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Goodbye 2020, Goodbye R.M. Vaughan

By: on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 at 4:31 pm

Documentation of R.M. Vaughan’s “Super-Diviner” (2014) at Videofag, Toronto

Some experiences I wish I could recall with perfect clarity vanish almost as soon as they occur. Artist and writer RM Vaughan’s “Super-Diviner” (2014) performance marks one such instance: an unusually perceptive tarot reading I still regret forgetting. Held at the now defunct... | Read More

Explain me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn’t, Part Two

By: on Monday, December 14th, 2020 at 2:47 pm

In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet’s National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2020. 

In this episode: 

We discuss the biases of algorithm sorting Ben Davis coins the term cultural inflation, a term that refers to franchise media properties. We examine the relevance of ART CLUB 2000 the recent... | Read More
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Explain Me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn’t, Part One

By: on Monday, December 14th, 2020 at 2:00 pm

In this episode of Explain Me, we take stock of the year in art with Artnet’s National Critic Ben Davis.

What happened in the art world in 2020?  We ask this knowing that we obviously have not seen a lot of art or attended anything remotely like a normal opening. But, a lot happened this year, even if we experienced it all at a distance.

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Explain Me with Andy Adams of FlakPhoto: From Idyllic Photos to The Surveillance State

By: on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 at 5:32 pm

Image by Andy Adams. via: FlakPhoto instagram.

In this episode of Explain Me we talk to Andy Adams (@FlakPhoto on instagram) a culture producer, and long time digital director. Andy is the founder of FlakPhoto Projects, an international community of photographers that operates in a parallel path to the one Powhida and Johnson come from—the... | Read More

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Zombie Figuration Isn’t a Thing: A Critical Autopsy with Antwaun Sargent

By: on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 at 11:31 pm

Jordan Casteel, “Within Reach”, New Museum installation view, 2020. Photo: Dario Lasagni

In this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger’s Zombie Figuration, a confusing essay that appeared earlier this month in ARTnews. We discuss race,... | Read More

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Institutional failure, Trump’s Agenda, and Meme-Driven Conservative Movements: A Talk with Nayland Blake

By: on Monday, June 29th, 2020 at 12:44 pm

Boogaloo Boys show off posters supporting Trump at a demonstration

Artist Nayland Blake joins the podcast to discuss the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, mass protests, and the resurgence of COVID as the backdrop for public art and how museums are addressing diversity.  Spearheaded in large part by Blake, we discuss all of... | Read More

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Revolution for the Family: Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus on Pandemic Parenting, Art, and Activism

By: on Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 at 2:35 pm

The Abrons Art Center has paid all their staff and performers during the shutdown.

This week on Explain Me, co-hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson talk to arts organizers and activists Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus about the challenges for mothers during the pandemic, and the challenges for arts workers seeking to make changes to a... | Read More

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From L.A. With Love: Thoughts on Online Viewing Rooms, Museum Layoffs, and More with Carolina Miranda and Michael Shaw

By: on Monday, April 20th, 2020 at 2:55 pm

Steve Locke, Student 338, 2016, Hydrocal, galvanized steel nails, procion dye, shellacapproximately 12×4.5×5.5″, $4,000. Link to item.

This week on Explain Me, William Powhida and Paddy Johnson speak with artist Michael Shaw and L.A. staff writer Carolina Miranda how quarantining is affecting artists, galleries and journalists on... | Read More

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Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters

By: on Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at 4:26 pm

In this episode of Explain Me, hosts Paddy Johnson and William Powhida talk to Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery in New York, and Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO and founder of Atelier4, an arts logistics company based out of New York. The discussion includes stories and conversations you won’t find anywhere else.

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Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters

By: on Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at 4:26 pm

In this episode of Explain Me, hosts Paddy Johnson and William Powhida talk to Magda Sawon of Postmasters Gallery in New York, and Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO and founder of Atelier4, an arts logistics company based out of New York. The discussion includes stories and conversations you won’t find anywhere else.

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