Art Sense

Step into the studios, galleries, museums and boardrooms of the art world with Art Sense. Join host Craig Gould in insightful, one-on-one conversations that delve deep into the minds of art world thought leaders. From compelling authors to visionary technologists, this podcast explores the diverse perspectives of art historians, curators, museum directors, artists, and business leaders, offering listeners an enriching journey through the origins of masterpieces to the emerging horizon of art and innovation shaping our cultural landscape.

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Episodes

Ep. 12: All About NFTs - SuperRare's Zack Yanger and Christie's Head of NFTs Noah Davis

This week’s episode spends the hour trying to get a better understanding of NFTs and how they are changing the landscape of the art world. 01:26 - A conversation with Zack Yanger, Senior Vice President of Business Development at SuperRare. Zack will provide us a great overview of the NFT space, as well as a first-hand account of the early NFT industry and opinions about what is on the horizon. 36:31 - A discussion with Noah Davis, Head of Digital Sales at Christie’s. In his role at Christie’s, N...

Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min

Ep. 11: Artist Vincent Valdez

00:57 - A conversation with artist Vincent Valdez. Valdez produces beautiful large scale paintings that tackle issues of justice and equality. His work has been either exhibited or collected by some of the nation’s top institutions, including LACMA, Mass MoCA, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and The National Portrait Gallery. 53:06 - The week’s top art headlines.

Sep 07, 2021•59 min

Ep. 10: Artist Eric Fischl

1:08 - A conversation with acclaimed artist Eric Fischl. Fischl, whose work has long chronicled the empty promises of the upwardly mobile middle class, can be found in the collections of The Met, The Whitney, MoMA and MOCA. In the interview, Eric discusses with Craig his inspirations, his process, his narratives and his use of symbolism. The conversation concludes with a discussion of Fischl’s work setting up an artist residency and exhibition space in Sag Harbor, New York called The Church. 53:...

Aug 31, 2021•59 min

Ep. 9: The MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 with Curator Abby Winograd and Remembering Chuck Close

1:01 - Abby Winograd, the MacArthur Fellows Program 40th Anniversary Exhibition Curator at the University of Chicago Smart Museum of Art, discusses her work organizing the multi-site exhibition “Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40” and an accompanying museum exhibit at the Smart Museum of Art. 39:45 - Craig takes a look at the life of Chuck Close

Aug 24, 2021•52 min

Ep. 8: Curator Susie Ferrell and Artist Zoe Walsh

1:10 - LACMA curator Susie Ferrell discusses the museum’s current exhibit “Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation”. The exhibit examines the premise of cultural exchange and how Western art and brands have influenced Chinese art in the present and recent past. 25:37 - Artist Zoe Walsh discusses their work. Walsh is an up and coming Los Angeles-based artist whose brightly colored works walk a fine line between abstraction and figuration while delving into issues re...

Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min

Ep. 7: Author Carolyn Schlam and Artist Terrell James

1:10 - Author Carolyn Schlam discusses her new book “The Joy of Art: How to Look At, Appreciate, and Talk about Art”. Schlam has set out to write a book that guides the art viewing experience from an artist’s perspective. 27:19 - Artist Terrell James discusses her work. James is a master of colorful abstraction based on the influence of landscapes. Her work is exhibited worldwide and can be found in major collections like MFA Boston, MFA Houston, the Menil Collection and the Whitney Museum of Am...

Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min

Ep. 6: Curator Philip Larratt-Smith and Artist Christiane Pooley

1:21 - Curator Philip Larratt-Smith discusses an exhibit he has curated at the Jewish Museum titled “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter” which pairs Louise Bourgeois’s artwork with personal writings from her time in psychoanalysis. Larratt-Smith had served as Bourgeois’s literary archivist during her life and now serves as curator at the Easton Foundation which works to preserve Bourgeois’ creative legacy. 38:22 - Artist Christiane Pooley discusses her work. The Chilean-native creates paintings ...

Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min

Ep. 5: Getty Curator Casey Lee and Artist Marilyn Minter

1:30 - Getty Museum curator Casey Lee discusses “Artists as Collectors”, an exhibition exploring how artists accumulated, cared for, and used drawings by other artists that they avidly collected, on view at the Getty Center through September 12, 2021 14:54 - Photographer and painter Marilyn Minter about her examination of female strength and sexuality from the perspective of a female eye. Minter’s work is in the collections of the Tate Modern, Guggenheim, MoMA, MOCA, SFMoMA, MFA Boston and the W...

Jul 27, 2021•43 min

Ep. 4: Author Dr. Noah Charney and Video Artist Andrew Huang

1:14 - Author Dr. Noah Charney discusses his new book “The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World” which examines the counterintuitive nature of the art world. The things that would surely ruin a person’s career in any other field appear to actually enable success in the world of art. 24:11 - Video artist Andrew Huang talks about his growing body of work in visual art, music videos and feature films. Huang, whose work has been exhibited at institutions like Mo...

Jul 20, 2021•52 min

Ep. 3: Author Barnaby Phillips and Artist Hughie O'Donoghue RA

01:21 - Journalist and author Barnaby Phillips discusses his new book “Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes” which details events in 1897 that led to the British looting of Benin Empire treasures and the complicated status of these objects that have since been distributed worldwide. 33:01 - Artist Hughie O’Donoghue talks about his body of work and his most recent exhibit titled Night Cargo. O’Donoghue, a member of Britain’s Royal Academy, is widely collected by museums in the United Kingdom and I...

Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 12 min

Ep. 2: Author Jennifer Higgie and Artist Sandy Skoglund

1:10 - Frieze Editor-at-large Jennifer Higgie discusses her new book “The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits” 23:12 - Artist Sandy Skoglund talks about her body of work, her current exhibit at the McNay in San Antonio and a group show she will be part of next year at LACMA. Known as a pioneer in staged photography, we discuss how she is actually an interdisciplinary artist whose work questions fact and fiction 61:47 - Art headlines...

Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min

Ep.1: Author W. Barksdale Maynard & Artist Bo Bartlett

01:24 - Author W. Barksdale Maynard discusses his new book "Artists of Wyeth Country: Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, and Andrew Wyeth" 22:40 - Artist Bo Bartlett discusses his contemporary work, as well as his years working alongside and documenting the everyday life of Andrew Wyeth 64:42 - Art headlines

Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 12 min

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