The Art Pod

In this episode I speak with Grace Astrove who serves as the Director of Corporate Relations for Governors Island Foundation. We also talk about her time at the Jewish Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, Performa, and Magazzino Italian Art, and what it entails to plan galas and secure six and seven figure gifts from donors and sponsors for arts institutions.

In this episode I speak with Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth who is the Executive Director of FotoFocus, a non-profit arts organization that champions photography and lens-based art. We chat about her plans for the future of FotoFocus, its expansion in 2025, and her time as Dayton Art Institute’s Kettering Curator of Photography and Special Projects.

In this episode I speak with Robin Cembalest who has reinvented herself from being a former editor of ARTnews to an art influencer who teaches how to communicate effectively across all editorial channels. We talk about her most memorable experiences at ARTnews to how she manages to get to almost every art exhibition in New York City.

In this episode I speak with YuJune Park about working in the design field. We touch on her role as Partner and Co-founder of Synoptic Office, an award-winning design consultancy, and how she balances that with being a professor at Parsons School of Design. We cover everything from technology as an accessibility tool, how to create the perfect website, what it’s like to design for leading art institutions, to the future of A.I. in design.

In this episode I speak with artist Gina Beavers about her practice. We talk about how she creates her sculptural paintings, where she finds inspiration, the impact of the internet and social media on her work, as well as her solo exhibition Divine Consumer at Marianne Boesky and her surveys at MCA Chicago and MOCA Los Angeles.

In this episode I speak with Clara Andrade Pereira who is the Executive Director of Untitled Art Fairs and a guest professor in the Global Art Market program at Barreira A+D in Valencia, and Art Market Management at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. We chat about her passion for democratizing contemporary art collecting, bringing accessibility to the art world, and what it’s like running an art fair.

In this episode I speak with Angelina Lippert who is the Chief Curator and Director of Content of Poster House in New York City, the first museum in the United States dedicated to the art and history of the poster. We talk about everything from her love of posters, working with collectors who share her passion, as well as her time at Rennert’s Gallery, which specializes in poster auctions.

In this episode Adefolakunmi Adenugba and I speak about her journey founding her company ISE-DA, which provides business development, strategic partnerships, and art advisory services for clients. We talk about her time growing up in the UK, her schooling in Switzerland and Atlanta, and what it felt like to be selected for Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in Art & Style in 2024.

In this episode I speak with Brianna Hernández who is a Chicana artist, curator, educator, and death doula. We talk about what it’s like juggling her work as the Director of Curation and Board Secretary of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, Assistant Curator at the Parrish Art Museum, and her work as a death doula, as well as the importance of art in death.

In this episode I speak with Chrissie Iles who is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. We cover everything from museum acquisitions to what it was like co-curating her third Whitney Biennial, Even Better Than the Real Thing, as well as working with artists like Louise Bourgeois and her time working in England.