Podcasts about Contemporary art

Our smartphones offer extraordinary benefits, yet many of us sense they have become more than useful tools. Psychotherapist Shannon Algeo explores how attachment theory sheds new light on our relationship with technology and offers compassionate practices for reclaiming our attention, creativity, and human connection.Shannon Algeo is an American and Irish writer, psychotherapist, researcher, poet, and Yoga Nidra teacher based in California. Shannon is on the faculty of the Esalen Institute and the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, where he leads digital liberation workshops and offline retreats that help participants reclaim their attention, creativity, and relationships in an increasingly digitized world. Named one of Wanderlust's "35 Under 35 in Wellness to Watch," Shannon has spoken at the United Nations and the Museum of Contemporary Art. His work integrates attachment theory, neuroscience, mindfulness, poetry, and depth psychology to help people cultivate greater presence, resilience, and authentic human connection in the digital age. He is the author of:Trust Your Truth: Heal Self-Doubt, Awaken to Your Soul's Purpose, and Live Your Badass Life ( New Harbinger Publications 2021)The Power in Your Hands: Liberate Yourself from Attachment to Technology (Broadleaf Books, 2026)Interview Date: 6/5/2026 Tags: Shannon Algeo, technology addiction, smartphone addiction, attachment theory, digital wellbeing, digital liberation, attention, creativity, neuroscience, relationships, secure attachment, parenting, nature, mindfulness, social media, presence, inner child, Mary Main, Dr. Daniel Siegel, Anne Lamott, Mark Coleman, David J. Wallin, Paul Hewson, Mary Oliver, Nikki Myers, Marianne Williamson, Seane Corn, Victor Ochen, John Bowlby, Psychology, Personal Transformation, Technology, Relationships, Parenting, Community

Eliza Swann, also known as Emerald, is an interdiscipinary artist, writer, and educator whose work explores mysticism and its relationship to contemporary arts practice.  In 2014, they founded Golden Dome, a nonprofit art school for mystics dedicated to creative education.  Swann is the author of The Anatomy of the Aura (St. Martin's 2020), Green Mary (Cosmic Dog House Press, 2024), and The Alchemical Imagination (Weiser/Red Wheel--which is the focus of this podcast).  They have published essays in BOMB, Momus, Contemporary Art Review LA, and many anthologies.  Their work has been supported by  Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the LA Department of Cultural Affairs, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, and others.  They currently serve on the faculty of Pratt Institute, where they teach alchemy. Golden Dome:  https://www.golden-dome.org/ Eliza Swann:  https://www.elizaswann.com/ Upcoming Programs:  10/1:  Finding the Philosopher's Stone, London College of Psychic Studies, 10/18-10/22 Alchemy and the Power of Plants, Omega Institute (links in website). This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-354-eliza-swann-the-alchemical-imagination Cover Art: Ripley Scroll, Getty. Have a blessed week!

Artists Dru Donovan and Jon Rubin join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to share their memories of legendary photographer, artist, and teacher Larry Sultan and discuss the release of Water Over Thunder: Selected Writings (MACK), the first publication devoted to Sultan's wide-ranging use of writing as a personal, artistic, and pedagogical tool, illustrated throughout with previously unseen materials from his archive. Former students, assistants, and friends of Sultan, Donovan and Rubin share personal stories about his approach to photography, teaching, and mentorship, while reflecting on his lasting influence and the privilege of collaborating with his family on this book. Dru Donovan Dru Donovan works with both photography and video to examine the connection between physical and emotional occurrences by constructing or revisiting human experiences. Donovan's work has shown nationally and internationally and was included in reGeneration2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, and in the 2010 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, Fraenkel Gallery, Yancey Richardson Gallery, Williamson Knight Gallery and Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Donovan's photographs were published in Aperture Magazine, Blind Spot, Picture Magazine and Matte Magazine. In 2011 TBW Books published her first book, Lifting Water. In 2011-2012 she participated in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace studio residency. Awards Donovan has received are the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship in 2015 and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2016. https://drudonovan.com Jon Rubin  Jon Rubin is an interdisciplinary artist who creates collaborative interventions into public life that re-imagine individual, group, and institutional behavior. His socially engaged projects include running a barter-based nomadic art school, founding a national museum, operating a restaurant that produces a live talk show with its customers, and co-directing another that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict. In 2019, with the support from Creative Capital, Rubin built an exact replica of his friend Sohrab Kashani's Tehran apartment so they both could live and work together in a parallel universe that bypassed the Trump travel ban. Rubin has exhibited at the Shanghai Biennial; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Mercosul Biennial; the Carnegie International; The Lyon Biennale; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; The Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico; The Rooseum, Sweden; as well as in backyards, living rooms, and street corners. In 2017 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum commissioned a major new work by Rubin and collaborator Lenka Clayton, entitled A talking parrot, a high school drama class, a Punjabi TV show, the oldest song in the world, a museum artwork, and a congregation's call to action circle through New York. With the participation of six diverse venues around New York City, the artists arranged for an essential element from each site—referenced in the project's title—to circulate from one place to the next, creating a six-month network of social and material exchange.  His work has been reported on internationally by outlets including The New York Times, The Associated Press, Art in America, Artforum, The Boston Globe, La Repubblica, Al Jazeera, BBC World News, and NPR's All Things Considered. Conflict Kitchen, Rubin's collaborative seven-year work with artist Dawn Weleski, was named as one of the 100 Artworks that “Defined the Decade” by Artnet News. Rubin is a Professor in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Columbus College of Art and Design. https://www.jonrubin.net Larry Sultan Larry Sultan (American photographer, b. Brooklyn, NY, 1946; d. Greenbrae, CA, 2009) was raised in California's San Fernando Valley. His work, heavily influenced by the post-war popular culture of Los Angeles, plays with notions of documentary and staged photography and reveals the psychological nuances found in the everyday suburban landscape and family life. Acclaimed for his use of color and light, Sultan is also known for uniquely collapsing the distance between himself and his subject. His series include Swimmers (1978-82), Pictures from Home (1983-92), The Valley (2004) and Homeland (2006-2009). Sultan co-authored the ground-breaking work, Evidence (1977) with Mike Mandel. A beloved and highly influential educator, Sultan taught at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1978 to 1988 and served as a Distinguished Professor of Photography at California College of the Arts, San Francisco, from 1989 to 2009. Sultan's work has been widely published, exhibited, and collected worldwide including Tate Modern, London; The National Gallery, London; Stedejik Museum, Amsterdam; Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, NY; Los Angeles County San Francisco Museum of Art, CA; Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Sultan was the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, US Department of International Arts and Lectures Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship. Sultan's project Pictures from Home was developed for the stage and premiered on Broadway in 2023. https://www.larrysultan.com

The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art moved from its former Parks Avenue location to a new home at Batten University this year.

Stupid News 9-8-2026 6am …Just How Stupid are Contemporary Art Collectors? (Very) …They really need a Dress Code …She Packed His Shoot

This week, the Madison Finance Committee voted unanimously to deny additional funding for the Office of the Independent Police Monitor. The office sought $28,500 to pay for additional staffing and operational costs. At the same meeting, the committee approved giving $100,000 to the Williamson Street Business Stabilization Program. Meanwhile, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is facing community pushback over a new exhibit that uses generative AI. Plus, good news for snow birds! The Dane County Regional Airport is bringing back seasonal flights to warm destinations for the fall and winter.  City Cast Madison host Bianca Martin and creative producer Jade Iseri-Ramos break down these big stories and for Neighbors' ears only, the fates of thousands of parking tickets are unverified. WHAT?! Mentioned on the show: Our interview with City Council President Sabrina Madison [

Episode 542 / Hew LockeHew Locke OBE RA (b. 1959) received an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1994. His work is in the permanent collections of the Tate, London, UK; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; and British Museum, London, UK, among many others. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including Here's the Thing which opened at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK, in 2019 before traveling to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, and the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME. In March 2022, Locke presented The Procession, The Duveen Hall Commission for Tate Britain, London, UK, which later travelled to The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Locke unveiled Gilt, the Façade Commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in September 2022.His groundbreaking show, Hew Locke: what have we here?,opened at the  British Museum, London, UK, in Fall 2024. Hew Locke: Passages, the largest solo exhibition of Locke's work to date, debuted at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, traveled to Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, and is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX through September 13. Locke will take part in the 2027 edition of Skulptur Projekte Münster with an installation in the Haus der Niederlande at the Krameramtshaus, Münster, Germany.(photo credit: Hugh Glendinning)

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 2, 2026:We explain which proposals made the cut on Monday, when city leaders considered funding for Willy Street businesses and the independent police monitor,Detail the controversy over an exhibit coming to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art later this month,Share an update as yet more SSM nurses join the unionization effort,Discuss the future of body-worn cameras in Madison with Police Chief John Patterson,Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1969,And much more.

Blurb:   Daniel Tucker interviews Georgia Kotretsos about her work with the ΤΗΕ ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY which is conceived of as a Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium with projects throughout Greece and beyond. This interview was conducted at the Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society conference "Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies" at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.    Bio: Georgia Kotretsos is a visual artist, researcher, the founder of the nonprofit organization THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium, in Athens, Greece and the publisher of TTS Press, which operates in the field of cultural studies and art research in Greece, the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. TTS focuses on the Greek periphery, the islands, and remote areas. It creates interdisciplinary teams tailored for each project, working collaboratively on site-specific intangible projects that uncover the unique aspects of each locale. TTS publications are available at the following bookstores: Politeia, Ianos, Museum of Cycladic Art, Iambos, Pixel,and Public (online). Through these endeavors, THE TEΛΟΣ SOCIETY highlights the importance of contemporary art and cultural heritage while fostering new creative perspectives and audiences. She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA, 2004), where she studied on a full merit-based scholarship, and a BFA from the Durban Institute of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2000), where she relocated as a teenager during the country's post-apartheid transition. Her work systematically critiques conventional theoretical positions on viewing and perceiving artworks, seeking—through liberatory and anarchic visual practices—to reveal that the experience of viewing is site-specific, and that the emancipation of the viewer is a crucial source of artistic knowledge. Her research-based approach—whether in the form of artwork, text, or interview—resists traditional forms and historical modes of acquiring knowledge, proposing alternative methodologies for its creation and reception. Her work has been presented both in Greece and internationally, including at the Onassis Art Center and the Asia Society in New York, the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, the Tinguely Museum (Basel), La Kunsthalle (Mulhouse), the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki), and the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis. She has held seven solo exhibitions and participated in numerous significant international initiatives, including the 56th Venice Biennale, MediaImpact in Moscow, and FIELD MEETING in New York. From 2006 to 2010, she co-founded the independent art space Boots Contemporary Art Space in St. Louis, USA—an alternative contemporary art laboratory—and served as editor-in-chief of BootPrint, a biannual journal by and for artists. From 2009 to 2013, she served as a columnist for Art21 Magazine of PBS Arts Feature in New York, with her column Inside the Artist's Studio. In 2014, her writing was also published on LABKULTUR.TV in Germany. In 2019, Kotretsos published a report on the arts in Greece reflecting on the decade of recession 2008-18 entitled "Athens is the Only Cave in the World that has a Skylight" for the Field Journal in the US.  Her works are held in private collections, including the National Bank of Greece, the Mamidakis Foundation, and others. More information about her work can be found at:  www.georgiakotretsos.com | www.thetelossociety.com  Georgia Kotretsos portrait for RTIN by Kostas Pappas and the TTS Logo

Victor Hugo Vaca Jr. shares his perspective on globalist machinations and details his experiences at the US Naval Academy, alleging that he witnessed systemic corruption and psychological grooming designed to create obedient “psychopaths.” He discusses how elite families are ratcheting up Agenda 2030, digital IDs, and 5G technology to establish global control since their plot is becoming obvious. Vaca believes China will come out number one and America will be relegated to the fourth or fifth position behind BRICS nations, highlighting a perceived shift in power from the West to the East, while warning of a future defined by mass surveillance and the erosion of civil liberties. He believes the dystopia has a silver lining and urges people to keep calm and flow. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rumble / Substack / YouTube *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Listen Ad-Free for $4.99 a Month or $49.99 a Year! Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Supercast https://geopoliticsandempire.supercast.com ***Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics American Gold Exchange https://www.amergold.com/geopolitics Escape The Technocracy (15% off w/ GEOPOLITICS!) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Expat Money Online Summit 2026 https://expatmoney.com/geopolitics PassVult https://passvult.com Sociatates Civis https://societates-civis.com StartMail https://www.startmail.com/partner/?ref=ngu4nzr Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Victor-Hugo Collection https://victorhugocollection.com Rumble https://rumble.com/c/VictorHugoArt BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/jXEX4lQwSgmb About Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. The Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. is a multifaceted American artist, filmmaker, author, journalist and founder of the Trademarked, Modern Art Music Movement, the fusion of art, music, film, fashion, literature and education, fostering peace, love and compassionate wealth, worldwide. He is recognized for pioneering modern art gonzo journalism, a fusion of Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo style with cryptic, subliminal art inspired by Dali and Picasso. His work often addresses social and political themes, aiming to document the “beautiful chaos” of contemporary life for future generations. He directed the award-winning film Crackhead Jesus: The Movie (2010). Victor-Hugo Vaca II claims “art is the last bastion of free speech” and as a dissident, Veteran, American refugee, living in the former USSR, Republic of Georgia, near the border with Russia, between War Zones and hot spots of global conflict, after escaping China, two hours before the last border closed, on the day that the Wuhan virus whistleblower, Dr. Li Wenliang died, he uses modern-art-gonzo-journalism to combat censorship on steroids during the information war. Known as, The Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo, the native New Yorker born in the same Elmhurst Hospital as President Donald Trump, is listed in the Library of Congress Reference Book, by DB Burkeman titled, “Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art”, as “one of the most influential artists of our time”, alongside The Wu Tang Clan, Banksy and Shepard Fairey. The Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo founded and Trademarked, the Modern Art Music Movement, the fusion of art, music, film, fashion, literature and education, fostering peace, love and compassionate wealth, worldwide and attended the prestigious United States Naval Academy alongside Carter Page in the Class of 1993. He has dedicated his life to shedding Light on the darkness so that the darkness cannot overcome it and starts every Modern Art Music Movement podcast by stating, “My job is not to be politically correct. It is to witness, observe, analyze and document, the beautiful chaos that surrounds us all, so that future generations can understand how we got to this moment in time.” *Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song “The Queens Jig” by the fantastic “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

In this episode, W. David O. Taylor joins me to talk about To Set the World Aflame and the artist's calling to bear witness to the fullness of God's creation. Artists work with the sensory, the imaginative, the emotional, the metaphorical, the material stuff of the world, and in doing so they help the rest of us see what's actually there. We talk about what an artist really is, why belovedness comes before output, and how the calling has shifted across centuries without losing its center. We linger on abundance: seven thousand kinds of apples, more wine than anyone could drink, a God who delights in more than enough.W. David O. Taylor is Associate Professor of Theology & Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of ten books, including For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts and To Set the World Aflame: How Artists Bear Witness to the Fullness of God's Creation. An Anglican priest, he has written for The Washington Post, The Gospel Coalition, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, among others, and has contributed scholarly essays to the T&T Clark Companion to Theology and the Arts, Theology, Modernity and the Visual Arts, and Contemporary Art and the Church. He served on the board of Christians in the Visual Arts and is part of a three-year scholarly project, "Theology and the Visual Arts," hosted by King's College London. He lives on twenty-one acres of land east of Austin with his artist wife (Phaedra) and children. He posts about art and faith on Substack (@wdavidotaylor) and Instagram (@davidtaylor_theologian).David's Book:To Set the World AflameConnect with Joshua: jjohnson@shiftingculturepodcast.comGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky or YouTubeSupport the podcast and the ministry that my wife and I do around the world. Just click on the support the show link below Support the show

Hang out with your English-speaking friends, Andrew and Indiana, for a catch-up! Indiana has been growing tomatillos on her patio, and she rode 40 miles along New York’s Empire State Trail on a very hot day, though the ride did not go the way she planned. Andrew went to see a Damien Hirst exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, and he has been letting an AI design his marathon training plan. The brand-new Culips app is live! Study this episode with an interactive transcript and vocabulary glossary: Open this lesson in the Culips app. Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode: On deck To clue in Happy-go-lucky To put a bad taste in someone’s mouth To hit the pavement A mishap

The Museum of Contemporary Art's new exhibit highlights a Chicago artist who uses paintings and sculptures to challenge visitors' preconceptions of the world.

The Museum of Contemporary Art's new exhibit highlights a Chicago artist who uses paintings and sculptures to challenge visitors' preconceptions of the world.

The Museum of Contemporary Art's new exhibit highlights a Chicago artist who uses paintings and sculptures to challenge visitors' preconceptions of the world.

Can Vegemite and Tsipouro mix? As easily as colours in a colour-pallet it turns out! During her recent tour of Australia, conceptual artist Caroline Rovithi joined the boys live in The Distillery for a deeper dive into her fascinating work, creative process and unique artistic vision. From challenging perceptions and exploring identity to the stories, experiences and ideas that shape her art, Caroline opens up about her journey as an artist and what lies beneath the surface of her work. Plus... hear Caroline's first taste of Vegemite!Send us Fan Mail Support the showEmail us at ouzotalk@outlook.comSubscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OuzoTalkFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuzoTalkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ouzo_talk/

Our guests in this episode are Pat Kane and Indra Adnan, the co-convenors of The Alternative Global. That project was launched in 2017 with the question, “If politics is broken, what's the alternative?” Pat and Indra will be speaking at the London Futurists and IEET event in London on 19-20 September, “The Technoprogressive Opportunity,” where they'll giving an update on progress with their project. Our episode today provides a chance to dive into what they have experienced and learned.Pat is a writer, musician, curator, consultant, activist and futurist. He is the author of the book “The Play Ethic”, and has written for the Independent, the Sunday Times, the Guardian/Observer and Scotland's Sunday Herald, of which he was a founding editor in 1999. He is currently a columnist with The National, and is researching a new book on politics, creativity and the science of emotions.Indra is a psycho-social therapist, founder of the Soft Power Network, and a writer and events producer. She has consulted to the World Economic Forum, Indian, Finnish and Danish governments, NATO, the Scottish Executive and the Institute of Contemporary Arts amongst others. She is the author of the book “The Politics of Waking Up: Power & Possibility In The Fractal Age”.Selected follow-ups:"The Alternative""The Daily Alternative" (newsletter)"Who Is Pat Kane?""About Indra Adnan""The Politics of Waking Up: Power and Possibility in the Fractal Age" - book by Indra"The Play Ethic: A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living" - book by Pat"Fourth Generation Civilization" - Substack by Michel Bauwens"Cosmolocalism: A Framework for Building Sustainable Network State Economies" - by Sterlin"Ecocivilisation through the CAN of CANs [Community Agency Networks]""Alternative Editorial: All For Devolution""Scottish Community Coalition on Energy release a Manifesto for Community Renewables""Alternative Editorial: Facing The Chasm" (covers Three Horizons)"Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE" - Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson"Disruptive Climate Futures, with Dr Tom Harris" - London Futurists"Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" by John Maynard Keynes (1930)"Spring: a social and political invitation""Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms" - New Thinking Allowed, with Leanne Whitney"Mo Gawdat"The Technoprogressive Opportunity: Event in London, Sept 19-20Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

Episode No. 772 features art historians Zanna Gilbert and Andrew Perchuk; and curator Meg Linton, museum director Taras Matla, and associate museum director Steve Comba. Along with Emily Pugh, Gilbert and Perchuk are the project leads for "Ed Ruscha's Streets of Los Angeles," a Getty Research Institute project that has, among other things, digitized Ed Ruscha's five-decade-long photographic project to document the streets of Los Angeles. The GRI project also considers Ruscha's Streets of Los Angeles archive within a range of historical frameworks, spotlights what it tells us about modern and contemporary art, architecture, and the physical, social, and cultural geographies of Los Angeles. GRI-produced websites include: "Artist, Image, Archive, City," a free digital book featuring visualizations, essays, images and more (the book is also available in free PDF and EPUB formats); "12 Sunsets," which features Ruscha's famed photos of the Sunset Strip, including how the street has changed over the last 50 years; The Ed Ruscha's Streets of Los Angeles Archive at the GRI; Research Collections Viewer for Ruscha's photographs of Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard; Research Collections Viewer for Ruscha's photographs of (other) Los Angeles streets; Digitized images from the collection. On the second segment, we discuss the dispersal of artist Steve Roden's estate with curator Meg Linton, who has advised the estate, University of Maryland Art Gallery director Taras Matla, and Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College associate director Steve Comba. Roden was a Los Angeles-area-based artist who worked in sound, sculpture, painting, and other media, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 59. The Roden estate has recently dispersed works to museums all over the United States, including those represented on this week's program, as well as to the Grunwald Center at the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art, Ruby City, San Antonio, and more. Roden created sound for The MAN Podcast in 2011. Air date: August 20, 2026.

[REBROADCAST FROM July 7, 2026] Artist and author Christopher Myers has a new exhibition of stained glass and tapestries opening at the Brooklyn Public Library, ahead of his new children's book Night Ride. Myers discusses the exhibit, called ‘Unbound.' Image courtesy of Christopher Myers Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Studio portrait, Cornell University, 2025. Photo: Yun Hsiang Wang Michael Morgan (b. 1992, Syosset, Long Island) is an artist and curator whose work spans painting, sculpture, collage, and assemblage. Raised in a conservative suburb of Long Island, Morgan's early experiences navigating his sexuality within a community at odds with his identity profoundly shaped his artistic voice. Exploring identity, loss, LGBTQ history, environmental issues, and societal division, his practice often draws attention to overlooked histories and underrepresented voices, including a project honoring Christine Jorgensen, the pioneering transgender figure who grew up in his hometown. Morgan earned his B.A. in Environmental Sciences from Northwestern University in 2014. Following the passing of his father, he shifted his focus from a legal career toward art and art education. He went on to graduate from Columbia University with a second bachelor's degree in visual arts. While at Columbia, he was also a graphic designer at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, a finalist for the 2020 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics for his writings on environmental theory and art, and inducted into the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa. From 2024 – 2026, Morgan pursued his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Visual Arts at Cornell University. He curated Magnum O-Pspsps at Cornell University, a large-scale exhibition featuring over 40 artists that received coverage in Hyperallergic and Art Spiel. Morgan's research has also been supported by a grant from the Cornell Council for the Arts. Morgan has exhibited work at Sotheby's, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Columbia University, Cornell University, Roberson Museum, the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, and Ortega y Gasset Projects. He is the curator of Deus Ex Bark-ina at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art and will be an artist-in-residence at the Wassaic Project in fall 2026. Michael Morgan, If a Tree Falls, Oil on canvas, 2024, 30 by 40 inches, Image Courtesy of Artist Kati Gegenheimer, Mars at the Door, Oil on linen, 24 by 36 inches, 2024, Image Courtesy of Artist Michael Ashkin, Dog of War, Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 1990,  Image Courtesy of Artist Emilie Louise Gossiaux, True Love Will Find You in the End, Drawing, 23 by 17.4 inches, 2021, Image Courtesy of Artist

It's the school summer holidays and I'm taking a break. So instead of new chats, I'm replaying some of my old favourites!This is a repeat of episode #86. In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Stephanie Kelly Clark.Stephanie is a contemporary embroidery artist whose work transforms humble homes and everyday moments into rich visual stories stitched with painterly precision. In this first part of our conversation, we explore her creative upbringing, the role of art in parenting, and her evolving relationship with embroidery as a medium. From homemade Halloween costumes to thread-based storytelling, Stephanie shares how her domestic life and artistic journey are deeply intertwined.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:29 – Life as Art: Parenting and Creativity00:10:25 – Artistic Process: From Painting to Embroidery00:13:34 – The Evolution of an Artist: Finding One's Voice00:16:18 – Contemporary Art vs. Craft: Defining the Medium00:19:27 – Conceptualising Art: The Role of Medium in Storytelling00:22:39 – The Journey of an Artist: Embracing Change and Growth00:25:42 – Creating with Intention: The Importance of CompositionLinks:Website: stephaniekclarkInstagram: artiststephaniekellyclarkIntro music is Sunset by OTE via Epidemic Sound. About NeedleXChangeAn artist interview podcast exploring contemporary embroidery and textile art. Hosted by Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers.Stay Connectedneedl.exchange | Newsletter: bit.ly/NeedleXChangeNewsmrxstitch.com | xstitchmag.com

Pierre d'Alancaisez is a critic, curator, and researcher working with the multiple politics of the arts. His writing has appeared in outlets such as The Critic, ArtReview, The Spectator, and Compact. In 2024, he co-founded Verdurin, a space for experimentation in aesthetics, learning, and the difficult conversations which drive today's culture. Pierre previously directed waterside contemporary, a gallery that tested social and political questions in the art market. He curated exhibitions with artists who included Turner Prize nominee Oreet Ashery and has commissioned works with artists such as Mirza and Butler which traveled to Artes Mundi and Sydney Biennale. Having trained in the sciences before coming to artistic practice, Pierre also worked on cultural exchange and engagement strategies in higher education and the charity sector and has held senior positions in publishing and financial services.Support the show

This week, Wes and Todd talk with Multimedia Artist, Madi Brunetti. Madi discusses Instagram handles, Black Sabbath, Death Metal, having the support of her parents, the mediums she works in, taxidermy, pinning bugs, cicadas, tattoos, therapy, moths, being neurodivergent, change, self-portraits, overcoming her eating disorder, mental health, marathons, masking, coping mechanisms, autism, embroidery, some of her pieces, getting her degree in studio art from Fort Lewis College, her residency at Art Gym, Bell Projects, road kill, death, pricing, hand embellishment, art as therapy, selling work, living your life, Bitfactory's “US” exhibition, and what the future holds for her.Join us for an illuminating conversation with Madi Brunetti!Check out Madi's work at www.madibrunetti.comFollow Madi on social media:Instagram - www.instagram.com/fairy.bootz/ - @fairy.bootzSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:@tenetpodcast - www.instagram.com/tenetpodcast/@wesbrn - www.instagram.com/wesbrn/@toddpiersonphotography - www.instagram.com/toddpiersonphotography/ Follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/TenetPodcast/Email us at todd@toddpierson.com If you enjoyed this episode or any of our previous episodes, please consider taking  a moment and leaving us a review on your favorite podcast platform.Thanks for listening! 

Host Scott Rettberg speaks with Aarhus University Associate Professor Christian Ulrik Andersen about autonomous AI imaging and his co-authored book, Objects of Interest and Necessity. They examine how fringe user communities, micro-models, and platforms like Civitai, AI Horde, and Hugging Face challenge big-tech dominance in generative AI. The conversation also delves into "minor tech" strategies, alternative infrastructures, and the role of digital art in rethinking our political and cultural relationship to technology.References Andersen, C. U., & Cox, G. (2017). The Metainterface: The Art ofPlatforms Cities and Clouds. MIT Press.https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262038133/the-metainterface/Andersen,C. U., Milev, N., & Velasco, P. (2024). Objects of Interest and Necessity:A Tour Guide to Autonomous AI Imaging. Digital Aesthetics Research Center /Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction (CAVI).https://darc.au.dk/publications/darc-booksDeleuze,G., & Guattari, F. (1986). Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature (D. Polan, Trans.).University of Minnesota Press.https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816615155/kafka/LAION(Large-scale AI Open Network). (2021). Open-Source Datasets and MachineLearning Infrastructure. LAION.https://laion.ai/Marx,L. U.(2020). The Small File Media Festival. Simon Fraser University Schoolfor the Contemporary Arts.https://smallfile.ca/Pamuk,O. (2012). TheMuseum of Innocence. Vintage Books.https://www.orhanpamuk.net/book.aspx?id=96&lng=engRombach, R., Blattmann, A., Lorenz, D., Esser, P.,& Ommer, B. (2022). High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVFConference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 10684–10695.https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.10752

Rod Liddle was a columnist and broadcaster who strongly divided opinion. Some saw him as an entertaining satirist, others, a bigot. As a teenager he joined a punk band and studied social psychology at the London School of Economics. He was politically active too, first as a member of Socialist Workers Party and then a Labour speech writer. He later joined the BBC as a trainee producer, working his way up to become editor of the Today programme. His former boss, Roger Mosey, told us how he immediately stood out from the crowd.Vicki Wickham was one of the music industry's most influential managers with clients including Marc Almond, Morrissey, and Dusty Springfield. She landed the job of booking acts for ITV's Ready Steady Go! despite knowing little about music and became the driving force behind the show, arranging appearances by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Vicki's friend Simon Napier Bell, who himself managed artists like Wham!, Marc Bolan and Ultravox, recalls the lasting impact she had on the industry.Simone Forti was the pioneering dancer and choreographer whose pieces often use improvisation and draw on inspiration from the world around her using everyday objects like rope and wood alongside the human body. Simone's start in life was challenging. Her Jewish family had to flee from the increasing threat of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Her biographer Ann Cooper Albright shares her story.Justin Hardy was a Bafta and Emmy-nominated director known for historical films. His father was Robin Hardy the director of cult classic The Wicker Man. Robin had eight children by five different women and the making of the tortured film tore Justin's family apart. Justin went onto make a documentary with his half-brother Dominic Hardy, Children of the Wicker Man, where they interrogated their childhood using newly discovered documents from his father. Justin also completed his father's Wicker Man trilogy with new film Wrath of the God's - the release of which he never saw.Presenter: Matthew Bannister Producer: Ben Mitchell Assistant producer: Catherine Powell Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea KennedyArchive: Channel 4 News, 19/06/2014, YouTube; BBC Two, Have I Got News For You, 19/10/2002; BBC Radio 4, Start the Week, 02/06/2014; LA Women, EZTV, Kate Crash, 15/10/2012, YouTube; Huddle, Friends of the High Line, 12/11/2013, YouTube; Simone Forti, Slant Board, 1961. © 2026 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Audio courtesy of MOCA - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Performed January 29, 2023, during the exhibition Simone Forti (presented at MOCA Grand Avenue, January 15 – April 3, 2023); BBC World Service, Outlook, 09/04/2024

Send us Fan MailThis week, we're featuring a story from reporter and producer Shay Castle. Shay wrote a piece for the August edition of Caribou Current about a family of artists being featured in a Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit through September, called "Tres Voces, Un Corazon". In this week's episode, the trio tells us who their biggest influences in art are, how they fell in love with their respective mediums, and what it's like being a family of creatives all sharing one heart.Read the full story at cariboucurrent.com.We featured some music from Cipriano's band Los Lo Los in this episode. Check them out here: youtube.com/@loslolosrock.For a full schedule of BMoCA events related to the exhibit, head here: www.bmoca.org/2026/tres-voces-un-corazon-summer-exhibitionOur theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact:Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.comTyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.comJamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.comGeneral inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.comHead to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online.Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website.Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.earListen and watch on YouTube today.Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!

On the Aug. 7 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Haymarket Mill Coffee & Tea. Guest host Penelope Morrow has lively conversations about: - composer Masayoshi Ishikawa's latest album Migration (1:09); - author David Moscovich's latest book, Premieres: A Memoir in Verse (18:52); - artists of the month at Cozad's Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery, Beth Jasnoch and Jeri-Jasnoch-Schultheiss (10:34); and - a new theater production coming out of Omaha's Union for the Contemporary Arts, Frydaddies (37:25). We also hear poetry from Eleanor Reeds (31:36) and KJ Teder learns about Kim Hager and Angie Seykora in her series about the artists of Omaha's new public library (44:45).

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As the Rocky movies demonstrate, hero myths can create cults. Joe talks about the homage paid to the Rocky statue on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and relates it to the cult that arose from the tale of Ulysses' Odyssey. There are many examples of cult formation around fascinating narratives; Joe and Jon touch on Star Wars, The Matrix, the Arthurian legends, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, as well as The Da Vinci Code, showing how stories easily become doctrines believed by many. Links:Joe's art pageMore about the Rocky Statue in PhiladelphiaNote from Spike: You don't have to spend a fortune on plane tickets to see the great artworks of humanity. Many of the major world museums now have virtual tours. Here's a modest sample, in no particular order: Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam, NetherlandsThe Louvre - Paris, FranceVan Gogh Museum - Amsterdam, NetherlandsThe British Museum – London, UKTate Britain - London, UKThe Museum of Modern Art - New York, USNational Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea - Gwacheon-si, South Korea Museo Del Prado – Madrid, Spain

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Episode No. 769 features a conversation with Betye Saar recorded in 2016. Saar died on Sunday a few days short of her one hundredth birthday. Saar, known especially for her use of assemblage and her often pioneering address of complicated and often troubling US, and diasporic African and Caribbean histories, was one of the most influential artists of the last 60 years. Generations of artists, including Saar's artist-daughters Lezley and Alison, have found Saar's work foundational. Even though Saar was recognized around the world as among the most influential artists of late-twentieth and early twenty-first century United States, remarkably, shamefully, and revealingly, none of Saar's hometown art museums ever launched a retrospective of her work. Saar was a guest on The Modern Art Notes Podcast in 2016 on the occasion of a survey of her work organized by De Domijnen (which was formerly known as Museum Het Domein) in Sittard, the Netherlands in partnership with Scottsdale (Ariz.) Museum of Contemporary Art. For images of artworks discussed in this conversation, see Episode No. 222. Air date: July 30, 2026.

Artist Betye Saar, a pioneering figure in the Black Arts Movement, has died at 99. Her influential work transformed racist imagery into powerful symbols of resistance and inspired generations of Black artists while reshaping contemporary American art. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Writer Rachel Cusk asked: "Can a Woman who is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist?" (NYT). Our host, contemporary art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, turns this  question of gender and skill on its head: can men be (good) artists? Cusk's book "Parade" (2024) is this Art & Literature special episode's book of choice.Joana embarks on an art and feminism quest: is gender a prison? Or is it the forceful power of the patriarchy? She is helped by living and fictional contemporary artists and writers, intersectional feminism, and philosophy of art via Vilem Flusser and his "theory of gestures".Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaArt and Feminism claim to walk hand in hand, but what if the structure of the art system itself was an inheritance of archaic patriarchal systems? The famous artist Georg Baselitz, who passed away this year, is a central figure in Cusk's book "Parade". Was he a product or an instigator of the system? And what is the patriarchal system? How and where does it manifest? And finally, where are modern men now, within this system that seems to block creative flow and artistic expression?Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Listen to the Women who Sarcast Episode" Sarcasm and Contemporary Art.Read Cusk's article in the New York Times (07/11/ 2019).Jingle: "Wunder", experimental poem by Joana P. R. Neves.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas' first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana's publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment's' embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: joana@exhibitionistaspodcast.comCopyright: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Episode No. 768 features artist Derrick Adams. The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston is presenting "Derrick Adams: View Master" through September 7. It is the first mid-career survey of Adams' twenty-year career. The exhibition was curated by Dexter Wimberly and Tessa Bachi Haas. An Adams monograph was published by Monacelli in association with Gagosian, an art dealership chain, last year in anticipation of the exhibition. Adams' work celebrates contemporary Black Life in works that emphasize joy and leisure. Among the institutions presenting solo exhibitions of his work are the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. His work is in collection of museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; the Studio Museum in Harlem; and Adams' hometown Baltimore Museum of Art. Series of Adams' work discussed on the program: Floater; Figure in the Urban Landscape; Profile Pics; and Family Portraits. Instagram: Derrick Adams, Tyler Green. Air date: July 23, 2026.

Andrew Graham-Dixon's new book, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, rests on the conviction that you cannot understand what's in a painting without knowing what its maker was thinking about. In Vermeer's case, that context includes a forgotten liberal sect — the Remonstrants and Collegiants, Christians without a church who believed peace would come through reading and toleration rather than a returning Messiah. Recover that world and a woman alone in a sunlit room is a radical image in a Europe where half of Germany had just died in war. If he's right, the label beside every Vermeer in every museum will one day have to change. Tyler and Andrew discuss whether it was inevitable we'd rediscover Vermeer, how that vanishingly rare sect left its fingerprints all over his life, why the Met has misread its own Allegory of the Catholic Faith, whether Vermeer painted for money or pointedly refused to, where the Gardner's stolen Concert might be, why Dutch music never blossomed as much as Dutch painting did, how the Church of England rivaled the Cultural Revolution in wiping out British art, whether you can still spot an English painting on sight, the love that saturates late Rembrandt and the mystery of his soaring print prices, the nail on the wall that proves two Vermeer paintings are a pair, why the French are to blame for George Stubbs lack of status, whether we can still love Malevich, why Andrews calls recent Richter "almost like printing money," why female artists and antique textiles remain absurdly cheap, why nobody builds beautiful neighborhoods any longer, and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on the new dedicated Conversations with Tyler channel. Recorded April 7th, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Andrew on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - The Mystery of Vermeer 00:12:53 - Dutch Music 00:15:51 - English Art 00:19:49 - Rembrandt 00:23:17 - Attributions 00:26:22 - Exhibitions and Restorations 00:30:05 - Underrated French Artists 00:35:16 - Howard Hodgkin 00:38:00 - Difficult-To-Love Artists 00:40:53 - Other Dutch Painters 00:44:20 - Contemporary Art 00:48:05 - Buying Art 00:50:39 - Neighborhood Aesthetics 00:54:39 - Advice for Aspiring Art Critics 00:56:14 - Outro Image Credit: Aliona Adrianova

[REBROADCAST FROM March 11, 2026] Carol Bove is a Brooklyn-based artist who is receiving her first museum survey with an exhibit at the Guggenheim. The show displays work from over 25 years of her career, including her drawings, massive steel sculptures, and pieces specifically inspired by the Guggenheim's rotunda. Bove and Guggenheim curator Katherine Brinson discuss the show, on view through August 2. Photo by L. Malik Anderson/WNYC, courtesy of the Guggenheim Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto uncovers strange and beautiful connections between the natural and human worlds, mingling reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers' domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles, to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers. Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join us in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as we explore this understudied kingdom's awe-inspiring diversity, discovering how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution. When she's not in the woods (and sometimes when she is), Maria Pinto is a writer, editor, and educator. She teaches writing for various literary organizations. She reads fiction for Peripheries Journal and serves on the board of Hale, an outdoor education and land conservancy nonprofit. Her writing has been supported by Assets for Artists at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Mass Cultural Council, the Writers' Room of Boston, The Mastheads, and The Garrett on the Green. You can find Maria at her Website and on Instagram.  Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

In Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto uncovers strange and beautiful connections between the natural and human worlds, mingling reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers' domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles, to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers. Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join us in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as we explore this understudied kingdom's awe-inspiring diversity, discovering how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution. When she's not in the woods (and sometimes when she is), Maria Pinto is a writer, editor, and educator. She teaches writing for various literary organizations. She reads fiction for Peripheries Journal and serves on the board of Hale, an outdoor education and land conservancy nonprofit. Her writing has been supported by Assets for Artists at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Mass Cultural Council, the Writers' Room of Boston, The Mastheads, and The Garrett on the Green. You can find Maria at her Website and on Instagram.  Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode of Architecture, Design & Photography, Trent Bell sits down with curator, writer, and arts leader Suzette McAvoy. Suzette reflects on her career at the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, along with Maine's long history as a place where artists come to live, work, and find space to think.  The conversation explores why art matters beyond beauty or market value, how it can build empathy and connection, and why some work takes time to understand. They also discuss contemporary art, creativity, spirituality, artistic risk, AI, and why artists may become even more important as technology continues to shape how we think and create.  It's a thoughtful conversation about learning to look, staying curious, and the role art plays in helping us better understand ourselves and others. About Suzette:  Suzette McAvoy is an independent curator, arts writer, and art advisor with more than thirty-five years experience in the field of fine art and museums. A leading authority on the art and artists of Maine, she has curated more than sixty exhibitions throughout her career, including nationally traveling exhibitions of the work of Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Lois Dodd, Karl Schrag, Alan Magee, and Alex Katz.  Website: https://www.suzettemcavoy.me  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzettemcavoy More from us:  Website: www.adppodcast.com  Instagram: http://instagram.com/adppod_  Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/architecture-design-photography/id1447381737  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qTtT0lpXkVGyksEkN57VS

In Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto uncovers strange and beautiful connections between the natural and human worlds, mingling reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers' domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles, to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers. Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join us in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as we explore this understudied kingdom's awe-inspiring diversity, discovering how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution. When she's not in the woods (and sometimes when she is), Maria Pinto is a writer, editor, and educator. She teaches writing for various literary organizations. She reads fiction for Peripheries Journal and serves on the board of Hale, an outdoor education and land conservancy nonprofit. Her writing has been supported by Assets for Artists at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Mass Cultural Council, the Writers' Room of Boston, The Mastheads, and The Garrett on the Green. You can find Maria at her Website and on Instagram.  Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

In Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto uncovers strange and beautiful connections between the natural and human worlds, mingling reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers' domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles, to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons against their enslavers. Pinto brings a new perspective and a distinctive literary voice to this mix of environmental and lived history, and every page sings with her enthusiasm for the networks in which we are embedded: fungal, ecological, ancestral, and communal. Join us in pursuit of beautiful, perplexing, delicious, and deadly mushrooms as we explore this understudied kingdom's awe-inspiring diversity, discovering how fungi have been used by people, especially those on the margins, for survival, pleasure, revelation, and revolution. When she's not in the woods (and sometimes when she is), Maria Pinto is a writer, editor, and educator. She teaches writing for various literary organizations. She reads fiction for Peripheries Journal and serves on the board of Hale, an outdoor education and land conservancy nonprofit. Her writing has been supported by Assets for Artists at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Mass Cultural Council, the Writers' Room of Boston, The Mastheads, and The Garrett on the Green. You can find Maria at her Website and on Instagram.  Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

Moon is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, art handler, and co-founder of DMS Atelier, an artist-run space in Los Angeles dedicated to exhibitions, artist residencies, and community programming. Originally from Chicago and a graduate of Grambling State University, he discusses the experiences that shaped his path from athletics and hip-hop culture to contemporary art and arts education. The conversation explores artistic practice, teaching, community-building, and the development of DMS Atelier's residency program and community feed initiative. Along the way, Moon reflects on regional identity, the cultural differences between Chicago, Louisiana, and California, and the importance of creating spaces that foster sustained artistic practice, accessibility, and meaningful relationships within contemporary art.

Episode 534 / Nicole EconomidesNicole Economides (b.1992) is an Athens based artist born in New York. She received her BA/BFA from the Department of Fine Arts and Arts Sciences at the University of Ioannina Greece (2015). She is an MFA Fine Arts graduate at Parsons, The New School (2019). Economides has been an artist in residence at the Agora Collective: WHILE WE WORK in Berlin, Germany (2016) and at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece (2014). She was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Scholarship for Painters (2017) and the Artists' Grant from the Gerondelis Foundation Inc (2018). She has shown her work in many group exhibitions and workshops in Crete, Ioannina, Athens, Thessaloniki, Paris, Berlin, and New York City. She currently lives and works in New York City. 

This week, Wes and Todd talk with Chloé Duplessis! Chloé discusses her family, her education, growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, living in New Orleans, moving back home, running for the school board, her involvement in politics, getting her diagnosis of Stargardt disease, moving to Denver, starting her art business, telling lesser known stories of history, working in different mediums, honoring her ancestors and our shared history, travel, being part of a supportive art community, creating the first accessible “I Voted” sticker for the City of Denver, the Colorado Black Equity Study, Cathay Williams, the history behind & the evolution of her exhibition “12 Tablecloths, burlap being her “soul fabric,” her exhibition “Origin Story” at Understudy, her piece “Reclaiming Liberty,” and her advice to Artists to “Serve from where you are.”Join us for a fantastic and inspirational conversation with Chloé Duplessis! Check out Chloe's work at www.chloeduplessis.com Follow Chloé on social media:Instagram - www.instagram.com/duplessis.art/ - @duplessis.art Chloé's exhibition “Origin Story” will be on display at Understudy through July 19th - https://www.denvertheatredistrict.com/understudy Hear Chloé talk about the exhibition “Origin Story” on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dNjq1pv9P0 Chloe's exhibition “Shared History” opens July 28th at the Center for Colorado Women's History - http://www.historycolorado.org/center-colorado-womens-history Check out Chloé's other shows happening later this year at www.chloeduplessis.com/eventsSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram:@tenetpodcast - www.instagram.com/tenetpodcast/@wesbrn - www.instagram.com/wesbrn/@toddpiersonphotography - www.instagram.com/toddpiersonphotography/ Follow us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/TenetPodcast/Email us at todd@toddpierson.com If you enjoyed this episode or any of our previous episodes, please consider taking  a moment and leaving us a review on your favorite podcast platform.Thanks for listening! 

In "Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes," a practice spanning for over three decades showcases artist Kathy Butterly's striking and distinctive ceramic sculptures. Butterly and curator Ian Berry sit down to discuss the formation of the exhibit, which is currently open at the Tang Teaching Museum as part of the museum's 25th anniversary program. Installation photo by Mindy McDaniel: 'Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes,' Tang Museum, Skidmore College, 2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A new exhibit at the Hessel Museum of Art features the work of artist and educator, Marilou Schultz. Combining traditional Navajo weaving techniques to resemble digital technologies, Schultz's work has sought to reflect the historic efforts of Navajo women as part of our collective, technological futures. Schultz and exhibit curator, Candice Hopkins, offer more insight into the inspiration of "Replica of a Chip: The Weaving Technology of Marilou Schultz." Work by Marilou Schultz: "Popular Chip" 2025, courtesy of the Gochman Family Collection Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In 2025, amidst political turmoil around the United States, Brooklyn artist Izzy Barber wanted to feel more connected to her country, and decided to leave the bubble that can often take shape in New York City. She went on multiple road trips across the country, painting what she saw. The result of her travels is a new exhibit, Clay Pigeons, featuring her paintings of the diversity of American life and landscapes. The exhibit is on view through July 31, and Izzy Barber discusses her practice and inspiration for the show.  Art by Izzy Barber (Oil Field, Midland, TX (2026)): Digital photo by Max Yawney Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode No. 764 features artist Louis Fratino. The Baltimore Museum of Art is exhibiting "Fratino and Matisse: To See This Light Again" through September 6. The exhibition shows how Matisse -- specifically Baltimore's great Matisse collection -- has informed Fratino's painting. The exhibition was co-curated by Virginia Anderson and Katy Rothkopf. Fratino, who earned his undergraduate degree at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art, often depicts intimate personal spaces and experiences, usually by centering queer life and the male body. His work has been the subject of a solo show at the FLAG Art Foundation, New York; he has been included in group exhibitions at museums such as the Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the RISD Museum, Providence; and the Columbus Museum of Art. His work is well-collected by art museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the MCA Chicago, and the MFA Houston. Air date: June 25, 2026.

Episode 532 / KoakKoak is an artist born in  Lansing, MI who earned her BFA and MFA from California College of the Arts. In 2025, Koak was the subject of a solo exhibition at Charleston, Lewes, UK. She has participated in many institutional group shows, including at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA; Musées d'Angers, France; Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao; and Rudolph Tegners Museum and Statue Park, Dronningmølle, Denmark, among others. In 2020, Koak received a Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation and completed residencies at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, NM, and at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, through the Liquitex Residency program. Koak's work is part of the permanent collections of the de Young Museum, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and Musées d'Angers. She lives and works in San Francisco and is represented by Perrotin, Union Pacific, and Jessica Silverman. 

"What does it mean to age – and can we change it?" This is the question that filmmaker David Donnelly set out to explore while writing and directing the award-winning documentary Forever Young. Filmed over three years and spanning three continents, the project takes viewers from the cutting-edge research labs of the Buck Institute in Northern California to communities around the world known for their longevity and healthy aging practices. The result is an 88-minute documentary featuring scientists, physicians, researchers, and thought leaders examining one of humanity's most enduring questions: how do we age, and what can modern science teach us about living longer and healthier lives? Jump in now to discover: Surprising insights from the science of aging and longevity The difference between lifespan and healthspan Emerging therapies and technologies being studied for healthy aging How genetics, epigenetics, and cellular health may influence the aging process David is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and visual artist whose work explores the intersection of culture, technology, and the human experience. His films, installations, and mixed-media projects have been featured in major museums, international festivals, and private collections worldwide. David's films have been showcased at premier institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kennedy Center, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the Beijing Music Festival, and the Arvo Pärt Center. Watch the movie Forever Young on Apple TV. Connect with David: Personal Website Forever Young Website IMDB Profile