What's with the dead bodies? Yes, that's an actual question from the New York fairs.

This week on the podcast, I invited the artist William Powhida on to the show ostensibly to discuss what we saw last week.

The discussion, though, ended up going far deeper. On the podcast, we talk about:

What we want from art in an increasingly tumultuous world

What landscapes, florals, and a dead body trend at the fair say about the world.

The shifting landscape of art, which includes many new faces and names

Plus, we talk about all the work in the shows that sparked thought!

Relevant links:

Armory The Armory Show | New York's Art Fair

Lydia Pettit at Dinner Gallery

Rodrigo Valenzuela at Asya Geisberg Gallery 

CHIFFON THOMAS at Michael Kohn Gallery 

Derrick Adams and Jeffrey Gibson at Tandem Press

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

SPURS Gallery

Jeanne Silverthorne at Marc Straus Gallery

David Scher and Ward Shelley at Pierogi Gallery 

Simonette Quamina at Praxis Art 

Manuel López at Charlie James Gallery (cjamesgallery.com)

Paige K.B.’s installation Of Course, You Realize, This Means War at Blade Study

CURRO (galeriacurro.mx)

Alejandro Almanza Pereda at Galeria CURRO

David Hammons at Jack Tilton Gallery

Tamarind Institute (unm.edu)

Eva Koťátková at hunt kastner gallery

William Kentridge and Ai Weiwei at Whitechapel Gallery

Matt Bollinger

Katinka Lampe at Gallerie Ron Mandos 

The Library Collective out of Baltimore

Caro Jost 

Jennifer Bartlett at Locks Gallery

Grayson Perry at Paragon (paragonpress.co.uk)

Kathris Linkersdorff, Zoe Walk, and Sarah Anne Johnson at Yossi Milo

Broadway (broadwaygallery.nyc)

Theo Pinto at Nature Morte

Whitestone Gallery (whitestone-gallery.com)

1301SW

Sim Smith (sim-smith.com)

Nicodim Gallery

Tschabalala Self at Two Palms

Michael Berryhill at DIMIN

Emily Weiner at MILES McENERY GALLERY

I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih at Gajah Gallery

Andy Dixon at The Hole

Spring Break SPRING/BREAK Art Show - About (springbreakartshow.com)

Jac Lahav and Michele Maslow’s Monster with artists Caitlin McCormack, Taylor Lee Nicholson, and Charles Clary

Stuart Lantry, Post It Notes

Stina Puotinen, "Two Fishes" 

“All’s Fair in love and Lore” curated by Harsh Collective, featuring Laura Benson, Lucinda Gold, and Gabriel Kramer

Gary Gissler at Anita Rogers Gallery

Robert Jamora in “Everything is Fine”

Peter Dayton

Marianna Peragallo

Eric Diehl 

54 | Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation 

ACE LEHNER (ace-lehner.com)’s The Barbershop: The Art of Queer Failure