Bianca Bosker and Patrick Bringley

About this episode

Bianca Bosker discusses her book 'Get the Picture' with Patrick Bringley, exploring the intersection of art and culture.

This conversation features journalist and author Bianca Bosker, discussing her book, “Get the Picture” with writer Patrick Bringley. Bianca Bosker is The New York Times bestselling author of “Cork Dork” and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. In “Get the Picture,” Bosker throws herself into the nerve center of art, and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators, and of course artists themselves. Probing everything from cave paintings to Instagram, and the science of sight to the importance of beauty, Get the Picture examines art’s role in our culture, our economy, and our hearts. Bosker’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Best American Travel Writing, and has been recognized with awards from the New York Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, and more. Patrick Bringley is the author of “All the Beauty in the World,” a memoir about his decade working as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Audible, and The Sunday Times (London), which selected it as the outstanding art book of 2023. Bringley…

People in this episode

Guests: Bianca Bosker, Patrick Bringley

Topics covered

• art
• journalism
• culture
• books
• memoir

Keywords

• Bianca Bosker
• Patrick Bringley
• Get the Picture
• art
• culture
• journalism
• memoir

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Best American Travel Writing, New York Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, New York Public Library, NPR, Financial Times

Books & works: Get the Picture, Cork Dork, All the Beauty in the World

Places: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Gallery of Art

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