Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on the rockstar and “god mother of punk music”, Patti Smith, who inspired the work of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on the actress, author, and abolitionist, Fanny Kemble, whose first hand account on the horrors of slavery became an integral work for the abolitionist movement. Fanny was portrayed by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Thomas Sully, among other artists.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on the famed tragic actress Sarah Siddons, who was painted by some of the greatest artists of her day, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Sada Yacco, the avant-garde Japanese dancer, geisha, and actress, who became Japan’s first female international celebrity. Yacco took the Western world by storm, capturing the attention of many artists, like Pablo Picasso.

Listen to ArtMuse's episode on the revolutionary actress, proud lesbian, savvy business woman, staunch feminist, and force to be reckoned with, Charlotte Cushman.

Listen to ArtMuse’s three part episode on the beautiful Evelyn Nesbit, the artist model turned Broadway star, who was tied up in one of the biggest murders of the 20th Century.

Listen to ArtMuse’s Two Part Episode on the dancer Loïe Fuller, who not only inspired the birth of modern dance, but also hundreds of portraits of her by some of the best artists of her time.

Listen to ArtMuse’s Two Part episode on the actress, artist, author, and eccentric Sarah Bernhardt.

Listen to ArtMuse’s Two Part episode on the famed contralto and civil rights activist, Marian Anderson.

Season Three launches with a two part episode on Mary Robinson, an accomplished actress, poet, writer, activist, and intellectual, and one of the most fascinating women of her age.

In this special episode from our ArtMuse ArtTalks series, host Grace Anna speaks with renowned British author Paula Byrne, about her biographies on Dido Elizabeth Belle and Mary Robinson, as well as her recently published historical fiction novel Six Weeks by the Sea, based on the life of Jane Austen.

In this special episode from our ArtMuse ArtTalks series, host Grace Anna is joined by Lori Zimmer, author of I’m Not Your Muse: Uncovering the Overshadowed Brilliance of Women Artists & Visionaries, which shares the stories of thirty-one forgotten women of art history.

In this special episode from our ArtMuse ArtTalks series, host Grace Anna interviews Jennifer Dasal, not only the author of the recently published book The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris, but also the host of the podcast Art Curious, that explores the “unexpected, slightly odd, and strangely wonderful in Art History”.

As part of ArtMuse’s ArtTalk series, host Grace Anna interviews Mark Braude, author of Kiki Man Ray : Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris. Together, they explore the life of Kiki de Montparnasse.

In this special episode from our ArtMuse ArtTalks series, host Grace Anna is joined by the acclaimed author Francine Prose, who wrote The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired, a groundbreaking collection of the life stories of nine female muses.

In this special episode, host Grace Anna interviews author B.A. Shapiro about her upcoming historical fiction novel on the artist's model, and painter in her own right, Berthe Morisot.

Instead of sharing the stories of the women behind famous works of art, in this special bonus episode, we are sharing a little more about the women behind ArtMuse!

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Juliette Récamier, a French socialite whose salon attracted some of the greatest politicians, intellectuals, and artists of her time. Her beauty was so great that men lined up to win her affections, including Napoleon Bonaparte.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Alice Prin, better known as Kiki de Montparnasse, a French model, painter, performer, and memoirist during Paris’s jazz-age.

Listen to ArtMuse’s two part episode on Dido Elizabeth Belle, England’s first female aristocrat of color.

Listen to ArtMuse's two part episode on Edie Sedgwick. She inspired some of the greatest American artists and musicians of the 20th century, from Andy Warhol, to Bob Dylan, to Patti Smith, and the Velvet Underground.

Listen to ArtMuse's two part episode on Luisa Casati, an Italian heiress who used her fortune to create a life of her wildest imagination. She was also one of the most important patrons of her time.

Listen to ArtMuse’s two part episode on Lady Emma Hamilton. Born into severe poverty, Emma Hamilton worked her way to eventually become England’s first female celebrity.

Listen to ArtMuse’s two part episode on Madame de Pompadour, the mistress and political advisor of King Louis XV, and painter François Boucher’s favorite model.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, better known as Sargent’s Madame X, a New Orleans born American socialite who worked her way into the heart of Parisian high socity.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Simonetta Vespucci, who captured the heart of Florence’s greatest leaders, artists, poets, and intellectuals of her time.

Season Two of ArtMuse kicks of with a two part episode on Audrey Munson, America’s first supermodel who modeled for countless statues around New York City.

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Sue Tilley, or Big Sue, the cashier turned model superstar

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Gala Dali, the powerhouse behind Gala Dali’s life and career

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Whitler’s Mother aka Anna Matilda McNeil

Listen to ArtMuse’’s episode on Felide Melandroni, one of the most sought after prostitutes of her time and Caravaggio’s muse

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Anna Christina Olson, the defiant spirit of Christina’s World

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Dora Maar, the weeping woman whose genius is behind Picasso’s greatest masterpiece Guernica

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Elizabeth Siddall, forever frozen in time as Ophelia

Listen to ArtMuse’s episode on Emilie Louise Flöge, the adored woman from Klimt’s The Kiss

Listen to Artmuse’s episode on Victorine-Louise Meurent & Laure, the superstars of Manet’s Olympia

Listen to the very first episode of ArtMuse on Lisa Gherardini aka the Mona Lisa