Art Sense

A conversation with artist Joel Mesler about his artistic journey, his decades as an art dealer, his late-blossoming art career and his current exhibit "Pool Party" at LGDR's galleries in both London and Palm Beach.

Farah Nayeri discusses her new book "Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age". In the book, Nayeri (a long-time culture journalist for The New York Times) addresses some of the art world's most prickly topics. Issues such as gender bias, underrepresentation, censorship and cultural appropriation are examined in the context of a more-connected world that has become passionate about issues of equ...

A discussion with artist Donald Sultan. A painter, sculptor and printmaker who makes iconographic images with industrial materials. His work can be found in every major collection in this country and he has been the subject of solo exhibitions at a variety of museums including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary art, LACMA, the Brooklyn Museum and MoMA.

A conversation with Dr. David Gussak about his new book "The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence." Gussak’s new book examines violence as a touchstone throughout the history of art from artists like Caravaggio who struggled with violent behavior, to artists like Picasso whose work was influenced by atrocities to the paintings and drawings of infamous serial killers. In our conversation, Dr. Gussak...

Artist Hunt Slonem is known worldwide for his brightly-colored neo-expressionist paintings packed full of either birds, bunnies or butterflies. His work is highly collectible and can be found in the collections of The Whitney, The Guggenheim and MoMA. Hunt discusses his youth spent in exotic locations, his formative time at Skowhegan, New York in the 70s, his love of birds and his six historic hom...

01:01 - Author, artist, podcaster and branding guru Debbie Millman discusses her new book “Why Design Matters”, which reflects on the seventeen years of conversations that have made up her podcast “Design Matters”, including notables in the fields of art, design and those that pursue excellence in every aspect of their life. 30:28 - The week's top art headlines.

This is Art Sense - a podcast focused on educating and informing listeners about the past, present and future of art. I’m Craig Gould. This week on the podcast I thought we could take a look at the shows that are on the horizon for 2022. The list includes historical retrospectives, contemporary gallery shows, biennales and even a hotly anticipated museum opening. 26 exhibits in all, we’ll start wi...

00:48 - Jed Perl discusses his new book “Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts". In the book, Perl looks at the nature of art, why it resounds with each of us and what pushes us forward. 28:00 - The week's top art headlines.

00:57 - Discussion with J.T. Ravize who has spent the last twenty years fighting to authenticate a collection of Jackson Pollock paintings that could represent a missing period in the artist’s work. We discuss the difficult process for authenticating any found piece of art, but especially the work of this particular artist. Regardless of whether or not you are a Pollock fan, it is an interesting s...

0:55 - A discussion with Texas-based artist Tom Orr about his artistic journey. Orr is an artist whose large-scale sculptures have been widely collected in the U.S. and Japan, and who is a frequent collaborator with Episode 23 guest Frances Bagley, who happens to be his wife. 74:11 - The week's top art headlines.

On this week’s episode, we take a look back at 2021 with clips from a number of different episodes. We kicked off Art Sense in June of this year and have thus far interviewed 34 guests over 26 episodes. Guests have included best selling authors, museum curators, art historians, blue chip artists, auction house execs, technology experts, crypto artists and top collectors. Guest artists have include...

01:06 - A discussion with Kimbell Art Museum Deputy Director George Shackelford about the museum’s current exhibit “Turner’s Modern World”. The exhibition explores J.M.W. Turner’s lifelong interest in the inventions, events, politics, society, culture and science of his time, which resulted in many of his most original works and transformed his way of painting. The exhibit is on view through Febru...

0:52 - Jen Stark discusses her iconic style, her love of color, her foray into NFTs, her constant pursuit of new mediums and the launch of her own immersive experience. 28:59 - The week's top art headlines

1:07 - Art collector and facilitatorTwobadour discusses his background, his journey into crypto, the ability of NFTs to undo colonial damage and what the future holds. Twobadour and his business partner Metakovan became the subject of headlines worldwide this past March when the pair purchased Beeple’s “First 5000 Days” at a Christie’s auction for $69 million. 41:40 - The week's top art headlines.

01:01 - Frances Bagley discusses her long career as a key figure in the Dallas arts community. Frances is in the collections of The Dallas Museum of Art and the National Museum of Women in Washington, D.C., but is probably best known for contributions to corporate collections and public arts commissions nationwide. 60:09 - The week’s top art headlines.

01:06 - Anne Bracegirdle discusses navigating the waters between the legacy art world and the crypto art world. Anne spent a decade at Christie’s where she spearheaded the auction house’s Art+Tech initiative, before diving headfirst into arttech at Superblue and co-founding the Art & Antiquities Blockchain Consortium. She is a frequent speaker about the confluence of art and technology and now ser...

01:11 - Raymond Pettibon discusses his life and work. Pettibon rose to prominence in the 1970s by being the visual force behind South Bay punk scions like Black Flag and the Minutemen. Known for his characteristic paintings which employ mark making more closely akin to drawing and printmaking combined with handwritten prose, he explores themes as diverse as literature, art history, philosophy, rel...

01:07 - Anna Bottinelli, President of the Monuments Men Foundation, discusses her organization’s tireless pursuit to recover and return artwork stolen by the Nazis in continental Europe during World War II. The foundation, which maintains the legacy of the legendary Monuments Men, operates a tip line that is continually leading to the recovery of artwork even as we approach the eighth decade since...

01:04 - Micol from VerticalCrypto Art discusses her organization’s view of the crypto art space. VerticalCrypto art provides curation, content creation, NFT consultancy, and event production. In addition, the group runs a first of its kind residency for talented artists looking to move into the crypto art space. 24:05 - The week's top art headlines

0:57 - Digital artist Robness discusses his journey through the world of crypto art. Robness is a Los Angeles-based crypto artist who has been part of the movement from the beginning. He was part of the group that brought us the Rare Pepes and was the founder of what has become known as trash art. 30:08 - A look at some of the week’s top art headlines.

01:16 - Sarah Zucker discusses her journey through the world of crypto art. Sarah, who uses the handle “thesarahshow” on social media and NFT platforms, is among the handful of digital artists that blazed the trail for crypto art before headlines and high prices. Her work, which utilizes humor and psychedelia while merging cutting edge and outmoded technologies, was part of the landmark NFT auctio...

1:05 - Artist and activist SWOON about her life, her work and her passions. Born Caledonia Curry, the artist has moved from pasting art on the streets of New York to acclaimed gallery and museum shows that feature her large-scale woodblock prints and cut paper collages. She is passionate about social change and has been active in supporting community redevelopment nationwide, as well as in Haiti....

01:11 - We speak with artist Sandow Birk about his large and diverse body of work that utilizes art history and classical techniques to examine contemporary themes of social and political consequence. Birk has completed a host of public art projects across California and his work is included in the collections of institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, SFMOMA, the Getty, LACMA, and th...

In this week’s episode we consider the future of museums. 1:03 - Art Technologist Jason Bailey discusses the continued evolution of the crypto art space, particularly the growing trend among museums to pursue digital deaccessioning and the risks that might pose to an institution. 29:30 - Museum of Crypto Art Founder Colburn Bell discusses the history of the organization, the current state of the c...

01:02 - A conversation with photographer Mona Kuhn. Kuhn is an internationally recognized art photographer known for her sublime study of the human form. Her work can be found in collections such as LACMA, the Hammer and the Getty, where she serves as an independent scholar. Our discussion touches on a number of topics around her past, her motivations and her methodology. 49:44 - The week’s top ar...