Defining Contemporary Kitsch: Part 2 of The New York Art Fairs
What does contemporary kitsch look like? In this episode, Paddy and William use a discussion of the art fairs and New York gallery scene to...
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20 of 34 episodesWhat The New York Art Fairs Tell Us About Art
Art media does a great job at looking forward to art events, yet rarely looks back to reflect on what these happenings say about the cultura...
Whitney Biennial Report: Care and Caution
We're baaaaack! After a four month break William and Paddy return with some big news about the podcast and an in depth conversation on The W...
Flux Factory Buys Building, Retains Soul
How many times have we seen artist-centered communities lose their grass roots identity when they buy property? High profile organizations t...
What Does a Return to the Art World Mean?
In this episode artist Chloe Bass’s tweet pointing to the hypocrisy of the art world leads to a discussion of labor, the New York art fairs,...
Explain Me with Laura Raicovich: Art and Museums in An Age of Protest
This week hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson sit down with curator, writer, and former museum director Laura Raicovich to discuss her n...
The NFT Explain Me with Marina Galperina and Amy Whitaker
On this episode of Explain Me we do a deep dive on Non-Fungible Tokens, NFTs, pronounced Nifty, by also N-F-T. Joined by guests Marina Galpe...
Explain Me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn't, Part Two
Immersive Van Gogh In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet's National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2...
Explain Me with Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn't, Part One
"Immersive Van Gogh" In this episode of Explain Me, we take stock of the year in art with Artnet's National Critic Ben Davis. What happened...
Explain Me with Andy Adams of FlakPhoto: From Idyllic Photos to The Surveillance State
Image via: Andy Adams instagram . In this episode of Explain Me we talk to Andy Adams ( FlakPhoto on instagram ), a culture producer and lon...
Zombie Figuration Isn't a Thing: A Critical Autopsy with Antwaun Sargent
In this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger's Zom...
Institutional failure, Trump's Agenda, and Meme-Driven Conservative Movements: A Talk with Nayland Blake
Artist Nayland Blake joins the podcast to discuss the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, mass protests, and the...
Revolution for the Family: Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus on Pandemic Parenting, art, and Activism
This week on Explain Me, co-hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson talk to arts organizers and activists Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbu...
From L.A. With Love: Thoughts on Online Viewing Rooms, Museum Layoffs, and More with Carolina Miranda and Michael Shaw
Politics, art, and a general disappointment with how things are going.
Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters
Serkan Özkaya's Proletarier Aller Länder (Workers of the World) 1999, Image via Postmaster's Gallery. In this episode of Explain Me, hosts P...
Explain Me: We're Baaaaaack!
Welcome back to Explain Me! In an effort to produce content a little more regularly we're trying something new: no editing. This means a lit...
Standing in Quicksand
We cover a lot of ground in this episode of Explain Me. That ground looks something like this: The Velvet Buzzsaw is a bad movie . Mary Boon...
Museum Board Members Fail Moral Challenges, Museum Exhibitions Exceed Expectations
Donna DeSalvo assembles some of Andy Warhol's greatest work for his retrospective at the Whitney Museum, while revelations that Whitney Vice...
Live From Forward Union: Four Women Who Are Using Art to Change the World
It's been a rough news week. Between Thursday's testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judicia...
What it Really Means to be A Mid-Career Artist: A Talk with LoVID's Tali Hinkis
In this episode we talk with LoVID 's Tali Hinkis about the challenges of being a mid-career artist outside of New York. We discuss how to e...