Art from the Outside

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Two art nerds Amitha Raman and Will Palley host Art from the Outside, a podcast for anyone who wants an outside in look at the art world. They feature exclusive interviews with leading artists, curators, collectors, and gallerists to help unravel the arts. Follow the official Instagram @Artfromtheoutsidepodcast for images of artworks discussed in each episode and to peek behind the scenes!

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Leslie-Lohman Museum Director Laura Raicovich on Why Art Is Never Neutral

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 transforming the museum to better serve its community, as well as expanding its roster of world-class exhi...

Jan 05, 2021•57 min

Samdani Art Foundation's Nadia Samdani on How Collecting Art Changes the Conversation

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 her role as Director of the Samdani Art Foundation, Nadia led the launch of the Dkaha Art Summit in 2012, a multi...

Dec 15, 2020•57 min

Artist Ursula von Rydingsvard on Why She Makes Art

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 amazing Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia . Her work is also in the permanent collections of museums includi...

Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 10 min

Gallerist Kavi Gupta on Building a Chicago Powerhouse

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 Báez, Angel Otero, (and one of my personal favorites) Jeffrey Gibson - just to name a few. Working alo...

Nov 10, 2020•52 min

Artist Amy Khoshbin on Art and Activism

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 shown at venues such as The Whitney Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, Times Square Arts, and Socrates Sculpt...

Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min

Art21 Executive Director Tina Kukielski on Art Outside the New York Bubble

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. In addition to leading Art21, Tina is also an active and widely respected curator. She was a co-cu...

Oct 02, 2020•59 min

Artist Camilo Godoy on Art and Education

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 Bogotá, Colombia and is currently based in New York, United States. He is a graduate of The New School wi...

Sep 08, 2020•55 min

Gallerist Wendy Olsoff on P.P.O.W: 1983 to Present

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 van Dalen Search Results Nicolas Moufarrege Nancy Spero Guadalupe Maravilla Terry Adkins KAWS For images, a...

Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min

Asia Society Museum Director Boon Hui Tan on their Inaugural Triennial

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 Hui was Artistic Director for Singapour en France, le Festival, the largest multidisciplinary presentation of contemporary cul...

Aug 06, 2020•41 min

Chisenhale Director Zoé Whitley on Soul of a Nation and Beyond

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 Elijah Pierce’s America will open at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Some of the artists dis...

Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 9 min

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