The Art Career

The Art Career is honored to share a conversation with Alannah Farrell, recorded on November 8th, 2024, in their Chinatown apartment. Releasing this episode during Trans Awareness Week feels especially meaningful, but the importance of celebrating and uplifting trans voices extends to every day. Alannah’s perspective is a powerful reminder of the beauty, resilience, and talent within the community...

Join us for a spine-chilling dive into the dark, haunting world of Norwegian black metal. In this Halloween special, we explore the shadowy history and intense controversies surrounding this extreme music genre that rose from Norway’s icy landscapes. From its eerie beginnings to its violent, scandal-filled lore, we’ll unravel the chilling events and cultural influences that gave birth to black met...

On an all new episode of The Art Career, Emily sits down with artist, Nick Doyle , in his Ridgewood studio where his recent installation, Human Resources , a friendly neighbourhood kink bar, is situated until it leaves for Paris. The two have a brave and intimate conversation about sexuality, shame, and, of course, art. Nick Doyle is keenly aware of the legacy of the American notion of Manifest De...

With the Halloween season upon us, we're looking back to one of our favourite episodes recorded on a beautiful fall day in Chinatown with Mathew Tully Dugan. Before we sat down for our interview, artist Mathew Tully Dugan cooked the most delicious small plate for my editor Ben and myself; Thomas Keller’s potato pavé with whipped roasted bone marrow, salt cured egg yolk, hackleback caviar and wasab...

Recently, Emily was invited to spend 2 weeks of uninterrupted time to conceptualise a show that will open at UCROSS Art Gallery in June, 2025. In this episode we go behind the scenes with Emily on the beautiful UCROSS Foundation ranch in Wyoming. Located on a 20,000-acre ranch in the wide open spaces of northeastern Wyoming, Ucross is a magical setting for individual creative work, reflection, inn...

This week on The Art Career we are bringing back a crowd favorite: Eileen Myles . As Emily embarks on her UCROSS Foundation residency in Wyoming we have taken a week off to plan for our residency episode that will be live Thursday, Oct 10th. Being around so many talented writers and poets for these two weeks, it seems appropriate to bring Eileen Myles back for our many new listeners, in addition t...

In this special episode Emily sits down with Laurie Simmons on a Monday morning in Chinatown at, DEEP PHOTOS / IN THE BEGINNING , the artists' second solo show at 56 Henry. Laurie Simmons is an internationally recognized artist. Since the mid-70s, Simmons has staged scenes for her camera to create images with intensely psychological subtexts and nonlinear narratives. By the early 1980s Simmons...

On Episode 3, Season 6 of The Art Career, Emily sits down with Orlando Whitfield, author of All That Glitters : A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, FRAUD, AND FINE ART Orlando Whitfield and Inigo Philbrick met in 2006 at London’s Goldsmiths University where they became best friends. By 2007 they had started I&O Fine Art. Orlando would eventually set up his own gallery and watch as Inigo quickly immersed hi...

For this special episode of The Art Career we travel behind the scenes of SPRING/BREAK Art Show to speak with co-directors Ambre Kelly, Andrew Gori , in addition to chatting with artists, Dani Klebes about her installation this year. SPRING/BREAK Art Show is an internationally recognized exhibition platform using underused, atypical, and historic New York City exhibition spaces to activate and cha...

In this very special episode to launch Season 6 of The Art Career, we sit down with founders of BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY), Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol. We share this episode with the public just a day after the kickoff in Times Square to their cross country tour, in an effort to advocate for Trans Rights, Liberation and Queer Joy, bringing resources and materials and culture to folks across...

Sarah Potter is a renowned psychic medium, known for her exceptional Tarot reading abilities and deep occult knowledge. Her spiritual guidance has positively impacted countless lives, spanning private individuals and corporate clients alike. Each session with Sarah offers a personalized blend of magical practices and empowering advice. For our season finale, Sarah is gifting a reading to our liste...

From Complex, Adidas, to Sneeze magazine, Bradley Carbone is key in establishing and driving an authentic New York point of view - or what many may call, “streetwear media”. Bradley has his finger on the pulse of skateboarding, music, and the intersection of street art and fine art. He does this in a way that many people don’t talk about. It’s one thing to have creative vision, but it’s absolutely...

This week on The Art Career Emily sits down in the empty galleries of,  Giants: Art from the Dean Collection , with Kimberli Gant, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the  Brooklyn Museum .   Kimberly Gant  has curated numerous exhibitions and gallery reinstallations including the  Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz & Alicia Keys ,  Spike Lee: Creative Sources  (20023-...

Emily sits down with founder and director of Free Arts NYC , Liz Hopfan as she preapres for their anual auction. Free Arts NYC empowers youth from underserved communities through art and mentoring programs to develop their creativity, confidence, and skills to succeed. "Since inception, Free Arts NYC has provided high-quality arts programming for youth in underserved communities, with 1:1 men...

On Season 5, Episode 8 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily sits down with gallerist, Dominique Clayton . In this episode Dominique shares what it is to be a black woman in the art world. Dominique Clayton is an arts consultant, writer, gallerist born and raised in Los Angeles. Clayton is the founder and director of Dominique Gallery , a store front turned pop-up exhibition and online program which sh...

Lola Kirke has played many roles as an actress (“Mozart in the Jungle,” “Gone Girl,” “Winning Time”), but as a musician her sights have always been set squarely on Country. After relocating from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2020, Kirke devoted herself to honing the craft she’d come to admire so deeply in artists like The Judds, The Pistol Annies, and Dolly Parton. Shortly thereafter, she released h...

The Art Career travelled to New Haven, CT, to sit down with Dr. Kymberly Pinder, Dean of The Yale School of Art. Dr. Kymberly Pinder (she/her) is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the Yale School of Art. An alumna of Yale’s History of Art program, Dr. Pinder is an internationally recognized scholar of race, representation, and public art. She is the author of  Painting the Gospel: Black Publ...

This week we uncover the dark and twisted tales where art and crime intersect. A favorite from our true crime mini-series, this episode will explore the horrifying use of modern art as an instrument of torture in addition to the disturbing artistic endeavors of a notorious serial killer-clown. Brace yourself for these haunting narratives.--  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On Season 5, Episode 3 of The Art Career, Emily sits down with head of curatorial at Artsy, Jordan Huelskamp, at the Artsy headquarters in downtown NYC. Jordan Huelskamp spearheads curation efforts at Artsy across the organization’s app and marketing channels. As Curatorial Lead, she reaches an audience of 5M+ users and followers, the largest online audience in commercial art. Her work illuminates...

On Season 5, Episode 2, of The Art Career Podcast, Emily sits down with painter, Robin F. Williams, in their Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio. Known for her large-scale paintings of stylized, sentient, yet ambiguously generated female figures, Robin F. Williams (b. 1984) employs a variety of techniques, including oil, airbrush, poured paint, marbling, and staining of raw canvas to create deeply texture...

Welcome to Season 5 of The Art Career where we sit down with Sienna Fekete at The Lower East Side Girls Club. Sienna Fekete is a Curator and Educator based in New York City with a background in radio, podcasting, and music. She is currently the Senior Arts Manager at The Lower Eastside Girls Club. Additionally, she is the curator of The Community Cookbook project volumes 1-3, was the 2021–2022 Cur...

On this special episode of The Art Career, Emily sits down with New York Times bestselling author, Bianca Bosker, who discusses her latest book,  Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See . Bianca Bosker is the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Cork Dork   and, most recently,  Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey a...

For our season finale, Sarah Potter has created a ritual for inspiration for our listeners. Take the time, gather the elements, and place this in your creative space. Watch what happens. Elements (Instruction in episode): -Any jar -Orange ribbon -Orange candle -Lavender for clarity -Peppermint for Motivation -Dried orange peel for success -Dried rode petals to recieve this inspiration -Cinnamon fo...

Welcome to our two part mini series season finale with celebrity psychic medium, tarot reader, and professional witch, Sarah Potter. This week Sarah will tell us all about what being a professional witch entails and doesn't shy away from having the conversation about skeptics. Sarah will share an intimate Tarot reading with our listeners and next week a very special ritual for inspiration she...

If you are an art collector, or aspire to be one, you might feel overwhelmed by the complexity and diversity of the art market. How do you find the best artworks for your taste, budget, and goals? How do you avoid overpaying and missing out on opportunities? How do you support living artists and contribute to the cultural conversation? In this episode we will answer these questions and dive into t...