Reading the Art World

For the 37th episode of “Reading the Art World,” host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Ian Wardropper, author and former director of The Frick Collection, about his illuminating new book “The Fricks Collect: An American Family and the Evolution of Taste in the Gilded Age,” published by The Frick Collection in association with Rizzoli Electa.Wardropper shares the fascinating story of Henry Clay Frick's evolution from a rough Pittsburgh businessman to one of America's most discerning collectors. Through careful research into the Frick archives, Wardropper shows how Frick spent his first twenty years collecting contemporary American art — learning to develop his eye and work with dealers — before making the leap to Old Master paintings at the highest level of the market.Our conversation reveals Frick's distinctive approach to collecting: his relentless focus on quality over quantity, his willingness to edit and refine his holdings, and his vision for creating harmonious environments where great paintings lived alongside exceptional decorative arts. Wardropper also brings to light the crucial role of Helen Clay Frick, whose strong opinions and different tastes shaped the collection's growth after her father's death, including her establishment of the world-renowned Frick Art Research Library.This episode provides essential insights for collectors, museum professionals, and anyone interested in how great collections are built and sustained across generations. Wardropper's deep understanding of both the Frick family's story and the institution's transformation offers a compelling look at American collecting at its finest.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ian Wardropper served as the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director of The Frick Collection for 14 years, leading the institution through its most transformative period, including the first comprehensive renovation in nearly 90 years and the innovative Frick Madison project. Previously, he held curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Chairman of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts and at the Art Institute of Chicago for twenty years. A specialist in European decorative arts and sculpture, Wardropper oversaw ambitious exhibitions, a major capital campaign that raised $242 million, and pioneering digital initiatives including the acclaimed "Cocktails with a Curator" series. He holds a Ph.D. in art history from NYU and was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French Minister of Culture.PURCHASE THE BOOK https://shop.frick.org/the-fricks-collect-an-american-family-and-the-evolution-of-taste-the-gilded-age-softcoverSUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 36th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Sarah Roberts, curator of the landmark exhibition "Amy Sherald: American Sublime," and editor of the accompanying catalog published by Yale University Press in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Roberts discusses Sherald's revolutionary portraiture approach — from her distinctive gray-scale skin tones that shift focus to her subjects' interior lives, to her deliberate use of clothing and settings as narrative devices. She shares insights on the "American sublime" concept in Sherald's work and her curatorial decisions integrating the iconic Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor portraits within the larger context of the artist's practice.This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in contemporary portraiture, the evolution of American figurative painting, and how art can challenge conventional narratives about representation and identity. Roberts' insights reveal why Sherald's quiet yet radical artistic vision offers a powerful reimagining of who deserves to be seen and celebrated in American art history.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah Roberts is Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Joan Mitchell Foundation where she oversees the Foundation's Artwork and Archival Collections and the Joan Mitchell Catalogue Raisonné project. Since 2004, she has served in progressive leadership roles in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the SFMOMA, and since 2020 as Andrew W. Mellon Curator and Head of Painting and Sculpture. A specialist in post-war American art, Roberts has organized significant exhibitions including major presentations of Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Frank Bowling, and co-curated the Joan Mitchell retrospective that traveled internationally. Roberts holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Brown University, and has contributed to numerous publications on contemporary art.ABOUT THE EXHIBITION"Amy Sherald: American Sublime" is now on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York through August 3, 2025, following its run at SFMOMA. The exhibition will travel to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (September 19, 2025 – February 22, 2026).PURCHASE THE BOOK https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300279382/amy-sherald/ SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 35th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with influential art dealer Michael Findlay about his captivating memoir, "Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man," published by Prestel.This vibrant conversation takes listeners back to New York's electric downtown art scene of the 1960s and 70s, where Findlay directed one of SoHo's first galleries and launched exhibitions for artists now considered icons. With charm and wit, Findlay shares candid stories of his rise in the art world, recounting encounters with Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and other creative forces that defined an era when appreciation for art outweighed its investment potential.Moving beyond nostalgia, Findlay provides sharp insights into how the art world transformed from the experimental downtown scene to today's global market. Through vivid anecdotes about The Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, and Studio 54, he recreates a New York where creative experimentation flourished without today's commercial pressures.Whether you're fascinated by cultural history, the evolution of the art market, or simply love a good story, Findlay's irreverent, honest perspective offers a fresh look at a pivotal moment when art dealers, artists, and collectors converged to create lasting cultural change.ABOUT THE AUTHOR One of the earliest dealers in SoHo, Michael Findlay showcased artists including John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, and Hannah Wilke. Named Head of Impressionist and Modern Paintings at Christie's in 1984, he later became its International Director of Fine Arts. Since 2000 he has been a director at Acquavella Galleries, New York, which in recent years has held major exhibitions of important Impressionist, modern, and contemporary masters. His other books include “The Value of Art" and “Seeing Slowly – Looking At Modern Art.”PURCHASE THE BOOKhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746815/portrait-of-the-art-dealer-as-a-young-man-by-michael-findlay/ SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Music by Bob Golden

For the 34th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for The Washington Post and author of "Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism,” published by W. W. Norton.This fascinating conversation explores the violent political upheavals of 1870-71 Paris — the Siege of Paris and the Paris Commune — and how they influenced the Impressionist movement. Smee shares insights into the lives of the artists who survived these dramatic days, including Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, who were trapped in Paris; Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Frédéric Bazille, who joined regiments outside of the capital; and Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, who fled the country just in time.Through rigorous research into personal letters and historical documents, Smee illuminates the human context behind familiar masterpieces of light created during this dark period. He offers a fresh perspective on why the Impressionists, with their newfound sense of the fragility of life, turned toward transient subjects of modern life, leisure, fleeting moments and the impermanence of all things in the aftermath of such devastating events.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sebastian Smee is an art critic for The Washington Post and winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His previous works include "The Art of Rivalry" and books on Mark Bradford and Lucian Freud. He was awarded the Rabkin Prize for art journalism in 2018 and was a MacDowell Fellow in 2021.PURCHASE THE BOOK https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006954SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

Join art advisor Megan Fox Kelly for a special holiday podcast episode.The holiday season, with its whirlwind of glittering lights and celebratory clamor, also offers moments of quiet reflection—a perfect time for gifting books that open doors to new worlds. For art lovers, history buffs, and anyone captivated by beauty, these books are more than just pages—they are journeys. Whether it's an artist's compelling story or a deep dive into the mysteries of painting itself, these selections promise to educate, entertain, and inspire long after the decorations are packed away.To hear interviews with top authors of other great new art books, don't miss an episode of “Reading the Art World."SHOW NOTESEpisode Timestamps:00:21 - Holiday Book Gift Guide01:09 - Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment02:00 - Surrealism02:42 - Manet: A Model Family03:22 - Amy Sherald: American Sublime04:00 - The Art Front: The Defense of French Collections 1939-194504:37 - Paris in Ruins05:10 - How Painting Happens (and why it matters)05:44 - Picasso: Endlessly DrawingPURCHASE THESE BOOKSParis 1874: The Impressionist Moment: https://bit.ly/4fpOIQhSurrealism: https://bit.ly/4i66E41 Manet: A Model Family: https://bit.ly/415vhaS Amy Sherald: American Sublime: https://bit.ly/4g7ARy0 The Art Front: The Defense of French Collections 1939-1945: https://bit.ly/3ZcmaTg Paris in Ruins: https://bit.ly/3ZqgGph How Painting Happens (and why it matters): https://bit.ly/3ZqHhCG Picasso: Endlessly Drawing: https://bit.ly/3B24Yb1 SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWSFor more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 32nd episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Mary Morton, Curator and Head of the Department of French Paintings, and Kimberly Jones, Curator of 19th Century French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Together, they discuss their work on the landmark exhibition, “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment,” and the accompanying exhibition catalogue.The conversation centers on the daring spirit of the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, a moment that saw artists defy the prestigious Paris Salon to showcase new ways of capturing modern life. Jones and Morton share insights into the forces behind Impressionism's revolutionary appeal, from the political and social upheavals in France to the transformation of Paris under Haussmannization. They explain how these changes inspired artists to redefine not only the subjects they painted but also how art itself was exhibited and experienced.This exhibition and catalog shine a light on lesser-known figures who were critical to the movement's evolution, challenging visitors to unlearn what they think they know about Impressionism. With its juxtapositions of Salon and Impressionist works, “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” allows audiences to feel the radical nature of these pieces that once shocked critics but are now beloved worldwide.“Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment”  is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. through January 19, 2025. Learn more here: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2024/paris-1874-impressionist-moment.htmlABOUT THE CURATORSMary Morton has been curator and head of French paintings at the National Gallery of Art since 2010. She previously served as associate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum (2004–2010) and associate curator of European art at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Houston (1998–2004). In 2018, Morton was awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by France's Ministry of Culture. Morton received her PhD from Brown University (1998), concentrating on 19th- and early 20th-century European painting. She also holds a BA in history from Stanford University (1987).Kimberly A. Jones has been curator of nineteenth-century French paintings at the National Gallery of Art since 2016. A former museum fellow at the Musée national du château de Pau (1990–1991) and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1993–1994), she joined the curatorial staff of the National Gallery of Art in 1995 as assistant curator of French paintings. Jones holds a PhD and MA from the University of Maryland with specialization in 19th-century European and American art, as well as a dual degree in art history and studio art from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College).PURCHASE THE BOOK: https://shop.nga.gov/paris-1874-the-impressionist-moment SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new pub

For the 31st episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Diana Seave Greenwald, curator of the exhibition “Manet: A Model Family” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and editor of the associated catalogue, published by Princeton University Press.The exhibition and book offer a fascinating look at the personal life and family relationships that shaped one of art history's most influential painters. Greenwald, Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, reveals how Édouard Manet's complex family dynamics — including his relationship with his mother, his marriage to his brothers' piano teacher, and his role as godfather to her son — influenced his artistic development and provided him with willing models for his groundbreaking works.Through contributions from multiple scholars, the book challenges traditional narratives about the artist, exploring how family support, both emotional and financial, enabled his artistic innovations. This thoughtful conversation coincides with the Gardner Museum's exhibition of the same name, offering listeners insight into how biographical research can deepen our understanding of great artists and their work. Whether you're an art history enthusiast or simply curious about the intersection of family life and artistic creation, this episode provides a fresh perspective on one of modernism's pivotal figures.“Manet: A Model Family” is on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum through January 20, 2025. Learn more here: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/manet-model-family.ABOUT DIANA SEAVE GREENWALDDiana Seave Greenwald is an art historian and economic historian. An expert in 19th century American and French art, she is currently William & Lia Poorvu curator of the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Prior to joining the Gardner, Diana was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., working in the departments of American and British Paintings and Modern Prints and Drawings. She received a D.Phil. in History from the University of Oxford. Before doctoral study, Diana earned an M.Phil. in Economic and Social History from Oxford and a Bachelor's degree in Art History from Columbia University.PURCHASE THE BOOK:https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691260662/manetSUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyMusic by Bob Golden

For the 30th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Gary Garrels, curator of the exhibition “Willem de Kooning and Italy” and editor of the associated catalogue, published by Marsilio Arte and distributed internationally by Artbook D.A.P..In the interview, Gary provides insight into Willem de Kooning's engagement with Italy in the 1950s and early 1960s, sharing how the artist was “steeped in the history” of the place. The book and the conversation between Gary and Megan zero in on a crucial, but unexplored, period in de Kooning's career.“Willem de Kooning and Italy” is a beautifully illustrated accompaniment to the exhibition at Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia (closes September 15, 2024). The exhibition is curated by art historian Gary Garrels and Anish Kapoor Foundation director Mario Codognato, and is the first to analyze the impact of de Kooning's Italian sojourns on his later production. Bringing together 75 works belonging to the period from the late 1950s to the 1980s, such as the famous “Door to the River,” “A Tree in Naples,” and “Villa Borghese,” painted in 1960 in New York, it is the largest de Kooning retrospective ever organized in Italy.Gary Garrels is a highly respected and influential curator for more than thirty-five years at major museums in the United States, including: Dia Art Foundation, New York, Director of Programmes, 1987-1991; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Senior Curator, 1991-1993; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, 1993-2000; Museum of Modern Art, New York, Chief Curator, Department of Drawings and Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, 2000-2005; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Public Programmes, 2005-2008; and again at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, as Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, 2008- 2020. He is currently an independent curator living and working in New York, focused on projects of special interest.PURCHASE THE BOOK: In Italy: Marsilio Arte. Internationally: Artbook D.A.P.SUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 29th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Richard Shiff, art historian and author of “Writing after Art,” published by David Zwirner Books. Richard shares how he comes to understand an artist's work in a way that will inspire us to observe and understand artists and their processes more fully.“Writing after Art” is an expansive anthology of Richard Shiff's most influential writings, many of which have shaped the art world's understanding of 20th and 21st century artists. These writings first appeared in exhibition catalogs for institutions including the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tate Modern, and they spotlight modern masters such as Willem de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley and Peter Saul.Richard Shiff is the Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art at The University of Texas at Austin. His interests range broadly across the field of modern and contemporary art. His publications include Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné (coauthored, 2004), Doubt (2008), Between Sense and de Kooning (2011), Ellsworth Kelly: New York Drawings 1954–1962 (2014), Joel Shapiro: Sculpture and Works on Paper 1969–2019 (2020), and Sensuous Thoughts: Essays on the Work of Donald Judd (2020). He is currently completing a comprehensive study of the art of Jack Whitten.PURCHASE THE BOOK:  David Zwirner BooksSUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWS:For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

Join art advisor Megan Fox Kelly for a special podcast episode in which she shares three titles from her must-read list of recent art books and provides insights into how these fascinating publications inspire our experience of art. To hear interviews with top authors of other great new art books, don't miss an episode of “Reading the Art World”.SHOW NOTESEpisode Timestamps:00:26 - My Must-Read List01:20 - Fashioned by Sargent04:02 - Georgia O'Keeffe: My New Yorks05:52 - Martin Puryear: Lookout07:46 - Coming Up! “Writing After Art” with Richard ShiffPURCHASE THESE BOOKSFashioned by Sargent published by Museum of Fine Arts BostonGeorgia O'Keeffe: My New Yorks published by The Art Institute of ChicagoMartin Puryear: Lookout published by Storm King Art Center and Gregory R. Miller & CoSUBSCRIBE, FOLLOW AND HEAR INTERVIEWSFor more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly"Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 27th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Eva Respini, author of “Simone Leigh,” published by DelMonico Books in association with the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Eva Respini's book offers a deep dive into the groundbreaking work of contemporary artist Simone Leigh, whose multidimensional artistry challenges conventions, and sparks meaningful conversations about race, gender, and identity. Through Eva's expertise, we'll uncover the complexities of Leigh's art, and gain a deeper understanding of its cultural significance. Eva served as the Curator and Co-Commissioner for the 2022 US Pavilion's presentation of Simone Leigh at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. It marked the first time a Black woman represented the United States at the Biennale, and Leigh won the 2022 Golden Lion for her groundbreaking work. Eva organized the highly successful mid-career survey of Simone Leigh's works, which opened at the ICA/Boston in April 2023 and will tour across the United States through 2025. In addition to the insightful writing from multiple perspectives of 22 contributing scholars and collaborators of Leigh's, the book is beautifully illustrated with plates that feature Leigh's critically acclaimed work for the Biennale and works made throughout her career. See an album of Simone Leigh's Biennale exhibition. Eva Respini is Deputy Director and Director of Curatorial Programs at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Between 2015-2023, Respini was Deputy Director and Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA/Boston). Prior to her tenure at the ICA/Boston, she served as Curator at the Museum of Modern Art for more than a decade in the department of photography. She currently teaches a seminar on curatorial practice at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Other universities where she has taught and lectured include School of Visual Arts, Columbia University; Yale University's School of Art; and the School of Visual Arts, New York. Eva has published numerous books and catalogues and her writing appears in museum publications and periodicals. She received a BA and MA in art history from Columbia University and was a 2014 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. "Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase “Simone Leigh” at Delmonico Books.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 26th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Martin Gayford, author of “Venice: City of Pictures,” published by Thames & Hudson in November of 2023.Their conversation shines a special spotlight on the magical, cultural city in advance of the Venice Biennale, opening April 20, 2024. Martin Gayford's book brings the richness and complexity of Venice's centuries of history to life with his rumination on the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of that city that are both familiar and unfamiliar to us, revealing in his writings entirely new ways to think about those objects, buildings, and stories of the city that have captivated artists and visitors for hundreds of years. Since the advent of the Venice Biennale in the 1890s, the city has become a shop window for the contemporary art of the whole world.Martin Gayford is an author and journalist. He studied philosophy at Cambridge and art history at the Courtauld Institute of London University. He's written prolifically about art and jazz, contributed regularly to the Daily Telegraph, and also to many art magazines and exhibition catalogs. He was art critic of the Spectator from 1994 to 2002, subsequently at the Sunday Telegraph before becoming chief art critic for Bloomberg News until 2013.Martin's publications and writings include studies of the lives and works of van Gogh, Gauguin, Constable, Michelangelo, Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley and several beautiful collaborations with David Hockney."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.  Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our "Of Interest" page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase “Venice: City of Pictures” at Thames & Hudson.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the 25th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Leslie Ramos, author of “Philanthropy in the Arts: A Game of Give and Take,” published by Lund Humphries in October 2023.This book is a guidepost for cultural institutions, philanthropists, artists, galleries, and even financial advisors and public policy advisors on the importance of supporting the arts and doing it strategically. During the pandemic, art museums and institutions faced a crisis of funding. But even recently as we've moved toward recovery, political and social critiques, and cuts in government funding in the U.S. and internationally, have put many museums — even the largest like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art — in really challenging positions.Leslie Ramos is a philanthropy and strategy advisor specializing in the arts and cultural sectors. She's the co-founder of the strategic consulting agency The Twentieth that provides independent expertise around giving, fundraising, collecting, and engaging with the arts ecosystem. Alongside her professional work, Ramos supports and holds voluntary positions in multiple arts nonprofits, and contributes to various international art media outlets, universities, commenting and lecturing on philanthropy and museum studies."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "“Philanthropy in the Arts: A Game of Give and Take” at Lund Humphries.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 24th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Natasha Degen, author of "Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol," which was published by Reaktion Books in London just last year."Merchants of Style" explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers – and the role of institutions, both public and commercial – that has brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries. Natasha Degen argues that one figure more than any other anticipated this moment: Andy Warhol. Beginning with an overview of art and fashion's deeply entwined histories before picking up where Warhol left off, "Merchants of Style" tells the story of art's emboldened forays into commerce and fashion's growing embrace of art. Natasha Degen is actively engaged in the current thinking at the intersection of art, culture, and commerce. A highly regarded curator, critic and author, Natasha is Professor and Chair of Art Market Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She earned an AB from Princeton University and an MPhil and PhD from University of Cambridge where she studied as a Gates Scholar. She edited "The Market,” (MIT Press, 2013), an interdisciplinary anthology tracing the art market's interaction with contemporary practice, and she has contributed to publications including The New Yorker, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Art Forum and Frieze. "Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com, hear our past interviews, and subscribe at the bottom of our Of Interest page for new posts.Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Masters of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol" at Reaktion Press. Music composed by Bob Golden

For the 23rd episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Joanna Moorhead, the author of "Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington," published by Princeton University Press."Surreal Spaces" tells the dramatic story of an artist who lived life on her own terms in a way that was radically modern for the 1930s, 1940s and later, and the book reveals how her life and art are inextricably entwined.Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) is one of the vanguards in the history of women artists and the history of Surrealism. Challenging the conventions of her time, Carrington abandoned family, society, and her home in England to embrace new experiences and to forge a unique artistic style in Europe and the Americas. Leading readers on a personal journey across Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United States, and Mexico, "Surreal Spaces" describes the places and experiences that would become etched in Carrington's memory and be echoed, sometimes decades later, in her art and writing.Author Joanna Moorhead's career spans decades in the world of journalism. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Observer, The Times (London), The Art Newspaper and many others. In her art writing, Joanna has cultivated a unique expertise for unraveling the mysteries behind artists' lives and their work, which led her to the heart of surrealist art, where she meticulously uncovered the fascinating story of Leonora Carrington, who also happens to be her distant cousin. "Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts at the bottom of our Of Interest page. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington" at Princeton University Press and at Barnes & Noble and at specialty art bookstores.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the 22nd episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Richard Lacayo, author of “Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph,” published by Simon and Schuster.Richard Lacayo is one of the world's top art critics and he has been a long-time writer and editor at Time magazine. From 2003 to 2016 he was the magazine's art and architecture critic. Richard has also written on art and architecture for People, Foreign Policy, and Graydon Carter's new online publication, Air Mail. He's the co-author, with George Russell, of “Eyewitness: 150 Years of Photojournalism,” and in 2013 he delivered a lecture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the late careers of artists, the topic of this book. “Last Light” tells the stories of the late careers of six of history's greatest artists — Titian, Goya, Monet, Matisse, Hopper and Nevelson —  and shows how they continued to push themselves and the boundaries of their art-making right up until the end. As Richard's book reveals, the importance of much of this late-in-life work would not be fully understood or appreciated until decades later."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase “Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph” at Simon & Schuster and at Barnes & Noble. Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the 21st episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Diana Seave Greenwald, whose latest book, "Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life," was co-written with curator Nathaniel Silver, published by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and distributed by Princeton University Press.Isabella Stewart Gardner, who lived from 1840 to 1924, assembled an extraordinary collection of art from diverse cultures and eras — and built a Venetian-style palazzo in Boston to share these exquisite treasures with the world. But her life and work remains shrouded in myth. Separating fiction and fact, this book paints an unforgettable portrait of Gardner, drawing on her substantial personal archive and including previously unpublished findings to offer new perspectives on her life and her construction of identity.Diana Seave Greenwald is an art historian and economic historian. An expert in 19th century American and French art, she is currently William & Lia Poorvu curator of the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Prior to joining the Gardner, Diana was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., working in the departments of American and British Paintings and Modern Prints and Drawings. She received a D.Phil. in History from the University of Oxford. Before doctoral study, Diana earned an M.Phil. in Economic and Social History from Oxford and a Bachelor's degree in Art History from Columbia University."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life" at Princeton University Press or at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the 20th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Susan Davidson, author of “Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting,” published in August by Hatje Cantz.Susan's work is an in-depth study of the renowned Abstract Expressionist known as a deeply intellectual painter, brilliant theorist and articulate spokesman for the movement alongside Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. The book accompanies the exhibition Susan curated of Motherwell's painting at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth this summer. From October 12th through January 14th, 2024, you can see the show in Vienna at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien. Contributing writers to “Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting” are Jennifer Cohen, Simon Kelly, Monica McTighe and Sarah Rich.As an art historian and curator, Susan Davidson is an authority in the fields of surrealism, abstract expressionism and pop art. In her previous role as senior curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Susan oversaw the stewardship of the institution's collection, in addition to organizing notable exhibitions that include Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, John Chamberlain, Jackson Pollock's Paintings on Paper and Peggy and Kiesler: The Collector and the Visionary.Previously, Susan was collections curator at The Menil Collection in Houston. She served as the curatorial advisor to Robert Rauschenberg and a board member to the Rauschenberg Foundation, and her numerous exhibitions and publications on Rauschenberg include exhibitions at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the 2016 retrospective at the Tate Modern in London and MoMA in New York, and with Walter Hopps, the definitive Robert Rauschenberg retrospective for the Guggenheim.Susan holds advanced degrees in art history from the Courtauld Institute London and George Washington University in Washington, DC."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth  and at Hatje CantzMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the 19th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Amy Whitaker and Nora Burnett Abrams, authors of the new book, “The Story of NFTs: Artists, Technology, and Democracy,” published by Rizzoli Electa and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, exploded into the art space last year, raising curiosity, conversation, creativity and confusion. The authors explore the basic concepts of NFTs and the underlying technology of blockchain, including their origins, their surprising connections to the history of artmaking and art collecting, and their potential to radically reshape the art world.In addition to the authors' extensive knowledge, the book draws on a wide range of interviews with leading contributors to the NFT story. The many intersecting stories of NFTs in this book — knowledge stories, artist stories, democracy stories — center how we know what is true in an age of digital records and how we build collaborative and equitable structures for the future.Amy Whitaker is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts Administration at NYU's Steinhardt School. Amy is a prolific writer, speaker, and thinker who is focused on the relationship between art and markets and the impact that emerging technologies are having on the art market. Amy holds a BA from Williams College with honors in political science and art, an MFA in painting, an MBA, and a PhD in political economy.Nora Burnett Abrams is the Mark G. Falcone Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. She's among the youngest museum directors in the country, coming to that role after nearly a decade as the museum's lead Curator and Director of Planning, organizing over 30 exhibitions. She's written and spoken about the relationship between NFTs and conceptual art in the 1960s and '70s. Nora earned her BA at Stanford University, her MA at Columbia, and her PhD at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and former President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly.Purchase "The Story of NFTs" at Rizzoli USA or at MCA Denver.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the 18th episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Daniel Weiss, author of "Why the Museum Matters" published in 2022 by Yale University Press."Why the Museum Matters" offers Daniel Weiss's unique perspective as both a museum leader, art historian, and cultural thinker. Reading this book leaves you newly inspired by how our museums can enrich all of us individually and expand the minds and worlds of our communities and future generations.There is currently a moment of reckoning for many museums, in which they're asked to respond to questions about diversity and inequality, their funding sources, their collections, exhibitions and programming, and how to meet the changing expectations of their audiences and communities. In his book, Dan makes a powerful case for why museums will continue to be essential to any society, why they matter as stewards of culture, places to generate new ideas, to build communities, advanced learning and understanding, and create spaces of beauty and permanence.Dan Weiss is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was previously President of Haverford College and Lafayette College. Dan holds an MBA from Yale University and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University, where he was Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. He received his BA in art history and psychology from the George Washington University. Author of seven books and numerous articles, Dan Weiss was previously a management consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York. "Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Why the Museum Matters" at Yale University Press. Music composed by Bob Golden.

Renowned curator, scholar, and author Ruth Fine takes us behind the scenes of the creation of Frank Stewart's Nexus: An American Photographer's Journey, 1960s to the Present, an exhibition and catalog that analyzes the impact of the African-American, New York-based photographer known for capturing jazz artists in their element. Join art advisor and Reading The Art World  host, Megan Fox Kelly, as she sits down with longtime friend Ruth Fine to discuss the first complete monograph and retrospective on the sixty-year career of Frank Stewart. If you want to learn about books and authors reflecting on the art world, don't miss an episode!Purchase “Frank Stewart's Nexus” at Rizzoli or Amazon. Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the sixteenth episode and the start of the second season of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with András Szántó, author of "Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects." Published by Hatje Cantz in January 2023, the book follows Szántó's previous work, "The Future of the Museum," which was the subject of our interview last spring. The conclusion of that book was that the conceptual structure of art museums has evolved; so it follows that the physical structure of the art museum must also change.András Szántó is a widely published author, editor and cultural strategy advisor whose writings have appeared in The New York Times, Art Forum, The Art Newspaper, and many international publications. He's directed the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, and has overseen the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born in Budapest, András lives in Brooklyn.András has been conducting interviews with art world leaders since the early 1990s. So it was really no surprise that shortly after the world shut down in the spring of 2020, due to the pandemic, András first began a series of conversations with leaders of many of the most important museums around the world. In this second book he compiles his dialogues with 21 international architects about the future of building in museums. During the pandemic, museums were adapting to a changing society. They were, as András has written, “Running on new software, becoming more open, inclusive, welcoming, participatory, technologically savvy, community-minded and globally engaged. And now, he observes, “A museum that runs on new software will also need new hardware,” referring to the physical space within which the museums operate.This latest book's conversations with 21 innovative building designers surveys the thinking in the field, engaging not only architects who have built some of the world's most iconic institutions, but also members of an emerging global generation that is destined to leave its mark on the museum of the future."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com and subscribe to our new posts. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkellyPurchase "Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects" by András Szántó at Hatje Cantz  or Amazon. To learn more about András's work, go to andras-szanto.com.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the fifteenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Courtney J. Martin, co-author of “Cecily Brown," published by Phaidon. This 2020 book is the first major monograph about Cecily Brown, one of the most influential painters of our time. In it, Courtney offers an insightful interview with the artist, and co-authors Jason Rosenfeld and Francine Prose provide illuminating essays. Courtney J. Martin is the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. Previously, she was the Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Dia Art Foundation, she taught at Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley and worked at the Ford Foundation. She received a doctorate from Yale University.  Courtney sits on the boards of the Chinati Foundation, the Center for Curatorial Leadership, Hauser & Wirth Institute and the Henry Moore Foundation. Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. She established her unique voice within the art sphere by investigating the sensual qualities of oil paint and challenging the conventions of abstraction and figuration. Through a range of references to old master paintings, Abstract Expressionism, and popular culture, Brown's symbolic language, exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and embrace of the erotic have redefined some of painting's historical canons."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly.Purchase “Cecily Brown" by Courtney J. Martin at Phaidon. Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the fourteenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Jerry Saltz, author of “Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night," published November 1, 2022 by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.Pulitzer Prize winning art critic, "New York Times" best selling author and self-described "failed" artist with over 1 million followers on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, Jerry Saltz has been the voice of the art world and of culture since the 1990s. In his writings for "The Village Voice," "Vulture," "New York Magazine," "The New York Times," his lectures, talks, videos and posts, Jerry champions artists who have been too-long overlooked as well as long-celebrated artists, and he doesn't hesitate to call out the most pressing political, societal and cultural crises of our times. The through line in his writing is art — and the ways it can inspire and change lives.This interview was recorded before the passing of fellow art critic Peter Schjeldahl."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly, and Twitter: @MFKartadvisory.Purchase “Art Is Life” by Jerry Saltz at Penguin Random House.Music composed by Bob Golden

For the thirteenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Michael Findlay, author of “The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty,” published by Prestel. This 2022 book is a new and expanded edition of Michael's original book, published in 2012, which has been translated into German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean, and which ARTNews hailed as “one of the best books ever published on the art world.”  A director of Acquavella Galleries in New York, Michael has been a private art dealer for over four decades. He was also International Director of Fine Arts at Christie's auction house. The book draws on Michael's life experiences as an art lover, collector, auction house specialist and art dealer. He has experienced extraordinary growth in the market over the last several decades and his insights on art and his work with artists and collectors inform this book. In addition to “The Value of Art,” Michael wrote “Seeing Slowly: Looking at Modern Art,” a book I recommend to so many of my collectors.  Lately, so much of the conversation around art and collecting and the art market is about value — value in terms of price and investment return. But Michael talks about value in terms of the inherent value of the art itself, and he gives us thoughtful perspective on not merely the financial but the emotional. The book abounds with anecdotes of collectors and artists from the 19th century through today and what those stories tell us about investing, collecting, amassing and loving art — with updated sections on NFTs and digital art. If someone thinks this is just an investment guide, they'll be pleasantly surprised that it is not.  "Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.  Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly, and Twitter: @mfkartadvisory. Purchase “The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty” by Michael Findlay at Prestel.   Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the twelfth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Gareth Harris, Chief Contributing Editor of “The Art Newspaper” and the author of "Censored Art Today" (Lund Humphries, 2022), which provides a careful and informed discussion of the various ways in which the centuries-old issue of censorship seems to be only increasing in recent years, and of the surprising and not-so surprising ways that artistic expression is being suppressed. The book, out now in the U.K., will be published in the U.S. in December 2022.Gareth Harris's new bi-monthly blog, "Trigger Warning,” will be appearing in "The Art Newspaper." He has written numerous articles for "The Financial Times" on the visual arts and the art market, and has also written for “The New York Times,” “The Times of London,”  “Apollo Magazine” and “Frieze.” His doctoral thesis from the University of London focuses on the artist Umberto Boccioni and the poet Blaise Cendrars."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly, and Twitter: @mfkartadvisory.Purchase “Censored Art Today” by Gareth Harris at Lund Humphries: https://www.lundhumphries.com/products/censored-art-todayMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the eleventh episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Emily A. Beeny, curator at The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and co-author with Francesca Whitlum-Cooper of the book, “Poussin and the Dance,” published in 2021 by the J. Paul Getty Museum.In this episode, we take an in-depth look at Nicolas Poussin in 17th century Rome — a city rich with classical sculpture from antiquity and Renaissance paintings that led the artist to formulate an entirely new style of painting. This style would make Poussin the model for three centuries of artists in the French classical tradition, from Jacques-Louis David and Edgar Degas to Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso. Long considered one of the most influential French painters of the 17th century, the French Neoclassicist Poussin is seen in a wholly new light.Co-author Emily A. Beeny talks with me about how Poussin's paintings from the 1620s and 1630s of gods and goddesses, biblical and historical figures, are choreographed across his canvases like dancers on a stage. Tracing the motif of dance throughout this period, the book examines how Poussin devised new methods of composition and depicting motion. We explore Poussin's artistic process and influences, notably his use of wax figurines to choreograph the compositions he drew and painted.  “Poussin and the Dance” is the first exhibition and first published study devoted to Poussin's dancing pictures. The book, by Beeny and Whitlum-Cooper, was produced in tandem with the exhibition at the National Gallery in London (October 2021 - January 2022) and at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (February - May 2022)."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly, and Twitter: @mfkartadvisory.Purchase “Poussin and the Dance,” by Emily A. Beeny and Francesca Witlum-Cooper, at shop.getty.edu or nationalllery.co.uk.To learn more about the book and exhibition, visit getty.edu.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the tenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Marguerite Steed Hoffman and Gavin Delahunty about the new book, “Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman” (Ridinghouse, 2022). The book tells a unique story of carefully considered and inspired collecting, and the motivations behind the collection's creation and its ongoing evolution. “Amor Mundi” presents a selection of over 400 works of modern and contemporary art from the Marguerite Steed Hoffman Collection in Dallas, Texas. The two-volume set features the pieces brought together by Marguerite and her late husband, Robert Hoffman, including works by Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Agnes Martin, along with more contemporary artists like Rita Ackermann and Maria Lassnig. Around 30 authors contributed essays for the book, not only art historians but artists writing about other artists and creating unique works for this book."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com.“Amor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman” can be purchased at artbook.com.  Read more about the book through its publisher, Ridinghouse.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the ninth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Todd Bradway about his book,  "Landscape Painting Now: From Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism” (D.A.P., 2019). The first book of its kind to take a global view of its subject, Bradway's work features more than eighty outstanding contemporary artists — both established and emerging — whose ages span seven decades and who hail from twenty-five different countries. The book also includes an extensive essay by Barry Schwabsky, art critic for "The Nation.""Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com."Landscape Painting Now: From Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism" can be purchased from the publisher, D.A.P., at artbook.com or through amazon.com.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the eighth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with András Szántó about his new book, “The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues” (Hatje Cantz, 2021). As museums shuttered during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, New York-based author and cultural strategist Szántó conducted a series of virtual conversations with international museum leaders. At this pivotal moment, the directors spoke candidly about the challenges and untapped potential of art museums."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit meganfoxkelly.com.“The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues” can be purchased from the European publisher at hatjecantz.de or in the USA at artbook.com.To learn more about András Szántó, go to andras-szanto.com.Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the seventh episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel about their new book, “Joan Mitchell,” which accompanies the retrospective they co-curated. The exhibition, "Joan Mitchell," opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in September 2021 and ran there through January 17 of this year, and it opened on March 6 at the Baltimore Museum of Art, continuing through August 14. The book was published by SFMOMA in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London."Reading the Art World"  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit www.meganfoxkelly.com"Joan Mitchell," by Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel, can be purchased at https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300247275/joan-mitchellTo learn more about the Joan Mitchell Foundation, go to www.joanmitchellfoundation.orgMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the sixth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Bernard Lumpkin about the book, “Young, Gifted and Black,” which shines a light on the remarkable artists whose work is the foundation of his collection. Bernard tells the story of his evolution to collector, patron and advocate alongside husband Carmine Boccuzzi, longtime champions of emerging artists of African descent. (Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Inc, 2020)."Reading the Art World"  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit www.meganfoxkelly.comMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the fifth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Melanie Gerlis, art market columnist for The Financial Times, Editor-at-Large for The Art Newspaper, and the author of The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride (Lund Humphries, 2021).This conversation took place in the library of The Betsy Hotel in South Beach during Art Basel Miami 2021 on the publication day of Melanie's book."Reading the Art World"  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly.   The conversations  explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.comMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the fourth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Mary Rozell, the Global Head of the UBS Art Collection and the author of The Art Collector's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Acquiring and Owning Art (Lund Humphries, 2020)."Reading the Art World"  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly.   The conversations  explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.comMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the third episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with journalist and art market expert Georgina Adam, whose new book, "The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum," looks into the global proliferation of the private museum and its implications for society and the arts.Reading the Art World  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly.   The conversations  explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.comMusic composed by Bob Golden.

For the second episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Italian-born, London-based writer and curator Michele Robecchi, Commissioning Editor of Phaidon's Contemporary Artists Series.  In 2020, Phaidon celebrated 25 years of this now iconic series of monographs .  Robecchi talks about his collaborations with artists and shares stories of how his process for producing helps artists realize their visions for these monographs.Reading the Art World  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly.   The conversations  explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.com

In the first episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian, a Venezuelan-born collector who has chaired acquisition committees for the Guggenheim Museum and the Tate Modern. Tiqui's second book, "For Art's Sake: Inside the Homes of Art Dealers," offers a beautifully photographed look inside the elite homes of the art world.Reading the Art World  is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor, Megan Fox Kelly.   The conversations  explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market and is an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, who works with collectors, estates and foundations.  For more information , visit www.meganfoxkelly.comMusic composed by Bob Golden.