<![CDATA[THE BENT POD]]>Conversations with the world's greatest living painters- about technique, history and the strange and beautiful life of making pictures. Hosted by painter Christian Rex van Minnen.

The Bent is a painters' club founded in Rome in 1620, banned in 1720 and revived 300 years later at thebent.club. Inside: live paint-along sessions in the Old Master's method, a ever-growing curriculum, vibrant community discussions and member profiles to share paintings and connect with one another. For painters and lovers of Old painting. The Bent meets weekly, the door is open.

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]]>thebent.clubRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:44:29 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2026 20:58:01 GMT60Christian Rex van Minnen<p>Conversations with the world's greatest living painters- about technique, history and the strange and beautiful life of making pictures. Hosted by painter Christian Rex van Minnen.</p><p></p><p>The Bent is a painters' club founded in Rome in 1620, banned in 1720 and revived 300 years later at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://thebent.club" target="_blank">thebent.club</a>. Inside: live paint-along sessions in the Old Master's method, a ever-growing curriculum, vibrant community discussions and member profiles to share paintings and connect with one another. For painters and lovers of Old painting. The Bent meets weekly, the door is open. </p><p></p><p>Get Bent</p>episodicChristian Rex van Minnenchristianvanminnen@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Ep. 1 - Sara Birns: Hold Onto This For Dear Life]]>The first conversation on The Bent Pod- and the origin story of the club itself. Sara Birns walked into Christian's Santa Cruz studio with a sketchbook and became the first apprentice to a project that would reintroduce the lost techniques of the old masters in a radical new way. Tech burnout, master copies, a Gary Busey with a Beehive, the workshop that failed its way into becoming a club, and why learning to paint this way is learning a secret language. "Hold onto this for dear life. This is gold."

Sara Birns is a painter working in the old masters' method- The Bent's first apprentice, now a working artist exhibiting and collected globally.

Conversations with the worlds greatest living painters, every other week, the club lives at thebent.club. Get Bent.

]]>efda90e5-8c5c-4b00-ad4d-01acd51e3420Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:00:05 GMT<p>The first conversation on The Bent Pod- and the origin story of the club itself. Sara Birns walked into Christian's Santa Cruz studio with a sketchbook and became the first apprentice to a project that would reintroduce the lost techniques of the old masters in a radical new way. Tech burnout, master copies, a Gary Busey with a Beehive, the workshop that failed its way into becoming a club, and why learning to paint this way is learning a secret language. "Hold onto this for dear life. This is gold."</p><p></p><p>Sara Birns is a painter working in the old masters' method- The Bent's first apprentice, now a working artist exhibiting and collected globally.</p><p></p><p>Conversations with the worlds greatest living painters, every other week, the club lives at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://thebent.club" target="_blank">thebent.club</a>. Get Bent.</p>no02:35:451Ep. 1 - Sara Birns: Hold Onto This For Dear Lifefull