Art from the Outside

This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by brilliantly creative artist Barbara Kasten. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Barbara originally trained as a painter and textile artist at the University of Arizona (BFA), the California College of Arts & Crafts (MFA), before turning to photography in the early 1970s.  Working for over 40 years, she frequently uses mirrors, lights, and props for co...

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF ART FROM THE OUTSIDE!! We are so excited to kick off season two with the innovative artist Nari Ward! Originally from Jamaica; Ward works across a variety of media including: sculpture, installation, performance, photography and video.  He is best known for his use of found-objects, such as baby strollers, cash registers and shoelaces, to compose sculptural installation...

This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the visionary Elizabeth Dee, Co-Founder and CEO of the Independent Art Fair. Conceived and initiated in 2009, the Independent has rapidly become one of the most important and influential art fairs globally and will be hosted at New York’s Battery Maritime Building in just a few weeks, from September 9th to September 12th. You can find more about the fa...

This episode, we are delighted to be joined by the multi-disciplinary artist and dear friend Paul Maheke. Based in London but originally from France, Paul’s practice focused on dance but encompasses a collaborative body of work comprising performance, installation, sound and video. His work considers the potential of the body as an archive in order to examine how memory and identity is formed and...

This episode, we are very fortunate to be joined by the fabulous Aaron Cezar. Aaron is the Director of the Delfina Foundation, a London-based artist residency program that, since its founding in 2007, has hosted over 300 artists from more than 70 countries. Some familiar alumni include Kevin Beasley, Rana Begum, Michael Rakowitz, Wael Shawky, and Eric N. Mack, just to name a few. Aaron is also an...

This episode, we are extremely lucky to be joined by the pioneering artist, Phyllida Barlow. We talk about her early memories of the art world, how she continues to evolve her practice, what it's like to be a working artist and a parent, getting a CBE, and much more! Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in England, Phyllida works across media including painting, sculpture, and drawing. She is known...

This episode we are thrilled to be joined by an amazing gallerist - and friend - Jessica Silverman. Jessica founded her namesake gallery in 2008 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district; after completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Otis College in Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in Curatorial Practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.  Since then, the gallery...

This episode we are hugely excited to be joined by the definition defying artist Dayanita Singh. Based in New Delhi, India, Dayanita started taking photographs in the early 1980s, soon expanding into photojournalism. Her practice has grown to span photography, bookmaking, installations, and perhaps most famously since 2012, museum directing. Her work has been presented at the Hayward Gallery in Lo...

This episode, we are very lucky to speak with the visionary collector, philanthropist, and our personal art world hero, Pamela Joyner. Based in San Francisco, California, Pamela is a true champion for artists of African descent. Together with her husband Fred Giuffrida, she has built one of the world’s leading collections of  artworks by Black and African diaspora artists, including deep hold...

In this episode we speak with the inspiring and brilliant artist, Jeffrey Gibson. Jeffrey Gibson’s practice combines the cultural and artistic traditions of his Cherokee and Choctaw heritage with the visual languages of Modernism and themes from contemporary popular culture.  Born in Colorado Springs, CO in 1972, Gibson grew up in urban centers in the United States, Germany, Korea, and Englan...

This episode, we’re honored to be joined by curator, writer, and museum director Laura Raicovich. Laura is currently the interim director of New York’s Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, one of the world’s only museums dedicated to the presentation queer art. Prior to assuming this role, Laura was the President and Executive Director of the Queens Museum in New York, where she was instrumental in transf...

This episode we are extremely excited to be talking to the boundary defying collector, philanthropist, and general art world powerhouse, Nadia Samdani.  Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nadia is the founder and director of the Samdani Art Foundation, which she launched in 2011 and has now become one of the leading non-profits focused on supporting the arts in and across South East Asia.  In h...

This episode, we welcome the legendary artist Ursula von Rydinsvard. Known for her highly personal and often monumental sculptures in cedar and bronze, Ursula  has been working in Brooklyn, New York for the past 30 years.  She has had numerous exhibitions around the world, including solo shows at the beautiful Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England , the 2015 Venice Biennale , and the amazi...

This episode we are so excited to be joined by an amazing gallerist and dear friend, Kavi Gupta. Kavi is the founder of the Kavi Gupta Gallery , which opened in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood in 2002. Since then, the gallery has grown to two permanent locations that host more than a dozen museum-quality exhibitions each year; representing artists such as: Mickalene Thomas, Manish Nai, Firelei Bá...

This episode we are delighted to be joined by one of the most hard-working, inspiring people we know - the Iranian-American Brooklyn-based artist and activist - Amy Khoshbin. Amy’s practice pushes the formal and conceptual boundaries of art-making to foster progressive social change through performance, social practice, video, rap music, installation, tattooing, teaching and writing.  She has...

This episode, we speak to Tina Kukielski, the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Art21 , one of the leading global producers of films and content about contemporary artists. Each month, more than 300,000 people from around the world tune in to Art21 to watch their Peabody Award Winning films with artists including Zanele Muholi, Theaster Gates, Luchita Hurtado, Jordan Casteel, and Pedro Reyes...

This episode we have a fantastic conversation with the talented artist Camilo Godoy. Camilo is an artist whose practice is concerned with the construction of political meanings and histories. His work engages with conceptual, photographic, and choreographic strategies to analyze and challenge past and present historical moments to imagine different subversive ways of being. Godoy was born in Bogot...

Wendy Olsoff is the co-founder of P.P.O.W. an incredible gallery in New York that she opened in 1983. Today, the gallery represents the estates of David Wojnarowicz, Carolee Schneeman, and Martin Wong, as well as contemporary artists like Carlos Motta, Betty Tompkins, Robin F. Williams, and Judith Linhares.  Some artists we discuss in this episode: Carrie Mae Weems Peter Hujar Sue Coe Anton v...

This episode, we speak to the amazing Boon Hui Tan. Boon Hui is Vice President for  Global Arts and Cultural Programs , and Director, of  Asia Society Museum, New York , where he leads the organisation’s global arts and cultural activities spanning visual arts, performing arts and film. Previously, he was Director of the Singapore Art Museum from 2009 - 2013. In 2015, Boon...

Dr. Zoé Whitley is the Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery . Prior to that, she’s held positions at the Hayward Gallery, the Tate, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Studio Museum in New York. Zoé was also the co-curator of the widely acclaimed Soul of a Nation exhibition at the Tate Modern in 2017. She curated the British Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale and, in September, her show...