Jennifer Dasal Photo: SHANNON JOHNSTONE
Was the woman featured in Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" really a maid from his household, as portrayed in the Scarlett Johanssen movie? Are there hidden messages in Leonardo's "The Last Supper"? Did Van Gogh really only sell one painting in his lifetime?
Exploring the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in Art History is the raison d'etre of the long running American podcast, ArtCurious.
One of the most intriguing proposition they explored recently was whether Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was actually a self-portrait in drag?
ArtCurious is now into its 11th season. Lynn Freeman spoke to its host, contemporary arts curator Jennifer Dasal:
