Art Sense

01:01 - Author, artist, podcaster and branding guru Debbie Millman discusses her new book “Why Design Matters”, which reflects on the seventeen years of conversations that have made up her podcast “Design Matters”, including notables in the fields of art, design and those that pursue excellence in every aspect of their life.

30:28 - The week's top art headlines.

This is Art Sense - a podcast focused on educating and informing listeners about the past, present and future of art. I’m Craig Gould.

This week on the podcast I thought we could take a look at the shows that are on the horizon for 2022. The list includes historical retrospectives, contemporary gallery shows, biennales and even a hotly anticipated museum opening. 26 exhibits in all, we’ll start with those shows that have already opened and work our way out.


Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Sept 12, 2021 - June 6, 2022
https://www.moca.org/exhibition/pipilotti-rist

Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
Whitney Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sept 29, 2021 - Feb 13, 2022
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/jasper-johns

Andy Warhol: Revelation
Brooklyn Museum
November 19, 2021 - June 19, 2022
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/andy_warhol_revelation

Black American Portraits
LACMA
November 7, 2021 – April 17, 2022
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/black-american-portraits

Kehinde Wiley: The Prelude
London’s National Gallery
December 10, 2021 - April 18, 2022
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast
Royal Academy
January 29, 2022 - April 17, 2022
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/francis-bacon

Yves Saint Laurent aux Musées
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, Musée National Picasso Paris, Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, Musée du Louvre
January 29 - May 15 (closes April 15 at Musée Picasso)
https://museeyslparis.com/en/exhibitions/yves-saint-laurent-au-5-avenue-marceau

Charles Ray: Figure Ground
Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 31 - June 5
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/charles-ray

Van Gogh Self Portraits
The Courtauld Gallery
February 3 – May 8
https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/van-gogh-self-portraits-22/

Faith Ringgold: American People
New Museum
February 17 - June 5
https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/faith-ringgold-american-people

Surrealism Beyond Borders
Tate Modern
February 24 – August 29
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/surrealism-beyond-borders

Donatello, the Renaissance
Palazzo Strozzi and Museo del Bargello, Florence; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
March 19 - July 31 (Florence); September 2 - January 8, 2023 (Berlin)
https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/donatello/

Barbara Kruger: Thinking Of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
March 20 - April 17
https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/barbara-kruger

Beeple
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
March 2022
https://www.jackhanley.com/

150 Years of Mondrian
Kunstmuseum den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands April 2 - September 25
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland June 5 - October 9
K20, Düsseldorf October 29 - February 10, 2023
https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/mondrian

Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American Art
Apr 1 - Aug 1
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/the-biennial

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure
Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea
Opens April 9
https://kingpleasure.basquiat.com/

Raphael
National Gallery in London
9 April – 31 July 2022
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-raphael

The Venice Biennale
April 23 - November 27
https://www.labiennale.org/en

Henri Matisse: The Red Studio
Museum of Modern Art
May 1 - September 10
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5344

Cezanne
Art Institute of Chicago May 15 - September 5
Tate Modern October 6 - March 12, 2023
https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9288/cezanne

Cornelia Parker
Tate Britain
18 May – 16 October
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/cornelia-parker

Documenta Fifteen
Kassel, Germany
June 18 - September 25
https://documenta-fifteen.de/en/

The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
September 11-February 19, 2023
https://www.lacma.org/

Lucian Freud: New Perspectives
The National Gallery in London
1 October 2022 – 22 January 2023
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/the-credit-suisse-exhibition-lucian-freud-new-perspectives

Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharoah
Grand Egyptian Museum
November 2022
https://grandegyptianmuseum.org/

00:48 - Jed Perl discusses his new book “Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts". In the book, Perl looks at the nature of art, why it resounds with each of us and what pushes us forward.

28:00 - The week's top art headlines.

00:57 - Discussion with J.T. Ravize who has spent the last twenty years fighting to authenticate a collection of Jackson Pollock paintings that could represent a missing period in the artist’s work. We discuss the difficult process for authenticating any found piece of art, but especially the work of this particular artist. Regardless of whether or not you are a Pollock fan, it is an interesting story with no easy answers. Visit https://wyomingworkinggroup.com/ to see images and read more about J.T's project.

0:55 - A discussion with Texas-based artist Tom Orr about his artistic journey. Orr is an artist whose large-scale sculptures have been widely collected in the U.S. and Japan, and who is a frequent collaborator with Episode 23 guest Frances Bagley, who happens to be his wife.

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On this week’s episode, we take a look back at 2021 with clips from a number of different episodes. We kicked off Art Sense in June of this year and have thus far interviewed 34 guests over 26 episodes. Guests have included best selling authors, museum curators, art historians, blue chip artists, auction house execs, technology experts, crypto artists and top collectors. Guest artists have included the likes of Sandy Skoglund, Marilyn Minter, Raymond Pettibon, Eric Fischl, SWOON, and Mona Kuhn. 2021 is destined to be known for year two of the global pandemic and the rise of NFTs. The market for NFTs skyrocketed over the course of the year and I was able to bring you conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and influential voices in the industry. In March, Beeple’s “First 5000 Days” sold for $69 million through an auction at Christie’s. Over the course of the year, I spoke to the auction house executive that brokered the deal as well as the person who paid the $69 million to acquire the work. Crypto artists like Sarah Zucker, Robness and Jen Stark provided the artists’ perspective, while Colborn Bell explained what motivated him to create the Museum of Crypto Art. There was one question that I asked each guest from this space. What’s in store for the future of NFTs and what hurdles stand in the way?

01:06 - A discussion with Kimbell Art Museum Deputy Director George Shackelford about the museum’s current exhibit “Turner’s Modern World”. The exhibition explores J.M.W. Turner’s lifelong interest in the inventions, events, politics, society, culture and science of his time, which resulted in many of his most original works and transformed his way of painting. The exhibit is on view through February 6.

45:26 - The week's top art headlines.

0:52 - Jen Stark discusses her iconic style, her love of color, her foray into NFTs, her constant pursuit of new mediums and the launch of her own immersive experience.

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1:07 - Art collector and facilitatorTwobadour discusses his background, his journey into crypto, the ability of NFTs to undo colonial damage and what the future holds. Twobadour and his business partner Metakovan became the subject of headlines worldwide this past March when the pair purchased Beeple’s “First 5000 Days” at a Christie’s auction for $69 million.

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01:01 - Frances Bagley discusses her long career as a key figure in the Dallas arts community. Frances is in the collections of The Dallas Museum of Art and the National Museum of Women in Washington, D.C., but is probably best known for contributions to corporate collections and public arts commissions nationwide.

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