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Art from the Outside
by Amitha Raman and Will Palley
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!
Episodes
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Special episode: Artist Leo Castañeda at the Whitney Biennial
Welcome to this episode of our special Art from the Outside series around this year’s Whitney Biennial. In this special series, we’re going behind the scenes and getting an inside look at this important and exciting exhibition. We’ll be talking to the exhibition’s curators to learn more about the...
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Special episode: Behind the Whitney Biennial with curators Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer
Welcome to the very first episode of our special Art from the Outside series around this year’s Whitney Biennial! In this special series, we’re going behind the scenes and getting an inside look at this important and exciting exhibition. We’ll be talking to the exhibition’s curators to learn more...
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Artist Hew Locke
In this episode, we are joined by the artist Hew Locke. Hew was born in Edinburgh in 1959 but spent his formative years in Guyana, arriving just as the country was establishing its independence from British rule. He returned to Britain in 1980, where subsequently received his BA and MA in art. In...
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Artist Martine Gutierrez
This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the artist Martine Gutierrez. Martine is a transdisciplinary artist whose work uses photography, video, and performance to examine how identity is constructed and portrayed. Her projects range from billboards and music videos to her celebrated magazine...
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Artist Camille Henrot
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the artist Camille Henrot. Camille examines the intersections of anthropology, mythology, technology, and emotion, creating works that question how humans make sense of an increasingly complex world. At the center of her practice is an interest in…
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Artist William Kentridge
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the artist William Kentridge. Born in 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa - a city where he also now lives and works - William grew up under the pall of Apartheid. This experience deeply informs his practice, which frequently questions the historical...
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Artist Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the artist Frieda Toranzo Jaeger. Based in Mexico City, Frieda is known for her captivating works exploring technology, capitalism, and gender. Her art frequently delves into themes of digital interfaces, luxury cars, and the commodification of…
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Artist Sable Elyse Smith
Born in Los Angeles in 1986, Sable Elyse Smith works across a variety of media, including photography, painting, and sculpture, to investigate the US prison-industrial complex and its role in and effects on society. Her work has been featured at numerous prestigious institutions including the...
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Artist Jessica Rankin
This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the artist Jessica Rankin. Born in Sydney in 1971, Jessica is known for her vibrant and expansive exploration of the processes of memory, intuition, and interpretation. For the first part of her career, Jessica produced textile works that adopted…
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Artist Maia Ruth Lee
This episode we are thrilled to welcome the inspiring artist Maia Ruth Lee. Maia Ruth Lee’s multidisciplinary practice is deeply informed by questions surrounding the self in times of dispersion, mobility, and rootlessness. Using translation as an apparatus, Lee transmutes her works between...
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How the next generation of collectors are navigating the art market - LIVE FROM THE ARMORY FAIR
SPECIAL LIVE RECORDING AT NEW YORK'S ARMORY FAIR This panel looks towards the next generation of collectors, discussing strategies for navigating the shifting art market. Considering how emerging patrons are building lasting relationships with artists and institutions, this conversation will...
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Artist Nadya Tolokonnikova
This episode we are thrilled to be talking with the incredible artist Nadya Tolokonnikova. Nadya is the creator of Pussy Riot, a global feminist art movement. In 2012 she was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance Punk Prayer. Punk Prayer was named by The Guardian...
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Artist Alexandre da Cunha
This episode we are thrilled to be talking with the Brazilian born artist Alexandre da Cunha. Based between London and Sao Paulo, Ale has referred to his practice as ‘pointing’ as opposed to ‘making’. By ‘pointing’ at existing objects in plain sight, he highlights new and unexpected meanings…
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Artist Igshaan Adams
This episode, we are hugely excited to be joined by the artist Igshaan Adams. Born in Bonteheuwel, a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa in 1982, Igshaan draws upon his background to contest racial, sexual and religious boundaries. This intersectional topography remains visible throughout his...
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Artist Shahzia Sikander
This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the trailblazing artist Shahzia Sikander. Originally from Lahore, Pakistan; Sikander works across a variety of media including: paintings, video, and most recently, sculpture. She is best known for subverting Central and South-Asian manuscript painting...
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Artist P Staff
This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the artist P Staff. Born in Bognor Regis in the UK and now living and working between Los Angeles and London, P’s work draws from a wide-ranging assortment of inspirations, materials, and settings to emphasize the processes by which bodies – especially...
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Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden
This episode we are hugely excited to be joined by the artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden! Tiona is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. Born in Blytheville, Arkansas and raised in...
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Artist John Edmonds and Curator Dr. Ashley James - SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE
SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE!! In this special episode, we host a conversation with artist John Edmonds and Guggenheim curator Dr. Ashley James and to discuss the Guggenheim's new exhibition, Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility. The exhibition presents works of art that feature...
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Artist Zadie Xa
Welcome to season 4 of Art from the Outside! This episode we are thrilled to kick off the season with the artist Zadie Xa. Born in Vancouver in 1983 and now based in London, Zadie has developed an expansive practice that addresses the nature of diasporic identities, global histories, familial...
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Collector Pamela Kramlich
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the visionary collector, philanthropist, Pamela Kramlich. Over the last 35 years, alongside her husband Richard Kramlich, Pamela has built one of the most distinguished and expansive collections of time-based media art. The collection, which includes...
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Artist Ming Smith
This episode we have the privilege of speaking with the legendary photographer and artist Ming Smith. During a career spanning almost six decades, Smith has documented everyday moments while pushing the limits of photography as a medium. Her distinct style combines a deliberate blurriness with...
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Artist Marilyn Minter
This episode we are excited to be joined the pioneering artist and activist Marilyn Minter. Minter deftly explores American culture’s pathology of glamor through painting, photography, and video works which focus primarily on the female body and its treatment in popular media. Well known for her...
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Artist Isaac Julien
This episode, we are honored to be joined by the incredible, Turner Prize-nominated artist and filmmaker, Isaac Julien. Born in 1960 in London, Isaac is one of the leading artists working in film and video today. His 1989 film Looking for Langston garnered a cult following with this poetic...
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Artist Guadalupe Maravilla
Welcome to Season 3 of Art from the Outside!!! To kick off Season 3, we speak with the brilliant artist, thinker, and healer Guadalupe Maravilla. Born in 1976 in El Salvador, and now based and working in Brooklyn, New York, Guadalupe received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, and an MFA from...
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Artist Derrick Adams
This episode we are so excited to be joined by a brilliant artist who we both greatly admire: Derrick Adams. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970; Derrick's work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound installations. His multidisciplinary practice engages the ways in…
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Artist Kahlil Robert Irving
This episode we are so excited to be chatting with the incredible artist Kahlil Robert Irving. Currently living and working in St. Louis, MO, Kahlil's work encompasses ceramics, sculpture, site-specific wallpaper, and other mediums to mine the archive of visual culture and explore notions of...
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Artist Chitra Ganesh
This episode we are beyond thrilled to be joined by incredible artist Chitra Ganesh. Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, and currently based in Brooklyn, Chitra’s multi-disciplinary practice encompasses drawing, painting, animations, collages, and many more media to question and disrupt...
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Artist Barbara Kasten
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by brilliantly creative artist Barbara Kasten. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Barbara originally trained as a painter and textile artist at the University of Arizona (BFA), the California College of Arts & Crafts (MFA), before turning to photography in the...
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Artist Nari Ward
WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF ART FROM THE OUTSIDE!! We are so excited to kick off season two with the innovative artist Nari Ward! Originally from Jamaica; Ward works across a variety of media including: sculpture, installation, performance, photography and video. He is best known for his use of...
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Independent Art Fair Director Elizabeth Dee on Artists and Art Fairs
This episode, we are thrilled to be joined by the visionary Elizabeth Dee, Co-Founder and CEO of the Independent Art Fair. Conceived and initiated in 2009, the Independent has rapidly become one of the most important and influential art fairs globally and will be hosted at New York’s Battery...
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Artist Paul Maheke on Politics and Performance Art
This episode, we are delighted to be joined by the multi-disciplinary artist and dear friend Paul Maheke. Based in London but originally from France, Paul’s practice focused on dance but encompasses a collaborative body of work comprising performance, installation, sound and video. His work...
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Delfina Foundation's Aaron Cezar on Residencies and the Turner Prize
This episode, we are very fortunate to be joined by the fabulous Aaron Cezar. Aaron is the Director of the Delfina Foundation, a London-based artist residency program that, since its founding in 2007, has hosted over 300 artists from more than 70 countries. Some familiar alumni include Kevin...
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Artist Phyllida Barlow on Her Journey Through the Art World
This episode, we are extremely lucky to be joined by the pioneering artist, Phyllida Barlow. We talk about her early memories of the art world, how she continues to evolve her practice, what it's like to be a working artist and a parent, getting a CBE, and much more! Originally from Newcastle…
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Gallerist Jessica Silverman on Building a Diverse Gallery Program
This episode we are thrilled to be joined by an amazing gallerist - and friend - Jessica Silverman. Jessica founded her namesake gallery in 2008 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district; after completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Otis College in Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in...
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Artist Dayanita Singh on Expanding the Boundaries of Photography
This episode we are hugely excited to be joined by the definition defying artist Dayanita Singh. Based in New Delhi, India, Dayanita started taking photographs in the early 1980s, soon expanding into photojournalism. Her practice has grown to span photography, bookmaking, installations, and…
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Collector Pamela Joyner on Purpose and Patronage
This episode, we are very lucky to speak with the visionary collector, philanthropist, and our personal art world hero, Pamela Joyner. Based in San Francisco, California, Pamela is a true champion for artists of African descent. Together with her husband Fred Giuffrida, she has built one of the...
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Artist Jeffrey Gibson on Art, Identity, and Intersectionality
In this episode we speak with the inspiring and brilliant artist, Jeffrey Gibson. Jeffrey Gibson’s practice combines the cultural and artistic traditions of his Cherokee and Choctaw heritage with the visual languages of Modernism and themes from contemporary popular culture. Born in Colorado...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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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