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Dirty laundry got you down? Coin jar empty? With KunstCapades' latest quarter episode, you're 1/8 of the way to a wash cycle. Pieper, Sullivan, and Carliss convene to ponder the pause in Takashi Murakami's NFT sales, bolster bids for a cherub coffin topper, contemplate the contents of Rick Abath's fanny pack - and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 98.25 on the ROAD TO 100! BONUS: Tune in for a recipe for Marty's Mountain Medicine, featuring cider brewed by KC alum Martin Machado, strawberry, hibiscus, lemon, and bourbon.

KunstCapades Returns: A Season in Hell! The gondola's boarded up and hanging by a thread - but the sun is shining and our faithful Bitburger bidet is still blasting off every hour on the hour. Laugh with us, laugh at us - whichever your respite pleasure, we hope we can provide a little Halloween listening oasis as Election Day anxiety surges. Tune in for tales of the Monster Mash dance craze, deep-sea fish dyes, a certain loose painting style, the latest $10M auction turd, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 98!

Amongst the sea and snow, we scour the streets below with our high-powered Bushnill binoculars. It's eerily quiet in the wake of COVID-19, but Robyn aims to brighten our spirits with a high-powered highball of sanity. We talk Dalí drop-offs, Vantablack voids, failed forgeries, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 97.5!

While discussing how to shim up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, we catch sight of Sarah Hotchkiss and Zoë Taleporos, of Premiere Jr., toting buckets of wheat paste. They board the gondola for a rickety ride up to Altitide, where we talk harp and hoover, soda can calamities, FBI poetry, pachyderm porch pirates, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 97!

Calls are streaming in! Concierge Jill can barely keep up at the switchboard! Join us for a ringing, rollicking installment - featuring the Tissue Depth Method in honor of Betty Pat Gatliff, some Baldessari banter by James Tantum, prison terms based on bronze fox values, and much, much more! It's a KunstCapades Call-In Catastrophe!

While Robyn regales us with the hidden art high jinks of a disgraced Italian dairy tycoon, we spot a cycling gent in a goldenrod beanie - local musician and producer Kelley Stoltz. We invite Kelley, via rickety gondola, up to Altitide to talk stage style, accidental pinhole cameras, stolen land seals, guitar shirt gadgets, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 96!

While Robyn prepares the ear funnel to serve up Little Hair Radio, we spot the distinguished mustache of one Jon Bernson gracing the streets below. He hops on the gondola up to our alpine-tropical aerie, where we talk puns, playwrights, plywood, peritonitis, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 95! Featuring a special Halloween appearance by Banksy.

While Robyn and Josh ponder fall's historical television debuts, our knockoff binos spot a badminton-playing duo in the vale below. Yuka Ezoe and Naoki Onodera board the gondola and crash-land at Altitide to talk Bahama Kangaroo, chatline masquerades, kite installations, king bed scores, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 94!

While Robyn mixes up a curious concoction in honor of Norwegian footballer/art thief Pål Enger, we spy Juan Luna-Avin schlepping a bevy of audio bootlegs. He dares the rickety gondola ascent to Altitide where we talk band fantasies, DJ names, punk portraits, the Hopper Hotel, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 93!

It's KunstCapades' 2019 SAN FRANCISCO ART BOOK FAIR SPECTACULAR! A buffet for your ears. A smorgasbord for your souls. Press play for sonic sustenance courtesy of these splendid guests: Louis Vargas ((art)Scene Podcast); Eva Gibeau, Ry Allred, and Graham Holoch (Eggy Press); Kristofferson San Pablo (Vacancy Projects); Brett MacFadden (MacFadden & Thorpe); Sarah Tell (SF Art Book Fair/Contemporary Jewish Museum); Jon Bernson; Chris Sollars (Skullture); David Senior (SFMOMA); Kico Le Strange; and Luca Antonucci (SF Art Book Fair/Colpa Press).

While Robyn mixes up a Moon Acre, our binocs zero in on Troy Chew. Troy endures the perilous gondola journey up to our alpine-tropical hideaway to talk haunted Headlands, album cover art, cat portraits, water lilies vs. wisteria, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 91!

While Robyn taunts us with the blender, we spy two gents on bikes far below our Altitide perch. It's John Kilduff, aka Mr. Let's Paint, and his brother Paul. They crash land at the bar to talk TV tribulations, shed management, pogo stick potential, Weegee worth, poached pooches, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 90!

While Robyn sets the scene with sips from a skull, we spot a scurrying Santa on the streets below! It's Atlanta artist Craig Drennen with some familiar elves from Cloaca Projects! They hop into the Gondola and up to Altitide where we push things to the edge with candy cane concepts, Leicestershire larcenists, Atlanta insights, and much, much more! It's KunstCapades episode 89!

While Robyn prepares the cable car track luge to serve The Delaplane, we spot two-tone curls on the street below - artist Torreya Cummings and Aggregate Space Gallery (ASG) co-founder Willis Meyers. We're also joined by guest co-host and ASG co-founder Conrad Meyers. Willis and Conrad make some important announcements about the future of ASG before our chat with Torreya - which covers stashed granddad paintings, procrastination, fave archive portals, community via casting, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 88!

Pieper, Sullivan, and Carliss tackle copious clumps (clots?) of art crimes on KunstCapades’ first-ever CrimeCast. From the anniversary of the Gardner Museum theft and loudspeaker-smuggled mummy limbs, to attic stashes, train travel fumbles, and Hormel can safes, feast your ears on this heist-heavy smorgasbord. It’s KunstCapades episode 87.5!

Last year, 30 folks braved the gondola up to Altitide over 21 episodes of KunstCapades. (We botched the math on air; sue us.) In this recap, we fire up the robot wheel to reminisce about our fave bits of art news and crimes from 2018. Preposterous and rum-soaked as always - it's KunstCapades episode 86!

While Robyn mixes up a round of Curious Sofas, we spy curator Gatien Du Bois making his way through the topiary maze in the botanical garden below. Thanks to the siren call of the alpenhorn, he soon boards the gondola up to our sky-high Euro headquarters. We talk life before curating, residency wrangling, Edward Gorey's Cape Cod productions, Santa Banksy, who has $1 mill, little sea hotdogs, shy Mundis, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 85 - the last of our Brussels-based eps (for now)! With thanks to our hosts: Penthouse Art Residency x NH Brussels Bloom x Harlan Levey Projects, Gatien Du Bois, and Laurent De Meyer.

After Robyn quits the bar world, we get behind our Belgian Bushwills to conjure up some guests. Emerging from the surging canals are the surfboards of Portuguese pals Diogo Pimentão, Ricardo Pires, and Will Kerr. They hop on the gondola and ride up to Altitide where we talk artistic process, paths and protocols, early exposure, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 84! With thanks to our Brussels hosts: Penthouse Art Residency x NH Brussels Bloom x Harlan Levey Projects, Gatien Du Bois, and Laurent De Meyer.

In the second episode from our time in Brussels, KunstCapades speaks with artists Elise 't Hart (Dordrecht, Netherlands) and Clémentine Vaultier (Brussels and Ghent, Belgium). Old and new friends, including Amsterdam-based buddies and befuddled Viennese tourists, assemble in our Belgian hideaway for a live conversation fueled by PENTHOUSE cocktails (sun-fried Jupiler, banana, charcoal, toner, staples). We chat about house sounds, organ nomenclature, cocktail pools, favorite tropical locales, the last of the Pop pals, plastic peeper vandalism, a massive missing hammer, and much, much more. It's KunstCapades episode 83! With thanks to our hosts: Penthouse Art Residency x NH Brussels Bloom x Harlan Levey Projects, Gatien Du Bois, and Laurent De Meyer.

In a staple-ridden aerie overlooking Le Botanique, KunstCapades presents their first live show en Belgique. Featuring a trio of special guests: art dealer/Super Dakota founder Damîen Bertelle-Rogier, research-based artist Haseeb Ahmed, and collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt. Topics covered: Brussels vs. Paris, vulture stench, penthouse deals, Bansky’s shredder stunt, haunted Napoleon offerings, Flemish hooch served in cuberdon shot glasses, and much, much more. It’s KunstCapades episode 82! With thanks to our hosts: Penthouse Art Residency x NH Brussels Bloom x Harlan Levey Projects, Gatien Du Bois, and Laurent De Meyer.