Beez And Honey
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Beez and Honey Podcast, or The Podcast for short, is an oral history of the contemporary art world covering everything about Art. I’ll be inviting people from all areas of the art field to discuss everything from sustainability to technology. Expect input from artists, curators, collectors, gallerists, art dealers and unexpected voices not part of the mainstream discourse which often centers around the price of art.
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Edward Bowen: A Titan of Trinidad and Tobago Art
January 22, 2024 14:53 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBThis is an intimate discussion about Edward (Eddie) Bowen’s creative process, his history and his current Plantation Project and book launch: Black Light Void: Dark Visions of the Caribbean edited by Marsha Pierce
Mermaids In The Basement: A Discussion
August 15, 2023 16:03 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBA discussion with artist CJ Chueca and curator Blanca de la Torre about the exhibition Mermaids In The Basement at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, NYC.
Anthony Bannwart Speaks About His Ongoing Body of Work From His Studio In Berlin
March 26, 2023 16:19 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAnthony Bannwart, www.anthonybannwart.com www.Studionaegeli.com Gstaad Gallery Anthony Bannwart, born in the watchmaking town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, is a Swiss conceptual interdisciplinary artist. Anthony Bannwart´s creativity and fluidity among materials and disciplines together with thorough researched concepts and productions mark his international career with participating exhibitions and workshops in Europe, the United States and Asia. The artist has a unique path leading to a timeless ...
Payal Parekh: Blessed Rest
February 26, 2023 16:34 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBBridging the worlds of wellness, yoga and Art, Payal brings a fresh perspective on how Art supports our overall wellness. Listen to her journey on this first episode of 2023. Visit her website https://www.Payal.nyc/art-yoga
Blanca de la Torre: Con Los Pies En La Tierra
October 09, 2022 15:10 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MBCon Los Pies En La Tierra: CAAM, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. October 7th 2022 – January 29th 2023 Curators: Blanca de la Torre and Zoran Erić Artists: Ravi Agarwal / Amy Balkin / Luna Bengoechea Peña / Ursula Biemann / Saskia Calderón / Javier Camarasa / Tania Candiani / Tomas Colbengtson / Teresa Correa / Acaymo S. Cuesta & Branislav Nikolić / Mark Dion / Olafur Eliasson / Tue Greenfort / Gloria Godínez / Lungiswa Gqunta / Igor Grubić / Tea Mäkipä...
Kenny Feldsott: Howls That Wake Us In The Night. Solo Exhibition at SUNY Old Westbury.
September 19, 2022 17:54 - 52 minutes - 49 MBOne of the youngest exhibitors ever at SFMOMA in 1975, Feldsott all but disappeared from the art world, spending more than twenty-five years in Central and South America, where he worked on ecological restoration and cultural conservation projects and studied traditional medicine with Indigenous communities. Throughout this period, he continued to create a large body of work that, together with his past and current work, become a record of the human journey. The exhibition is curated by Am...
C24 Gallery, Chelsea NYC
August 19, 2022 11:30 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBFor more than ten years C24 Gallery has brought strong visual programming to NYC’s Chelsea Arts District, and the world. Here the gallery manager Deborah Oster Pannell speaks to us about the history of the gallery, it’s current exhibition, and it’s plans for the future. https://www.c24gallery.com/
Wildriana Paulino: To Never Ache
May 17, 2022 17:43 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWildriana Paulino (b.1999) was born in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic. She is currently residing in New York City, where she recently received her BFA form the School of Art at The Cooper Union. Her research on femicide -the killing of women for the condition of being women- has led her to work with themes of femininity, violence, trauma, and alienation. Wildriana’s interest in the female experience stems from her own experience growing up in the Dominican Republic, where she gr...
Juan Puntes: WhiteBox Art Space Inaugural East Village Exhibition “Off the Cloth”
April 03, 2022 18:16 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBEXODUS VIII: Off the Cloth Curated by: Karen Cordero Reiman and Juan Puntes March 25 – May 4, March 25 Installation premiere starts April 1. Opening Reception. Panel Discussion and Performances 5 to 8 pm Off the Cloth, curated by Juan Puntes and Karen Cordero Reiman, inaugurates the new downtown location of Whitebox. The exhibit forms a part of Whitebox’s ongoing “Exodus” series highlighting the work of émigré artists living and working in New York City. The show will present an inter...
Ernesto Neto’s Ultimatum at Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
March 06, 2022 16:15 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBErnesto Neto (*1964, Rio de Janeiro) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. The artist participated in the Venice Biennale in 2001 and 2017. In recent years, his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in public institutions including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2021); Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago (2020); Pinacoteca de Sāo Paulo, and Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires - MALBA (2019); Fondation Beyeler, in the Zurich Main station (2018); Museum of Contemporary Art Chi...
Lawrence B Benenson: Charitarian
November 28, 2021 17:07 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBLawrence B. Benenson is dedicated to several charitable and educational institutions that are working to increase truth, fairness, creativity and logic in New York City and everywhere. Mr. Benenson is currently a member of the Board of the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the Bronx, The Lincoln Center Real Estate and Construction Council, Inner-City Scholarship Fund, Center for Arts Education, American Folk Art Museum, ART / OMI International Arts Center, The Realty Foundation of New Y...
Marcin Dudek: The Transformative Power of Art
May 17, 2021 14:32 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBMarcin Dudek (b. 1979, Poland) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Art as a strategy for living; Marcin Dudek’s practice builds from autobiographical experience and expands to explore the broader phenomenon that shaped it. These include the rituals of subculture, DIY economy and crowd dynamics – how one gets pulled into many and what control is lost as a mass gains momentum. Often working with found, salvaged or repurposed materials, Dudek constructs objects, installations, painting and pe...
Oséias Castro dos Santos: Beija Flor
May 04, 2021 22:09 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBBeija Flor means hummingbird in Brazilian Portuguese and it is said to be the means by which our prayers are taken from Earth to the Spirit World. Oséias Castro dos Santos is an Artisan of Light and works with plant medicine, creating sacred objects for ritual use. Here he speaks about his life experiences and his work.
Akuzuru: The Divine Feminine as Creator
May 04, 2021 14:12 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBA k u z u r u is an Avant Garde artist who produces through a TransDisciplinary praxis straddling multiple approaches . Her thought provoking works invokes the unseen , where the material and the immaterial are as connectedly interspersed as the immanent and transcendent . Primarily environmental using vast spaces in the natural world and connected into the spatial appropriations of interiors of building spaces , her other- worldly forms in her installations or 'spatial works ' and expansive ...
Tinko Czetwertynski: Capturing the Beauty of Our Natural World
April 18, 2021 14:59 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBArtist Tinko Czetwertynski has traveled the world capturing people from all continents. Recently his work has centered around Nature (of which we are a part) but listen to him discuss the full body of his oeuvre and be inspired.
Timur York Creates Love on the Streets of NYC
March 16, 2021 17:41 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBTimur York is a New York based multidisciplinary artist. He was born in Uzbekistan, and immigrated as a teenager to New York City, where he was accepted into Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, majoring in Fine Art. Upon graduation, he attended School of Visual Arts, with focus on Graphic Arts. The experience of fusing Fine Art principles and Graphic Design aesthetics had formulated a unique way in which he approaches his subject matter. His artistic area...
Bryan McFarlane: From Jamaica to The World
March 14, 2021 02:35 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBMcFarlane’s art is in collections nationally and internationally. Born in Moore Town Portland, Jamaica, Bryan studied at The Edna Manly College of Art in Kingston, Jamaica and completed his MFA Degree at Massachusetts College of Arts and Design. Professor McFarlane has exhibited and lectured as visiting artist at numerous universities and museums throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Institute of Contemporary ...
Hash Halper aka New York Romantic at Art of Our Century
February 16, 2021 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBHart Halper aka New York Romantic is an artist primarily known for his chalk graffiti hearts, over 100,000 in downtown NYC. Hash started drawing hearts dotting the i in the “ Bialy” on his morning delivery bags at a Lower East Side bakery. He noticed that it gave him an uplifting feeling, so he shared the powerful symbol with downtown. Halper has drawn tens of thousands of chalk hearts on New York sidewalks because he feels New York is losing its romance, with people lookin...
Sunny Setton de Poortere: Translating Art As Jewelry
February 09, 2021 14:56 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBSunny Setton De Poortere is the most stable Gypsy you’re likely to meet in NYC. A mother, jewelry designer, wife and friend, she’s always ready with a smile and bright twinkle in her eyes, reflective of the expansive generous spirit that gave rise to Gazza Ladra jewelry. The shiver of camel bells, the temples of Phoenicia, the mountains of cappadocia, the scent of jasmine trailing a desert caravan, the unblinking eye of Horus casting it's benevolent gaze from Luxor over the Nile valley, cool ...
Middle Women: How the Art World Runs on Them
February 03, 2021 14:02 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBMiddle Women are the midwives who give birth to ideas, support artists, inspire people in the art world, forge deals and introduce people to each other to help them advance in the world. An example of this is one African American artist, after receiving help from an advisor to get a residency etc, no longer bothered to answer her calls or emails once he started selling well. This episode is about my experience. This episode is personal.
Arshiya Lokhandwala: Contemporary Art Between New York City and Mumbai
January 09, 2021 00:02 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBDr. Arshiya Lokhandwala is an art historian and curator and [Ph. D. Cornell University] Master’s of Arts in Curating, Goldsmith College, London], and the founding director/curator of Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India. Her recent museum curatorial projects include The Future is Here: Art and Technology in Millennial Age [2019], Beyond Transnationalism: The Legacy of Post –Independent from India at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai [April 2017] and Raza Foundation, Delhi [January 2017], India Re- ...
Olivier Varenne: Weaving A Wide Tapestry Between Private and Public Art Collections
December 24, 2020 18:33 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBOlivier Varenne is a curator and independent art dealer with over 20 years experience working with leading contemporary artists, sourcing and placing quality artworks on behalf of individual collectors and art institutions, and curating exhibitions for museums and galleries. Olivier has collaborated with established artists including Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Wim Delvoye and Gilbert & George as well as championed emerging contemporary artists like Toby Ziegler, Ryoji Ikeda, Chiharu...
Rachel Vancelette: Art X Puzzles
December 24, 2020 16:47 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBArtXPuzzles is the brainchild of Rachel Vancelette who is currently the owner of Vancelette Global Art Acquisitions Corp, a multi-faceted contemporary art and fashion creative agency dedicated to uniting contemporary and modern art, art, travel, lifestyle, design, and fashion. Vancelette provides global art acquisition services focusing on both modern and contemporary art markets and provides consultation to international art collectors and art and fashion industry clientele. She has remained...
Bulltardia: A graphic novel about Bitcoin by Dim Zayan
December 21, 2020 17:21 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBDim Zayan is an artist and creator of the Bitcoin fable and graphic novel Bulltardia. Out now on Citadel21 www.citadel21.com/bulltardia-ep1 and www.Bulltardia.com for free this graphic novel is reflective of our time and current world situation. You can also purchase Bulltardia with Bitcoin.
Kristian Mondrup: Art Life in Copenhagen and Beijing
December 21, 2020 15:32 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBKristian Mondrup is a writer, composer, and visual artist, who lives and works between Copenhagen and Beijing. In 2012 Kristian released his first solo al- bum under the moniker Kala-OK. Since then, his artistic practice has moved towards the field of video, Painting, and installation, often in collaboration with his wife Liu Shiyuan. The work of Kristian Mondrup has been featured in exhibitions at Louis Vitton Foundation, M-Woods, in Frieze Magazine, Art Review Asia, amongst others.
Hans Op De Beeck: An Artist For All Time
December 08, 2020 15:43 - 35 minutes - 33 MBHans Op de Beeck (BE) produces large installations, sculptures, films, drawings, paintings, photographs and texts. His work is a reflection on our complex society and the universal questions of meaning and mortality that resonate within it. He regards man as a being who stages the world around him in a tragi-comic way. Above all, Op de Beeck is keen to stimulate the viewers’ senses, and invite them to really experience the image. He seeks to create a form of visual fiction that delivers a mom...
Paul Laster: A Wonderful Life In Art
December 08, 2020 15:32 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBPaul Laster is a writer, editor, independent curator, artist, and lecturer. He is a New York desk editor at ArtAsiaPacific and a contributing editor at Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. He was the founding editor of Artkrush and Artspace; started The Daily Beast's art section; and was previously art editor of Flavorpill and Russell Simmons OneWorld Magazine. He is a frequent contributor to Art & Object, Time Out New York, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Galerie, Sculpture, Architectural Digest,...
Mathias Kessler’s Timely Reminder of Our Place in The World
November 23, 2020 15:01 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBMathias Kessler’s installations and photography draw inspiration from Nature and with his work he highlights Man’s place as co-creator and collaborator in the unfoldment of the Planet.
Ronni Anderson: Expanding what it means to be a gallerist
November 22, 2020 15:24 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBIn these challenging times we must all acknowledge the great work of gallerists showing up everyday to support artists and the creative life of NY. Ronni Anderson is one such gallerist; showing up and doing great work. Visit her at http://www.andersoncontemporary.com/
Guto Ajayu: An artist reminds us of our common roots and to be optimistic in times of uncertainty
November 22, 2020 14:47 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBGuto Ajayu was born in La Paz, Bolivia and now shares his studio time between Madrid, Spain and Paris, France. Listen to him speak about his work and future projects and be inspired by art history in the making.
Michele Gambetta: ArtCondo
November 21, 2020 01:41 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBMichele Gambetta has created a real estate platform (www.ArtCondo.com) to help demystify the real estate market for creatives. Noticing how across NYC and other major urban areas in the USA and around the world, artists make neighborhoods desirable only to be themselves pushed out when real estate prices rise, Michele encourages artists and other creatives to educate themselves, save and buy their own live/work spaces.
Tanja Grunert: On the Move in Hudson, NY.
October 26, 2020 19:36 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTanja Grunert’s career as a gallerist spans many years and she’s worked with many talented artists across the world. Listen to her story and find out what’s going on upstate NY in the art world, and beyond.
Nemo Librizzi: Personification of The New York City Art World
October 26, 2020 18:35 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBNemo Librizzi’s current exhibition at 22 Ludlow Street, NYC, runs till October 30. Here he shares the gems of three generations in the NYC art world. Enjoy!
John Simon Jr “Drawing Air” at David Richard Gallery
October 24, 2020 19:35 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBArtist John Simon Jr’s wall sculpture and an inspired new digital software work are up until November 8 in East Harlem, NYC. Listen to him describe his process and evolution as an artist. You can see his daily drawings at http://iclock.com
Carolina Conforti: Art Talks
October 24, 2020 16:29 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBCarolina Conforti has offered us her unique perspective over the last few months on the European art circuit, covering studio visits, gallery exhibitions and fairs with her Art Talks. Listen to her here and follow her on IG @cricrihamlet for more art world happenings
Matt Nuccio: A Man of Many Talents
October 23, 2020 19:37 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBMatt Nuccio is President of Design Edge Inc. a leading American toy co based in Long Island, NY. Here he speaks about his art and design, his music and how the toy world and the art world sometimes meet https://www.designedge.net/ IG PROFILE @sketchface_sketchbooks
All1Union and Vague d’Amour present a global festival of Union November 1, 2020
October 13, 2020 15:37 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MBLoic Chal Ummo speaks to us about the 48 hour festival of Union November 1, happening from New Zealand to Alaska. Find out more at www.all1union.be and www.vaguedamour.net
Satya Cipta: From Bali with Love
October 13, 2020 00:18 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBArt pervades every aspect of Balinese culture. Satya is one Balinese artist who touches on all aspects of art in her practice; painting, dance, music and acting. She’s considered a bit of a rebel in her home because with her work and life she pushes the limits of patriarchy to make a more equitable place for women in Bali.
Aya Uekawa: A Japanese Artist on Her Work in America
September 27, 2020 16:33 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBUekawa paints beautiful mythical women and recently dream like landscapes. Listen as she explains her process of integration into America and into the art world.
Vadis Turner at Geary Contemporary with Cups and Grids
September 27, 2020 15:49 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBA new body of work produced during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown in some US states is the basis of our discussion. Turner’s current solo exhibition is up until the end of October on the 208 Bowery in NYC.
Robert Adanto: Art Films That Capture The Spirit of the Contemporary Art World
August 17, 2020 16:28 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBNo other filmmaker working today has captured the female contribution to contemporary art as much as Robert Adanto. His films include “The Rising Tide” which focused on the Chinese contemporary art scene. His second feature length film was about contemporary art inside and outside of Iran (Pearls on the Ocean Floor), his 2015 release (The F Word) captured the demise artists working in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and his most recent film Born Just Now is about artist Marta Jovanovic. Upcoming screenin...
Lowell Boyers: American Painter in NYC
August 10, 2020 17:28 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBLowell Boyers’s paintings of mystical, mythical landscapes capture not only the exterior of his characters but also the interior landscapes. Grounded in the figurative these paintings stimulate a world of non literal feelings and philosophies often dwelling in the realm of the spiritual. Listen in as Lowell shines light on Art’s precious role of creating community. We also discuss Lowell’s recent work, his past, the future of the art world and NYC.
Michael Rees: Creating Joy
July 18, 2020 15:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBMichael Rees took the concept of artists making change to the physical manifestation of making PPE for hospital staff during the coronavirus crisis this past spring in NYC. Listen to him discuss everything about his latest exhibition around Joy and how we can contribute to a better world starting with our own lives.
Marta Jovanovic: Performance Art at its Best
June 20, 2020 12:19 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBWorking primarily as a performance artist Marta has moved with ease and grace between grueling performances live and captured in virtual reality. Her work has been documented in a film by Robert Adanto (Born Just Now) which recently won a prize at the Brooklyn Film festival. In addition to her art Marta shares her gifts with the community in many ways.
Simon de Pury: Renaissance Man
June 07, 2020 14:58 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBSimon de Pury is one of those names synonymous with Art. Having reinvented the art of auctioneering with an energetic style all his own, Simon has a wealth of experience, including brokering private sales and working with institutions and organizations all over the world, as well as having a range of private pursuits like photography and DJing. Listen to him speak about his fascinating life in Art.
You’re Not Getting My Money Anymore: Art Institutions Must Stand Up for Justice
June 06, 2020 15:17 - 3 minutes - 1.71 MBIt’s not enough for institutions to do politically correct “diverse” programming while remaining silent in the face of racial injustice with no comment on roiling social upheavals around the world calling for change in America.
Giancarlo Canavesio: Expanding Consciousness Through Filmmaking
May 26, 2020 13:25 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBGiancarlo Canavesio has evolved over the years from Collector to Documentary filmmaker. You can find Neurons to Nirvana, Monogamish, and many other of his documentaries on Netflix and his own platform mangu.tv
Eva Ruiz: A Local Approach to Art in A Global Art World
May 24, 2020 15:43 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBEva Ruiz’s eye for Art has been refined over many years of working with artists in her gallery and traveling the world looking at Art. She’s a big advocate for returning to the life blood of the art world which is the gallery and the studios of the artists. Listen in for more of her unique perspective.
Introduction to Season 3
May 22, 2020 02:41 - 3 minutes - 1.67 MBIn the upcoming episodes we expand our view to note established names in the art field. We won’t abandon our emerging art crowd but it’s also good to give kudos to those who have worked for years and made their mark in Art.
Johann Haeling Von Lanzanauer: Art as a means of Unification
May 05, 2020 13:37 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBJohann Haeling Von Lanzanauer has been a fixture of the Art world for many years. In addition to his galleries in Berlin and Hamburg he recently started an artist residency in the Alsace region of France (La Maison des Temps) and has launched the Arts and Nature Social Club, bringing people from all walks of life together to raise awareness of the need for us as collective humanity to once again integrate and live harmoniously with Nature.