists, secret paintings, scandals, and more. Whether it’s uncovering the drama behind the canvas or exploring the unexpected connections between art and culture, Verso will change how you see the art, and the world, around you. Want to support the show? Buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/versopod Email me: hello@versopod.com

Latest episodes

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    October 6, 2026 · 43 min

    How did a relatively unknown pharaoh become one of the most recognizable figures in the world—and help change what modernity looked like? When Howard Carter’s team discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the West was already fascinated by…

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    September 21, 2026 · 45 min

    Albert Barnes spent decades building an institution that was never supposed to become an ordinary museum. After his death, the collection stayed together—but the Foundation around it changed dramatically. This episode follows the battles…

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    In 1914, Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky showed work in the same building in Malmö. He had five paintings in the grand galleries and a reviewer comparing them to bacteria. She had one conventional landscape in a women's section near…

  • John Singer Sargent, Madame X, and The Strap That Scandalized Paris

    August 24, 2026 · 47 min

    In 1884, John Singer Sargent unveiled a portrait at the Paris Salon that he was certain would make him the most celebrated painter in France. Instead, a single fallen shoulder strap turned into the scandal of the season, and the room…

  • The Mystery of the Lost Amber Room

    August 10, 2026 · 40 min

    The Amber Room was an entire chamber made of carved amber, backed in gold, and once called the Eighth Wonder of the World. Prussia built it, gave it to Russia, and the Nazis looted it in 1941. In 1945 it vanished in the ruins of Königsberg…

  • The Art Thief and His Attic Full of Masterpieces

    July 27, 2026 · 58 min

    Stéphane Breitwieser stole more than 200 works of art from the museums of Europe, hid them in his mother's attic, and swore he was never a thief. No masks, no weapons, no ransom. Just a young couple in nice clothes, walking out in broad…

  • The Salon des Refusés: How Napoleon III Accidentally Opened the Door to Modern Art

    July 13, 2026 · 51 min

    In 1863, the Paris Salon rejected thousands of paintings, including Édouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe, and a nervous Napoleon III made a snap political decision: exhibit the rejects and let the public decide. The Salon des Refusés…

  • The Painter and the Guillotine

    June 30, 2026 · 23 min

    Jacques-Louis David painted Antoine and Marie Anne Lavoisier in 1788, in one of the most famous portraits of the 18th century. Six years later, Lavoisier was guillotined during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, and David, now a…