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Art Sense educates and informs listeners about the past, present and future of art. Each week host Craig Gould brings listeners conversations with authors, art historians, curators, museum directors, and contemporary artists which help us answer the questions posited by Paul Gauguin: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
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Ep. 91: Tina Kukielski, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Art21
A conversation with Tina Kukielski, the Susan Sollins Executive Director and Chief Curator for Art21. Art21 is a leader in art-focused content that includes television series, films, publications, digital programs and a wide variety of educational resources. Most famously, Art21 is responsible for the production of the Peabody Award-winning PBS-broadcast television series “Art in the Twenty-First Century”. The conversation includes the history of the organization, the goals of their programming, the challenges they face and the upcoming 11th season of “Art in the Twenty-First Century” which debuts April 7 at 10pm ET on all PBS outlets.
https://art21.org/
https://www.instagram.com/art21/
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Mar 14, 2023
Ep. 90: Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
A conversation with Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Executive Director Elizabeth Smith about a new exhibit of Frankethaler’s work currently on display at Gagosian’s 24th Street gallery in New York. “Drawing within Nature: Paintings from the 1990s” features more than a dozen works by Frankenthaler made during a period when she took inspiration from the environment near her Connecticut studio on Long Island Sound. The conversation touches on Frankenthaler's life, career and this latest exhibit.
https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/helen-frankenthaler-drawing-within-nature-paintings-from-the-1990s/
https://www.frankenthalerfoundation.org/
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Mar 7, 2023
Ep. 89: Artist Julian Opie
A conversation with artist Julian Opie. Opie is an artist known for distilling the world around us into its simplest forms, reducing people, animals and architecture into shapes and lines that capture their essence instead of their details. In the conversation, we discuss his inspirations, his process and his new show at Lisson Gallery in London that includes his continued experimentation with virtual reality.
https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/julian-opie-op-vr-hem-london
https://www.julianopie.com/
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Feb 28, 2023
Ep. 88: Scott Lynn, Founder & CEO of Masterworks
A conversation with Masterworks Founder and CEO Scott Lynn. In 2017, Lynn founded Masterworks after seeing an opportunity to securitize fine art as an asset class and thus providing the common Wall Street investor access to blue chip art. Today, Masterworks is the world’s largest buyer of art acquiring seven-to-eight-figure paintings from the likes of Joan Mitchell, Picasso and Basquiat almost daily to meet the demand of its nearly one million users.
https://www.masterworks.com
https://www.instagram.com/masterworks.io/
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Feb 21, 2023
Ep. 87: Artist Mat Collishaw
A conversation with artist Mat Collishaw. Collishaw is an artist who creates installations that leverage the ephemeral nature of illusions to explore issues related to perception, moral ambiguity and the brevity of life. Among his latest work is a collaboration with NFT veterans Danil Krivoruchko and the team at OG.Art. The project extends a floral theme Collishaw has explored for years by allowing collectors to breed and hybridize new variations based on community interactions and assets in the collectors’ wallets.
https://matcollishaw.com/
https://og.art/
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Feb 14, 2023
Ep. 86: Boris Pevzner, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveArt
A conversation with Boris Pevzner, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveArt, a technology company that provides a turn-key, anonymous, peer-to-peer marketplace for fine art. In order to enable informed marketplace decisions, the company has also created a powerful data platform that aggregates art market information that is typically difficult to get to.
https://liveart.io/
https://www.instagram.com/liveart.io/
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Feb 7, 2023
Ep. 85: Chris Cummings, Founder and CEO of Iconic Moments
A conversation with Chris Cummings, Founder and CEO of Iconic Moments, a technology company that works alongside cultural institutions like museums to create digital collectibles that heighten engagement and fuel what the company calls “crowd patronage”. The conversation sheds light on the variety of factors that weigh on the operation of museums and the importance of storytelling when engaging museum patrons.
https://www.iconicmoments.co/
https://twitter.com/Iconic_NFT?s=20&t=QNLhjtN8dgfFDVoGqe4yyQ
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Jan 31, 2023
Ep. 84: Author Christine Ross "Art for Coexistence: Unlearning the Way We See Migration”
A conversation with author Christine Ross about her new book “Art for Coexistence: Unlearning the Way We See Migration”. Ross is a professor of contemporary art history at McGill University and uses that lens to examine contemporary art’s response to migration crises around the globe. Can art provide an emotional gateway to humanizing the life-threatening journey of migrants?
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Jan 24, 2023
Ep. 83: Artist Alex Prager
A conversation with artist Alex Prager about her decades of staged photography that explore our shared humanity through the use of vibrant colors, dramatic lighting and carefully-crafted characters. The conversation includes details of Prager’s formative years abroad, the moment she realized she needed to become a photographer, and her latest show up now at Lehmann Maupin in New York.
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Jan 17, 2023
Ep. 82: Artist Y.Z. Kami
A conversation with Iranian-American artist Y.Z. Kami. Kami has gained notoriety over the last four decades with his large-scale portraits of faces in contemplation, as well as a variety of other bodies of work which explore themes related to spirituality and the architecture of sacred spaces through both figuration and abstraction. In the conversation, we discuss the commonalities in his diverse body of work and what can be seen at his latest exhibition in New York.
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Jan 10, 2023
Ep. 81: Author Matthew Wilson "The Hidden Language of Symbols"
A conversation with author Matthew Wilson about his new book “The Hidden Language of Symbols”. In the conversation, we touch on just a handful of the dozens of symbols and hidden meanings collected from the art and architecture of societies from around the world and profiled in the book.
https://www.matthewwilson.uk/work
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Language-Symbols-Matthew-Wilson/dp/0500025290
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Jan 3, 2023
Ep. 80: The Best of 2022
A look back at the conversations from 2022, featuring excerpts of conversations with Jerry Saltz, Sarah Morris, Simon de Pury, Matthew Collings and Shepard Fairey.
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Dec 27, 2022
Ep. 79: Daniel H. Weiss, CEO and President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Why the Museum Matters"
A conversation with Daniel H. Weiss, CEO and President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, regarding his new book “Why the Museum Matters”. In the book, Weiss describes the origins of the modern day museum, the challenges museums face and what the future holds. The conversation includes insights on some of the thorniest issues facing museums today, including diversity, restitution, and deaccessioning.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259353/why-the-museum-matters/
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Museum-Matters/dp/0300259352
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/leadership
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Dec 20, 2022
Ep. 78: Lisa Darms, Executive Director of Hauser & Wirth Institute
A Conversation with Lisa Darms, Executive Director of the Hauser & Wirth Institute. The institute is a non-profit, private foundation dedicated to transforming the field of artists’ archives by nurturing equity and innovation, while also increasing access to archives. HWI provides grants for progressive archival projects and education, fosters networks locally and internationally and organizes public programming that expands conversations around artistic legacies.
https://hauserwirthinstitute.org/
https://www.instagram.com/hauserwirthinstitute/
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Dec 13, 2022
Ep. 77: Derek Edward Schloss - Digital Art Collector, Co-Founder Collab+Currency, Flamingo Founding Member
A conversation with Web3 art collector, investor and DAO co-founder Derek Edward Schloss. Derek was an early advocate for the economy that has grown around the collecting of digital art. He is the co-founder of Collab+Currency, a crypto-focused venture fund that made early investments in companies like SuperRare, Art Blocks, Async Art, Metaversal, Rarible and PROOF. He is also a founding member of the ultra-exclusive crypto-art-collecting Flamingo DAO, which boasts the world’s most valuable collection of NFTs. In the conversation, Derek discusses the assessment of value, his love of generative art and the inner workings of an art-collecting DAO.
https://www.collabcurrency.com/
https://flamingodao.xyz/
https://twitter.com/derekedws
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Dec 6, 2022
Ep. 76: Antoni Tàpies Centenary with Toni Tàpies and Natasha Hébert
An exploration of the life and work of the incredibly influential Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies. 2023 will mark what would have been the artist’s 100th birthday. Tàpies’ son Toni Tàpies and daughter-in-law Natasha Hébert join me to discuss the materiality, philosophy and symbolism that were hallmarks of Tàpies’ work, as well as details about the events planned to honor his centenary in the coming year.
https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/antoni-tapies/
https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/antoni-tapies-transmaterial/
https://fundaciotapies.org/en/
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Nov 29, 2022
Ep. 75: International Gallerist Pearl Lam
A conversation about the intricacies of the Chinese art market with iconic Chinese gallerist Pearl Lam. Lam has been a fixture in the contemporary art scenes of Shanghai and Hong Kong during an unprecedented time of growth and evolution among Chinese artists and collectors. Her galleries represent artists from both China and abroad and The China Art Foundation (which she co-founded with scholar Gao Minglu) aims to utilize art to spark cross-cultural dialogues between the East and the West.
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Nov 22, 2022
Ep. 74: Poppy Simpson, Head of Product and Content for Netgear's Meural Digital Art Frame
A discussion about the future of digital art displays with Poppy Simpson, Head of Product and Content for Netgear’s Meural product line. In the conversation, we discuss a number of issues around the use of digital art frames, including the evolving user experience, the advantages of providing a library of curated content and Netgear’s pioneering work with the SuperRare DAO to develop a licensing and royalty model for displaying NFTs on digital displays.
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Nov 15, 2022
Ep. 73: Artist Glenn Brown
A discussion with artist Glenn Brown. Finding inspiration in works from art history as well as science fiction, Brown creates beautifully crafted paintings built from layers of fine brush strokes and thin glazes. The process can take years, but yields paintings that captivate the viewer with sublime colors and intertwining strokes that invite the viewer’s closer inspection. The conversation dives into Brown’s artistic mindset and methodology, as well as a discussion about his current exhibit “We’ll Keep On Dancing Till We Pay the Rent” at Gagosian’s 24th Street location in New York - his first show in the city since 2014.
https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2022/glenn-brown-well-keep-on-dancing-till-we-pay-the-rent/
https://glenn-brown.co.uk/
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Nov 8, 2022
Ep. 72: "Mark Rothko" Authors Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
A conversation with authors Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko on the long-awaited release of their new book about their father titled simply “Mark Rothko”. The volume examines both Mark Rothko the man and Mark Rothko the artist, while providing more than 275 images of his paintings, prints, and works on paper. Our conversation reasserts Rothko as a deeply intellectual and philosophical man who aspired for his abstract work to challenge viewers at a spiritual level.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0847872122?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_S8WZG2AJ955BPREPC9HG
https://www.mfah.org/calendar/mark-rothko-book-launch/202211121430?returnUrl=%2Fcalendar%3Fdate%3D2022-11-12
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Nov 1, 2022
Ep. 71: Artist Shepard Fairey
A conversation with the artist Shepard Fairey. He is an artist, activist, street art pioneer and founder of the OBEY clothing line, but may be best known for his 2008 HOPE poster that served as the grassroots campaign imagery for Barack Obama’s first presidential election. Urban streets have long been the home of Fairey’s counter-culture images. The word “OBEY” paired with a stylized depiction of Andre the Giant has been an iconic calling card for the artist whose work is now invited to be painted on city walls and shown in contemporary museums.
https://obeygiant.com/
https://www.dallascontemporary.org/shepard-fairey
https://obeyclothing.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster
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Oct 25, 2022
Ep. 70: "Life in Our Minds" Generative NFT Project
A discussion with the team that has collaborated to bring the “Life in Our Minds” generative NFT project to life. The project extends the work artist collective Random International has done around flocking simulations through a collaboration with digital artist and art director Danil Krivoruchko. The project features NFTs which evolve dynamically based on a number of data points, including those taken from the owner’s crypto wallet. The individual flocks then combine to create a giant “Mother Flock” whose starling-like swarming appearance will be viewable to a wider audience both online and in person. Joining me for the conversation is Random International Co-Founder Hannes Koch, artist Danil Krivoruchko, Snark.Art Co-Founder Andy Alekhin and Head of Pace Verso Ariel Hudes.
https://og.art/collections/liom/
https://www.random-international.com/
https://myshli.com/
https://www.pacegallery.com/pace-verso/
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Oct 18, 2022
Ep. 69: Artist Emma Webster
A conversation with artist Emma Webster. Webster uses virtual reality, collage and 3D modeling software to create invented landscapes that she then paints in oil. These unique, large-scale landscapes provoke wonder and spark curiosity. In August, Webster’s work was the subject of the inaugural show at Perrotin’s newest exhibit space in Seoul, South Korea.
https://www.emmawebster.com/
https://www.perrotin.com/artists/emma__webster/1194#news
https://www.instagram.com/emma_webstah/
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Oct 11, 2022
Ep. 68: Monument Lab's Paul Farber
A conversation with Monument Lab Director and Co-Founder Paul Farber. Monument Lab is an organization of artists and curators that have spent more than a decade working to research, document and aid in conversations about the tens of thousands of monuments across our nation. The organization wants to ensure that inherited monuments accurately reflect the past and that future monuments (in whatever shape they take) are in conversation with the communities in which they reside.
https://monumentlab.com/
https://www.instagram.com/monument_lab/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monument-lab/id1437302452
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Oct 4, 2022
Ep. 67: Artist Shirin Neshat
A discussion with the iconic artist Shirin Neshat. Neshat has spent more than three decades making films, videos and photography that challenge viewers to consider topics of humanity, oppression, gender roles and faith within the complex social and political framework of Iran. In the conversation, we discuss her origins in Iran, her life in exile, how her work has evolved and her perspectives on the recent uprising in her homeland following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the regime’s morality police.
https://www.instagram.com/shirin__neshat/?hl=en
https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/shirin-neshat/
https://www.thebroad.org/art/shirin-neshat
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Sep 27, 2022
Ep. 66: Artist Anj Smith
A conversation with artist Anj Smith. Smith makes finely crafted and highly detailed paintings that beg the viewer to stop, look closely and contemplate what they find. She often finds inspiration in literature and poetry and her works ask questions about an unseen world that might be just beyond our perception. I spoke to Anj on the eve of her latest show “Where the Mountain Hare has Lain” which opened on September 15 at The Perimeter artist space in London.
https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/2825-anj-smith/
https://www.theperimeter.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/a.n.j.smith/?hl=en
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Sep 20, 2022
Ep. 65: Artist John Gerrard
A conversation with artist John Gerrard. The Irish-born artist has spent more than twenty years using the latest in technology to create virtual worlds. Unlike video art, Gerrard’s work is generated from a custom computer program while viewing and no two viewing experiences are ever the same. The content of his work typically asks the viewer to deeply consider the attributes and consequences of the environment they are viewing.
https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/john-gerrard/
https://www.instagram.com/johngerrard.inst/?hl=en
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Sep 13, 2022
Ep. 64: Artist Tavares Strachan
A discussion with artist Tavares Strachan. The Bahamian-born Strachan creates ambitious projects that intersect technology, politics and untold history. His work takes on many forms, but always challenges the viewer to question the validity of predetermined limits and narratives about accomplishments from the past. Working at the nexus of art and technology has led to his art being launched into orbit, as well as board seats at both the Rhode Island School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
https://isolatedlabs.com/
https://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/tavares-strachan/
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Sep 6, 2022
Ep. 63: Matthew Collings - Artist, Author and Television Arts Commentator
A conversation with artist, author and television arts commentator Matthew Collings. Matthew has been a fixture in the British arts media for more than thirty years while maintaining an active art practice. He creates sublime, large-scale abstract paintings as part of his partnership with his wife Emma Biggs. And over the course of the last three years, Matthew has produced thousands of popular drawings of unseen art history and imagined collaborations. In the conversation, we discuss his journey, the nature of artists, the state of the art world, his paintings, his drawings and his being the subject of an international manhunt.
https://www.instagram.com/matthew.collings_/
http://emmabiggsandmatthewcollings.net/
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Aug 30, 2022
Ep. 62: Artist Edgar Arceneaux
A discussion with artist Edgar Arceneuax. Edgar works in the fields of drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, and video; often exploring connections between historical events and present-day truths, as well as the roles of family, memory and race. His work is thoughtful, personal and powerful and can be found in the collections of institutions like MoMA, the Whitney, the Hammer and LACMA.
https://www.instagram.com/edgar_three/
http://studioedgararceneaux.com/
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Aug 23, 2022
Ep. 61: Artist Ilana Savdie
A conversation with artist Ilana Savdie. Ilana makes brightly-colored, large-scale paintings and drawings that are obviously abstract while concealing figurative forms that explore topics of identity, power-dynamics and the imperfection of the human body as a vessel. In the discussion, Ilana shares insights on her creative process, the influence of her childhood in Baranquilla, Colombia, her unique use of materials and her current show at White Cube in London.
https://www.instagram.com/ilana_savdie/
https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/Ilana_Savdie_White_Cube_Bermondsey
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Aug 16, 2022
Ep. 60: Auctioneer Simon de Pury
A conversation with art world icon Simon de Pury. Simon is an art dealer, curator, artist, photographer and even a DJ, but he is most notably an auctioneer. After rising to the top of the Sotheby’s organization, he left to strike out on his own. That led to an eventual merger of his auction house with Phillips to form Phillips de Pury. These days, Simon runs the eponymous de PURY organization which provides access to artists and their work through conventional sales, auctions and charity events. I speak with Simon about how the auction world has evolved, the market dynamics for middle-market galleries and his upcoming launch of an auction model for primary market sales.
https://www.instagram.com/simondepury/?hl=en
https://www.de-pury.com/
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Aug 9, 2022
Ep. 59: "Matisse: The Red Studio" with Ann Temkin - The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA
A conversation with Ann Temkin, the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Our conversation focuses on MoMA’s current exhibit “Matisse: The Red Studio” which revolves around the iconic painting of the same name that has been an integral part of MoMA’s collection since 1949. Ann spent more than four years researching, writing about and compiling the exhibit which features the Matisse artworks seen on the walls and tabletops of the studio in the painting. We discuss the work’s historical context, its significance, the secrets it holds and the hunt for all of the works in the scene.
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Aug 2, 2022
Ep. 58: Museum Director Ali Gass of ICA San Francisco
A conversation with Ali Gass who is the Krieger Family Director of the new Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco. In our conversation, Ali discusses how the ICASF got off the ground, the programming vision for the institution, the benefits of being a non-collecting museum and the hurdles that lie ahead.
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Jul 28, 2022
Bonus: NFT.NYC 2022 Panel Discussion "The Bridge Between Traditional Art and NFT Art".
As a midweek bonus for listeners, we have a recording of Craig's panel discussion from NFT.NYC 2022 titled "The Bridge Between Traditional Art and NFT Art". The discussion was moderated by art advisor Nina Kong-Surtees and in addition to Craig, the panelists included artist Mary Lai and Known Origin Co-Founder David Moore. As a heads up, there is a three minute period about fifteen minutes in where the audio gets a little distorted, but hang in there because it goes back to normal.
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Jul 27, 2022
Ep. 57: Producer Debi Wisch "The Art of Making it"
A conversation with documentary film producer Debi Wisch about her latest project “The Art of Making It”. Debi (who also produced 2018’s “The Price of Everything”) discusses analyzing the art world again from the perspective of the emerging artist. She is a long-time advocate for the arts who serves on the advisory boards of the Cantor Art Museum at Stanford University and Hunter College’s Arts Advisory, while also serving on the board of the Film at Lincoln Center film society.
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Jul 19, 2022
Ep. 56: Artist Sarah Morris: Story Time
Another hour in conversation with artist Sarah Morris. Sarah was first on the program for Episode 51. In that conversation, we spent the hour trying to get inside the head of the noted painter and filmmaker. In contrast, this episode's conversation is more story time. Sarah shares a number of stories from the span of her career, including her entry into the New York art scene in the late 80s, her time in London during the reign of the YBAs, trying to shoot a sleep-deprived Kate Moss for Vogue and combating a museum’s power play.
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Jul 13, 2022
Ep. 55: Author Magnus Resch "How to Create and Sell NFTs: A Guide for All Artists"
The third in a series featuring conversations that took place recently at and around the world’s largest NFT conference - NFT.NYC.
This episode features a discussion with art market economist, serial entrepreneur and bestselling author Magnus Resch. At the age of 20, Magnus co-ran an art gallery in Switzerland to finance his university career. He later created a number of ventures that leveraged technologies to solve inefficiencies in the art world. Magnus holds a Ph.D. in economics and lectures on art economics at Yale. He is the author of six books on the art market, including “How to Become a Successful Artist” and his most recent book “How to Create and Sell NFTs” which we discuss in depth on today’s episode.
https://www.magnusclass.com/
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Jul 5, 2022
Ep. 54: Kenny Schachter - Curator, Collector, Teacher, Writer, Artist, NFTism
A discussion with the unique and unparalleled Kenny Schachter. Kenny has been curating contemporary art exhibits in museums and galleries and teaching art history and economics at some of the top art schools for nearly 30 years. He is an obsessive collector with a home busting at the seams with renowned works and more in storage on multiple continents. Schachter has a “no nonsense” writing style that makes him a popular contributor at Artnet News. And above all else Kenny is an artist. He has been making work for years, but has found his greatest success in dragging the art world with him into the NFT space. He is so passionate about it that he has trademarked the term “NFTism” and has tattooed it on his arm.
https://www.kennyschachter.art/
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Jun 28, 2022
Ep. 53: Anne Spalter - Artist, Author and Collector
The first in a series of discussions that took place recently at and around the world’s largest NFT conference - NFT.NYC.
A conversation with artist, author and collector Anne Spalter. Anne’s artwork combines traditional mark-making, digital tools and a collection of symbols to produce work that is highly collected. Her large-scale public art installations are in high demand, with one living in New York City’s busiest commuter hub for almost a year. Nearly three decades ago, Anne created the first digital art classes at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. That led to her writing the book “The Computer in the Visual Arts” which has become the go-to text for the instruction of the topic. In the process of writing that book, she and her husband Michael Spalter found a passion for collecting historically significant works of digital art. The Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection ( AKA Spalter Digital), is now one of the world’s largest private collections of…
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Jun 21, 2022
Ep. 52: Author Ben Davis "Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy"
A discussion with art critic Ben Davis about his new book "Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy". In the book, Davis (whose day job is National Art Critic for Artnet News) presents a number of essays that comment on the future of culture, politics, and capitalism through the lens of the art world. What does the future look like?
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Jun 14, 2022
Ep. 51: Artist Sarah Morris
A discussion with artist Sarah Morris. Morris’s films and paintings try to capture the way in which we conceptualize the physical space of locations, while trying to reconcile our imaginations and the reality of navigation. Her works are in the collections of nearly every major contemporary museum and this coming year will see major retrospectives in both Germany and Japan.
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Jun 7, 2022
Ep. 50: Artist Lauren Quin
A discussion with artist Lauren Quin. Quin is an abstract painter that builds paintings known for their vibrant colors and layer upon layer of mark making. In the conversation, we discuss her multistage process, her pursuit of intense colors, her love of Los Angeles and the meaning behind the name of her new show at Blum & Poe.
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May 31, 2022
Ep. 49: Art Critic Jerry Saltz
A discussion with beloved New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz. Formerly the senior art critic for The Village Voice, Jerry won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2018 for an article titled “My Life as a Failed Artist” in which he revealed childhood trauma, his life as an aspiring artist in the 70s and the circuitous path that led him to long-haul truck driving before eventually finding his place writing about art. Much of our conversation centers around advice from his 2020 New York Times Bestseller “How to Be an Artist”.
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May 24, 2022
Ep. 48: Artist Christiane Lyons
A discussion with artist Christiane Lyons. In her ongoing series “Some Women”, she explores, by distorting the female body, the cycle of women’s objectification throughout art history and culture while at the same time, attempting to break this cycle by imbuing the figures with subjectivity. One of her paintings from this series is included in the “Women Painting Women” exhibition currently on display at The Modern in Fort Worth.
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May 17, 2022
Ep. 47: Photographer Bonnie Schiffman
A discussion with photographer Bonnie Schiffman. Bonnie spent decades specializing in portraits of actors, directors, musicians and comedians for some of the nation’s most popular publications, particularly Rolling Stone magazine. In the episode, she discusses her improvised shooting style, her ability to capture an honest image, her favorite celebrities and her expansion into NFTs.
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May 10, 2022
Ep. 46: Printmaking Podcaster Miranda Metcalf "Hello, Print Friend"
A discussion with Miranda Metcalf, founder and host of “Hello, Print Friend”, a podcast with over 130 episodes dedicated to the celebration and amplification of printmaking and its culture. In our conversation Miranda provides a historical context for printmaking, its advances, the culture around the medium and advice for the aspiring collector.
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May 3, 2022
Ep. 45: Curator Andrea Karnes "Women Painting Women"
A discussion with Andrea Karnes, Chief Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The museum will be debuting a new group exhibit later this month titled “Women Painting Women”. The show brings together more than forty female painters, including giants like Alice Neel and Faith Ringgold, mid-career artists like Jenny Saville and Amy Sherald, as well as up-and-coming female artists we should be taking note of. The portraits all fall into roughly four categories: The Body, Nature Personified, Color as Portrait, and Selfhood but all are paintings of women by women.
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Apr 26, 2022
Ep. 44: Author Ann Marks "Vivian Maier Developed"
A discussion with author Ann Marks regarding her new book “Vivian Maier Developed”. Vivian Maier became an overnight sensation when over 140,000 professional quality photographs by Maier were found in abandoned storage units throughout Chicago. Documentaries from Netflix and the BBC followed with the common theme of trying to assemble a portrait of the very private and very quirky nanny who happened to be a photographic savant. Marks’ new book digs deep to answer those lingering questions about Vivian’s identity, her past, her shortcomings and her compulsions.
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Apr 19, 2022
Ep. 43: Artist Barry X Ball
A discussion with artist Barry X Ball. His work utilizes the latest advances in 3D imaging, stone cutting and robotic milling to create breathtaking sculptures that are in conversation with art history. The hand-finished sculptures are known for their use of unique varieties of stone from around the world, as well as their meticulous craftsmanship. The results are captivating.
https://www.barryxball.com/
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Apr 12, 2022
Ep. 42: Artist Keith Tyson
A conversation with artist Keith Tyson. Tyson has become known for a highly diverse body of work which includes drawing, painting, installation and sculpture. He is interested in how art emerges from the combination of information systems and physical processes that surround us everyday. This has resulted in explorations that include daily responses to his surroundings, artistic representations of mathematical equations and paintings based on programmable inputs.
In the conversation, there is reference to his show at Hauser & Wirth in New York. That show concluded on April 2, but you can see images and installation views at the link provided here:
https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/35573-keith-tyson-drawings-paintings/
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Apr 5, 2022
Ep. 41: Author Daniel Efram "The Steve Keene Art Book"
A discussion with author and photographer Daniel Efram about his latest project “The Steve Keene Art Book”. The work documents the lifestyle, motivation and paintings of Steve Keene, one of the world’s most prolific artists who has sold or given away more than 300,000 paintings in his career. Guest essays by the likes of Shepard Fairey and Ryan McGinness are interspersed with photos by Efram that document Keene’s process.
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Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 40: Artist Alvaro Barrington
A discussion with artist Alvaro Barrington. Barrington is a London-based painter who uses a variety of materials in the production of his visionary art. His work takes on many forms, but always strives for cultural authenticity. In the conversation we talk about his influences, his worldview and his latest show up now through April 30th at Blum and Poe in LA. https://www.blumandpoe.com/artists/alvaro_barrington
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Mar 22, 2022
Ep. 39: Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©
01:25 - A discussion with Ileen Gallagher, the event producer who has worked with the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat to create an immersive experience that introduces viewers to the iconic artist from the perspective of his family. Interviews with Basquiat’s younger sisters Jeanine and Lisane, his stepmother Nora and a variety of friends are interspersed with personal effects and mementos that he left behind, as well as more than 200 works of art that have never been seen in public. The exhibit launches April 9 at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea with a companion book available this Spring wherever you buy books.
https://kingpleasure.basquiat.com/
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If you’re looking for ways to you can get involved in supporting artists displaced by the conflict, we have a few suggestions:
The Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund is a fundraising campaign from the Kyiv-based art gallery The Naked Room which is representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale. Funds…
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Mar 15, 2022
Ep. 38: Brian Alfred - Artist, Podcaster and Author of "Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists' Stories About Life and Work"
Artist, podcaster and author Brian Alfred discusses his new book "Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists' Stories About Life and Work" which is inspired by more than 300 episodes of his podcast "Sound & Vision". Brian also has an exhibition of new paintings opening this week at Miles McEnery in New York. Brian shares insights about the new book, his new paintings and what makes him tick.
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Mar 8, 2022
Ep. 37: Artist Joel Mesler
A conversation with artist Joel Mesler about his artistic journey, his decades as an art dealer, his late-blossoming art career and his current exhibit "Pool Party" at LGDR's galleries in both London and Palm Beach.
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Mar 2, 2022
Ep. 36: Author Farah Nayeri "Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age"
Farah Nayeri discusses her new book "Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age". In the book, Nayeri (a long-time culture journalist for The New York Times) addresses some of the art world's most prickly topics. Issues such as gender bias, underrepresentation, censorship and cultural appropriation are examined in the context of a more-connected world that has become passionate about issues of equality.
Check out coverage of “Takedown” in the New York Times Book Review here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/books/review/new-this-week.html
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Feb 22, 2022
Ep. 35: Artist Donald Sultan
A discussion with artist Donald Sultan. A painter, sculptor and printmaker who makes iconographic images with industrial materials. His work can be found in every major collection in this country and he has been the subject of solo exhibitions at a variety of museums including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary art, LACMA, the Brooklyn Museum and MoMA.
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Feb 15, 2022
Ep. 34: Author Dr. David Gussak "The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence"
A conversation with Dr. David Gussak about his new book "The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence." Gussak’s new book examines violence as a touchstone throughout the history of art from artists like Caravaggio who struggled with violent behavior, to artists like Picasso whose work was influenced by atrocities to the paintings and drawings of infamous serial killers. In our conversation, Dr. Gussak guides us through the psychological analysis of violence’s role in the art making process while also providing insights from his decades of professional experience in art therapy for the incarcerated.
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Feb 9, 2022
Ep. 33: Artist Hunt Slonem
Artist Hunt Slonem is known worldwide for his brightly-colored neo-expressionist paintings packed full of either birds, bunnies or butterflies. His work is highly collectible and can be found in the collections of The Whitney, The Guggenheim and MoMA. Hunt discusses his youth spent in exotic locations, his formative time at Skowhegan, New York in the 70s, his love of birds and his six historic homes he treats as art projects.
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Feb 1, 2022
Ep. 32: Debbie Millman - Branding Guru, Artist, Podcaster and Author of "Why Design Matters"
01:01 - Author, artist, podcaster and branding guru Debbie Millman discusses her new book “Why Design Matters”, which reflects on the seventeen years of conversations that have made up her podcast “Design Matters”, including notables in the fields of art, design and those that pursue excellence in every aspect of their life.
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Jan 25, 2022
Ep. 31: 2022's Top Exhibits
This is Art Sense - a podcast focused on educating and informing listeners about the past, present and future of art. I’m Craig Gould.
This week on the podcast I thought we could take a look at the shows that are on the horizon for 2022. The list includes historical retrospectives, contemporary gallery shows, biennales and even a hotly anticipated museum opening. 26 exhibits in all, we’ll start with those shows that have already opened and work our way out.
Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Sept 12, 2021 - June 6, 2022
https://www.moca.org/exhibition/pipilotti-rist
Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
Whitney Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sept 29, 2021 - Feb 13, 2022
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/jasper-johns
Andy Warhol: Revelation
Brooklyn Museum
November 19, 2021 - June 19, 2022
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/andy_warhol_revelation
Black American Portraits
LACMA
November 7, 2021 – April 17, 2022
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Jan 18, 2022
Ep. 30: Author Jed Perl "Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts"
00:48 - Jed Perl discusses his new book “Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts". In the book, Perl looks at the nature of art, why it resounds with each of us and what pushes us forward.
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Jan 11, 2022
Ep. 29: Lost Jackson Pollocks
00:57 - Discussion with J.T. Ravize who has spent the last twenty years fighting to authenticate a collection of Jackson Pollock paintings that could represent a missing period in the artist’s work. We discuss the difficult process for authenticating any found piece of art, but especially the work of this particular artist. Regardless of whether or not you are a Pollock fan, it is an interesting story with no easy answers. Visit https://wyomingworkinggroup.com/ to see images and read more about J.T's project.
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Jan 4, 2022
Ep. 28: Artist Tom Orr
0:55 - A discussion with Texas-based artist Tom Orr about his artistic journey. Orr is an artist whose large-scale sculptures have been widely collected in the U.S. and Japan, and who is a frequent collaborator with Episode 23 guest Frances Bagley, who happens to be his wife.
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Dec 28, 2021
Ep. 27: The Best Bits of 2021
On this week’s episode, we take a look back at 2021 with clips from a number of different episodes. We kicked off Art Sense in June of this year and have thus far interviewed 34 guests over 26 episodes. Guests have included best selling authors, museum curators, art historians, blue chip artists, auction house execs, technology experts, crypto artists and top collectors. Guest artists have included the likes of Sandy Skoglund, Marilyn Minter, Raymond Pettibon, Eric Fischl, SWOON, and Mona Kuhn. 2021 is destined to be known for year two of the global pandemic and the rise of NFTs. The market for NFTs skyrocketed over the course of the year and I was able to bring you conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and influential voices in the industry. In March, Beeple’s “First 5000 Days” sold for $69 million through an auction at Christie’s. Over the course of the year, I spoke to the auction house executive that brokered the deal as well as the person who paid the $69 mil…
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Dec 21, 2021
Ep. 26: "Turner's Modern World" with Kimbell Art Museum Deputy Director George Shackelford
01:06 - A discussion with Kimbell Art Museum Deputy Director George Shackelford about the museum’s current exhibit “Turner’s Modern World”. The exhibition explores J.M.W. Turner’s lifelong interest in the inventions, events, politics, society, culture and science of his time, which resulted in many of his most original works and transformed his way of painting. The exhibit is on view through February 6.
45:26 - The week's top art headlines.
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Dec 14, 2021
Ep. 25: Artist Jen Stark
0:52 - Jen Stark discusses her iconic style, her love of color, her foray into NFTs, her constant pursuit of new mediums and the launch of her own immersive experience.
28:59 - The week's top art headlines
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Dec 7, 2021
Ep. 24: Art Collector and Facilitator Twobadour
1:07 - Art collector and facilitatorTwobadour discusses his background, his journey into crypto, the ability of NFTs to undo colonial damage and what the future holds. Twobadour and his business partner Metakovan became the subject of headlines worldwide this past March when the pair purchased Beeple’s “First 5000 Days” at a Christie’s auction for $69 million.
41:40 - The week's top art headlines.
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Nov 30, 2021
Ep. 23: Artist Frances Bagley
01:01 - Frances Bagley discusses her long career as a key figure in the Dallas arts community. Frances is in the collections of The Dallas Museum of Art and the National Museum of Women in Washington, D.C., but is probably best known for contributions to corporate collections and public arts commissions nationwide.
60:09 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Nov 23, 2021
Ep. 22: Art & Tech Expert Anne Bracegirdle
01:06 - Anne Bracegirdle discusses navigating the waters between the legacy art world and the crypto art world. Anne spent a decade at Christie’s where she spearheaded the auction house’s Art+Tech initiative, before diving headfirst into arttech at Superblue and co-founding the Art & Antiquities Blockchain Consortium. She is a frequent speaker about the confluence of art and technology and now serves as the VP of Business Development for Metaversal.
28:11 - The week's top art headlines.
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Nov 16, 2021
Ep. 21: Artist Raymond Pettibon
01:11 - Raymond Pettibon discusses his life and work. Pettibon rose to prominence in the 1970s by being the visual force behind South Bay punk scions like Black Flag and the Minutemen. Known for his characteristic paintings which employ mark making more closely akin to drawing and printmaking combined with handwritten prose, he explores themes as diverse as literature, art history, philosophy, religion, politics, sport, and sexuality. His work can be found in every major institution and he is represented in New York by David Zwirner.
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Nov 9, 2021
Ep. 20: The Monuments Men Foundation
01:07 - Anna Bottinelli, President of the Monuments Men Foundation, discusses her organization’s tireless pursuit to recover and return artwork stolen by the Nazis in continental Europe during World War II. The foundation, which maintains the legacy of the legendary Monuments Men, operates a tip line that is continually leading to the recovery of artwork even as we approach the eighth decade since the end of the war.
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Nov 2, 2021
Ep. 19: VerticalCrypto Art
01:04 - Micol from VerticalCrypto Art discusses her organization’s view of the crypto art space. VerticalCrypto art provides curation, content creation, NFT consultancy, and event production. In addition, the group runs a first of its kind residency for talented artists looking to move into the crypto art space.
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Oct 26, 2021
Ep. 18: Artist Robness
0:57 - Digital artist Robness discusses his journey through the world of crypto art. Robness is a Los Angeles-based crypto artist who has been part of the movement from the beginning. He was part of the group that brought us the Rare Pepes and was the founder of what has become known as trash art.
30:08 - A look at some of the week’s top art headlines.
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Oct 19, 2021
Ep. 17: Artist Sarah Zucker
01:16 - Sarah Zucker discusses her journey through the world of crypto art. Sarah, who uses the handle “thesarahshow” on social media and NFT platforms, is among the handful of digital artists that blazed the trail for crypto art before headlines and high prices. Her work, which utilizes humor and psychedelia while merging cutting edge and outmoded technologies, was part of the landmark NFT auctions "Natively Digital" at Sotheby's and "CryptOGs: The Pioneers of NFT Art" from Bonhams & SuperRare.
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Oct 12, 2021
Ep. 16: Artist SWOON
1:05 - Artist and activist SWOON about her life, her work and her passions. Born Caledonia Curry, the artist has moved from pasting art on the streets of New York to acclaimed gallery and museum shows that feature her large-scale woodblock prints and cut paper collages. She is passionate about social change and has been active in supporting community redevelopment nationwide, as well as in Haiti.
37:20 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Oct 5, 2021
Ep. 15: Artist Sandow Birk
01:11 - We speak with artist Sandow Birk about his large and diverse body of work that utilizes art history and classical techniques to examine contemporary themes of social and political consequence. Birk has completed a host of public art projects across California and his work is included in the collections of institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, SFMOMA, the Getty, LACMA, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
35:04 - The week's top art headlines.
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Sep 28, 2021
Ep. 14: The Future of Museums - Art Technologist Jason Bailey and Museum of Crypto Art Founder Colborn Bell
In this week’s episode we consider the future of museums.
1:03 - Art Technologist Jason Bailey discusses the continued evolution of the crypto art space, particularly the growing trend among museums to pursue digital deaccessioning and the risks that might pose to an institution.
29:30 - Museum of Crypto Art Founder Colburn Bell discusses the history of the organization, the current state of the crypto art market and the challenges that lie ahead.
47:27 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Sep 21, 2021
Ep. 13: Artist Mona Kuhn
01:02 - A conversation with photographer Mona Kuhn. Kuhn is an internationally recognized art photographer known for her sublime study of the human form. Her work can be found in collections such as LACMA, the Hammer and the Getty, where she serves as an independent scholar. Our discussion touches on a number of topics around her past, her motivations and her methodology.
49:44 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Sep 14, 2021
Ep. 12: All About NFTs - SuperRare's Zack Yanger and Christie's Head of NFTs Noah Davis
This week’s episode spends the hour trying to get a better understanding of NFTs and how they are changing the landscape of the art world.
01:26 - A conversation with Zack Yanger, Senior Vice President of Business Development at SuperRare. Zack will provide us a great overview of the NFT space, as well as a first-hand account of the early NFT industry and opinions about what is on the horizon.
36:31 - A discussion with Noah Davis, Head of Digital Sales at Christie’s. In his role at Christie’s, Noah serves as a conduit between the emerging NFT space and the traditional art world which has resulted in his organizing some of the biggest NFT auctions on record. In the conversation we discuss the qualities of a good NFT, the complexities of his role and where the NFT market is headed.
63:58 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Sep 7, 2021
Ep. 11: Artist Vincent Valdez
00:57 - A conversation with artist Vincent Valdez. Valdez produces beautiful large scale paintings that tackle issues of justice and equality. His work has been either exhibited or collected by some of the nation’s top institutions, including LACMA, Mass MoCA, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and The National Portrait Gallery.
53:06 - The week’s top art headlines.
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Aug 31, 2021
Ep. 10: Artist Eric Fischl
1:08 - A conversation with acclaimed artist Eric Fischl. Fischl, whose work has long chronicled the empty promises of the upwardly mobile middle class, can be found in the collections of The Met, The Whitney, MoMA and MOCA. In the interview, Eric discusses with Craig his inspirations, his process, his narratives and his use of symbolism. The conversation concludes with a discussion of Fischl’s work setting up an artist residency and exhibition space in Sag Harbor, New York called The Church.
53:07 - The week’s top art headlines
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Aug 24, 2021
Ep. 9: The MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 with Curator Abby Winograd and Remembering Chuck Close
1:01 - Abby Winograd, the MacArthur Fellows Program 40th Anniversary Exhibition Curator at the University of Chicago Smart Museum of Art, discusses her work organizing the multi-site exhibition “Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40” and an accompanying museum exhibit at the Smart Museum of Art.
39:45 - Craig takes a look at the life of Chuck Close
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Aug 17, 2021
Ep. 8: Curator Susie Ferrell and Artist Zoe Walsh
1:10 - LACMA curator Susie Ferrell discusses the museum’s current exhibit “Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation”. The exhibit examines the premise of cultural exchange and how Western art and brands have influenced Chinese art in the present and recent past.
25:37 - Artist Zoe Walsh discusses their work. Walsh is an up and coming Los Angeles-based artist whose brightly colored works walk a fine line between abstraction and figuration while delving into issues related to trans spectatorship.
56:02 - The week’s top art headlines
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Aug 10, 2021
Ep. 7: Author Carolyn Schlam and Artist Terrell James
1:10 - Author Carolyn Schlam discusses her new book “The Joy of Art: How to Look At, Appreciate, and Talk about Art”. Schlam has set out to write a book that guides the art viewing experience from an artist’s perspective.
27:19 - Artist Terrell James discusses her work. James is a master of colorful abstraction based on the influence of landscapes. Her work is exhibited worldwide and can be found in major collections like MFA Boston, MFA Houston, the Menil Collection and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
69:45 - The week’s top art headlines
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Aug 4, 2021
Ep. 6: Curator Philip Larratt-Smith and Artist Christiane Pooley
1:21 - Curator Philip Larratt-Smith discusses an exhibit he has curated at the Jewish Museum titled “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter” which pairs Louise Bourgeois’s artwork with personal writings from her time in psychoanalysis. Larratt-Smith had served as Bourgeois’s literary archivist during her life and now serves as curator at the Easton Foundation which works to preserve Bourgeois’ creative legacy.
38:22 - Artist Christiane Pooley discusses her work. The Chilean-native creates paintings that explore the elusive concept of home, especially when more than one culture claims the same space as their own.
56:02 - The week’s top art headlines
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Jul 27, 2021
Ep. 5: Getty Curator Casey Lee and Artist Marilyn Minter
1:30 - Getty Museum curator Casey Lee discusses “Artists as Collectors”, an exhibition exploring how artists accumulated, cared for, and used drawings by other artists that they avidly collected, on view at the Getty Center through September 12, 2021
14:54 - Photographer and painter Marilyn Minter about her examination of female strength and sexuality from the perspective of a female eye. Minter’s work is in the collections of the Tate Modern, Guggenheim, MoMA, MOCA, SFMoMA, MFA Boston and the Whitney, while commercial commissions has brought her imagery into the mainstream. She is the beneficiary of a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as an honorary doctorate from the School for the Visual Arts in New York.
37:45 - The week's top art headlines
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Jul 20, 2021
Ep. 4: Author Dr. Noah Charney and Video Artist Andrew Huang
1:14 - Author Dr. Noah Charney discusses his new book “The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World” which examines the counterintuitive nature of the art world. The things that would surely ruin a person’s career in any other field appear to actually enable success in the world of art.
24:11 - Video artist Andrew Huang talks about his growing body of work in visual art, music videos and feature films. Huang, whose work has been exhibited at institutions like MoMA, has gained notoriety for his visually captivating music videos for artists like Bjork and FKA Twigs. We discuss his background, his process and the progress he is making towards the release of his first feature film.
48:03 - The week’s top art headlines
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Jul 13, 2021
Ep. 3: Author Barnaby Phillips and Artist Hughie O'Donoghue RA
01:21 - Journalist and author Barnaby Phillips discusses his new book “Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes” which details events in 1897 that led to the British looting of Benin Empire treasures and the complicated status of these objects that have since been distributed worldwide.
33:01 - Artist Hughie O’Donoghue talks about his body of work and his most recent exhibit titled Night Cargo. O’Donoghue, a member of Britain’s Royal Academy, is widely collected by museums in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including the British Museum and the National Gallery, where he previously served as the artist in residence.
66:09 - The week’s top art headlines
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Jul 6, 2021
Ep. 2: Author Jennifer Higgie and Artist Sandy Skoglund
1:10 - Frieze Editor-at-large Jennifer Higgie discusses her new book “The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits”
23:12 - Artist Sandy Skoglund talks about her body of work, her current exhibit at the McNay in San Antonio and a group show she will be part of next year at LACMA. Known as a pioneer in staged photography, we discuss how she is actually an interdisciplinary artist whose work questions fact and fiction
61:47 - Art headlines
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Jun 29, 2021
Ep.1: Author W. Barksdale Maynard & Artist Bo Bartlett
01:24 - Author W. Barksdale Maynard discusses his new book "Artists of Wyeth Country: Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, and Andrew Wyeth"
22:40 - Artist Bo Bartlett discusses his contemporary work, as well as his years working alongside and documenting the everyday life of Andrew Wyeth
64:42 - Art headlines
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