The Art World: What If...?!
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsWhat if we reimagined everything in culture, from painting to patronage? Tune in to The Art World: What If…?! to hear leading thinkers, creators and innovators in art rethink the system, exploring the consequences with wit, wisdom and humor.
Join art journalist Charlotte Burns and world-renowned art advisor Allan Schwartzman as they exclusively interview museum leaders, collectors and artists including MoMA director Glenn Lowry, Guggenheim deputy director Naomi Beckwith, non-profit leader Kemi Ilesanmi, curator Cecilia Alemani and Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and many others over the course of the series.
From the team behind In Other Words and Hope & Dread, The Art World: What If…?! is brought to you by Schwartzman& for Art& and produced by Studio Burns.
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The Art World: Hope & Dread, Take Me To Your Leader
February 09, 2022 08:59 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBHaving examined the pressure mounting on institutions from the street, the public galleries and then from within - this penultimate museum-focused episode asks who’d want to run one? Hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman ask the director of the Met how comfortable that throne really is. Who should run the nation’s museums? Who’d want to, amidst a world of shifting certainties? Hope & Dread has the answers. Tune in to find out. Guests: Catherine Arias, Sarah Arison, Fred Bidwell, De...
The Art World: Hope & Dread, Infernal Affairs
February 02, 2022 08:57 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBWe’re going behind the scenes at the museum to better understand the recent groundswell of voices criticizing museum power structures as they exist, coming in the form of unionization efforts, artist-led activism and open letters by disgruntled staff. Are museums practicing what they preach? After all, if you can perfectly preserve a 14th-Century Persian carpet in a climate-controlled glass vitrine, shouldn't you be able to look after your staff, too? Tune in to find out. Guests: Cathe...
The Art World: Hope & Dread, Burning Down The House?
January 26, 2022 09:56 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBMuseums have become cultural battlegrounds—monuments to meaning that are struggling to contain democracy. Museums have mushroomed: from audience numbers to board members, from the value of art to the real estate that houses it, and from international interest to the size of local protests. Hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman will guide you through the troubled museum system over the next four episodes, beginning on the streets and working our way inside—from the galleries to the s...
The Art World: Hope & Dread, Controlling Culture
December 21, 2021 19:43 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBPolitical arguments and cultural debates have become indivisible in recent years and this episode explores ideas around controlling culture from above. Hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman will hear from a British politician who says he’d return the controversial “Elgin Marbles” to Greece if he had the chance and, as China cracks down on dissenting voices with its national security law for Hong Kong, they also speak to an artist who recently left the city for fear of her safety. What ...
American History, Axed
December 15, 2021 05:06 - 34 minutes - 48 MBAmerica’s public spaces have been throbbing with the sounds of loud arguments about history and identity, encapsulated by the debate over Confederate monuments. In this episode, hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman introduce you to artists and curators suggesting new ways of dealing with American history—taking you behind the arguments about whether statues should stay or go and offering a nuanced perspective on a haunted history.
The Art World: Hope & Dread, Introduction
December 15, 2021 05:05 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIntroducing this new documentary series exploring power in art, hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman discuss the biggest challenges in the cultural world today. At a moment of epochal shifts and changing certainties, these are issues that extend well beyond the art world—from governments and human rights, to history and democracy. Arguments around monuments are linked to debates about museums: what they show, what they own, who they employ. Who is at the top of these institutions, ...
Introduction
December 15, 2021 05:05 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIntroducing this new documentary series exploring power in art, hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman discuss the biggest challenges in the cultural world today. At a moment of epochal shifts and changing certainties, these are issues that extend well beyond the art world—from governments and human rights, to history and democracy. Arguments around monuments are linked to debates about museums: what they show, what they own, who they employ. Who is at the top of these institutions, ...
Hope and Dread
December 15, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 4.99 MBThe series explores power in art––and how it's bound up with democracy, society and the wider world. You'll meet people who are trying to change the balance of that power, and you'll witness resistance to that change. You'll hear about what's been won and what's been lost with an art market explosion fueled by money, technology and shifts in taste and power. Talking to dozens of people, from artists to astrologers, museum directors and curators to philanthropists and futurists, Schwartzma...
The Art World: Hope & Dread, American History, Axed
December 14, 2021 16:55 - 34 minutes - 48 MBAmerica’s public spaces have been throbbing with the sounds of loud arguments about history and identity, encapsulated by the debate over Confederate monuments. In this episode, hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman introduce you to artists and curators suggesting new ways of dealing with American history—taking you behind the arguments about whether statues should stay or go and offering a nuanced perspective on a haunted history. Guests: Maya Benton, Thomas Finkelpearl, Roxane Gay,...
The Art World: Hope & Dread, Introducing Hope & Dread
December 14, 2021 16:53 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIntroducing this new documentary series exploring power in art, hosts Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman discuss the biggest challenges in the cultural world today. At a moment of epochal shifts and changing certainties, these are issues that extend well beyond the art world—from governments and human rights, to history and democracy. Arguments around monuments are linked to debates about museums: what they show, what they own, who they employ. Who is at the top of these institutions, w...
The Art World: Hope and Dread
December 09, 2021 21:51 - 3 minutes - 4.99 MBThe series explores power in art--and how it's bound up with democracy, society and the wider world. You'll meet people who are trying to change the balance of that power, and you'll witness resistance to that change. You'll hear about what's been won and what's been lost with an art market explosion fueled by money, technology and shifts in taste and power. Talking to dozens of people, from artists to astrologers, museum directors and curators to philanthropists and futurists, Schwartzman an...
#79: Collaboration is the antidote to the poison
April 29, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBFrom acts of solidarity to new business models, many in the art world are teaming up during this pandemic to bolster the system and rethink its infrastructure. Joining us for today’s show are guests including financial journalist Felix Salmon; gallerists Sadie Coles of Sadie Coles HQ and Vanessa Carlos of Carlos/Ishikawa; artist Doron Langberg; culture and politics writer Marisa Mazria Katz; and nonprofit executives Carolyn Ramo of Artadia and Deana Haggag of United States Artists. “We are...
The Art World: In Other Words, Collaboration is the antidote to the poison
April 29, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBFrom acts of solidarity to new business models, many in the art world are teaming up during this pandemic to bolster the system and rethink its infrastructure. Joining us for today’s show are guests including financial journalist Felix Salmon; gallerists Sadie Coles of Sadie Coles HQ and Vanessa Carlos of Carlos/Ishikawa; artist Doron Langberg; culture and politics writer Marisa Mazria Katz; and nonprofit executives Carolyn Ramo of Artadia and Deana Haggag of United States Artists. “We are...
The Art World: In Other Words, Covid-19 is Exposing the Fault Lines
April 10, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBWill Covid-19—which is so far spreading unevenly in the US, hitting low-income or black communities the hardest—exacerbate the inequities in the art world? In our 78th episode, host Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman (co-founder of AAP and a chairman of Sotheby’s) discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Can art itself provide solace during this period of grief and fear? And how will the art world and its market make it through? Tune in. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartne...
#78: Covid-19 is Exposing the Fault Lines
April 10, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBWill Covid-19—which is so far spreading unevenly in the US, hitting low-income or black communities the hardest—exacerbate the inequities in the art world? In our 78th episode, host Charlotte Burns and Allan Schwartzman (co-founder of AAP and a chairman of Sotheby’s) discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Can art itself provide solace during this period of grief and fear? And how will the art world and its market make it through? Tune in. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartne...
The Art World: In Other Words, "Art is About Freedom,” with Gallerist Sadie Coles
March 20, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB“Art is about ideas, transgression and transformation," says gallerist Sadie Coles, who founded her eponymous gallery, Sadie Coles HQ, in London's Mayfair neighborhood in 1997, and now has two spaces in the UK capital. "And art needs freedom." In this wide-ranging podcast, recorded in London earlier in the year with host Charlotte Burns, Coles talks about everything from the nature of being an art dealer, to the sense of anxiety that has shaped both the market and art in this still-young c...
#77: "Art is About Freedom,” with Gallerist Sadie Coles
March 20, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB“Art is about ideas, transgression and transformation," says gallerist Sadie Coles, who founded her eponymous gallery, Sadie Coles HQ, in London's Mayfair neighborhood in 1997, and now has two spaces in the UK capital. "And art needs freedom." In this wide-ranging podcast, recorded in London earlier in the year with host Charlotte Burns, Coles talks about everything from the nature of being an art dealer, to the sense of anxiety that has shaped both the market and art in this still-young c...
#76: The Magical Maureen Paley
March 12, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBMaureen Paley—a native New Yorker who was recently named one of the Evening Standard's most influential Londoners—has been called a "true pioneer of the East End" for her part in turning the neighborhood into a hub for art and culture. She opened her gallery in 1984 and “it still remains alive and very vital," she tells host Charlotte Burns. "People like to think of art now as related to commerce and business, but I always saw it that it was related to a type of magic." To hear more, tun...
The Art World: In Other Words, The Magical Maureen Paley
March 12, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBMaureen Paley—a native New Yorker who was recently named one of the Evening Standard's most influential Londoners—has been called a "true pioneer of the East End" for her part in turning the neighborhood into a hub for art and culture. She opened her gallery in 1984 and “it still remains alive and very vital," she tells host Charlotte Burns. "People like to think of art now as related to commerce and business, but I always saw it that it was related to a type of magic." To hear more, tun...
The Art World: In Other Words, Art and Politics with Stuart Shave and Sarah McCrory
February 28, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThis lively conversation with Stuart Shave and Sarah McCrory was recorded in London shortly before the UK exited Europe at the end of January. McCrory (inaugural director of the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art in London, which opened in 2018) and Shave (founder of Stuart Shave Modern Art gallery in London) talk to host Charlotte Burns about a range of topics, from ”Google curating” to the environmental crisis; from the #MeToo movement to the cultural climate within the UK. The British...
#75: Art and Politics with Stuart Shave and Sarah McCrory
February 28, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThis lively conversation with Stuart Shave and Sarah McCrory was recorded in London shortly before the UK exited Europe at the end of January. McCrory (inaugural director of the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art in London, which opened in 2018) and Shave (founder of Stuart Shave Modern Art gallery in London) talk to host Charlotte Burns about a range of topics, from ”Google curating” to the environmental crisis; from the #MeToo movement to the cultural climate within the UK. The British...
The Art World: In Other Words, On the Ground in L.A.
February 14, 2020 01:22 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBTune in for this behind-the-scenes talk between host Charlotte Burns and journalist Jori Finkel on the rise of the L.A. art scene. A California correspondent for The New York Times and The Art Newspaper, as well as author of the book It Speaks to Me: Art That Inspires Artists, Finkel talks about the artists who make the city unique and the real reason why it's become a major arts hub—and it predates Frieze L.A., the second edition of which is being staged this week. This wide-ranging conve...
#74: On the Ground in L.A.
February 14, 2020 01:22 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBTune in for this behind-the-scenes talk between host Charlotte Burns and journalist Jori Finkel on the rise of the L.A. art scene. A California correspondent for The New York Times and The Art Newspaper, as well as author of the book It Speaks to Me: Art That Inspires Artists, Finkel talks about the artists who make the city unique and the real reason why it's become a major arts hub—and it predates Frieze L.A., the second edition of which is being staged this week. This wide-ranging conve...
The Art World: In Other Words, A Year of Protests and Profound Change: 2019 in Review
December 28, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB2019 was a year of protests and profound change. We look back on what happened, what our guests talked about and what our listeners most responded to. Tune in to hear Ian Alteveer (the Aaron I. Fleischman curator of Modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum), Julia Halperin (the executive editor of artnet News) and host Charlotte Burns review the year—and to hear snippets from our 2019 shows featuring museum directors Nicholas Serota (formerly Tate and now the head of Arts Counc...
#73: A Year of Protests and Profound Change: 2019 in Review
December 28, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB2019 was a year of protests and profound change. We look back on what happened, what our guests talked about and what our listeners most responded to. Tune in to hear Ian Alteveer (the Aaron I. Fleischman curator of Modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum), Julia Halperin (the executive editor of artnet News) and host Charlotte Burns review the year—and to hear snippets from our 2019 shows featuring museum directors Nicholas Serota (formerly Tate and now the head of Arts Counc...
The Art World: In Other Words, Entrepreneurialism, Technology and the Masterpieces of Tomorrow
December 05, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBRecorded live in Napa Valley at the Kramlich Residence—which was built by architects Herzog & De Meuron—this wide-ranging discussion about collecting and supporting art is with guests Pamela and Dick Kramlich, two of the world’s foremost patrons of video, new media and time-based art; Stuart Comer, chief curator of media and performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and artist Richard Mosse, together with host Charlotte Burns. "We've got to buy masterpieces," Pamela says on toda...
#72: Entrepreneurialism, Technology and the Masterpieces of Tomorrow
December 05, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBRecorded live in Napa Valley at the Kramlich Residence—which was built by architects Herzog & De Meuron—this wide-ranging discussion about collecting and supporting art is with guests Pamela and Dick Kramlich, two of the world’s foremost patrons of video, new media and time-based art; Stuart Comer, chief curator of media and performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and artist Richard Mosse, together with host Charlotte Burns. "We've got to buy masterpieces," Pamela says on toda...
The Art World: In Other Words, Auction Talk with Nick, Allan and Charlotte
November 22, 2019 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBToday’s podcast covers the top takeaways from the recent auction week in New York—and what this means for the market. Nicholas Maclean (of the London and New York dealership Eykyn Maclean) and Allan Schwartzman (co-founder of AAP) join host Charlotte Burns (editor of In Other Words) for our biannual auction edition. For more, tune in today. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-71-auction-talk-with-allan-schwartzman-and-nicholas-maclean/ "In Other Words” is a present...
#71: Auction Talk with Nick, Allan and Charlotte
November 22, 2019 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBToday’s podcast covers the top takeaways from the recent auction week in New York—and what this means for the market. Nicholas Maclean (of the London and New York dealership Eykyn Maclean) and Allan Schwartzman (co-founder of AAP) join host Charlotte Burns (editor of In Other Words) for our biannual auction edition. For more, tune in today. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-71-auction-talk-with-allan-schwartzman-and-nicholas-maclean/ "In Other Words” is a present...
#70: Investigating America with Artist Catherine Opie
November 14, 2019 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBTune in for this wide-ranging discussion with artist Catherine Opie, a tenured professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose internationally-exhibited art investigates the boom and bust of American life and the subtleties of human identity. The artist—who famously carved the word “pervert” on her chest in 1994 as part of a work tackling the AIDS crisis and challenging ideas of deviancy—finds tenderness within stereotypes. Opie discusses what it means to be radical today, ...
The Art World: In Other Words, Investigating America with Artist Catherine Opie
November 14, 2019 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBTune in for this wide-ranging discussion with artist Catherine Opie, a tenured professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose internationally-exhibited art investigates the boom and bust of American life and the subtleties of human identity. The artist—who famously carved the word “pervert” on her chest in 1994 as part of a work tackling the AIDS crisis and challenging ideas of deviancy—finds tenderness within stereotypes. Opie discusses what it means to be radical today, ...
The Art World: In Other Words, Talking Power with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and Artist Teresita Fernández
November 01, 2019 13:56 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB#69: Talking Power with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and Artist Teresita Fernández Ford Foundation president Darren Walker and MacArthur “genius” artist Teresita Fernández already had a long history of collaboration before coming together for this discussion with host Charlotte Burns about social justice, leadership, art, beauty—and power. “The truth is that equity is not given. Power is not given. The history of power is always that it is taken,” Fernández says. “If you want ...
#69: Talking Power with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and Artist Teresita Fernández
November 01, 2019 13:56 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB#69: Talking Power with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and Artist Teresita Fernández Ford Foundation president Darren Walker and MacArthur “genius” artist Teresita Fernández already had a long history of collaboration before coming together for this discussion with host Charlotte Burns about social justice, leadership, art, beauty—and power. “The truth is that equity is not given. Power is not given. The history of power is always that it is taken,” Fernández says. “If you want ...
The Art World: In Other Words, Our First Impressions of the New MoMA
October 23, 2019 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThe Museum of Modern Art reopens this month after a $450m expansion that has added more than 47,000 sq. ft and many new galleries that tell a different story of modern and contemporary art. In this podcast, AAP co-founder Allan Schwartzman and In Other Words host Charlotte Burns review the radical rehang of the permanent collection. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-68-live-review-from-the-new-moma/ "In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby’s, produ...
#68: Our First Impressions of the New MoMA
October 23, 2019 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThe Museum of Modern Art reopens this month after a $450m expansion that has added more than 47,000 sq. ft and many new galleries that tell a different story of modern and contemporary art. In this podcast, AAP co-founder Allan Schwartzman and In Other Words host Charlotte Burns review the radical rehang of the permanent collection. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-68-live-review-from-the-new-moma/ "In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby’s, produ...
The Art World: In Other Words, Designing Motherhood
October 10, 2019 06:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBThis episode answers all of the questions you never knew you had about the objects associated with motherhood, from the unexpected stories behind some of the most ubiquitous designs (did you know that the incubator was inspired by a doctor's trip to the zoo?) to the histories revealed by these objects. For example, the popularity of the baby blanket tracks with the increased industrialization of birth in America over the past 70 years. Joining our host Charlotte Burns are Amber Winick and ...
#67: Designing Motherhood
October 10, 2019 06:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBThis episode answers all of the questions you never knew you had about the objects associated with motherhood, from the unexpected stories behind some of the most ubiquitous designs (did you know that the incubator was inspired by a doctor's trip to the zoo?) to the histories revealed by these objects. For example, the popularity of the baby blanket tracks with the increased industrialization of birth in America over the past 70 years. Joining our host Charlotte Burns are Amber Winick and ...
The Art World: In Other Words, Why Gender Progress Is a Myth
October 03, 2019 04:30 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBOnly 11% of the art acquired by America’s top museums over the past decade was work made by women. And acquisitions have actually declined since 2009, according to a major new study “Women's Place in the Art World: Why Recent Advancements for Female Artists Are Largely an Illusion ” produced by In Other Words and artnet News. The report found that there has been no progress in museum acquisitions, and that just 14% of exhibitions were of work by female artists. The auction market for wor...
#66: Why Gender Progress Is a Myth
October 03, 2019 04:30 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBOnly 11% of the art acquired by America’s top museums over the past decade was work made by women. And acquisitions have actually declined since 2009, according to a major new study “Women's Place in the Art World: Why Recent Advancements for Female Artists Are Largely an Illusion ” produced by In Other Words and artnet News. The report found that there has been no progress in museum acquisitions, and that just 14% of exhibitions were of work by female artists. The auction market for wor...
#66: Why Gender Progress Is a Myth
October 03, 2019 04:30 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBOnly 11% of the art acquired by America’s top museums over the past decade was work made by women. And acquisitions have actually declined since 2009, according to a major new study “Women's Place in the Art World: Why Recent Advancements for Female Artists Are Largely an Illusion ” produced by In Other Words and artnet News. The report found that there has been no progress in museum acquisitions, and that just 14% of exhibitions were of work by female artists. The auction market for wor...
The Art World: In Other Words, Metropolitan Museum Director Max Hollein
September 26, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBA year after taking the reins of one of the world’s largest and most important art institutions, Max Hollein joins host Charlotte Burns to discuss the future of the Metropolitan Museum. Hollein discusses the distinct role he believes the Met can play in terms of contemporary art, and gives an update on recently-stalled plans for a $600m Modern and contemporary wing—part of more than $1bn the museum is slated to spend on renovations and expansions. In a week in which the Met returned to E...
#65: Metropolitan Museum Director Max Hollein
September 26, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBA year after taking the reins of one of the world’s largest and most important art institutions, Max Hollein joins host Charlotte Burns to discuss the future of the Metropolitan Museum. Hollein discusses the distinct role he believes the Met can play in terms of contemporary art, and gives an update on recently-stalled plans for a $600m Modern and contemporary wing—part of more than $1bn the museum is slated to spend on renovations and expansions. In a week in which the Met returned to E...
The Art World: In Other Words, Massimiliano Gioni Wants to Do Away with Quality
September 12, 2019 14:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB“I realized that more interesting things happen when I could do away with notions of quality and taste,” says Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum in New York and director of the Trussardi Foundation in Milan. Gioni—who The New York Times called a "biennale veteran" by the time he was 38—says this thinking freed him up to stage exhibitions that moved away from treating art like “the isolated masterpiece”. He talks to host Charlotte Burns about the collapse of the alterna...
#64: Massimiliano Gioni Wants to Do Away with Quality
September 12, 2019 14:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB“I realized that more interesting things happen when I could do away with notions of quality and taste,” says Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum in New York and director of the Trussardi Foundation in Milan. Gioni—who The New York Times called a "biennale veteran" by the time he was 38—says this thinking freed him up to stage exhibitions that moved away from treating art like “the isolated masterpiece”. He talks to host Charlotte Burns about the collapse of the alterna...
The Art World: In Other Words, Live Panel: Says Who? Cultural Value and Validation in the 21st Century
August 15, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBWho gets to define culture, and who gets to create it? Who decides what's in and what's out, what's valuable and what's worthless? In a live panel discussion moderated by Charlotte Burns and organized in collaboration with Sotheby's and the Aspen Ideas Festival, our guests Roberta Smith (The New York Times co-chief art), Michael Govan (CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art), and Derrick Adams (a visual and performance artist) examine how society forms a co...
#63: Live Panel: Says Who? Cultural Value and Validation in the 21st Century
August 15, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBWho gets to define culture, and who gets to create it? Who decides what's in and what's out, what's valuable and what's worthless? In a live panel discussion moderated by Charlotte Burns and organized in collaboration with Sotheby's and the Aspen Ideas Festival, our guests Roberta Smith (The New York Times co-chief art), Michael Govan (CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art), and Derrick Adams (a visual and performance artist) examine how society forms a co...
The Art World: In Other Words, Live From Venice - Our Take On The Biennale
July 18, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBWelcome to our Venice Biennale special, which we recorded live in Italy last month. Returning to his roots as an art critic for our first ever review show, Allan Schwartzman joins host Charlotte Burns to take you on a tour through the art on view in the floating city, both in the Biennale and beyond. "We do live in interesting times—but do we live in times of interesting art?", Schwartzman asks at the start of the show. Tune in to find out. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/t...
#62: Live From Venice - Our Take On The Biennale
July 18, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBWelcome to our Venice Biennale special, which we recorded live in Italy last month. Returning to his roots as an art critic for our first ever review show, Allan Schwartzman joins host Charlotte Burns to take you on a tour through the art on view in the floating city, both in the Biennale and beyond. "We do live in interesting times—but do we live in times of interesting art?", Schwartzman asks at the start of the show. Tune in to find out. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/t...
#61: Sir David Adjaye Takes On Nation Myths
June 20, 2019 14:07 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBSir David Adjaye is the architect behind some of the most interesting buildings of our times, from national museums to social housing. He has described the fraught political process of designing the prize-winning National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in Washington, D.C. in 2016, as eight years of pain. But “these buildings are long overdue,” Adjaye says, “There’s a language they need to bring, which is about the reality rather than the fiction of nation imager...
The Art World: In Other Words, Sir David Adjaye Takes On Nation Myths
June 20, 2019 14:07 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBSir David Adjaye is the architect behind some of the most interesting buildings of our times, from national museums to social housing. He has described the fraught political process of designing the prize-winning National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in Washington, D.C. in 2016, as eight years of pain. But “these buildings are long overdue,” Adjaye says, “There’s a language they need to bring, which is about the reality rather than the fiction of nation imager...