Art Sense

A conversation with artist Wolfgang Tillmans. Tillmans is one of only two artists listed on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023 and his work was recently featured in a major retrospective at Museum of Modern Art in New York. He took time out from installing his latest work at David Zwirner Gallery to discuss his creative process, the importance of installation and the necessity of play.

https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2023/wolfgang-tillmans-fold-me

https://tillmans.co.uk/

A conversation with artist William Kentridge. The world-renowned Kentridge is a multifaceted artist whose work includes prints, drawings, animations, sculptures and design collaborations for the stage. He took time out to speak from his home’s garden studio in Johannesburg, South Africa about his creative process, the value of ambiguity, the importance of place and his latest show opening September 12 at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York.

https://www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/william-kentridge-ny-2023/

https://www.kentridge.studio/

A conversation with art historian Henrike Lange about her new book “Giotto's Arena Chapel and the Triumph of Humility” which takes a bold new look at the influences that shaped the iconic chapel. In particular, the role of Roman triumph arches as sculptural sources in an Augustinian theological frame of reference. The decades of research unlocks new meaning and understanding about the process and thought that Giotto and the chapel’s patron Enrico Scrovegni put into the masterpiece.

A conversation with art dealer, historian, author and broadcaster Philip Mould. Philip has carved out a specialty as a dealer focussing on 500 years of British art, especially Tudor portraits, miniature portraits and the early 20th century’s Bloomsbury Group. Philip’s knack for seeing the hidden value in long-forgotten works has made him a fixture on BBC programming, first as an analyst on the Antiques Roadshow and later with his hit BBC1 program Fake or Fortune? which reaches up to five million viewers in the UK and greater numbers abroad, making it the most-watched arts program on television. In the conversation, Philip discusses the realities of being an art dealer, the magic of portraiture, and the challenges one can face when trying to authenticate a long-lost work of art.

https://philipmould.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mxxz6

A conversation with Teresa Krasny, Director and Editor of the forthcoming Degas Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Works on Paper, as well as Chair of the International Catalogue Raisonné Association. Teresa provides a wonderful overview of the catalogue raisonné process, while also sharing the challenges faced by researchers that are compiling the official record of an artist’s work. In addition, she provides practical advice for living artists beginning the process in their own lifetime.

https://degascatalogueraisonne.com/

https://icra.art/

A conversation with Sarah Loyer, Curator and Exhibitions Manager at The Broad in Los Angeles about the first retrospective of Keith Haring work on the west coast. “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody” assembles a collection of Haring’s most iconic and meaningful work while helping recreate the ‘80s atmosphere that was consistent with Haring’s larger scale work, gallery shows and pop shop. In the conversation, Sarah helps paint a picture of who Keith Haring the person was and the socio-political issues that were close to his heart and at the core of his work. “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody” is up now through October 8 at The Broad in downtown Los Angeles.

https://www.thebroad.org/art/special-exhibitions/keith-haring-art-everybody

https://www.amazon.com/Keith-Haring-Everybody-Patti-Astor/dp/1636810934

https://www.haring.com/

A conversation with artist Jin Meyerson. Myerson is a painter whose process relies on computer graphics software to warp and randomize source imagery to create a kaleidoscopic effect while exploring themes of American culture and scientific concepts such as retrocausality. The result is an invitation to linger and consider the order hidden in the brightly-colored chaos. The conversation includes discussion of Meyerson’s birth in Korea and adoption by a Jewish family in Minnesota, finding his place in New York and ultimately winding back up in Korea via Paris. In addition, Meyerson discusses the evolution of his work and his new Johyun Gallery show with Korean artists Park Seo Bo and Lee Bae at the Rink Level Gallery of Rockefeller Center through July 23.

https://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/johyun-gallery-rockefeller-center-origin-emergence-return/

https://www.johyungallery.com/exhibitions/153-origin-emergence-return/overview/

https://www.johyungallery.com/artists/41-jin-meyerson/biography/

https://www.christies.com/features/Studio-Visit-Jin-Meyerson-9459-3.aspx

https://www.instagram.com/jinmeyerson/

A conversation with artist Pedro Reyes. Reyes has garnered international acclaim for his large-scale projects that address current social and political issues, including gun control and nuclear nonproliferation. Although he describes himself as a sculptor, his varied practice also utilizes performance, video, design, and activism. He utilizes his artwork to explore the power of individuals and collective organizations to create change through communication, creativity, happiness, and humor.

https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/pedro-reyes-0ea83219-ea33-4d28-a216-fa307bfb4087

http://www.pedroreyes.net/

https://art21.org/artist/pedro-reyes/

A conversation about copyright law’s impact on the evolving art world with the legal luminary Dale Cendali. Dale is a nationally recognized leader in the field of intellectual property litigation, having successfully litigated and tried numerous high-profile cases, as well as having argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a 2023 inductee into the IP Hall of Fame. In 2016, Law360 named Dale one of the 25 “Icons of IP,” who have “made an indelible mark in the IP area.” Managing Intellectual Property selected Dale as one of the six “Outstanding IP Practitioners” in the United States, and named her trial victory for J.K. Rowling on the high-profile “Lexicon” fair use case as the “Copyright Trial of the Year.” Dale has also served as the Vice Chair of the Copyright Division and Chair of the IP Special Issues Division for the IP Section of the American Bar Association, and currently serves on Council for the ABA IP Section. In addition to her active law practice, Dale also teaches courses on copyright and trademark litigation at Harvard Law School. In the conversation, we explore the basic precepts of copyright law, define the key terms, discuss the effects of the Warhol vs. Goldsmith case and look at the legal challenges at play with the emergence of artificial intelligence.

https://www.kirkland.com/lawyers/c/cendali-dale-pc

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/lynn-goldsmith-ryan-montgomery-prince-paintings-2313917

https://www.sandisonmontgomery.com/

A conversation with Flavin Judd, Artistic Director of the Judd Foundation and son of the late artist Donald Judd. Donald Judd passed away nearly thirty years ago, but his presence still looms over the art world today through his writings, his artwork and the spaces he created as permanent homes for his work. It was Judd who brought the art world to Marfa in the early 1970s triggering a cultural transformation of the West Texas town. The conversation takes a look at the artist’s origins, his philosophies, the stressful early days of the foundation and the show of Donald Judd work on display now through July 14 at Gagosian’s Madison Avenue locations in New York.

https://juddfoundation.org/

https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2023/donald-judd-980-madison-avenue/

A conversation with artist Hernan Bas. Bas is a Miami-based rising star in the art world whose large-scale figurative paintings typically feature scenes of young men doing curious things. These paintings have most recently taken the form of imagined conceptual artists honing their craft which were on view at Lehmann Maupin in New York titled “The Conceptualists: Volume II”.

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/hernan-bas6

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/hernan-bas

A conversation with artist Matthew Day Jackson whose show “Against Nature” is up now through July 1 at Pace’s 510 West 25th Street location in New York. Jackson uses a host of inspirations from Romanticism to help share his unique vision of the world. The results are captivating landscapes that consist of dozens of intricate layers made with a wide variety of materials and mechanical processes.

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/matthew-day-jackson-against-nature/

https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/matthew-day-jackson/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB003ELmOR0

https://www.instagram.com/matthewdayjackson/

As a midweek bonus for listeners, we have a recording of Craig's panel discussion from NFT.NYC 2023 titled "Art: Bridging the Digital and the Physical". Craig served as the moderator of the panel and was joined by Luli Sulichin who is a conceptual visual artist whose practice focuses on physical artwork while incorporating the benefits of web3 and Luca Bertolani who is the cofounder of Aesthetes - a European based web3 company providing solutions for artists looking to enter the growing space of phygitals. The conversation provides a variety of perspectives about the convergence of the digital and physical art worlds.

https://lulisulichin.com/

https://aesthetes.com/

https://www.nft.nyc/

A conversation with Dr. Emily L. Spratt who is both a noted art historian and data scientist working at the forefront of artificial intelligence’s advancement into the world of visual art. Dr. Spratt provides a framework for understanding how AI is impacting the art world, while also examining the philosophical, ethical and legal questions that the technology is forcing us to face. Dr. Spratt also details her collaboration with acclaimed French Chef Alain Passard and his Three-Star Michelin restaurant Arpège in Paris. In her “Gastronomic Algorithms” project, Dr. Spratt used AI to analyze and generate experimental images intended to emulate both Passard’s plated dishes and the portraits of the Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

https://sites.google.com/view/emilylspratt/home

https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-abstract/54/6/631/98264/Gastronomic-Algorithms-Artistic-and-Sensory

A conversation with author and curator Elliot Bostwick Davis about her new book “Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape” and the accompanying exhibit which runs July 22 to October 16 at the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Both the book and the exhibit examine the impact of Hopper’s wife Jo on his work and the trajectory of his career. Their relationship started in the summer of 1923 there in Cape Ann and it wasn’t long before the 41-year-old Hopper became a rising star in the art world.

https://a.co/d/9stfbjC

https://www.capeannmuseum.org/exhibitions/edward-hopper/

A conversation with artist Carroll Dunham. Dunham takes time to discuss the latest iteration of his iconic figurative work up through June 17th at Gladstone’s 515 West 24th Street location in New York. The show features drawings of colorful, boldly drawn male and female forms intimately connecting within cubic spaces. In the conversation, I try to get to a better understanding of Dunham’s philosophies and motivations.

https://www.gladstonegallery.com/exhibition/11250/drawing/installation-views

https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/carroll-dunham/works

A conversation with Lisson Gallery Partner and Curatorial Director Greg Hilty. Hilty sits down to discuss the upcoming exhibit “Matter as Actor” which explores themes of multiplicity, interconnectedness, natural forces, raw materials, shared experiences and our response to the physical world. The show opens May 3rd at Lisson Gallery in London and runs through June 24.

https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/matter-as-actor

A conversation with generative artist Tyler Hobbs. Hobbs has combined his computer programming and art backgrounds to become one of the biggest names at the nexus of digital and physical art. On the heels of his amazingly popular Fidenza series of generative artworks, he has released the ambitious QQL series which redefines the role of the art collector as that of collaborator. Pace Gallery is currently featuring a series of physical works that Hobbs created by hand based on his own use of the QQL algorithm. The conversation touches on a number of topics, including Hobbs’ unique journey, his place in the history of digital art, his love of music and the artists that have inspired him.

https://tylerxhobbs.com/

https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs?s=20

https://qql.art/

https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/tyler-hobbs-qql-analogs/

https://www.pacegallery.com/online-exhibitions/qql-parametric-expression/

https://www.artblocks.io/

A conversation with artist Loriel Beltrán. Beltrán is a Venezuelan American painter based in Miami who creates captivating paintings through a unique and labor-intensive process which involves pouring layers upon layers of paint into a form. Once dried, the block of dried paint is sliced into thin strips and reassembled on a flat surface. The result is unique and mesmerizing. Beltran sits down to talk about his unique process, its origins and his new show at Lehmann Maupin in New York.

https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/loriel-beltran

http://www.lorielbeltran.com/

A conversation with Arcual CEO Bernadine Bröcker Wieder. Formerly the Founder and CEO of Vastari, a technology company that facilitated communication between museums and collectors, Bröcker Wieder is now recognized as a thought leader in the convergence of the art world and the blockchain. Her current company, Arcual, was founded by the MCH Group (the people behind Art Basel) along with the Luma Foundation and the venture arm of Boston Consulting Group. Arcual is currently rolling out solutions that bring the power of the blockchain to traditional art world transactions, starting with primary market transactions for living artists.