Art Sense

A conversation with artist Tara Donovan. Donovan is renowned for transforming everyday objects into breathtaking, organic installations. Through her meticulous accumulations of materials such as plastic cups, straws, and toothpicks, Donovan continues to delve into areas of transcendence and transformation by making the mundane magnificent. Her sculptures and installations not only invite viewers to reconsider the materials that populate their daily lives but also explore the complex interplay between natural forms and manufactured elements. 

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/tara-donovan-stratagems/

https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/tara-donovan/

A conversation with artist Tony Cragg. Known for his dynamic, often swirling forms that push the boundaries of material and movement, Cragg’s work is a testament to the endless possibilities of sculpture. His innovative use of materials, including bronze, steel, plywood, glass and a variety of synthetic compounds, allows him to explore and express complex forms that make reference to nature, science, and the intrinsic properties of the objects that surround us.
The conversation touches on a variety of topics, including process, materials and inspirations.

https://www.tony-cragg.com/

https://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/37-tony-cragg/

A conversation with artist Rick Lowe. Renowned for his pioneering work with Project Row Houses in Houston, Lowe's creative endeavors have reshaped the landscape of contemporary art and in 2014 earned him a MacArthur Fellowship. In our conversation, we explore the concept of social sculpture and its ability to transcend traditional art boundaries to catalyze societal transformation. We also explore Lowe's personal evolution, including his celebrated return to painting and his current exhibit in Venice.

https://www.ricklowe.com/

https://gagosian.com/artists/rick-lowe/

https://gagosian.com/news/museum-exhibitions/rick-lowe-the-arch-within-the-arc-museo-di-palazzo-grimani-venice/

https://projectrowhouses.org/

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2014/rick-lowe

A conversation with author Mark Polizzotti about his new book Why Surrealism Matters which chronicles the philosophies and milestones of the iconic 20th century movement. In the conversation, Mark describes the lasting impact that the Surrealists’ world view has had on societies worldwide, as well as its ability to transform minds still today.

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300257090/why-surrealism-matters/

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Surrealism-Matters-ebook/dp/B0CRHDFF1R

A conversation with Katarina Feder, Vice President and Director Of Business Development at Artists Rights Society, an organization which has spent more than 35 years guiding artists through the often obscure realm of copyright and intellectual property matters by providing licensing expertise, legal support, advocacy, and educational outreach. ARS works on behalf of artists to manage the licensing of works of art for editorial and commercial purposes with museums, auction houses, scholars, publishers, galleries, ad agencies, production companies, and other educational and commercial entities. In addition to her role at ARS, Katarina is also Co-Founder and CEO of ARSNL which focuses on artist licensing for the blockchain.

https://arsny.com/

https://arsnl.art/

A conversation with Lissa McClure, Executive Director of the Woodman Family Foundation about the life and work of Francesca Woodman and her organization’s new partnership with Gagosian Gallery to represent Woodman’s work beginning with an exhibition at Gagosian’s 555 West 24th Street location in New York which opens March 13. In the conversation, Lissa discusses Woodman’s prodigious work, her fondness for allegory, her fascination with surrealism, and the legacy that the organization is focused on preserving and growing.

https://woodmanfoundation.org/

https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2024/francesca-woodman/

A conversation with Frances Beatty, Managing Director of the Ray Johnson Estate. Known for his masterful use of collage, Johnson was a key figure in the ‘50s Pop Art scene, as well as a pioneer in the areas of conceptualism, performance art and mail art. Beatty takes time to discuss Ray Johnson’s colorful life and the impact that he had on the art icons and everyday people in his social network. No longer overlooked, Johnson has become a popular subject of academic research whose stature in the canon of 20th Century art history continues to grow.

A conversation with British artist Sarah Ball on the eve of her first solo show in New York at Stephen Friedman Gallery. The conversation explores the evolution of her images, the growing scale of her work, her refined surfaces and the inspirations for her ambiguously complicated portraits. The new exhibition, titled “Tilted”, features large scale paintings which explore notions of dandyism in the 21st century.

https://www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/184-sarah-ball-tilted-new-york/

https://www.sarah-ball.co.uk/

A conversation with Tony Karman, Founder, President and Director of EXPO CHICAGO. One of the top international art fairs, EXPO CHICAGO has become a key date on the art fair calendar by welcoming collectors, curators and museum directors from around the globe to Chicago’s Navy Pier during the second week of April. In 2023, Frieze acquired the art fair along with the Armory Show with no plans for rebranding either. In the conversation, Tony talks about what makes EXPO CHICAGO unique, the strength of the Chicago arts community and the logistical challenges of executing an event of its size and scope.

Art Sense welcomes back professor, entrepreneur and author Magnus Resch to discuss his latest book “How to Collect Art”. In his latest work, Resch provides a detailed playbook for aspiring art collectors who are eager to start a collection, but have little or no knowledge of galleries, auctions, art fairs or art advisors.

A conversation with artist James Welling whose most recent photographs will be featured in an exhibition titled Thought Objects at David Zwirner’s 533 West 19th Street location in New York January 11 - February 10. Welling has long challenged traditional ideas of what photography can be. In this latest work, he continues this pursuit by utilizing digital tools in unconventional ways to create works that avoid categorization.

https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2024/james-welling-thought-objects/press-release

https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/james-welling

https://jameswelling.net/

A conversation with author Paul Thomas Murphy about his new book “Falling Rocket: James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art”. The subject of the book is a landmark libel suit from 1878 that pitted the artist Whistler versus the most authoritative art critic of his time. Ruskin had taken issue with a number of groundbreaking Whistler paintings which captured London by night, claiming them devoid of artistic merit and Whistler a fraud. The book illuminates the decade leading up to the trial, the events of the litigation, and the aftermath of the jury’s judgment.

https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Rocket-Whistler-Ruskin-Battle/dp/1639364919

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Falling-Rocket/Paul-Thomas-Murphy/9781639364916

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1540370.Paul_Thomas_Murphy

A conversation with renowned Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias. Iglesias is known for her immersive and poetic installations that blend organic forms with architectural elements to create spaces that invite viewers to engage with notions of memory and imagination. Her latest exhibit, titled Ellipsis, is up now through January 27 at Marian Goodman’s Los Angeles gallery.

https://www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/538-cristina-iglesias-ellipsis/

https://cristinaiglesias.com/

A panel discussion Craig led on December 12, 2023 which was hosted by the National Arts Club. The topic of the discussion was “The Art of Digital Manipulation”. In particular, the use of large data sets and custom programs in the development of fine art and the ever-evolving influence of artificial intelligence. Craig was lucky to be joined by pioneering artist Jason Salavon who has spent decades working in the field of generative art and the use of complex systems of data mining to create works that are an uncanny reflection of our society.

The National Arts Club

Jason Salavon

A conversation with documentary filmmaker Sophie Chahinian whose Artist Profile Archive features one-on-one conversations and footage from the studios of some of the most iconic artists of our time, including the likes of David Salle, Yinka Shonibare, Charles Gaines and Shirin Neshat.

https://www.theartistprofilearchive.com/

Lita Albuquerque
Alice Aycock
Troy Brauntuch
Chuck Close
Eric Fischl
Charles Gaines
April Gornik
Dan Graham
Alexandra Grant
David Hepher
Sheree Hovsepian
Virginia Jaramillo
Jon Kessler
Robert Longo
Ed Moses
Shirin Neshat
Arcmanoro Niles
Angel Otero
Carol Peligian
Alexis Rockman
David Salle
Bastienne Schmidt
Joel Shapiro
Peter Shelton
Peter Shire
Yinka Shonibare
Gary Simmons
Ned Smyth
Marnie Weber
James Welling
Letha Wilson
Manoucher Yektai

A conversation with artist Samuel Levi Jones. Jones’ work addresses the lack of African American representation in a variety of historical texts by deconstructing and reconstructing such books into large-scale canvases. In addition to painting and sculpture, Jones has been working to create a space for reconciliation, unity, and cross-cultural understanding in his childhood hometown of Marion, Indiana which is still dealing with the impact of a lynching which occurred over 90 years ago.

https://www.samuellevijones.com/

https://www.galerielelong.com/artists/samuel-levi-jones

https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/exhibitions/dress-rehearsal-chicago-architecture-biennial-2023

A conversation with Pace Gallery CEO Marc Glimcher about the gallery’s current Picasso exhibit which honors the artist on the 50th anniversary of his passing. The exhibit, titled “Picasso: 14 Sketchbooks”, is just that - fourteen sketchbooks that provide unrivaled insights into the development of iconic Picasso artworks over a period of nearly sixty years.

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/picasso-14-sketchbooks/

https://www.fabarte.org/es/

A conversation with Silvia Karman Cubiñá, Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach. As Miami Beach’s contemporary art museum, The Bass organizes exhibits for its historical art deco building by collaborating with leading artists from around the world on commissioned additions to its collection. As The Bass approaches its 60th anniversary, Silvia takes time to outline what makes The Bass unique, the opportunities the museum has to engage with its community and plans for a new structure.

https://thebass.org/

https://www.instagram.com/TheBassMoA/

A conversation with artist Derek Fordjour about his paintings, sculptures and installations that raise questions of race, identity, and inequality. Derek discusses the journey from his youth as the son of immigrants in Memphis to the inner sanctum of the art world. He also talks about his new show titled "SCORE" opening November 10 at Petzel Gallery in New York. Like his 2020 "SELF MUST DIE" exhibit at Petzel, "SCORE" transforms the exhibit space and utilizes performance to push the bounds of what we think of as a gallery exhibit.

https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/derek-fordjour2

https://www.instagram.com/fordjourstudio/?hl=en

A conversation with legendary guerrilla poster artist Robbie Conal about decades of activism by the dark of night. Conal’s signature style combines grotesque and satirical grayscale portraits of U.S. political figures paired with clever, hard-hitting text. His poster’s have become part of the American urban landscape and the original paintings that serve as the basis for the prints have found homes in some of the country’s most prized collections. His latest exhibition titled “Raw: Work in Process” is up now through November 4 at Track 16 Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.

https://www.track16.com/robbie-conal-raw-work-in-process

https://robbieconal.myshopify.com/

A conversation with artist Sarah Cunnningham about her vibrant paintings that teeter on the edge of landscape and abstraction. Sarah recently wrapped up her first solo show at Lisson Gallery in London. That exhibition titled "The Crystal Forest" utilizes saturated colors and bold brushstrokes to invite viewers into spaces inspired by ecology, literature and a sense of interconnectedness.

https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/sarah-cunningham

A conversation with artist Tomashi Jackson to discuss her life, her career, and her latest exhibit, up now at Night Gallery in Los Angeles. The conversation is a little longer than the usual episode, but well worth the listen. Jackson makes work that layers site-specific materials and imagery to make paintings that speak on many different levels. In our conversation, she takes time to share the lessons she's learned on the winding road that's taken her from South Central LA to destinations worldwide, while gathering degrees from Cooper Union, MIT, Yale and a summer spent at Skowhegan.

https://www.nightgallery.ca/exhibitions/tomashi-jackson2

https://mcadenver.org/exhibitions/tomashi-jackson

A conversation with artist William Monk about his artistic journey and his latest work. The conversation touches on the significance of scale, his use of repetition, how one defines a landscape, and his most recent exhibition “West of Nowhere” which just wrapped up at Pace Gallery in Los Angeles.

https://www.williammonk.com/

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/william-monk-west-of-nowhere/

In April of this year, the Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable brought nearly two dozen museum directors from around the world together in Silicon Valley to discuss the evolving role of technology in museums. As dialogs between museum directors and technology leaders in Silicon Valley evolved, it became apparent that planning for the use of artificial intelligence had become a critical need.

On today’s episode, I’m honored to be joined by four museum executives who are an active part of these conversations about the future of museums:

Thomas P Campbell
Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
https://www.famsf.org/

Seb Chan
Director & CEO at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, Australia
https://www.acmi.net.au/

Amanda de la Garza
Director General of Visual Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and head of its University Museum of Contemporary Art
https://muac.unam.mx/acerca-de-nosotros?lang=en

Suhanya Raffel
Museum Director, M+, Hong Kong
https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/

A conversation with artist Stefan Brüggemann about his artistic journey, the power of words, truth vs. fiction, and his latest show titled “White Noise” up now through January 14th of next year at Hauser & Wirth’s 901 East 3rd Street location in downtown Los Angeles. Later in the conversation, Stefan and I are joined by Sebastien Montabonel whose digital platform The Island has collaborated with Brüggemann to create on-chain artworks that leverage aspects of conceptual and generative art.

https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/41874-stefan-bruggemann-white-noise/

https://www.theisland.io/projects/stefan-bruggemann

http://www.stefanbruggemann.com/

A conversation with Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Diva Zumaya about the new exhibit “The World Made Wondrous: The Dutch Collector’s Cabinet and the Politics of Possession” on display now through March 3rd of next year. Zumaya, who is the Assistant Curator, European Painting and Sculpture at LACMA, has brought together over 300 objects for the exhibit, including paintings, prints, sculptures, precious stones, shells, and taxidermy in order to recreate a fictive 17th-century Dutch collector’s cabinet. The result is a dialog about the political and colonial histories of European collecting practices in the 17th century which highlights problematic policies, beliefs and visual representations.

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/world-made-wondrous-dutch-collectors-cabinet-and-politics-possession

A conversation with artist and author Edmund de Waal. De Waal’s artwork is characterized by large collections of his handmade pottery which are carefully arranged within specially-designed vitrines, while his books, like his New York Times Bestseller “The Hare with Amber Eyes”, examine the past through the personal stories that objects can tell. Themes of origin, belonging, memory, and legacy permeate all of his work.

https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/edmund-de-waal-this-must-be-the-place/

https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/to-light-and-then-return-edmund-de-waal-and-sally-mann/

https://www.edmunddewaal.com/

A conversation with artist Wolfgang Tillmans. Tillmans is one of only two artists listed on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023 and his work was recently featured in a major retrospective at Museum of Modern Art in New York. He took time out from installing his latest work at David Zwirner Gallery to discuss his creative process, the importance of installation and the necessity of play.

https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2023/wolfgang-tillmans-fold-me

https://tillmans.co.uk/

A conversation with artist William Kentridge. The world-renowned Kentridge is a multifaceted artist whose work includes prints, drawings, animations, sculptures and design collaborations for the stage. He took time out to speak from his home’s garden studio in Johannesburg, South Africa about his creative process, the value of ambiguity, the importance of place and his latest show opening September 12 at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York.

https://www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/william-kentridge-ny-2023/

https://www.kentridge.studio/

A conversation with art historian Henrike Lange about her new book “Giotto's Arena Chapel and the Triumph of Humility” which takes a bold new look at the influences that shaped the iconic chapel. In particular, the role of Roman triumph arches as sculptural sources in an Augustinian theological frame of reference. The decades of research unlocks new meaning and understanding about the process and thought that Giotto and the chapel’s patron Enrico Scrovegni put into the masterpiece.

A conversation with art dealer, historian, author and broadcaster Philip Mould. Philip has carved out a specialty as a dealer focussing on 500 years of British art, especially Tudor portraits, miniature portraits and the early 20th century’s Bloomsbury Group. Philip’s knack for seeing the hidden value in long-forgotten works has made him a fixture on BBC programming, first as an analyst on the Antiques Roadshow and later with his hit BBC1 program Fake or Fortune? which reaches up to five million viewers in the UK and greater numbers abroad, making it the most-watched arts program on television. In the conversation, Philip discusses the realities of being an art dealer, the magic of portraiture, and the challenges one can face when trying to authenticate a long-lost work of art.

https://philipmould.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mxxz6

A conversation with Teresa Krasny, Director and Editor of the forthcoming Degas Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Works on Paper, as well as Chair of the International Catalogue Raisonné Association. Teresa provides a wonderful overview of the catalogue raisonné process, while also sharing the challenges faced by researchers that are compiling the official record of an artist’s work. In addition, she provides practical advice for living artists beginning the process in their own lifetime.

https://degascatalogueraisonne.com/

https://icra.art/

A conversation with Sarah Loyer, Curator and Exhibitions Manager at The Broad in Los Angeles about the first retrospective of Keith Haring work on the west coast. “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody” assembles a collection of Haring’s most iconic and meaningful work while helping recreate the ‘80s atmosphere that was consistent with Haring’s larger scale work, gallery shows and pop shop. In the conversation, Sarah helps paint a picture of who Keith Haring the person was and the socio-political issues that were close to his heart and at the core of his work. “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody” is up now through October 8 at The Broad in downtown Los Angeles.

https://www.thebroad.org/art/special-exhibitions/keith-haring-art-everybody

https://www.amazon.com/Keith-Haring-Everybody-Patti-Astor/dp/1636810934

https://www.haring.com/

A conversation with artist Jin Meyerson. Myerson is a painter whose process relies on computer graphics software to warp and randomize source imagery to create a kaleidoscopic effect while exploring themes of American culture and scientific concepts such as retrocausality. The result is an invitation to linger and consider the order hidden in the brightly-colored chaos. The conversation includes discussion of Meyerson’s birth in Korea and adoption by a Jewish family in Minnesota, finding his place in New York and ultimately winding back up in Korea via Paris. In addition, Meyerson discusses the evolution of his work and his new Johyun Gallery show with Korean artists Park Seo Bo and Lee Bae at the Rink Level Gallery of Rockefeller Center through July 23.

https://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/johyun-gallery-rockefeller-center-origin-emergence-return/

https://www.johyungallery.com/exhibitions/153-origin-emergence-return/overview/

https://www.johyungallery.com/artists/41-jin-meyerson/biography/

https://www.christies.com/features/Studio-Visit-Jin-Meyerson-9459-3.aspx

https://www.instagram.com/jinmeyerson/

A conversation with artist Pedro Reyes. Reyes has garnered international acclaim for his large-scale projects that address current social and political issues, including gun control and nuclear nonproliferation. Although he describes himself as a sculptor, his varied practice also utilizes performance, video, design, and activism. He utilizes his artwork to explore the power of individuals and collective organizations to create change through communication, creativity, happiness, and humor.

https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/pedro-reyes-0ea83219-ea33-4d28-a216-fa307bfb4087

http://www.pedroreyes.net/

https://art21.org/artist/pedro-reyes/

A conversation about copyright law’s impact on the evolving art world with the legal luminary Dale Cendali. Dale is a nationally recognized leader in the field of intellectual property litigation, having successfully litigated and tried numerous high-profile cases, as well as having argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a 2023 inductee into the IP Hall of Fame. In 2016, Law360 named Dale one of the 25 “Icons of IP,” who have “made an indelible mark in the IP area.” Managing Intellectual Property selected Dale as one of the six “Outstanding IP Practitioners” in the United States, and named her trial victory for J.K. Rowling on the high-profile “Lexicon” fair use case as the “Copyright Trial of the Year.” Dale has also served as the Vice Chair of the Copyright Division and Chair of the IP Special Issues Division for the IP Section of the American Bar Association, and currently serves on Council for the ABA IP Section. In addition to her active law practice, Dale also teaches courses on copyright and trademark litigation at Harvard Law School. In the conversation, we explore the basic precepts of copyright law, define the key terms, discuss the effects of the Warhol vs. Goldsmith case and look at the legal challenges at play with the emergence of artificial intelligence.

https://www.kirkland.com/lawyers/c/cendali-dale-pc

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lynn-goldsmith-ryan-montgomery-prince-paintings-2313917

https://www.sandisonmontgomery.com/

A conversation with Flavin Judd, Artistic Director of the Judd Foundation and son of the late artist Donald Judd. Donald Judd passed away nearly thirty years ago, but his presence still looms over the art world today through his writings, his artwork and the spaces he created as permanent homes for his work. It was Judd who brought the art world to Marfa in the early 1970s triggering a cultural transformation of the West Texas town. The conversation takes a look at the artist’s origins, his philosophies, the stressful early days of the foundation and the show of Donald Judd work on display now through July 14 at Gagosian’s Madison Avenue locations in New York.

https://juddfoundation.org/

https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/donald-judd-980-madison-avenue/

A conversation with artist Hernan Bas. Bas is a Miami-based rising star in the art world whose large-scale figurative paintings typically feature scenes of young men doing curious things. These paintings have most recently taken the form of imagined conceptual artists honing their craft which were on view at Lehmann Maupin in New York titled “The Conceptualists: Volume II”.

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/hernan-bas6

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/hernan-bas

A conversation with artist Matthew Day Jackson whose show “Against Nature” is up now through July 1 at Pace’s 510 West 25th Street location in New York. Jackson uses a host of inspirations from Romanticism to help share his unique vision of the world. The results are captivating landscapes that consist of dozens of intricate layers made with a wide variety of materials and mechanical processes.

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/matthew-day-jackson-against-nature/

https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/matthew-day-jackson/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB003ELmOR0

https://www.instagram.com/matthewdayjackson/

As a midweek bonus for listeners, we have a recording of Craig's panel discussion from NFT.NYC 2023 titled "Art: Bridging the Digital and the Physical". Craig served as the moderator of the panel and was joined by Luli Sulichin who is a conceptual visual artist whose practice focuses on physical artwork while incorporating the benefits of web3 and Luca Bertolani who is the cofounder of Aesthetes - a European based web3 company providing solutions for artists looking to enter the growing space of phygitals. The conversation provides a variety of perspectives about the convergence of the digital and physical art worlds.

https://lulisulichin.com/

https://aesthetes.com/

https://www.nft.nyc/

A conversation with Dr. Emily L. Spratt who is both a noted art historian and data scientist working at the forefront of artificial intelligence’s advancement into the world of visual art. Dr. Spratt provides a framework for understanding how AI is impacting the art world, while also examining the philosophical, ethical and legal questions that the technology is forcing us to face. Dr. Spratt also details her collaboration with acclaimed French Chef Alain Passard and his Three-Star Michelin restaurant Arpège in Paris. In her “Gastronomic Algorithms” project, Dr. Spratt used AI to analyze and generate experimental images intended to emulate both Passard’s plated dishes and the portraits of the Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

https://sites.google.com/view/emilylspratt/home

https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/54/6/631/98264/Gastronomic-Algorithms-Artistic-and-Sensory

A conversation with author and curator Elliot Bostwick Davis about her new book “Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape” and the accompanying exhibit which runs July 22 to October 16 at the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Both the book and the exhibit examine the impact of Hopper’s wife Jo on his work and the trajectory of his career. Their relationship started in the summer of 1923 there in Cape Ann and it wasn’t long before the 41-year-old Hopper became a rising star in the art world.

https://a.co/d/9stfbjC

https://www.capeannmuseum.org/exhibitions/edward-hopper/

A conversation with artist Carroll Dunham. Dunham takes time to discuss the latest iteration of his iconic figurative work up through June 17th at Gladstone’s 515 West 24th Street location in New York. The show features drawings of colorful, boldly drawn male and female forms intimately connecting within cubic spaces. In the conversation, I try to get to a better understanding of Dunham’s philosophies and motivations.

https://www.gladstonegallery.com/exhibition/11250/drawing/installation-views

https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/carroll-dunham/works

A conversation with Lisson Gallery Partner and Curatorial Director Greg Hilty. Hilty sits down to discuss the upcoming exhibit “Matter as Actor” which explores themes of multiplicity, interconnectedness, natural forces, raw materials, shared experiences and our response to the physical world. The show opens May 3rd at Lisson Gallery in London and runs through June 24.

https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/matter-as-actor

A conversation with generative artist Tyler Hobbs. Hobbs has combined his computer programming and art backgrounds to become one of the biggest names at the nexus of digital and physical art. On the heels of his amazingly popular Fidenza series of generative artworks, he has released the ambitious QQL series which redefines the role of the art collector as that of collaborator. Pace Gallery is currently featuring a series of physical works that Hobbs created by hand based on his own use of the QQL algorithm. The conversation touches on a number of topics, including Hobbs’ unique journey, his place in the history of digital art, his love of music and the artists that have inspired him.

https://tylerxhobbs.com/

https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs?s=20

https://qql.art/

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/tyler-hobbs-qql-analogs/

https://www.pacegallery.com/online-exhibitions/qql-parametric-expression/

https://www.artblocks.io/

A conversation with artist Loriel Beltrán. Beltrán is a Venezuelan American painter based in Miami who creates captivating paintings through a unique and labor-intensive process which involves pouring layers upon layers of paint into a form. Once dried, the block of dried paint is sliced into thin strips and reassembled on a flat surface. The result is unique and mesmerizing. Beltran sits down to talk about his unique process, its origins and his new show at Lehmann Maupin in New York.

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/loriel-beltran

http://www.lorielbeltran.com/

A conversation with Arcual CEO Bernadine Bröcker Wieder. Formerly the Founder and CEO of Vastari, a technology company that facilitated communication between museums and collectors, Bröcker Wieder is now recognized as a thought leader in the convergence of the art world and the blockchain. Her current company, Arcual, was founded by the MCH Group (the people behind Art Basel) along with the Luma Foundation and the venture arm of Boston Consulting Group. Arcual is currently rolling out solutions that bring the power of the blockchain to traditional art world transactions, starting with primary market transactions for living artists.

A conversation with Verisart Founder and CEO Robert Norton. Robert is a pioneer in the world of fine art e-commerce having founded Saatchi Art and Sedition before starting Verisart in 2015. Inspired by the emerging blockchain, Verisart was founded to provide better certificates of authenticity for traditional artwork. The company now offers a wide range of solutions that include robust digital COAs and the ability to easily mint NFTs from a Shopify plug-in. The conversation includes a bevy of insights from the bleeding edge of art and technology.

https://verisart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/verisart/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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/

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

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/

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.

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.

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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/

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 early computer art, comprising over 900 works from the second half of the twentieth century. That being said, no one can speak with more authority about the state of digital art than today’s guest.

https://annespalter.com/

https://spalterdigital.com/

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?

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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/

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.

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

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/

25:07 - The week's top art headlines

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 from the campaign will go directly to aid Ukrainian artists and culture workers. You can learn more at ueaf.moca.org.ua

The folks behind the Art Support Pledge have created the Ukraine Support Pledge on Instagram. Use the hashtag #ukrainesupportpledge to find work for sale for either $200 or £200 each whose proceeds will be donated to relief funds through the JustGiving site.

The France-based Galerie Poggi is currently holding a sale of work by one its artists who resides in Kyiv and is currently taking refuge there in an art gallery that had previously been a Soviet-era bomb shelter. Proceeds of the sale of works by Nikita Kadan will benefit the artist and an emergency relief fund. You can get more details at http://galeriepoggi.com/

And lastly, check out your favorite NFT marketplace. Each is promoting a sale of NFTs that benefit ware relief efforts. If you haven’t dipped your toe into the NFT water yet, this might be the perfect reason to take that first step.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

30:28 - The week's top art headlines.

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
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/black-american-portraits

Kehinde Wiley: The Prelude
London’s National Gallery
December 10, 2021 - April 18, 2022
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast
Royal Academy
January 29, 2022 - April 17, 2022
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/francis-bacon

Yves Saint Laurent aux Musées
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, Musée National Picasso Paris, Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, Musée du Louvre
January 29 - May 15 (closes April 15 at Musée Picasso)
https://museeyslparis.com/en/exhibitions/yves-saint-laurent-au-5-avenue-marceau

Charles Ray: Figure Ground
Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 31 - June 5
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/charles-ray

Van Gogh Self Portraits
The Courtauld Gallery
February 3 – May 8
https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/van-gogh-self-portraits-22/

Faith Ringgold: American People
New Museum
February 17 - June 5
https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/faith-ringgold-american-people

Surrealism Beyond Borders
Tate Modern
February 24 – August 29
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/surrealism-beyond-borders

Donatello, the Renaissance
Palazzo Strozzi and Museo del Bargello, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
March 19 - July 31 (Florence); September 2 - January 8, 2023 (Berlin)
https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/donatello/

Barbara Kruger: Thinking Of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
March 20 - April 17
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/barbara-kruger

Beeple
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
March 2022
https://www.jackhanley.com/

150 Years of Mondrian
Kunstmuseum den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands April 2 - September 25
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland June 5 - October 9
K20, Düsseldorf October 29 - February 10, 2023
https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/mondrian

Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art
Apr 1 - Aug 1
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/the-biennial

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure
Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea
Opens April 9
https://kingpleasure.basquiat.com/

Raphael
National Gallery in London
9 April – 31 July 2022
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-raphael

The Venice Biennale
April 23 - November 27
https://www.labiennale.org/en

Henri Matisse: The Red Studio
Museum of Modern Art
May 1 - September 10
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5344

Cezanne
Art Institute of Chicago May 15 - September 5
Tate Modern October 6 - March 12, 2023
https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9288/cezanne

Cornelia Parker
Tate Britain
18 May – 16 October
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/cornelia-parker

Documenta Fifteen
Kassel, Germany
June 18 - September 25
https://documenta-fifteen.de/en/

The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
September 11-February 19, 2023
https://www.lacma.org/

Lucian Freud: New Perspectives
The National Gallery in London
1 October 2022 – 22 January 2023
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-lucian-freud-new-perspectives

Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharoah
Grand Egyptian Museum
November 2022
https://grandegyptianmuseum.org/

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.

28:00 - The week's top art headlines.

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.

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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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 million to acquire the work. Crypto artists like Sarah Zucker, Robness and Jen Stark provided the artists’ perspective, while Colborn Bell explained what motivated him to create the Museum of Crypto Art. There was one question that I asked each guest from this space. What’s in store for the future of NFTs and what hurdles stand in the way?

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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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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.

30:04 - A look at the week's top art headlines.

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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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.

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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.

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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.
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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.
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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

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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
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