Untitled Art Podcast

Artists Hanna Ali, Leo Castaneda, Lee Pivnik and James Allister Sprang discuss intersections of their practices concerning technology, architecture, virtual space, archiving, Diaspora storytelling, and positioning towards speculative futurism. Moderated by Heike Dempster, Director of Engagement and Outreach at YoungArts.

Conducted in Spanish: Siguiendo con la misión curatorial de Untitled Art de desarrollar programación que apoye la inclusividad, diversidad y accesibilidad dentro del ecosistema artístico, nos complace anunciar que este año presentaremos dos paneles que se llevarán a cabo en español. Moderado por Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator del Whitney Museum of American Art de Nueva York y embajador...

A conversation discussing artists and art workers who pursue a career in a so-called fly over state such as Oklahoma. Although many art world institutions tend to be conservative, the majority of the art world itself tends to lean liberal. How do liberal artists and art workers in a socially conservative so-called fly over state such as Oklahoma attract support, capture the attention, and thrive i...

Presented as a cornerstone of the 12th edition’s curatorial focus, Gender Equality in the Arts, Untitled Art is proud to host a panel discussion with leading industry experts who are driving this conversation forward: Julia Halperin, cofounder of the Burns Halperin Report - an annual report investigating the representation of Black American artists, female-identifying artists, and Black female-ide...

Join Curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and Artistic Director Neville Wakefield in conversation with Zoe Lukov as they discuss the concepts and pressing socio-cultural concerns that frame Desert X 2025, the fifth edition of the renowned international contemporary art biennial in the Coachella Valley, California. Get to know the curators and their conceptual process as they reflect on previous projects...

Vortic is the 2023 Digital Partner, and Prize Partner, of Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2023. Expanding on our partnership, we are delighted to welcome the digital exhibition platform’s founder, Oliver Miro, in conversation with Untitled Art Ambassador and Dallas-based art advisor Adam Green. This discussion aims to shed light on new technologies and tools for both collecting and exhibiting art with t...

The vibrant art talks series continues into its second year, as part of Untitled Art’s collaboration with Soho House Miami Beach’s Art Club. This September features a conversation revolving around one of Untitled Art’s curatorial focuses this year, “Curating in the Digital Age,” featuring a powerhouse panel of Miami-based experts welcoming: Pablo Rodríguez-Fraile, founder of the RFC Art Collection...

A lively panel discussion highlighting exhibiting artists at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2022. Hosted and moderated by Omar López Chahoud, Artistic Director and Curator of Untitled Art, in conversation with Piluca Baquero representing The Estate of Val del Omar (Special Project presented by Max Estrella), and participating artist Margarita Cabrera (presented by Jane Lombard Gallery). About Piluca Ba...

A conversation with R.I.C.O.R.O.B.O, presented by Terremoto. How is Latinamerican history and identity archived, stored and enunciated? Terremoto engages in conversation with R.I.C.O. R.O.B.O. (The Research Institute On Cannibal Opportunism & Repository Of Obsessive Bobo-lutionary Obsolescence) to explore notions of decommodification of Latinamerican identity, the dissemination of transgressive kn...

Angela Fraleigh and Maritza Lacayo will discuss reproductive Justice, art history and witchcraft in the context of Fraleigh's monumental painting installation The Raving Ones, on view as a special project at the Untitled Art Fair. Fraleigh’s lush and layered paintings harness the magic of making the invisible, visible. Illuminating erased or forgotten female figures, her paintings unsettle familia...

With speakers Benton C Bainbridge, Co-Founder of Lonely ROCKS, Linda Loh, curator of Lonely ROCKS' presentation at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2022, and curator Ana María Caballero. Moderated by Fanny Lakoubay. Lonely ROCKS decentralizes the process of curating fine art, reconsidering the self-portrait via emergent Web3 systems. How do digital artists portray themselves in the context of selfie and...

Presented by Library Street Collective. Alongside Jason REVOK’s current exhibition at MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) (November 5, 2022 - March 25, 2023), this Untitled Art podcast features a conversation between the artist and independent curator Pedro Alonzo, who is currently the Adjunct Curator at Dallas Contemporary. The conversation addresses the notion of automation in industry an...

Presented by Laney Contemporary. Join us for a conversation with Atlanta-based sculptor Curtis Patterson (b., Shreveport, LA, 1944) and Aaron Levi Garvey, the inaugural Janet L. Nolan Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts at Auburn University. The talk will touch on Patterson's legendary impact as a professor—including on painters Radcliffe Bailey, Fahamu Pec...

Moderated by Brandi Redick, Cultural Affairs Manager for the City of Miami Beach, in conversation with artists involved in the City's No Vacancy initiative where artists from throughout the region are invited to create site-specific work in hotels throughout the area: Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares, Brookhart Jonquil, and Edouard Duval Carrie. About Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares Over the pa...

Presented by Auttrianna Projects and The55Project. With speakers Yelaine Rodriguez and Rafael Rg, moderated by Auttrianna Ward. Auttrianna Ward is an independent curator, publisher, multilingual writer, cultural producer and co-founder of Mare Projects. Born and raised in San Francisco, Ward has lived in New York City Chicago and Salvador, Brazil. She is currently based between London and Baltimor...

Join artist Devan Shimoyama in a timely conversation with Artistic Director and Curator of Untitled Art, Omar López Chahoud. The talk will cover Shimoyama’s current series, "The Tarot," paintings from which will be on view at De Buck Gallery. In Devan Shimoyama’s Tarot series, the artist takes inspiration from the centuries-old divination practice of card reading. For Shimoyama, the Tarot represen...

Join us in conversation with the esteemed representatives of selected Premier Prize Partners of Untitled Art this year: Alice Gray Stites, Chief Curator for the 21c Museum Hotels; Jackie Herbst, Coordinator and Art Manager of CCA Andratx; and Derrick Adams, Founder of the Last Resort Artist Retreat. Moderated by Sarah Arison, President of the Arison Arts Foundation and Chair of the Board of YoungA...

Oliver Miro, founder of Vortic Art, in conversation with artist Gretchen Andrew, discussing the impact of XR (extended reality) technologies on the art world and bringing their complementary perspectives to the table. Together, they will discuss how digital and VR exhibiting solutions can encourage new dialogues between artists, galleries and collectors in a sustainable and accessible way. As Unti...

Over the last several years, we have seen statues commemorating formerly venerated, now reviled, figures destroyed or removed from view, while the number of those honoring neglected (primarily Black and female figures) has increased. Must artists creating public monuments today think about their future as well as their significance to contemporary culture? Does advocacy have an aesthetic? How do t...

Ostensibly based on factual events, the narrative of American history often depends on who is telling the story and in what medium. Take our flag -- please. Once an emblem of unity, it is now a symbol of division. Art may not have to function as anything other than art, but let’s see what happens when the nation’s social fabric is its canvas. About Dread Scott Dread Scott is an artist based in New...

The body may be a battleground but so is art. People fight over it. Always have. What if art fights back? Speaks its mind? What happens to artists -- and their public -- when an artwork ambushes their expectations? What subjects and materials are vulnerable to changing values? When standards of beauty accepted by one culture are repudiated by another, which becomes the “norm” and who gets to say?...

As part of Untitled Art’s programming during the 11th edition of the fair, [NAME] Publications presents “SWAMP ARCHEOLOGIES,” a series of three podcasts that focus on the often overlooked and forgotten dimensions of Miami's cultural history. Each part aims to reactivate the memory of some of Miami’s vital art scenes from the past 40 years: Part One will feature Dr. Donette Francis and focus on the...

As part of Untitled Art’s programming during the 11th edition of the fair, [NAME] Publications presents “SWAMP ARCHEOLOGIES,” a series of three podcasts that focus on the often overlooked and forgotten dimensions of Miami's cultural history. Each part aims to reactivate the memory of some of Miami’s vital art scenes from the past 40 years: Part One will feature Dr. Donette Francis and focus on the...

As part of Untitled Art’s programming during the 11th edition of the fair, [NAME] Publications presents “SWAMP ARCHEOLOGIES,” a series of three podcasts that focus on the often overlooked and forgotten dimensions of Miami's cultural history. Each part aims to reactivate the memory of some of Miami’s vital art scenes from the past 40 years: Part One will feature Dr. Donette Francis and focus on the...

The second part of this series welcomes back Omar López-Chahoud, Artistic Director and Curator of Untitled Art, in conversation with Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (Co-Founder and Co-Director of Dimensions Variable), Brook Dorsch (Founder of Emerson Dorsch), and Grant Bonnier (Owner and Curator of The Bonnier Gallery). The panel was organized by Untitled Art in collaboration with Art Club at Soho House...