Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs
A true crime podcast for art school dropouts and gallery gossips.
Hosts Steph and Joel dig into the wildest stories the art world has to offer — from million-dollar heists to forgery fiascos, cursed paintings, and museum drama that would make Gossip Girl blush. It’s art history, but make it chaotic, queer, and criminal.
🎨 Visual art, crime, and pop culture collide
🕵️♀️ New episodes weekly
A podcast about the world of art and all the crime that happens there. Steph and Joel make art history a little less boring a little more pop culture.
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Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs
A true crime podcast for art school dropouts and gallery gossips.
Hosts Steph and Joel dig into the wildest stories the art world has to offer — from million-dollar heists to forgery fiascos, cursed paintings, and museum drama that would make Gossip Girl blush. It’s art history, but make it chaotic, queer, and criminal.
🎨 Visual art, crime, and pop culture collide
🕵️♀️ New episodes weekly
A podcast about the world of art and all the crime that happens there. Steph and Joel make art history a little less boring a little more pop culture.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we’re leaving the Overlook Hotel and heading to the real place that started it all — Colorado’s Stanley Hotel.
Steph takes us through the true story behind The Shining — the haunted room that survived an explosion, the ghostly chambermaid who still unpacks your luggage, and the night Stephen King checked in and left with one of the greatest horror stories ever written.
Joel plays Demon or Debunked?, ranks the ghost photos, and reveals which hauntings could actually be real (spoiler: he’s not totally sure). From mirror portals to a piano-playing ghost with attitude, this one’s equal parts creepy and ridiculous
This weeks recommendations
Steph - Two podcast episodes this week — both from Shameless. In Conversation with Louis Theroux & their behind-the-scenes chat about turning a podcast into a media empire.
Joel - Shopping for clothes before your holiday
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It’s time to check in at the Overlook Hotel.
This week on Framed, we’re pulling apart Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining — how it works, why it still crawls under your skin, and what Shelley Duvall actually went through on set. Joel confesses to watching it very high at 14 (and never quite recovering), Steph digs into Kubrick’s obsessive directing, and together they unpack the movie’s eerie logic, impossible corridors, and that final photo everyone argues about.
Along the way we talk: liminal horror, Room 237 theories, Nicholson’s unhinged grin, and how The Shining showed that horror can be well lit.
Recommendations
Steph: Netflix’s 2-part Charlie Sheen documentary - aka Charlie Sheen
Joel: Comfort-TV rewatch — The Simpsons (also cat-approved background viewing).
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Horror has always been a little… gay. In this episode we trace the queer DNA of the genre—from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Hays Code’s “coded villains,” and why queer audiences see themselves in monsters and final girls. Along the way we talk repression, desire, camp, and the modern movies carrying the torch.
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It’s spooky season — and we’re back with a Halloween special that takes art history into the haunted. 🎃
From the Red Man of the Louvre, to eerie encounters at the British Museum, to ghostly footsteps in San Francisco and the haunted Fremantle Arts Centre, we’re digging into the strange, creepy, and downright terrifying stories of art galleries that won’t let their pasts rest.
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this Halloween dive into haunted art will give you chills and giggles.
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An A-list art adviser. A velvet-rope world built on trust. And one word that made $1.8M vanish: “gone.”
This week we unpack the rise and fall of Lisa Schiff—from scholarly beginnings and blue-chip access (think Paris galleries, Tribeca offices and celebrity clients) to the playbook prosecutors say she ran for years: diverting client funds, stalling payouts, and papering over holes until the scheme collapsed. We break down how art advising should work, what a Ponzi scheme actually is, the Hong Kong sale that triggered the unraveling, and Schiff’s guilty plea, 30-month sentence, and multimillion-dollar restitution. Expect art-world mechanics, gossip-level receipts, and practical takeaways on provenance, payments, and protecting yourself in private sales.
Steph Recommends: Trashy true-crime docs on Disney+/Binge (e.g., Mean Girl Murders) as easy background watches.
Joel Recommends: Utopia (Aussie workplace comedy) as a bingeable, anxiety-tinged office satire.
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In this episode of Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs, we follow the extraordinary journey of Artemisia Gentileschi, the Baroque painter whose bold canvases and unflinching vision rewrote art history.
From her years in Florence to her return to Rome, her entrepreneurial studio in Naples, and her prestigious invitation to paint at the English court, Artemisia proved again and again that she could thrive in a male-dominated art world. Along the way, she redefined biblical and mythological subjects through women’s eyes — making her one of the most important painters of her era.
This weeks recommendations
Joel - AFL?
Steph - Babra Walters: Tell Me Everything - Documantary
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In this episode of Framed: Canvas, Cuffs & Other Stuffs, we dive into the wild history of the Guerrilla Girls — the anonymous collective of feminist art activists who shook up the art world with gorilla masks, sharp humour, and shocking stats.
From the courtroom drama of the early 2000s — when anonymity was tested and real names were forced into the open — to splinter groups, copyright battles, and the ironic moment when their protest posters ended up hanging in the very museums they once critiqued, this story has it all.
We break down:
🎭 Expect courtroom chaos, feminist fire, and yes — a cheeky discussion about naked men in galleries.
👉 If you’ve ever wondered who gets remembered in art history and who gets erased, this episode asks the uncomfortable questions.
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We're back after a well needed with stories: Wembley’s thunderous sing-along to “Bittersweet Symphony” before Oasis and a full Uffizi debate about whether phones are ruining how we see art. There’s Pompeii epiphanies and Amsterdam gallery highs. Plus: the two things we missed most while away—making art, and sitting down for this podcast together.
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You know the perm. You know the voice. You’ve probably fallen asleep to the sound of “happy little trees.” But behind the gentle persona of Bob Ross was a very real — and very bitter — legal battle over who would control his name, image, and legacy after he died.
This week on Framed, we go deep into the world of Bob Ross Inc, the Kowalski family who built the brand, and Bob’s son Steve, who’s spent decades trying to reclaim what he believes is rightfully his. There’s friendship, betrayal, alleged fake paintings, a CIA background, and… a squirrel named Peapod.
📺 From PBS to Netflix documentaries, the Bob Ross brand has become a billion-dollar machine. But who does it really belong to?
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Prodigy or Performance? The Marla Olmstead Scandal
In the early 2000s, a four-year-old girl named Marla Olmstead became an overnight sensation — hailed as an abstract art prodigy whose paintings sold for thousands. But was she really the one holding the brush?
This week on Framed, Steph and Joel unpack the wild true story of Marla’s rise to fame, the media storm that followed, and the lingering question: what happens when we want to believe a child is a genius... even if they’re not?
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This week on Framed, Joel takes the wheel to bring you a very special tour of people who accidentally (or… not so accidentally) wrecked art in galleries. From a cleaner who scrubbed the "dirt" off a $1.4 million sculpture, to a man who punched a Monet, to a couple who shattered a crystal chair inspired by Van Gogh — this episode is a full gallery of oopsie-daisies.
We ask: what happens when you break the priceless? Can a meme restore a masterpiece? And are we all one clumsy moment away from international infamy?
🎨 For art lovers, chaotic energy enthusiasts, and anyone who’s ever knocked something over and tried to play it cool.
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Inside MONA: The Art Museum That Got Sued for Saying “No Men Allowed”
This week on Framed, Steph takes us inside Tasmania’s wildest art museum — MONA — and the legal storm surrounding its now-infamous Ladies Lounge. From butlers and Picassos to lawsuits and toilet exhibitions, we unravel how one feminist art piece led to a Supreme Court battle over gender, access, and the meaning of art itself.
Also: museum witches, Dark Mofo chaos, fake Picassos, and why you probably don’t want your blood featured in a gallery.
🎨 For fans of art history, creative controversy, and deeply unserious performance politics.
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Brooms, potions, and spells—oh my! This week on Framed, Steph delves into the world of witches, from historical lore to infamous trials and the mysterious women accused of witchcraft through the ages. Were they misunderstood healers, or was something more magical at play? We’re uncovering the chilling, often tragic stories of the “witches” who shaped history and still captivate us today. Grab your cauldrons and black cats—it’s about to get spooky!
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He climbed into a museum — and walked out with over $100 million in stolen art.
This week on Framed, we unravel the story of Vjeran Tomic, the real-life "French Spider-Man" who used climbing skills to pull off one of France’s most audacious art heists. No alarms. No rush. Just precision, patience, and a whole lot of nerve.
How did he do it? Why didn’t anyone stop him? And what happened to the missing masterpieces?
💥 A true crime story where the getaway vehicle was a window and the weapon was charm.
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Some rivalries spark creativity. Others burn everything to the ground.
In this week’s episode of Framed, we dive into the most iconic feuds in art and pop culture history — from bitter artistic rivals and celebrity shade wars to lifelong vendettas that changed careers (and occasionally involved slapping).
What fuels a good feud? Ego? Injustice? Or just excellent PR?
We’re naming names, spilling tea, and celebrating the drama that makes art — and fame — so deliciously messy.
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The Rise and Flame of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
She was the wild card of TLC. A lyrical genius. A tabloid magnet. A spiritual seeker.
In this episode of Framed, we trace the life of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes — from superstardom and arson headlines to her final, haunting days in Honduras. It’s a story of fame, fire, and the fight to be understood.
For fans of music history, 90s nostalgia, and icons who burned bright.
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This week on Framed, we investigate a small-time crime with big-time audacity.
It starts with a guy, a girlfriend, and a suspicious amount of stolen goods — all stashed neatly inside his mum’s house. From an old belt buckle to vintage books and rare collectibles, this bizarre love story turned criminal enterprise leaves us asking: what can’t you fit in a suburban lounge room?
We unpack the petty, the planned, and the downright weird in this modern-day heist
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Wolfgang Beltracchi: The Greatest Art Forger of Our Time?
He fooled the experts. He conned the galleries. He made millions painting in the styles of long-dead masters — and got away with it for decades.
This week on Framed, we dive into the chaotic and captivating world of Wolfgang Beltracchi, one of the most successful (and stylish) art forgers in history. From falsified provenance to perfectly “aged” canvases, Beltracchi didn’t just replicate — he reinvented the art of deception.
What does it mean to fake a masterpiece? Is forgery itself a kind of art? And why did the art world want to believe him?
We trace the brushstrokes of his most notorious cons — and the downfall that finally brought him down.
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