Untitled Podcast

Join Aperture and Untitled Art for a conversation between the artist and Silas Munro, founder of Polymode, to celebrate the release of Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s latest monograph, Dark Room A–Z (Aperture, 2024).

In Dark Room A–Z, Paul Mpagi Sepuya reflects on the methodologies, strategies, and points of interest behind a single, expansive body of work at a pivotal moment in his career. This volume unpacks his Dark Room series (2016–21), offering a deep dive into the thick network of references and the interconnected community of artists and subjects that Sepuya has interwoven throughout the images. Dark Room A–Z serves as an iterative return and exhaustive manual to the strategies and generative ways of working that have informed Sepuya’s image-making over the past two decades.

This panel discussion was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 6, 2024.

The dynamic fusion of art and real estate is transforming urban landscapes and redefining luxury living. No longer just eye candy, art is now a key player in real estate development—boosting property values and shaping the identity of entire communities. This panel brings together top minds from both fields to explore how art seamlessly blends with architecture, design, and branding in real estate. We’ll also dive into the cultural and financial ripple effects of art installations, from gentrification to skyrocketing property prices. After all, art and prime real estate share the same rarefied air—scarce, valuable, and coveted by savvy investors. Both serve as exclusive, inflation-proof assets that add diversity to portfolios while offering emotional and cultural returns. With high transaction costs and the potential for collateral-based financing, they remain power players in the wealth-building game.

This panel discussion is moderated by Arushi Kapoor, featuring Mauricio Umansky and Jonathan Travis, and was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 6, 2024.

Rajiv Menon Contemporary is proud to present I-POP, a panel exploring India’s massively rising influence in the world of art and fashion. In particular, the panel will explore how popular Indian aesthetics foster new conversations between “East” and “West.” While East Asia dominates the conversation on Asian pop art, Indian visuality, especially in textile and design, is informing a new wave of popular and folk-driven aesthetics. As India navigates its rise as a cultural superpower, its visual culture increasingly shapes global ways of seeing. This panel explores I-POP (Indian Popular Aesthetics) in all its manifestations, and hones in on how this is a cultural force in the art and fashion world. The panel will demonstrate why India is one of the most significant art and cultural centers in the world today, and bring this vital conversation to a new audience in Miami.

This panel was moderated by Iva Dixit, featuring Rajiv Menon and Anamika Khanna, and was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 5, 2024.

Amidst recent shifts in public funding for the arts, alongside the growth of commercial galleries and museum expansions, this panel will explore the evolving role of art fairs in shaping the future of the arts in Houston, examining how these events serve as vital hubs for connecting local and international artists, galleries, and collectors while fostering a dynamic, innovative arts community. The panel, moderated by the Director for Untitled Art, Houston, Michael Slenske, features artist Reynier Leyva Novo, Director of Business Development and Art Advisory at The Fine Art Group Jessica Phifer, Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Asia Society Texas Owen Duffy, and Co-Founder of Seven Sisters Houston Tom Raith. 

This panel discussion was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach, on December 3, 2024.

Through context-based creative practices, the artistic platform LA ESCUELA___ aims to address current social and ecological challenges from the perspectives of Latin American artists, educators, and communities. By fostering collaboration at the regional and international levels, it promotes translocal exchange, bridging experimental approaches rooted in the territories. This collaborative platform is now

expanding its outreach to the BIPOC cultural ecosystem in the USA; connecting Indigenous peoples, black and brown diasporas, among other latinx communities with Latin America. This will strengthen hemispheric exchange among artists, researchers, curators, and educators working with socially engaged practices. Through shared learning experiences, editorial content, and collaborative art projects around public space, the platform aims to promote critical thinking and a broader understanding of the territories and their underrepresented narratives.

This panel is moderated by Antonieta Landa and features Miguel Braceli, Carolyn Sickles, Sofía S. Reeser del Rio, and Iberia Pérez González, and was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 4, 2024.

Listen to a panel discussion on the future of art criticism and arts journalism, moderated by Mary Louise Schumacher, Director of the Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed charitable foundation created in 1999 to preserve and share the work of Leo Rabkin and administer grants to art critics. Panelists include 2023 Rabkin Prize winner Max Durón, Senior Reporter at ARTNews, as well as past contributors to Untitled Edit, the fair’s online editorial platform intended to support established art critics and the next generation of voices, including freelance writers Julie Baumgardner and Annabel Keenan, as well as Arimeta Diop, Editorial Assistant at Vanity Fair.

This panel was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach, on December 5, 2024.

Since Frieze’s arrival in Seoul in 2022, international interest in the South Korean art market has surged, pushing local commercial galleries to engage more actively on the global stage and spotlighting Korean artists abroad. This heightened attention has also led independent art spaces to reconsider their roles, prompting questions about how to remain experimental, community-focused, and true to their independent spirit amidst increasing commercialization. Curators, too, are reflecting on the purpose and ethics of curation within a profit-driven market, exploring ways to balance artistic vision with economic realities. This panel will examine the far-reaching effects of global interest in South Korea’s art scene on diverse players—including commercial galleries, alternative spaces, and curators—and discuss how these shifts might shape the future of the South Korean art landscape in global world.

This panel is moderated by 2024 Guest Curator Jungmin Cho and features Suyoung Lee, Inseon Kim, and Jeppe Ugelvig, and recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 4, 2024.

Join leading museum professionals as they discuss the evolving role of museums in promoting inclusivity and diversity within their spaces and programs. Moderated by Carlie Porterfield, Associate Editor at The Art Newspaper, the conversation will explore real-world initiatives and challenges facing cultural institutions today as they work to broaden representation and foster engagement across multiple communities and publics.

This panel discussion features Patrick Charpenel, Deidré Guevara, Nicole Dowd, and María Elena Ortiz, and was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 5, 2024.

With generous support from Private Client Select, SRI Fine Art Services, and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, ArtTable presents an engaging discussion of the roles of steward and patron that the collector assumes upon purchasing a work of art. This second program in ArtTable’s Art Law Series, appropriate for new and seasoned collectors alike, covers multiple dimensions of stewardship each collector must consider to ensure the long-term integrity and care of works of art. Meticulous planning for insurance, shipping, and protection from natural disasters is paramount to maintaining the physical safety of the collection, but the collector’s actions following the sale—ascertaining holding periods, loaning works to museums, and exploring the resale market—must also be conducted diligently, with the sustainability of the artist’s career in mind. This panel brings together experts from the insurance, shipping, legal, and curatorial fields to cover collectors' contractual, financial, and ethical responsibilities to the artists they work with, setting up all participants for success.

This panel is moderated by Samantha Anderson and features Melissa Osterwind, Amani Lewis, Shamim M. Momin, and Barbara Chamberlain, and was recorded at Untitled Art, Miami Beach on December 4, 2024.

As Untitled Art looks ahead to Houston, we revisit our VIP weekend programming in Austin, TX, earlier this season in collaboration with Soho House and Big Medium.

The weekend kicked off with a panel discussion about the growth of the arts in Texas with the Director for Untitled Art, Houston, Michael Slenske, alongside Austin-based artist RF. Alvarez, Art Advisor Adam Green, Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Contemporary Austin Alex Klein, and Co-Founders of Martha's, Ricky Morales and Meredith Williams.

Touching upon Texan identity, this panel explores the growth of its cities and burgeoning art scene.