Episode 231: It's More Than Just Art | Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi is a South African visual activist, photographer, and artist whose work documents and celebrates the lives of Black queer and...
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Heidi Zuckerman is a globally recognized leader in contemporary art and the first woman to build two art museums. About Art has Heidi in courageous authentic conversations with people she fi...
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20 of 230 episodesEpisode 230: The Invisible World | Mariko Mori
What if the divisions we see in the world are not actually there? In this episode of About Art , Heidi Zuckerman speaks with artist Mariko M...
Episode 229: We Are Here | Lita Albuquerque
What does it mean to understand ourselves as existing somewhere between the planet and the cosmos? In this episode of About Art , Heidi Zuck...
Episode 228: Art Is a Receipt of Human Experience | Patrick Martinez
Patrick Martinez is a Los Angeles-based artist whose paintings, sculptures, and neon works transform the visual language of the city into la...
Episode 227: A Future Good Ancestor | Ronald Rael
In this special live episode of About Art , recorded in Aspen as part of a collaboration with the Aspen Art Fair, Heidi Zuckerman speaks wit...
Episode 226: The Seriousness of Joy | Lily van der Stokker
For more than four decades, Lily van der Stokker has challenged conventional ideas about beauty, decoration, humor, and value. Through her w...
Episode 225: Food Should Be Joyful | Sabrina Rudin
Sabrina Rudin is the founder of Spring Cafe Aspen and the author of Healthy with a Side of Happy , a cookbook that combines recipes, persona...
Episode 224: Curiosity Is an Expression of Freedom | Tavares Strachan
This week on About Art , Heidi Zuckerman speaks with artist Tavares Strachan. Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Strachan works across sculpture, inst...
Episode 223: Art Raises the Questions, Not the Answers | Bart van der Heide
Bart van der Heide is Director of Museion in Bolzano, Italy. Before joining Museion, Bart held leadership and curatorial positions at instit...
Episode 222: Art Actively Gives Meaning to the Toil of Existence | Lisa Edelstein & Robert Russell
This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with actor, writer, and artist Lisa Edelstein and artist Robert Russell. Recorded as they cel...
Episode 221: Who Protects an Artist’s Legacy? | Daisy Murray Holman
Daisy Murray Holman is Executive Director of the Artists Legacy Foundation. She and Zuckerman explore the often unseen work of supporting ar...
Episode 220: Within My Language in These Paintings, There's a Lifetime to Work Out - with Jennifer Guidi
This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with artist Jennifer Guidi. This episode was recorded live before an audience at the Orange C...
Episode 219: Art Changes Everything - with Diane Brown, RxArt Founder
This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with Diane Brown, founder of RxART. For more than twenty-five years, Diane has worked at the...
Episode 218: "Nothing We Do Is Quick” - with Gemini G.E.L.
Ann Grinstein and Suzanne Felsen are co-directors and co-owners of Gemini G.E.L., one of the most influential artists’ workshops and publish...
Episode 217: Transformational, Not Transactional - with Susan Taylor
This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with Susan Taylor, Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art. Since 2010, Susan has led NOMA...
Episode 216: “The Knowledge Is Waiting for Us” - with Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff
Anna-Maria is the Director of the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki, part of the Finnish National Gallery and one of the leading institutions d...
Episode 215: About Art: Your Questions Answered
This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman answers questions submitted by listeners. Together, the questions became a conversation about creati...
Episode 214: Art, Survival, and Choosing Joy - with Hank Willis Thomas
What does it mean to live a meaningful life—and how do we know what truly matters? In this episode of About Art , Heidi Zuckerman is joined...
Episode 213: Art, Healing, and Following the Truth Within - with Jewel
Jewel is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist whose work has reached millions. Over the course of her career, she has...
Episode 212: What the Art World Reveals About Us - with James Cahill
What does it mean to write about the art world from the inside? In this episode of About Art , Heidi Zuckerman is joined by writer and criti...