Exhibitionistas: Notes on Art

Can art rescue us from the empty one-liners of self-help? How do we find long-lasting, meditative explorations of life? Might Exhibitionistas’ art questions lead us to wonderment? And what is wonderment? Welcome to the Art Wonderment Manifesto, by art curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves – an examination of art wisdom with contemporary artists, ancestral philosophies and modernist poetry you didn’t know you needed. Discover why art conversations, an art etiquette segment where a non-expert guest brings in an unprompted question about art, and critical thinking beyond categories might be just what the doctor ordered.Why is Art Wonderment crucial today, you ask? Art is right here, produced by living artists, engaging with visual arts culture and with the complexity of life, society and politics. Why not risk considering how contemporary art, art philosophy and ancestral wisdom examine the world around us without the comfort of dogmas but with the promise of truthful challenges.Did you enjoy this episode? You can leave us a one-off donation HERE.Help us continue to provide free episodes by supporting us monthly HERE.With the wonderful Catalan artist Susanna INGLADA; the timeless wisdom of LAO TZU's Tao Te Ching translated by Ursula K. LE GUIN–, the most innovative Portuguese poet, Fernando PESSOA and his mind blowing creation of more than 100 heteronyms (poets he invented with a persona, a life, and their own authored poetry), amongst which the most extreme of them all, Alberto Caeiro.And… Stick around for our most popular segment, Art Etiquette and this episode’s art question: why is contemporary art not considered art?Guest: Spencer Moore, Creator and host of The Hairy Chin PodcastSoon: Bonus – full length Art Etiquette episodes.Come for the art, stay for the creative writing–segment, Brainstorm in a Teacup, where Joana reads short texts from her notebooks exposing her inner thoughts and strange fictional flash writing.Consider this episode an anti-tutorial: it will not teach you how or why to... nor 5 methods to achieve something quickly. Rather, this Art Wonderment Manifesto will reclaim wisdom and experience through language explorations, spending time with the unknown, being comfortable with what we don't understand because, precisely, "understanding" might not be the point. Who wants to stand under?! Wandering, meandering, letting go while holding on to the specific is what it's all about. #ArtWondermentManifesto #artmanifesto #artappreciation00:00:00 - Intro: A Different Start + Featured Artist Susanna Inglada00:02:06 - The Self-Help trap00:13:36 - Art Wonderment Manifesto00:19:26 - Art Etiquette with S. Moore: why is contemporary art not considered art?00:28:25 - Art Wonderment Manifesto – Holding the paradox wit artist Susanna Inglada00:33:07 - The mysterious life of Portugal’s most intriguing poet, Fernando Pessoa00:42:06 - Brainstorm in a Teacup00:43:55 - A message, a rant, a call for voice notes, a see you soonDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Is art wonderment possible through a copy of an artwork? As an art curator and writer, our host is often faced with printed or digital art portfolios – does this art digital hygiene go against art etiquette? Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaThis ‘art anxiety’ is reinforced by the concept, coined by the German thinker Walter Benjamin, of “the aura”, the "here and now of the work of art" understood as a defense of the unique art experiences ‘in the flesh’. Donate!What if we’d failed to see what Benjamin alerts us to in his seminal art book: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction? What if mass reproduction of images brought an art liberation? What is preserving the here and now of the aesthetic experience was a form of gatekeeping? And how can we read the concept of aura today?Interested in Worlding, my art space & residency in London?https://www.worldingproject.com/Interested in seeing the exhibition with Collective Aid and SOS MEDITERRANEE for Refugee Week? https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/across-lands-and-seas-exhibitionInterested in our Workshops? https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/workshops-across-lands-and-seas-exhibitionAnd our talk about courage? https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/across-lands-and-seasKnow more about Collective Aid and SOS MEDITERRANEE.Read Katy Barron's Women who Podcast Magazine. And listen to our episode in Kathy's podcast Women Who Sarcast.And here is the link to Kathy's awesome film Navel Gazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogy1nTiCms0&t=205sSIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS [email protected]:00 Can we be moved by a reproduction of an artwork?07:04 Walter Benjamin's "Aura" is often misunderstood15:52 My 2nd hand art experience: 2 paintings by Caspar D. Friedrich20:12 Benjamin, a fellow podcaster? And the real change brought by tech29:07 Art Etiquette segment!40:13 Walter Benjamin's Influence on Art and Technology40:13 Copy v automated reproduction53:26 Brainstorm in a teacup segment!54:37 Answer to the question: can we be moved by a copy of art? #walterbenjamin #aura #technologyandartDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Is digital media preventing us from accessing the most exciting part of culture? In this final hiatus special, explore the unacknowledged difference between wonder and wander—and why curators and gallery-goers alike need digital hygiene. We dig into Wordsworth's poetry, Agnes Martin's meditative minimalism, and real art etiquette, plus the night my performance went viral and Snoop Dogg reposted it. A new era. A new episode structure. New segments. Your art theory explained through unexpected perspective shifts.Visit Worlding online and sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram: @worldingprojecthttps://www.worldingproject.comSmall donations are great! "Buys us a book": https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaDo you LOVE podcasts? Do you want to support female-led businesses?Get your podcasting magazine here: Women Who Podcast Magazine - https://www.womenwhopodcastmag.com/Sources:My definition of wonderment is actually taken from the noun ‘wonder’: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wonder Hollis Frampton’s text: Digression on the Photographic Agony, Artforum, November 1972: https://www.artforum.com/features/digressions-on-the-photographic-agony-209932/Agnes Martin’s photo credits: Agnes Martin in the mesas near Cuba, New Mexico, 1974. Photo Gianfranco Gorgoni.Pliny the Elder’s mention of the origin myth of art is in Natural History Book XXXVMy strange viral experience article Going Viral: if your exhibition is reposted by Snoop Dog, does it matter? https://substack.com/home/post/p-157358364The article where I mention Katy Hessel’s strange Art Self Help Book, Art as Function, Automatic Education, and Self-Care: the Politics of Culture Replaced by the Commodification of Creativity: https://substack.com/@joanaprneves/p-190450394Find Walter Benjamin’s first “read Walter Benjamin with me” here” https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/your-crazy-aunt-book-shelf00:00 Introduction to Exhibitionistas and New Format01:30 Wonderment06:03 Reading Out Loud08:25 Agnes Martin on Joy12:58 Ekphrasis19:51 Digital Hygiene41:32 Build Exhibitionistas With Me!46:33 Brainstorm in a Teacup47:37 OutroFollow, Subscribe, Comment, or write [email protected] the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

🔎 Does obscurity lead to creative freedom? Why do I ask? Because of a single sentence in Chris Kraus' book I Love Dick, simply stating that once we accept obscurity, we can do what we want...📙 This book is a ride through the literary world of the 1990s from the perspective of "the wife of"; it's an exploration of visual art through the perspective of obscurity, complexity and weirdness, and a classic and transgressive exploration of authorship.We discuss:I Love Dick (duuuuh)artistic freedomcreative liberationfemale creativitythe complexities of feminismthe work of Sophie Calle, Hannah WilkeAuthorship and its twist through auto-fictionartistic exposure invisibility, and obscurityauthorshipcritique versus experienceRead Joana's essays: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/.To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/e...you can become a member and support us.Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaTakeawaysthe great literary work of Chris Krausthe female condition and the role of the artistlayers of feminismcritical prejudice against feminist artthe economy of artistic exclusionaesthetic experience of desiredesire as a fiction devicesex, lust and adultery in postmodernismsex in art00:00 Intro: On creative freedom and obscurity02:51 A feminist sensation: "I Love Dick" by Chris Kraus 09:47 Dick, Sylvère... and Chris15:12 The Structure of the Book23:29 The Triangle of Obscurity26:05 Exposure of Self or Obscurity of the Muse?30:53 Transgression as Sexlessness41:04 Economic Obscurity47:21 Sex, Desire, and Visibility54:26 Art, Identity, and Obscurity55:44 The Life and Legacy of Hannah Wilke01:09:39 Art Monsters01:17:56 OutroDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

🔎 How do we spot a masterpiece? Can we really know if the art we’re looking at is any good? Which is to say, how do we recognize talent? And is pleasure a real indicator of artistic greatness?⚒️ Are there any identifying tools that may fit the unique shape of a new work of art?Spotting great art may be trickier but more exciting than we think. We look into Proust, specifically into one of the most intriguing narrative lines of In Search of Lost Time (Vol I): the presumed greatness of the famous actress, "La Berma”, inspired by the very real and very famous turn of the century Sarah Bernhardt, whose performance tests the main character’s artistic judgment. We’ll follow his tribulations with aesthetic anxiety, antcipation, experience, enjoyment and appreciation.Are these the steps to artistic paradise?Tune in to find out, and enjoy some beautiful excerpts of this magnificent, detailed, and wordy (in the best sense!) piece of literature. But... is it any good?Read Joana's essays: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/.To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/e...you can become a member and support us.Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaTakeawayswhat is artistic talenthow to identify ithow Proust sees art and its judgementthe subjective power revealed in artstream of consciousnesswhat experience really meansaesthetic experience and experience of lifDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Is there a dark side to creativity? Might it even be necessary? Are artists visionaries? Or is the future contained in the present, and if so, what will you do about it?As a an art writer and curator, Joana P. R. Neves, the host, steps back from her job, and steps into the questions it stimulates, about art and life, creativity and philosophy. And what better tools to explore the point were art intersects with life than books?In this episode, Joana presents and reads excerpts of this week's chosen book, The Invention of Morel (1940) by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and asks "is there a dark side to creativity?"Read Joana's essays: Art Thinkosaurus.To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠+ you can become a member and support us.Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠.Takeawaysgenre literature and avant-gardeThe artifice of creativity of Adolfo Bioy Casares's 'The Invention of Morel'The ethical implications of technology and creativityChapters00:00 The Island of Isolation06:36 The Mysterious Miracle37:28 Introduction to Adolfo Bioy Casares and 'The Invention of Morel'47:50 The Island and Its Inhabitants56:00 Morel's Invention and Its Implications01:04:29 The Narrator's Response and Ethical Considerations01:19:02 The Dark Side of Creativity and Technology01:30:14 The Interconnection of Human Condition and TechnologyDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Your host, writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, challenges you to explore the mystery of a missing paragraph in Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall', and its significance for creative pursuits. You're about to dwell on the flow of consciousness as creative flow – the art of mastering and letting go simultaneously.How do we create? How to we get to that special place where we're in control while accepting the randomness of the reactive materials we work with? And what does that say about life?Links, as promised:Explorations of Sex and Self (reference to the Angel in the House): https://joanaprneves.substack.com/p/explorations-of-sex-and-selfAbout being drawn to "minor works": https://joanaprneves.substack.com/p/when-art-says-the-unspeakableSubscribe to the free newsletter (and become a paid member if you can): https://joanaprneves.substack.com/subscribeBuy us a book, support our researches: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaWe're fine-tuning the show in the background, so we're on a hiatus of sorts–but episodes will drop every two weeks, now on Mondays. We've clarified our purpose: we're now Exhibitionistas - Notes on Art, which feels good and more in tune with our vibe.TakeawaysTextual discrepancies in literary works can reveal insights into the author's creative process.Favorite texts can deeply influence creativity and self-perception. Better than self-help books? Find out for yourself!The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf explores the balance between creative control and letting go, reflecting the complexities of the artistic process.Chapters00:00 Unraveling the Mystery11:41 Introduction to the Special Series17:28 Virginia Woolf's Life and Influence32:31 The Angel in the House and Creative Freedom01:01:24 Reading 'The Mark on the Wall'Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

ART TOPIC is is an exploration of a topic through visual arts or vice-versa. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, this episode is an experiment in opposing writing to oral communication. It also engages with queer lives at the height of modernism, the notion of genius and its patriarchal tendencies, as well as the intriguing, unique couple of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.Discover Joana's text "G is for Genius, Grammar and Girl", published on her Substack Art Thinkosaurus. She reads it here as a performance of sorts, with mistakes, reflexions and all, to test voice versus word. What will she discover?Explore Joana's Substack and become a member for the price of a latte: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/What you get from this episode:How do we write about art?Is talking about art different than writing about it?Is Modernism entangled in Gender issues?How did gender influence modernism and vice-versa?Why were we obsessed with the "genius"?Musings about Otto Weininger, Rachel Cusk and Ernest HemingwayTo know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠+ you can become a member and support us.→ DONATE (give it some time for the donorbox window to charge):⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠⁠If you appreciate Exhibitionistas but can only go for a small donation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast#visualarts #visualartist #arteducation #joanaprneves #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #arttalk #art #visualartsepisode #visualartspodcast #contemporaryart #talkart #londonexhibitions #londongallery #londonmuseum #bestlondonart #arthistory #arttheory #exhibition #gertrudestein #alicebtoklas #modernism #gender #queerlives #queerartDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

ART BOOK CLUB is a segment where a guest suggests a book which was not written with visual arts in mind and yet is a source of inspiration, guidance and / or creativity for their work. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, this episode welcomes visual artist Laisul Hoque.How can a work of fiction influence the work of an artist?Can a visual arts practice be illuminated by storytelling? How can art practices she light on the value and limitations of archives and photographic documentation of the past?To what extent do images convey the truth?Is visual arts the territory where we reckon with our ties with the past, and our emotional needs?Laisul chose: Babu Bangladesh!, written by Numair Atif Choudhury.To know more about our guests → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠+ you can become a member and support us.What you get from this episode: Curating revelations, unexpected curating methods, lessons in community, art philosophies, ethical art questions.If you appreciate Exhibitionistas but can only go for a small donation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast0:00 Intro04:19 Choosing an artistic career11:13 Autobiography in visual arts18:26 Book: Babu Bangladesh! By NUmair Atif Choudhury20:14 How a book intersects with personal life22:15 The personal, the politics, the art, the book28:20 What is Babu Bangladesh! about?35:14 Family photo archive and visual arts39:26 Break and call for action41:43 Speculative fiction as device for truth telling45:58 Why is Babu Bangladesh! In English?48:32 Taking ownership of the historical archive?56:18 StorytellingThe Ground Beneath Me: An artistic exploration of care01:03:34 Displaced spaces of art01:10:16 Does art provide answers?01:21:14 Outro #visualarts #visualartist #bangladeshiartist #bangladeshart #arteducation #artbookclub #bookclub #bangladeshfiction #numairatifchoudhury #joanaprneves #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #arttalk #art #visualartsepisode #visualartspodcast #contemporaryart #talkart #youngartist #bowarts #nunnerygallery #londonexhibitions #londongallery #londonmuseum #bestlondonartDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

You're bound to get an art education with our guest, curator Sarah Carrington! Our art talk with her explores her work as director of the Public Art Trail in East London The Line, as well as the joys of producing visual arts projects and supporting artistic commissions for an urban space full of wildlife and industrial areas, away from the capital's most overcrowded areas.Art Insider is an art discussion segment with fascinating visual arts thinkers and curators who lift the veil on their corner of the field (hosted by Joana P. R. Neves).​When is an art trail more than a walk from sculpture to sculpture?​And how does a visual arts curator work with artists for a context such as... a city?Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves.Guest: Sarah Carrington, Director of The Linehttps://the-line.org/Buy The Line’s fabulous book here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRmdRacbw7Wn3H7gV0c3m0gDonate to The Line here:https://the-line.org/support-us-2/✺ Exhibitionistas Files on Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistasWe're allergic to newsletters and passionate about writing. Our episode emails have interesting facts, follow-up thoughts and recommendations.✤ Our host Joana P. R. Neves is on Substack (Art Thinkosaurus)If you enjoy 1) reading; 2) our topics... you'll love Joana's Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.comDonating allows us to produce more and better: https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-usIf a membership is too much, leave us a tip–every donation is a boost!⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠Host & FounderExhibitionistas is hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, a seasoned curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. She loves demystifying contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to reveal how art can uncover views on today's hottest topics as much as on everlasting existential questions.Instagram: @joanaprneves / @exhibitionistas_podcastFor collaborations, text commissions and questions: [email protected]#visualarts #arteducation #arttalk #talkart #bestartpodcast #contemporaryart #art trail #publicart #londonpublicart #bestartpodcast #thelinelondon #artinthecity #curator #curatinginterview #curatorinterviewDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

For some, colour is subjective, for others it's vital. In visual arts, is it a universal idea or a local material? As far as art themes go, this one leads to a world of possibilities. Curator Joana P. R. Neves welcomes María Castro Jímenez, whose Substack page "Pigments, Colours & Other Stories" reveals new pathways into art history, art making and creativity. Perfect for artists, ideal for polymaths, superb for creative souls and idyllic for those who enjoy a mix of prehistory, archeology, chemistry, anthropology and magic. Ultimately, this is the best art podcast to creatively explore creativity...Art Topic is an art discussion segment focusing on the most intriguing art themes, or providing exciting new approaches to classic art themes in visual arts, with art experts, thinkers or curators (hosted by Joana P. R. Neves).Hosted by Joana P. R. NevesGuest: María Castro JímenezMaría's Substack: https://mariacj.substack.comPROMO LINK for her PIGMENTS GUIDE (20% discount until 1/2/2026): https://mariacj.substack.com/exhibitionistasdiscount ✺ Exhibitionistas Files on Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistasWe're allergic to newsletters and passionate about writing.✤ Joana P. R. Neves on Substack (Art Thinkosaurus) If you enjoy 1)reading; 2) our topics... you'll love Joana's Substackhttps://joanaprneves.substack.comDonating allows us to produce more and better. https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-usIf a membership is too much, leave us a tip–every donation is a boost! ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠Host & FounderExhibitionistas is hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, a seasoned curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. She loves demystifying contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to reveal how art can uncover views on today's hottest topics as much as on everlasting existential questions.Instagram: @joanaprneves / @exhibitionistas_podcastFor collaborations, text commissions and inquiries: [email protected]:00 WELCOME TO OUR COLOUR EPISODE!00:43 Is colour merely subjective?02:33 Colour & Line in art academies05:18 Colours are cultural. Is RED an exception?01:02:54 BLUE, a favourite.01:05:29 Book recommendation about colour in art01:12:23 OUR GOODBYES.... until next timeDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

What if a visual artist’s favourite tool revealed their underlying art themes and intrinsic creative processes? Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves.Guests: Ana María Caballero and Alexandra Jabre.This segment is as much: ​an art education as ​an introduction to art critique, by empowering you ​with art tips ​art techniques we seldom talk about. My Art Tools is a segment associating two art talks where an established visual artist opens their tool box: what is their fetish instrument? An artist life can get as technical as it can be spiritual. In fact, they may be related... But most of all, a visual artist's hand guides you through the passion of following one’s vision, the pleasures of trusting an instinct, and the resilience it takes to work creatively. After all, creative processes are everywhere, for the visual artist as for any problem-solving situation, with an added philosophical twist. Our two guests also discuss what it takes to embark on a creative life, what it takes to create poetry, sculpture, and more. What sacrifices do you make, what path do you take, and what kind of healing does art bring? Subscribe to Exhibitionistas Files Episode E-LetterExhibitionistas Files on Substack: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/e...Joana P. R. Neves on Substack https://joanaprneves.substack.comCompensate the work. If a membership is too much, leave us a tip.https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaFor more flexible donations:https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/su...Host & FounderExhibitionistas is hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, a seasoned curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. She loves demystifying contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to reveal how art can uncover views on today's hottest topics as much as on everlasting existential questions.For collaborations, text commissions and inquiries: [email protected]#arteducation #contemporaryart #artistlife #femaleartist #greatartists #contemporaryartist #artiststudio #artistinterview #artisttalk #greatwomenartists #visualartists #arttalk Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

A part of our work and leisure is spent online and so is our art. Posted on social media and even made with the help of AI, LLMs, and more, creative initiatives and art objects may now also live in online art spaces. Is an art podcast to be confused with it? What are the joys and dangers of real art spaces becoming virtual ones? Or is the danger elsewhere, and the art education potentially everywhere? Art Topic is an art discussion segment about intriguing art themes, or exciting new approaches to classic art topics in visual arts, with art experts, thinkers or curators. This time, host and art writer Joana P. R. Neves shares some insights about art spaces in light of our presence in online spaces, through her relatively new role as a female podcaster.Does being present online affect our presence IRL in galleries, museums and art spaces in general? Two exhibitions stimulated this critique of digital engagement and creativity: Peter Doig's House of Music and Danielle Brathwaite Shirley's The Delusion at the Serpentine gallery. Before we visit the two exhibitions, and proposing an art review of sorts, Joana analyses how her work as an art podcaster provides insights into the realities of new technologies, creativity, the social feedback loop and having a sentient body.Art spaces can and should help us understand the impact of the internet and AI on our humanity.For further reading, Joana has written extensively on Substack about the reception of art, spectatorship and the exhibitions aforementioned: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/p/the-comedy-of-contemporary-artSubscribe to Exhibitionistas on our Substack page. Exhibitionistas Files on Substack: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistasDonating allows us to produce more and better. Think about this: you would not leave a shop, coffee in hand, without paying for it. Compensate the work.So, if a membership is too much, leave us a tip: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaIf you're interested in a membership and the perks that come with it go to our Substack membershipshttps://joanaprneves.substack.com/sub...For more flexible donations: https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/su...Host & FounderExhibitionistas is hosted by Joana P. R. Neves, a seasoned curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. She loves demystifying contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to reveal how art can uncover views on today's hottest topics as much as on everlasting existential questions. For collaborations, text commissions and inquiries: [email protected] us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcasthttps://exhibitionistaspodcast.com0:00 Introduction8:50 Art Spaces and Online Spaces Intersect14:35 How Work Online and at Work Creating Content Impacts our Notion of Presence17:23 The Other Side of the Mirror: The Ethics of Creating Art Content Online20:14 Does Less = Nothing? The Impact of Measuring31:47 Two case studies: Peter Doig and Danielle Brathwaite Shirley at the Serpentine Gallery Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Have you ever been under the irresistible spell of an art work? Art Story is a shorter episode exploring an art work, an artist, an exhibition or even a concept through a proudly subjective narrative. Narrated by: the host, Joana P. R. NevesJoana explores an aesthetic shock involving a tongue twister and a photography by Roni Horn in a busy art fair. Maybe you’ll jump into the flow, maybe you’ll be touched by Joana's devotion to the art, the feeling, and the inscrutable nature of certain contemporary art attractions.→ To dig deeper into the episode's references and receive little gems, notes, and musings that didn't make it into the episode, ⁠SIGN UP: ⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠⁠→ DONATE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠⁠⁠Key themes: Roni Horn's work; conceptual art art; photography; art installation; art and language; identity and fluidity; androgyny, aesthetic shockSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/subscribeIf you appreciate my work, why not buy me a coffee? It's a nice way to show your appreciation without having to commit to a membership: ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #immersive #artexhibitions #ronihorn #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #douglashuebler #contemporarypainting #londonart #museum #londonmuseum #artpodcast #artconversations #arttalk #ralkart #greatwomenartists #exhibitions #exhibitionmaking #curator #artcritic #artreview Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

What can you paint at the end of your life? How does painting feature in a Aboriginal culture? Does contemporary art culture intersect with Aboriginal art – should we even look for this kind of connection? How did exhibitions of the great painter and artist of the Northern Territory explose her work and contextualise it? How do exhibitions in contemporary museums welcome aboriginal art? Exhibition Chinwag is the original segment of the podcast where Joana invites professionals from other fields to visit and discuss the work of artists through their solo exhibitions. Guest: Emily Harding the OG Exhibitionistas co-host!Surprise Guest: John McDonald, Art Critic.John's Substack.The artist: Emily Kam Kgnwarray at Tate Modern until 11 January, curated by Kelli Cole.Check out images referred to in the episode ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.→ To dig deeper into the episode's references and receive little gems, notes, and musings that didn't make it into the episode, ⁠SIGN UP: ⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠→ DONATE: ⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠⁠Key themes: Painting; children in art; painting the body; the representation of the body, Jenny SavilleSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/subscribeIf you appreciate my work, why not buy me a coffee? It's a nice way to show your appreciation without having to commit to a membership: ⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#visualarts #contemporaryart #artexhibitions #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #thenationalportraitgallery #painting #contemporarypainting #londonart #museum #londonmuseum #artpodcast #artconversations #arttalk #greatwomenartists #EmilyKameKngwarreye #tatemodern #exhibitions #exhibitionmaking #curator #artcritic #artreview #exhibitions #arteducation #art Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Le Guin demonstrates how we can totally change the STORY.But... how does this apply to curating?Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves.Catherine Li chose: Ursula K. Le GuinSIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.⁠⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas→ DONATE (give it some time for the donorbox window to charge):⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-usInstagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: [email protected]:00 Intro 00:05:10 What does a curator do?00:09:57 The book over which Joana and Catherine bonded00:15:29 The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction00:23:16 An exhibition the size of a lunchbox00:33:22 Ideas and practicalities of curating00:40:49 Le Guin’s critique of the hero-centric story00:45:55 The curator: hero, opinion maker?00:52:09 Feminism, pre-history and curating00:59:49 The curator as a carrier01:07:23 Traditions and experimentations in curating01:16:59 Le Guin’s vision: process rather than conflictDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

In My Art Tools (new segment) we look into 2 artists' tool box: what is their fetish instrument? Artists think with their hands. Let's get technical! The artist's hand will guide you through the passion of following one’s vision, the pleasures of trusting an instinct, and the resilience it takes to work creatively. Hosted by Joana P. R. Neves.The guests: Anouk Mercier (UK + FR) and Marina Roca Díe (SP).In an endearingly geeky manner, the answers reveal fantastic methods and unimaginable stories. A big plus: hilarious little incidents and big misadventures that lead to a breakthrough, or a new possibility.What you get from this episode: Have you ever thought about the stuff art is made of? Wondered how artists make what you see in museums and galleries? How they train their hand, eye, body? Artmaking revelations, art techniques, lessons in resilience, art philosophies, ethical questions.→ ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES: ⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠You'll know all about the artists, backstage information and much much more. All the references in the episode are linked there too. Plus, you get to explore all my published texts.→ DONATE (please leave some time for the donorbox icon to charge) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠⁠If you appreciate my work, why not buy me a coffee? It's a nice way to show your appreciation without having to commit to a membership: ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #marinarocadie #howtomakeart #artexhibitions #anoukmercier #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #artbook #artbookclub #bookclub #painting #contemporarypainting #londonart #museum #londonmuseum #artpodcast #artconversations #arttalk #talkart #greatwomenartists #spanishartist #drawing #museums #artisttalk #artpodcast #artgallery Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Guest: Ben Luke (Host of A Brush With)Ben Luke is an art journalist whose voice reaches a wider audience through his successful podcast A Brush With, where each episode is dedicated to an artist interview led by him. His new book, What is art for? Contemporary artists on their inspirations, influences and disciplines (2025, Heni), stems from it. Art Insider is an interview segment with fascinating figures of the art field who lift the veil on their corner of contemporary art. The scope of Luke’s questions is aimed toward building a good perspective on what artists look at, listen to, and where they draw their energy, inspiration and creative flow from.  This spirited worldview applies also, in this episode, to pop music and visual art crossovers in the 80s and the boisterous 90s whose suppressed history Luke knows and shares brilliantly.→ ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES: ⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠→ DONATE (allow time for the Donorbox window to fully download): ⁠⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠If you appreciate my work, why not buy me a coffee? It's a nice way to show your appreciation without having to commit to a membership: ⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #benluke #artexhibitions #abrushwith #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #artbook #artbookclub #bookclub #painting #contemporarypainting #londonart #museum #londonmuseum #artpodcast #artconversations #arttalk #talkart #greatwomenartists #louisebourgeois #velazquez #dorissalcedo Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

How do artists paint the body nowadays? And why does Jenny Saville produce monumental images of it? Exhibition Chinwag is the original segment of the podcast where Joana invites professionals from other fields to visit and discuss the work of an artist through their solo exhibition. Guest: Susie Ridell Co-Producer and co-Host of the Podcast ⁠Limited Time Only⁠The artist: Jenny Saville and her solo exhibition The Anatomy of Painting. National Portrait Gallery - 20 June - 7 September 2025.+ Susie's candid questions about the art market!Check out images referred to in the episode ⁠here⁠.→ To dig deeper into the episode's references and receive little gems, notes, and musings that didn't make it into the episode, ⁠SIGN UP: ⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠→ For our third season, we're working with intern production assistants for the first time. Your donations will contribute to pay for their work: ⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠Key themes: Painting; children in art; painting the body; the representation of the body, Jenny SavilleSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/subscribeIf you appreciate my work, why not buy me a coffee? It's a nice way to show your appreciation without having to commit to a membership: ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #immersive #artexhibitions #jennysaville #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #thenationalportraitgallery #painting #contempirarypainting #londonart #museum #londonmuseum #artpodcast #artconversations #arttalk #ralkart #greatwomenartists Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Exhibitionistas Season 3: a constellation of 8 episode segments opening new doors onto the fascinating, thought-provoking and creative world of contemporary art. Exhibitions, Art Talk, Art Insider Interviews and more.Starting: 5 September 2025.Music by SarturnFeaturing Catherine Li, Susie Ridell, Ben Luke, Marina Roca Díe, Sarah Le Quang Sang, Nick Taylor, and the O.G. Emily Harding.Created & hosted by Joana P. R. Neves Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

ART TRAVELOGUE is your audio/video journey with contemporary art as a destination. Embark on this trip with your host, curator and art writer Joana P. R. Neves.Ft. Haroon Mirza, Yates Norton, Inês Costa.I travel by train to see British artist Haroon Mirza's commissioned performance and sound installation for the exhibition at Focal Point Gallery Other Worlds: Acts of Translation . The people, the seascapes, the urban areas, the histories of Essex's estuary are seen through the scope of a trip to Mirza's work: a translation of electric sounds into human voices. This journey is sprinkled with impressions of the artist, the two curators, Inês Costa and Yates Norton. The arrival is epic: on site, to experience the performance Adam, Eve, Others and a UFO for Choral Octet.⁠SIGN UP: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistasDonate: ⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-usWith works from The David and Indrē Roberts Collection. Focal Point Gallery is South Essex’s only public contemporary art gallery, open to all. The David and Indrē Roberts Collection features nearly 2,500 works by over 900 artists, dating from the mid-20th century to today. Curated by Inês Costa (Focal Point Gallery) and Yates Norton (The Roberts Institute of Art).Instagram: @focalpointgallery @therobertsinstituteofart To know more about Haroon Mirza: https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/haroon-mirzahttps://www.youtube.com/@outputs_avKey themes:Sound; light; sound art; translation; performance art; music and sound; the singing voice; translating sound to voice; knowledge; wisdom; contemporary art; new technologies; generative technologies; AI; Essex county, communication; shamanism; non-verbal communication; history as myth; faith, myth and science.Joana's essays on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com⁠⁠⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #immersive #artexhibitions #soundart #haroonmirza #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #focalpointgallery #soundandlightart #performance #performanceart #choral #choirsinging #voice #translation #ai #aiandart #aiart #experimentalartDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Get an art education with our 2 guests, curators Gemma Rolls-Bentley and E-J Scott!Art Insider is an art discussion segment with fascinating visual arts thinkers and curators who lift the veil on their corner of the field (hosted by Joana P. R. Neves). Our art talk explores ​The old question "what is contemporary art" but in light of queer communities and trans people. ​Curating strategies and innovative approaches. ​We discuss their co-curated exhibition "Talisman" about objects with symbolic and energetic force bringing safety and protection, but also of resistance in queer lives–the relation between the talisman and the art object and visual arts is timeless.(Talisman was an art exhibition presented by Cardion Arts in Collaboration with The Museum of Transology.)→ ⁠SIGN UP: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/e...→ Donate ⁠HERE⁠: https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/su...Key Themes Explored in This Episode: The importance of inclusivity in visual arts. Trans rights. Trans guidance. LGBTQIA+ art and artists. Queering the museum. Curating as an LBBTQIA+ person. Recentering female queer and trans narratives.Major Themes: Curating, Queer art, Museum Communication Strategies and Failures, Queer narratives, LGBTQIA+ art visibility, Lesbian histories, Trans histories, Audience Engagement, How to Engage with inclusivity. Art and activist. Non profit art organisations. Curating. Museums and heritage. New forms of curating. Exhibitions as safe spaces explores the importance of contemporary art spaces, museums and galeries for the LGBTQIA+ community.Follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastAbout us: Exhibitionistas is an independent visual arts podcast created and hosted by art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves www.exhibitionistaspodcast.com#visualarts #contemporaryart #lgbtqia #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #gemmarollsbentley #ejscott #museumoftransology #arteducation #healing #safespaces Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Host Joana P. R. Neves uncovers the richness of new perspectives on contemporary art through the ethos found in podcasting. Joana also shares insights from her attendance at the International Women Podcast Awards, highlighting the non-hierarchical nature of the podcasting community. Looking ahead, she teases new formats and changes for the upcoming season, while opening up about the need for engagement.→ Stay connected to the Exhibitionistas flow, SIGN UP⁠ to the Newsletter–or to my Substack.→ Do you want to support our third season? Donate HERE.Exhibitionistas Podcast • June 27, 2025 • Episode 2x21 • 44:25What You'll Learn from This EpisodeKey Questions Explored:- The podcast celebrates its two-season journey with 33 episodes.- Joana reflects on the two origins and evolution of the podcast.- Podcasting is transitioning into new formats and technologies–Joana reveals how this instills a new energy into art reviewing.- Inclusivity and non-hierarchical structures as essential feminist values intersecting with podcasting.- The role of the art critic is re-assessed and redefined.- Biographical data should be used against the elitism plaguing art in a non-deterministic way.- Museums contribue to elitism with the tools that should counter it.- Engagement and feedback from listeners are learned but necessary behaviours.- Joana sees podcasting as potentially extending the job market for art, provided there is financial sustainability.Key Themes Explored in This EpisodeThe unexpected relation between art, podcasting and feminism. The importance of inclusivity within feminism for the host. How critical thinking can be accessible through artist biographies and avoiding myth-making through superlatives. Audience engagement is crucial for podcasting; there is a relation between the podcaster and their audience. Podcasting fosters connections and breaks the unilateral aspect of contemporary art experiences and discourse. The reasons why there is a difficulty in turning a podcast sustainable are varied: audience habits are analysed as well as the audience awareness of podcast work.Major Themes: The Digital Format of Art Content, Ethics of Feminism in Podcasting, Museum Communication Strategies and Failures, Potential of Connectivity through the Accessibility of Podcasting, The Love and Respect for Art and Artist's time Dedication to Art, The State of Art Criticism Today, Contemporary Critical Thinking, Audience Engagement, How to Engage with a Podcast, The Importance of Paid Work in Podcasting. The importance of Understanding Podcasting with Critical Thinking and Writing, Art & Elitism, alienating audiences.Measure Pleasure examines the love and dedication to contemporary art, by spectators, curators, critics and, conversely, its reputation of elitism.Perfect for: Art students, gallery visitors, anyone curious about art discourse and critique, and fans of philosophy of art, contemporary art audience engagement strategies, podcasters and more specifically art podcasters.Intro: 00:00:00The feminism of podcasting: 00:03:24Is the art critic obsolete?: 00:07:46The value of biases: 00:08:48Audience engagement: show your bias!: 00:12:24Biography: 00:14:38Do museums alienate audiences with declarations of greatness?: 00:20:06Insights into art podcasting: 00:29:54Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Gallerist Sarah Le Quang Sang showcases and promotes female and queer artists, fighting, one step at a time, to reduce the price gap between genders, the lack of LGBTQIA+ representation in archives, collections, art fairs and private collections, but also the linear conception of artistic careers.You wouldn't leave the shop without paying for your latte, right?Buy us a ⁠latte⁠ ;-)How empowering can the #artmarket be? How can a commercial gallery push boundaries? Be more inclusive? And what are the intersections between collections, trans rights, motherhood, family and queer communities? Sarah Le Quang Sang may not have all the answers, but she has all the good questions. She asks: why are birthdates important? Why is there an artistic career template? Who has access to museum collections? Art fairs? If you enjoyed this episode, and if you enjoy reading, Joana's ⁠Substack⁠ might be for you.A new star in the constellation of London galleries, Sarah Le Quang Sang, established a commercial gallery in Shoreditch in 2024–SLQS–to champion female and queer artists. We mention her current exhibition of three Vietnamese artists, Vicky Do, Hua Dung-Clerget and Duong Thuy Nguyen, as well as the previous exhibition by trans non-binary artist Bex Wade which prompted an acquisition of their work by the V&A, now shown at Young V&A Bethnal Green. We had to mention the Supreme Court Ruling in past April reducing gender to biological sex, and thus legally erasing trans women particularly, and the trans community in general. Bex Wade was invited to write about the photos of the exhibition (Queer nightlife in the US in 2010s, a time of lightness and joy) in the context of anti-trans movements rising and becoming more vocal. I read an excerpt of the text at the end of the episode.⁠SIGN UP⁠⁠ for the NEWSLETTER! Be the first to know our upcoming episode, get our UNTIMELY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, and juicy facts + useful links.For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected] us: If you enjoy the podcast A Brush With and You Are Good, you will enjoy Exhibitionistas, where artists are unveiled through current and pertinent angles, and through thoughts and feelings. These podcasts were a great inspiration for our format because they're nerdy and engaging, researched and approachable. The co-host and the guest co-host or interviewed guest engage in a conversation informed by an accessible and lively presentation of the subject, through which you can reflect on a show or a topic or discover it, learn or re-evaluate artistic topics crossing over into our everyday lives.Chapters00:00:00 Introduction00:06:42 Sarah Le Quang Sang00:11:07 First Connection to Art00:14:12 Art and Motherhood00:17:04 Adapting and Reinventing the Rules00:22:12 The Impact of Galleries’ New Ethos on Collectors00:23:03 Why Open a Commercial Gallery Now?00:25:51 Responding to Women and Queer Erasure in the Market00:28:13 How to Understand Identity in Art00:41:02 Future of the program00:48:13 An Excerpt from Bex Wade’s Text Yes / No (Art Review)#contemporaryart #lgbtqia+ #sarahlequangsang #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #bexwade #vickydo #ingridberthonmoines #dyanagravina Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Contemporary art is a feast for the senses. But have we reduced art to vision? And what does the hand do, now that we have machines and automated ways of making, editing and showing images? And what are images?You wouldn't leave the shop without paying for your latte, right?Buy us a latte ;-)This episode is the second audio/video essay of the season. It will take you on a trip to a sensory shift across times, blurring the boundaries between line, image, wall, surface, paper, and machines. Where the hand is, what it does and how it is re-articulated by automation is promising and exciting if we let it. If you enjoyed this episode, and if you enjoy reading, Joana's Substack might be for you.I was invited to participate in a conversation on the occasion of the launch of Trajectories, Variations on a Gesture a book which is almost a sculpture or an exhibition in itself, containing 10 drawings made at Massana school of crafts (Barcelona) by Edouard Cabay. The director of the school, Xavi Capmany invited Cabay, an experimental architect and artist to bring his algorithmic practice at the heart of a school teaching manual crafts in order to create a dialogue between the different uses of the hand, of patterns, of the eye, the brain, muscle and memory. I dediced to start by reading a short text, which you can enjoy, in a longuer version, here.⁠SIGN UP⁠ for the NEWSLETTER! Be the first to know our upcoming episode, get our UNTIMELY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, and juicy facts + useful links.For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #artexhibitions #artmovement #experimentalart #automation #touch, #representation #craft #technology #artisticexpression, #contact #traces #artistresidency #edouardcabay #massanaschoolAbout us: If you enjoy the podcast If Books Could Kill and You Are Good, you will enjoy Exhibitionistas, where artists are unveiled through current and pertinent angles, and through thoughts and feelings. These podcasts were a great inspiration for our format because they're nerdy and engaging, researched and approachable. The co-host and the guest co-host engage in a conversation informed by an accessible and lively presentation of the subject, through which you can reflect on a show you've seen or discover it if you can't go, learn or re-evaluate artistic topics crossing over into our everyday lives. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Visual artist Ed Atkins’s work is an existential theatre with avatars, CGI, motion capture technology, traditional figural drawing, Unreal Engine, filmed performance, experimental writing and much more.  Architect and first-time guest on the podcast, Nick Taylor, and I, get lost, fall into the temporary exhibition through a faulty door, rush through the show to watch the timed film, return a second time because one of us went to Tate Modern first, discuss exhibition-visiting methods, critique wall texts, and reflect upon our own relation with time, narrative, devotion and deathSIGN UP –Be the first to know next episodes, get BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, juicy facts + useful links.Episode......................................................................You wouldn't leave the shop without paying for your latte, right?Buy us a latte ;-) ⁠⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠If you enjoyed the episode, you may enjoy my essays on Substack: ⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com⁠⁠Across all technologies, we've asked the same questions: …are we spectators or actors? …contemplative or engaged? …are images and the people in them dead? …and if so, why are they moving (both as a verb and an adjective)?Hailed as a pioneer of digital technology, Ed Atkins' work found its groove in early experiments with video-editing. These quickly migrated into the world of gaming, with its motion capture and CGI animation, and their striking similarity with live performance through timed duration, but with a complicated relation with the physical world and real, fleshy bodies. For behind the scenes clips and visuals follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastWe discuss: #parenting, #audience #engagement, #theatre spaces, fear, #vulnerability, #narrative building, #virtual realities, #self-representation, #identity, spatial dynamics, #modernism, #existentialism, #mortality, #parenthood, #theatre, #experimental film, emotional detachment, #intergenerational connections, #illness, #family dynamics.Instagram:   @exhibitionistas_podcast  Bluesky: @exhibitionistas.bsky.socialWebsite: https://exhibitionistaspodcast.comChapters00:00 Introduction and Setup02:31 Memories of Tate Modern07:07 Pivotal Moments in Ed Atkins' Career14:03 A Few Points Of Reference For Ed Atkins' Work18:21 When The Artist Writes Their Own Wall Texts22:35 Narratives On And Off The Screen(s)27:17 The Exhibition as Experimental Writing32:07 Narrative Building in Art Experiences37:33 Theatre Without Actors41:03 Self-Representation and Identity in Art46:19 Spatial Dynamics and Human Scale in Art53:23 Modernism and Its Absence in the UK55:31 Life As Utter Devotion, Art As Its Awareness 01:02:36 The Disconnect Between Generations in Art01:07:18 Reading Emotion: Ed Atkin's New Film With Real Actors01:11:40 The Journey Through Illness and Art01:16:51 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Spectators01:22:16 OUTROAbout us: If you enjoy the podcast If Books Could Kill and You Are Good, you will enjoy Exhibitionistas, where artists are unveiled through current and pertinent angles, and through thoughts and feelings. These podcasts were a great inspiration for our format because they're nerdy and engaging, researched and approachable. The co-host and the guest co-host engage in a conversation informed by an accessible and lively presentation of the subject, through which you can reflect on a show you've seen or discover it if you can't go, learn or re-evaluate artistic topics crossing over into our everyday lives. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Giuseppe Penone is a visual artist associated with the Arte Povera art movement. He reinvented sculpture, drawing, conceptual photography, art installation, through proto environmental art with the sensibility of a late late romantic.Curator and art critic Germano Celant created the term #artepovera in 1967 to highlight a tendency toward a use of reduced material or idea to its archetype. How does Penone fit into that notion? He seems to have had a singular place in the Italian and global Western art canon of the time, using organic growth as an art process that the artist mirrors, plays and aligns with. Have we been forcing a dialogue between his work and Celant’s concept? What other relations with memory and matter has he expanded through his work? Was he a pioneer of eco-art? A late romantic? All of the above? Artist ⁠Diogo Pimentão⁠ is my co-host for the first time. As ever, I’ll introduce the artist and he’ll take us through this small retrospective exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. Curated by Claude Adjil, Curator at Large, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, with Alexa Chow, Assistant Exhibitions Curator.You wouldn't leave the shop without paying for your latte, right?Buy us a latte ;-) ⁠https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us⁠SIGN UP for the NEWSLETTER! Be the first to know our upcoming episode, get our UNTIMELY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, and juicy facts + useful links.https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/newsletterIf you enjoyed the episode, you may enjoy Joana's essays on Substack: ⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com⁠For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastBluesky: @[email protected]#contemporaryart #immersive #immersiveexperiences #artexhibitions #artisticidentity #artmovement #experimentalfilm #experimentalart #artmovement #archetype Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Contemporary drawing is one of art's best kept secrets: associated with sound, language and writing, it turns contemporary art into a meditative form of art-making engaging the spectator in a poetic and existential voyage.Led by Blank's discovery of sound within the daily practice of drawing, this episode is a sonic wandering and a philosophical exploration of the artist's work, engaging with recent technological changes. How can a minimal and poetic practice face such specific issues? What is the role of the artist facing a global net of information which connects us as much as it separates us? And what is the value of communication – and of silence? Irma Blank has taught me that and much more.The avant-gardes of the 1960s–70s were proliferous in innovative and minimal methods of creativity engaging the breath, the whole body and graphic deconstructions of language. Irma Blank was one of those artists with a subversive take on traditional artistic languages.Have you ever wondered how artists and curators work together? This episode muses upon the relation between me, a young-ish curator and the artist Irma Blank, who'd reached the age of 80 when we met, along with my co-curator Johana Carrier.This episode is an excerpt of a lecture given by me on the 3rd of February  2025 at ABK Stuttgart whose title was "The Paper is Impatient", under the invitation of the drawing department, and their teachers Katrin Ströbel and Hanna Hennenkemper.The « drawing sounds » are excerpts of Irma Blank’s recordings of the sound of each series. For Radical Writings, she recorded herself, breathing in and out, because that was the basis of the image’s structure.Music by Sarturn.>>>>>>>For more information about the artist visit her gallery's website: P420, Bologna, Italy.DID YOU ENJOY THE EPISODE?Support us through a donation or membership.DID YOU ENJOY THE TEXT?Follow me on Substack for more topics on art, society, artists and exhibitions.SUBSCRIBE , RATE AND FOLLOW US. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.FOLLOW US ON:Instagram:   @exhibitionistas_podcast  Bluesky: @exhibitionistas.bsky.socialExhibitionistas websiteGET IN TOUCH: [email protected]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////If you enjoy Katy Hessel's The Great Women Artists Podcast, this episode is for you. It is centred around the artistic practice of female German artist Irma Blank, who never stopped producing her art, whether it was shown in prestigious events such as the Venice Biennale in 1977, or it wasn't, like when her Radical Writings on canvas were deemed a form of yielding to the 80s trend of the return to painting... whereas Blank was, on the contrary, more militant than ever for her elemental forms of the line and the minimal gesture by deeply engaging with the meditative breath in relation to the line and the colour blue, which for her represented infinity. Blank passed away in 2023, leaving a potent body of work whose incredible energy leaves no spectator or curator indifferent.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

A pioneer of experimental cinema, but also conceptual technology (yes, I made this one up), Anthony McCall has built a unique place in the recent history and present of contemporary art. From the UK to the US, from analogue to digital, McCall has created a body of work as playful as it is culturally relevant.For more information about the exhibition go here.My co-host is Liberté Nutti, who you can follow here for good tips about modern and contemporary art: @libertenuti.To know more about her, you can check her website.Support Exhbitionistas here.Follow us:⁠Substack⁠⁠Website⁠⁠Website⁠Bluesky: @exhibitionistas.bsky.social Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Emily is the co-host of this episode about art, transgression, female desire and the male gaze through photo montage, as cultural commentary and self-exploration. We re-visit the exhibition "Danger Came Smiling" at Hayward Gallery. A punk goddess whose image was used in the Buzzcocks’ EP Orgasm Addict (1977), Linder is an under-exposed contemporary artist. 99p glue, a scalpel, vintage magazines, and she “travel(s) in time”, to bring back cyber domestic goddesses and anachronistic deepfakes. Her work seems to be at its peak, and always timely, as she enters her 7th decade on earth.Support us: here.Check out Linder on social media: @lindersterling.Listen to Linder's band Ludus.More about the exhibition here: Hayward Gallery. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Exhibitionistas is a conversational art podcast created by me, visual arts curator and writer, Joana P. R. Neves, as an invitation for everyone to engage with contemporary art. Some episodes are centred around solo exhibitions; others are guest interviews engaging with the real art world beyond sensationalist auction sales and obsolete art review styles; and, finally, I also produce special episodes about chosen art angles. As an art professional with a 20 year experience in the art world with galleries, museums, artist creative processes, and the art market, I provide access to visual arts from the inside. So, I bring up art theory, art history and professional takes on exhibitions and art-making but, as an art lover, I avoid art jargon. Contemporary visual arts engages with popular culture, life experiences, singular perceptions, as much as with ideas and concepts. Exhibitionistas stands at the intersection of life, theory and art. I also write essays and short art insights on Substack.To remain on top of our episodes and to get a glimpse behind the scenes, follow us on our socials:Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast  Bluesky: @exhibitionistas.bsky.socialOr, alternatively, get in touch by email:  [email protected] our Exhibitionistas website.It might be a bit too early at this stage but if you want to support us, it would be much appreciated. Go to our donation and membership page.Exhibitionistas is a mix of Ben Luke's A Brush With, The White Pube and Sarah Marshall's You're Wrong About, which are huge inspirations for me as a podcast lover. Big fan.So if you think someone else might enjoy it too, by all means, share it. Don’t forget to rate and follow Exhibitionistas, it seems trivial but it can make a difference. All kinds of support count, and contribute to more investigation and better episodes. Thanks to all of those who’ve taken a leap of faith and have become our patrons. From a 5 start review to a substantial donation, Exhibitionistas considers you one of those rare unicorns who support independent journalism. And finally: I’d also love to start a conversation with you. You can now leave comments on Spotify which is great way to know what you want more of or if you’d like to add something to the topic developed, the artist discussed or simply if you want to leave a note of appreciation. It’s a sad world when only the trolls and the bullies interact with journalists and art critics. So why not bring positivity, ideas, and your own perspective to the digital art village.  Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

What do our Gen X host and art curator Joana P. R. Neves and two Millenial guests see British contemporary artist Hardeep’s Pandhal’s exhibition “Inner World”? And how does neurodivergence (ADHD, Dyslexia, Synesthesia) affect perception and art appreciation? In fact, how does history and displacement come up in Pandhal’s European artistic culture? How does it blend with his Sikh culture, with his internet and gaming literacy?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaIf Hogarth and Mario Bros had a son, it would be Hardeep Pandhal, the artist whose drawings sprawl on the walls, on paper and on canvas at the Drawing Room. Half auto-biography, half hybrid character-driven cross-temporal fantasies, “Inner World” sparked a unique conversation. Which was also due to the two guest co-hosts, interdisciplinary movement artist Naissa Bjørn and visual artist Constança Saturnino.  Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.If you want to know more about the artist, he is represented by Jhaveri Contemporary in Mumbai, who I profusely thank for all the information they sent me.We also mention Milo's song An Encyclopedia. Listen here. It's great.Follow Naissa, and Naissa's hairdressing business. Follow Constança, and Constança's tattoo business.Music by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera are a curatorial duo specialising in art and technology, dedicated to bridging digital and contemporary art. Why did the two curators choose to work together, and around the hot topic of art and AI? And why do we fear AI’s impact on creativity? Can we have a real assessment and definition of the metaverse and its potential as an art space? Are women artists still under-represented in the use of new technologies?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaCan you advocate for a better understanding of the potential of new technologies as a tool? My guests do not talk in abstract terms: what artists are using AI and how are they faring? The latter have always been irreverent regarding technologies since pigment was blown onto a hand leaving its mysterious mark on a cave wall… So what happens now, with the metaverse, AI and virtual reality? Are these new exhibition spaces? And how to they affect the existing ones? Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Expect: a candid review of the curator’s careers; honest takes on Ai and art; explicit and concrete examples of artists working with AI; the surprising connection between poetry and new technologies; an exhibition review of artist duo Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst’s THE CALL at the Serpentine; feminist activism in the context of AI and art; surprising new artists such as Ana María Caballero, (who just sold a poem in an online auction of Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions called Natively Digital, for 0.28 Bitcoin or $11,430 at Sotheby’s), an Jan Hopkins, an artist and writer based in Sheffield.Cramerotti and Scalera both teach at MA IESA University Paris & Kingston University London. They co-curated the Lumen Prize x Sotheby's plus this year and the Art Dubai Digital Section 2024. As a duo, they form the International Selection Committee of the Lumen Prize and work as nominators for the Maxxi-Bvlgari Prize for Digital Art. While co-directing Multiplicity-Art in Digital, an online platform promoting women artists with a focus on diversity and inclusion, they spearhead Web to Verse, a project dedicated to fostering research on the evolution of digital art from the 1960s to the present day.This multifaceted profile has led them to speak at prestigious events such as the UK House of Lords’ All-Party Parliamentary Group, the House of Beautiful Business, the AI House (during the World Economic Forum), the Riyadh Art Program for the KSA Visual Art Commission. They have worked with the UK Government Art Collection, the British Council Visual Arts Acquisition Committee, the Italian Ministry of Culture for the Italian Council 2022-24 program, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Music by Sarturn.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Contemporary art writer and curator, and host of the podcast, Joana P. R. Neves, is joined by art advisor Liberté Nuti, who pitched On Kawara’s ‘Date Paintings’. Why was the Japanese contemporary artist so elusive? As an art historian, Joana should introduce his artistic career, but also his biography. But how to go against the artist’s careful erasure of self? Indeed, why did On Kawara do everything to reduce life to art and dedicate himself to a meditative exploration? This Art Wonderment  experience took place at Zwirner’s gallery in London.Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaCould the the Hiroshima calamity have had an impact on the artist’s work? Is it political art after all? The Japanese artist’s life is surprising and his personality comes across as humorous. But the most unexpected aspect of his work is the art routine it implied, and the unexpected flexibility of the artist ‘s studio practice, which he made nomadic in case of need. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.To know more about Liberté Nuti:https://www.haerbnuti.com/Follow her on Instagram: @libertenutiFor more information on the show:https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2024/on-kawara-londonFor more information on On Kawara and One Million Years Foundation:https://www.onemillionyearsfoundation.org/Expect: a biographic exploration of the Japanese artist’s life and work; an overview of the artist’s conceptual rituals; musings on the merging of life into art and vice-versa; emotional reactions to minimalism and conceptual art; and generous, lively art banter.Music by Sarturn.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Friends Emily Harding, the art lover and exhibition goer, and Joana P. R. Neves, the art curator and writer, examine Lauren Halsey's exhibition. What was the Los Angeles-based black artist’s strategy with her maximalist, object laden environment? By being so specific to her community, how did it reposition what a spectator is and is their role in a show?  Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaHalsey’s rich and culturally affirmative exhibition promotes aesthetic liberation. How does the artist link freedom and care? The catalogue of the exhibition provides clarifying clues for the show, namely, a quite shocking revelation regarding Afro-Futurism… Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.To know more about the exhibition: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/lauren-halsey-emajendat/Curated by Lizzie Carey-Thomas and Chris BayleyWe also mention Emily's friend, an artist using street signs in her work. Go to Instagram and check her out! @janeroerevolutionMusic by SarturnDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

The two friends who host the podcast, Joana, the art professional, and Emily, the dedicated art lover, are faced with a question: can contemporary art be a form of activism? Zanele Muholi is a South-African non-binary, queer photographer whose art-making focuses on their marginalized community as "visual activism". How, then, do portraits and self-portraiture pierce South-Africa’s LGBTQIA+ discrimination? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaThis episode raises quite a few fascinating questions: can an art archive be a form of social change? Does sculpture inscribe queer lives into the present or is it devoted to a future queer liberation? But more deeply, is art appreciation in the contemporary art museum on par with policy making?  Shockingly, Emily and Joana broke their own rules and visited the show together… which turned out to be quite productive. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.To know more about the exhibition: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/zanele-muholiYou can follow them on Instagram too: @muholizaneleMusic by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

We're wrapping up 2024 with a friends & family celebration.And what a year it has been: Exhibitionistas was born.So, to celebrate kinship of all kinds through art, we decided to invite a special guest who has been steeped in art since birth, Joana's daughter, artist and dancer Constança Saturnino.How does growing up with an artist and a curator influence your idea of art?Follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcastYou can also check out Constança's work on Instagram: @saturn.conchCheck out her handpoke tattoo Instagram: @field.trailOr her website: https://www.constancasaturnino.comPlease remember to support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/exhibitionistaspodcast/membershipMusic by Sarturn. ÷÷÷÷ fan mail ÷÷÷ If this episode stirs Art Wonderment memories, share them; or send us some love via text or voice message ÷÷÷÷ fan mail ÷÷÷÷Support the show

Contemporary art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves interviews Stephen Ellcock on the occasion of the release of his fabulous book “Elements”. What drew him to this fascinating topic? And how did his ecological trepidation make it into the book? It’s impossible to ask a visual culture curator how they manage to present beauty and dread, spirituality and fear… But this delightful conversation will provide a few clues. Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaIs the book an exhibition? And if so, what kind? There is a mystery underlying these questions, which is the different kind of power images have in the different spaces they live in. We talk about Stephen’s Instagram account which he feeds daily, and the huge number of followers it attracts, proving that images do hold influence. But how?Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.“Elements” completes a trilogy with “The Cosmic Dance” (2022) and “Underworlds” (2023), all published by Thames and Hudson.If you don't know Stephen Ellcock's instagram account yet, you should: @stephenellcockMusic by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

The two Exhibitionistas friends, contemporary art curator Joana P. R. Neves and art lover Emily Harding examine the unexpectedly sensorial exhibition “Leap Year” by South Korean artist Haegue Yang. How did she accomplish such enchanting aesthetics–and huge sculptural objects–with simple, domestic materials?! Why are they so strange and yet familiar, almost nostalgic? Where do the Korean elements stop and the European interiors begin (Yang lives in Berlin)?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaYang ‘s exhibition took over the whole space of the Hayward Gallery, and yet her sculptures don’t appear grandiose or even static. So… Did this sensory fest lead one of our hosts to touch a sculpture inadvertently? Maybe. Did the sculptures with domestic elements, albeit repetitive, provide deep feelings? Certainly. But was it the story about Yang’s mum not understanding German bathrooms that touched one of the Exhibitionistas? Perhaps. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.For more information: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/haegue-yang-leap-year/Follow Haegue Yang on Instagram: @yanghaegueMusic by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Emily Harding, our favourite exhibition goer, is back for another exhibition discussion. Along with art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, they visit beloved and prematurely deceased American contemporary artist Mike Kelley’s survey exhibition at Tate Modern. Is this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition an accurate experience of his work? What part did his upbringing and irreverent personality play in his work and in his disappearance (Kelley died by suicide)?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaWhy was anarchist and punk teenage and later iconoclastic artist fixated on entertainment and youth cultural markers? What role did CalArts play in his artistic career and, by the same token, what is, exactly, the history of CalArts? Did you know it was connected to Walt Disney? From here, the connection between fiction, entertainment, film and life was, it seems, fated. Does this retrospective exhibition, titled “Ghost and Spirit”, connect all these dots?Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.For more information: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/mike-kelley-ghost-and-spirit For more about Mike Kelley: https://mikekelleyfoundation.org/grants/overviewMusic: SarturnDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Joana P. R. Neves is an art curator but also an art fair artistic director. So, she invited art advisor Liberté Nuti to ask her: what does an art advisor do? And why is her job somewhat maligned? How does one decide to work in the modern art sector? But before anything else, what drew her to art in the first place?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaThis is Exhibitionistas’ first guest episode and Joana’s first interview for the podcast. Why? Because it came to our awareness how little the general public knows about art jobs, but also how little, amongst peers, we even discuss them.It’s always worth asking questions. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Expect: a dive into Liberté’s past and her discovery of art; art history musings; art theory or art language / jobs dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on exhibitions; and art etiquette challenges…To know more about Liberté Nuti: @libertenutiMusic: Sarturn.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Our two Exhibitionistas friends, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves and dedicated exhibition goer Emily Harding, visit The Curve at The Barbican to see the first institutional exhibition of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum's work in the UK, titled “It Will End in Tears”. How does the combination of film noir with its femme fatale characters resonate with Phatsimo’s mixed race characters? What influence does the naked “film set” structure have in our perception of the drawings, embedded in it? Can the visitor’s movement in the space activate static images? And what strange power do the women have, or not, in the story we piece together?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaLike a film and a film set, Phatsimo’s installation creates an immersive environment. Too much? Emily and Joana’s exhibition walkthrough reveals themes of contained rage, love, jealousy and independence, with dedicated areas suggesting different settings or interiors. How effective is this recomposed but always truncated narrative?Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a small introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives, with an attentiveness to issues of racism and eurocentric biases–they try to shift their perspective and are happy for you to extend your knowledge in the comments.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…To know more about the show: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/pamela-phatsimo-sunstrum-it-will-end-in-tears To follow Sunstrum on Instagram: @pamelaphatsimoMusic by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

What art journey takes a female British contemporary artist from the status of provocative, unskilled [insert derogatory term for women] to national treasure and cancer survivor–stoma advocate? How did Tracey Emin become one of the most revered British artists, a recognized sculptor, drawer and painter? And why did she self-destroy so visibly at the beginning of her artistic career, which, in turn, helped so many isolated women? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaArt writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, and her friend, dedicated art lover Emily Harding, bond over the life of this relentless survivor. Together, they embark on an exhibition walkthrough: they describe "I Followed You to the end" at the prestigious art gallery White Cube in Bermondsey. Did the strength of the work made them forget the 90s, when Emin drunkenly left a BBC show called “Is Painting Dead?”? Or did it show that the world finally caught up to this great and talented female artist? Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a thorough introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives on histories often built through the obligatory male gaze.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…For more information on the show:https://www.whitecube.com/gallery-exhibitions/tracey-emin-bermondsey-2024You can follow Tracey Emin's wonderful residency in Margate here: @tracey_emin_artist_residencySource: Channel 4 episode “Is Painting Dead?”::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHJoLG2cEkMusic: SarturnDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

If this was a Friends episode, we would have titled it "The One Where Emily and Joana ask Each Other Questions". But it's not, so we decided to describe it as an origin story: we go back to the reasons why we decided to do this podcast and why it has such a distinctive format: an arts specialist and an exhibition goer candidly discussing solo exhibitions.This intro is a way to ease into this new and promising second season, and to (re)introduce the podcast to our listeners. It's always good to go over the rules of the game. Believe me, you will be reminded that this is a feelings, research and thoughts podcast. (And if you think these don't go together, think again!)Asking each other questions has allowed us to reveal to each other a few things we hadn't discussed, busy, as we were, with actually producing the episodes. There are a few revelations in there, self-explorations and we realise what the podcast brought us, and, by extension, our listeners. Or so we hope!Music: Saturn.Instagram: exhibitionistas_podcast. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

In art spaces, there is a sort of overlooked paradox: visitors are free, everything is made for them to enjoy the art and yet, there are written and unwritten art rules.  Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaAre art spaces intimidating? And if so, why? Do art professionals also experience the discombobulating effect of not knowing what to do or how to behave in certain exhibition walkthroughs? Are you an Exhibitionista? And if so, what are your exhibitions visiting blunders? Because the truth is, we all have one or two, or… many! Final season episode. We started this podcast with innocent and extravagant confidence. And look at us, here we are. Keep us going by supporting us. It means the world to make a living doing what you’re good at!Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Music by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Who is Judy Chicago, beyond her status of feminist pioneer and powerhouse? Our two Exhibitionistas friends, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves and dedicated art lover and exhibition goer Emily Harding engage in an art conversation about the female American contemporary artist’s debut abstract works, up to the more figurative and activist art for which she is known. This is a retrospective exhibition, whose blueprint was a hitherto unpublished manuscript, Revelations, inspired by Illuminations and myths of the Goddess. Why is reclaiming myths a feminist action?  While attempting to showcase more drawing and be more sustainable, did her solo show at the Serpentine do her justice? What were the very drastic curatorial choices, and why did they puzzle the hosts? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaEmily and Joana go on an exhibition walkthrough, and debate about the importance of the walks back to the tube, or whatever transportation you use. The two Exhibitionistas didn't always agree but such is the power of exhibitions and Art Wonderment: sharing diverging experiences. Their different stances touch upon an important issue: how effective is activist art? Does it affect the quality of the drawings and the paintings? What are the ethics of volunteer involvement in art-making under a single author’s name and signature? Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a small introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives, with an attentiveness to issues of racism and eurocentric biases–they try to shift their perspective and are happy for you to extend your knowledge in the comments.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…The show was curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the artistic director of the gallery. For more information about the exhibition go here: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/judy-chicago-revelations/ Follow Judy Chicago on Instagram: @judy.chicago Music by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Do artists mourn with their art? What is the very special power of painting–and drawing–in matters of the soul? Our two Exhibitionistas friends, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves and dedicated art lover and exhibition goer Emily Harding engage in an art conversation about Matthew Krishanu’s contemporary painting exhibition at Camden Art Centre “When the Bough Breaks”. Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaHow does painting convey love? Emily and Joana go on an exhibition walkthrough, spotting themes of loss, childhood, overlapping times, grief and the colonial residue of charged inheritances that are also relationships filled with love. Joana explores the technique of painting: how do you build an image and what is the relation painting here has with photography? The two Exhibitionistas didn't always agree but such is the power of exhibitions and Art Wonderment: sharing diverging experiences. A special warning: there are a few hilarious anecdotes about 80's parenting - or lack thereof. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a small introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives, with an attentiveness to issues of racism and eurocentric biases–they try to shift their perspective and are happy for you to extend your knowledge in the comments.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…For more information about the exhibition: https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/matthew-krishanu-the-bough-breaks Music by Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Dedicated art lover, Exhibitionista Emily Harding and art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves chose an understated exhibition at the heart of the Royal Academy in London: Lubaina Himid’s drawings for her life-size Turner Prize installation “Naming the Money”. British Artist and advocate for Black Artists’ visibility, Lubaina Himid, shows here small sized portraits, delightfully drawn, depicting black workers in the Victoria age. Why did she choose these characters, and what do they say about British history? To whom did Emily and Joana relate to, and how did they reconstruct their history, based on the drawings alone? Can art fill in the silences of British and European history? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaJoana and Emily do an exhibition walkthrough, not only of Lubaina Himid’s display, but also of the permanent collection at the RA, where it was temporarily housed.  As often, but particularly at the RA, exhibition going is full of encounters, idiosyncratic journeys, which is what Art Wonderment is all about.   Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a thorough introduction of the contemporary artist: they focus on Himid's biography and other projects, namely her Guardian artist residency. There is, as ever, art banter, meditative explorations, and feminist perspectives on histories often built through the obligatory male gaze.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…For more information about the project: https://lubainahimid.com/portfolio/naming-the-money/ Enjoy this new episode!  Music by: Sarturn. Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

Our two friends, dedicated art lover, Exhibitionista Emily Harding and art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves visit Moroccan contemporary artist Soufiane Ababri’s exhibition at The Barbican. How do the artist’s colourful, appealing drawings decolonise the mind while being totally truthful to the queer, trans, gay environment he depicts? How does the artist ask us to engage with notions of diaspora, immigration, colonial trauma, post-colonial issues, queerness and much more, when you’re not part of the community? Why are his drawings unskilled? Is there a skill to unskilling drawing? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaIn this episode, Joana and Emily do an exhibition walkthrough in Soufiane Ababri’s exhibition at The Curve, a strange space whose shape is described by the name, at the amazing Brutalist building of The Barbican. The exhibition is called "Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated", and it was a commission specifically for the exhibition space. This is the first time they talk about a show there. How do you build an exhibition for such a space? Is it even possible? Learn how Ababri found a way to pull you in, and worked with the specificities of the space, up to the language it conveys for him, as a queer Moroccan man. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a thorough introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives on histories often built through the obligatory male gaze.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…For more information:  https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/soufiane-ababri Follow Soufiane Ababri on Instagram:  @soufianeababriMusic by: Sarturn Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.

As seasoned an art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves might be, and as used to exhibitions non-art expert but dedicated art lover Emily Harding has been for a while, nothing had prepared them for an exhibition that changes your heart rate, slows you down, and inspires you to take a nap with a cat! How can a ‘simple’ painting exhibition produce such a strong impact? And how did the two friends engage with it?  What very specific memories did it spark in Emily’s mind? Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaTogether, they embark on an art conversation and exhibition walkthrough in Zeinab Saleh's exhibition at the heart of Tate Britain, part of the Art Now program, which welcomes contemporary young British contemporary artists in one of the many rooms of the prestigious museum. They discover the notion of quiet, and why it is so important to Saleh, a young Muslim woman. Why is quiet dismissed in our culture? How does the artist embraces it and transmit it ion her art, almost magically creating it through mixed media paintings and drawings? Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.Joana and Emily also provide art student resources via a thorough introduction of the contemporary artist they focus on along with art banter, meditative explorations, and, often, feminist perspectives on histories often built through the obligatory male gaze.  Expect: a colourful artist biography; art history musings; art theory and art language dissected or used in accessible ways; art wonderment in buckets; international art; thoughts on curatorial work; and art etiquette challenges…The exhibition was curated by Amy Emmerson Martin (assistant curator) and Nathan Ladd (curator). For more information visit the Tate's webiste: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/zeinab-saleh Music: SarturnDid the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.