Voices On Art - The Van Horn Gallery Podcast | hosted by Daniela Steinfeld

Bettina Steinbrügge tells us how she got fascinated by art as a school kid, how she travelled Europe as a teenager with Interrail and saw all Picasso Museums and how she thinks an institution in the current times in the 2021 Century has to change and rethink to contribute to an ever changing society. We talk about the need for care and empathy, economic and cultural thinking, the need for community and how the digital helps us to communicate and stay in touch with each other. She stresses the necessity to pose new questions and utters her wish that society and politics make a statement for the arts. Recorded on January 30, 2021, 31 min. Language: english

In this first Episode of 2021 I speak with Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, writer, curator and former co-owner of gallery September in Berlin. Oliver regularly contributes to Art Magazines like Monopol and the Feuilletons of the German Newspaper landscape. Recent articles include "30 Jahre deutsche Einheit (30 years German unification) - Pop life" about the art and music scene of the 80s and 90s in Berlin, of which he was a part of and "Commons retten die Kunst - Plädoyer für eine gewöhnliche Kultur (Commons save the arts - plea for a commons culture)", both published in Monopol Magazine. We talk his early years in the Berlin subculture of Punks, squatting, clubs and dilettante art making. He reveals his personal struggle, taking care of his boyfriend who suffered of HIV/AIDS and ultimately died of it and how he became a writer in the course of an exhibition of the band "Die tödliche Doris (deadly Doris)" of which his late boyfriend was a member. We get a deep insight into the attitudes of the art scene of these years in Berlin. From there on Oliver was invited to write for the TAZ and even started writing for the art department of Deutsche Bank. We talk art, language, books, identity, capitalism, poverty, money, art fairs, galleries - the full gamut. As a writer Oliver reflects and verbalize his experiences deeply and gives them to us in an extraordinary way. Enjoy. This Episode was recorded January 2, 2021. 60 min. Language: English

In Episode 24 we talk about art and life - which is indistinguishably intertwined in the person of acclaimed painter Joanne Greenbaum. Painting since decades and knowing she is an artist since the age of 5, Greenbaum gives us an insight into painting, drawing and working with clay - through which she reveals to us who she is, how she thinks and how she expresses her brain activity to the world. To use the words of philosopher Ludger Schwarte, Greenbaum in her paintings is "thinking in color", creating a world which is full of vibrant visual energy and non verbal meaning and content. The talk was recorded 17 December 2020, 38 min. Language: english

This a special episode in collaboration with Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. A conversation with acclaimed Artist, Professor and Winner of the Golden Lion at the Biennale di Venezia in 1999 -  Monica Bonvicini. It is released on the occasion of her participation in the exhibition „Empört euch! / Time for Outrage, co-curated by Linda Peitz and Florian Peters-Messer. We talk Monica's upbringing in a conservative Italy, her studies at Cal Arts and in Berlin, how meeting Isa Genzken at the University let painting slip away from her work, the creative power of female anger and the inclusion of all people working in a museum or institution in the planning of exhibitions. Monica gives personal insights into how she develops her work and how  the isolation in times of Corona created a space for her to return to essential drawing. The Episode was recorded August 3, 2020. 37 min., Language: English

In Episode 22 I speak with Alvin Hall, who is - amongst many other things - an avid collector of contemporary art by living artists, an internationally acclaimed financial educator, author and broadcaster. We talk his early years in poverty in the Panhandle of Florida, his first encounters with art, how looking at photography sharpened his visual skills, his love for art and artists and how they can shape the world, why finance is full of creativity, his advice to new collectors and the current political situation. It's a very personal and in depth talk about Alvin's insights, inspirations and intuitions. The talk was recorded on November 24, 2020. 56 min. Language: english

A conversation with David Nolan, founder of the eponymous gallery, passionate advocate for the arts and art collector himself. David covers the years from his upbringing in Ireland, his first jobs in art galleries in Cologne in the 80s and his move to New York. We talk art, art fairs, politics, the pandemic, Black Lives Matter, climate change and the current situation in the US. David mentions many artists and companions he worked with over the years and expresses the hope for a learning process that leads to more respect, transparency and cooperation. Recorded on November 7, 2020 in the hours before Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were declared President elect and Vice President elect of the USA. 48 min. Language: english

A conversation with Dr. Natasha A. Kelly, Communication Sociologist, Author, Curator, Academic Activist, Storyteller, Afrofuturist and much more. It's an enlightening talk about her personal development and her use of various media to communicate colionalism, racism and sexism. We learn how storytelling shapes thought and action - and how it can be reshaped. We talk art, science, education, feminism, racism, colionalism, patriarchy, capitalism, Black Lives Matter, Corona and the epidemic from 1918, anger, emotional intelligence and empowerment. She shares profound knowledge from the perspective of an Afro-German woman and researcher. She explains her works "Giftschrank/Poison Cabinet", which is exhibited in „Empört Euch!/Time for Outrage!" at Kunstpalast, sadly now closed for lockdown, and her film „Millie‘s Awakening“. She talks about Afrofuturism and her new book "The Comet - Afrofuturism 2.0".  The conversation was recorded on October 12, 2020. 38 min., Language: German, with english voice over

GERMAN OV. A conversation with Dr. Natasha A. Kelly, Communication Sociologist, Author, Curator, Academic Activist, Storyteller, Afrofuturist and much more. It's an enlightening talk about her personal development and her use of various media to communicate colionalism, racism and sexism. We learn how storytelling shapes thought and action - and how it can be reshaped. We talk art, science, education, feminism, racism, colionalism, patriarchy, capitalism, Black Lives Matter, Corona and the epidemic from 1918, anger, emotional intelligence and empowerment. She shares profound knowledge from the perspective of an Afro-German woman and researcher. She explains her works "Giftschrank/Poison Cabinet", which is exhibited in „Empört Euch!/Time for Outrage!" at Kunstpalast, sadly now closed for lockdown, and her film „Millie‘s Awakening“. She talks about Afrofuturism and her new book "The Comet - Afrofuturism 2.0".  The conversation was recorded on October 12, 2020. 47 min., Language: German.

NEW! VOICES ON ART Special for Kunstpalast. For a couple of weeks I will  be talking with different people that are, each in their own way,  connected to the Museum of the City of Düsseldorf - the Kunstpalast. My second guest for these special Episodes is Linda Peitz, writer, curator and founder of the collective CCCCCOMA. Together with Florian Peters-Messer, Linda is the curator of the exhibition "Empört Euch!/Time for Outrage!" at Kunstpalast, on view from October 2020 on. Linda tells her personal story of how she developed from writer to curator, what role photography played in her development, how collaboration and dialogue are essential to her practice and how she approaches the curating of the extensive exhibition "Empört Euch!", which deals with outrage and anger expressed through the arts. We speak in depth about this special exhibition and Linda explains some of the artists and artworks which are included. The conversation was recorded on October 10 and 11, 2020. 31 min., Language: English

NEW! VOICES ON ART Special for Kunstpalast. For the next 4 weeks I will be talking with different people that are, each in their own way, connected to Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Starting with a conversation with Dr. Felix Krämer, general director of Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Felix Krämer speaks about his upbringing as son of a photographer and a ballet dancer, his learning to interpret images with the help of Stern Magazine, his activities at different museums in Germany,  the acquisition of the controversially discussed inventory collection of the Galerie Kicken, the difference between beeing a curator and the general director of a Museum and his plans for the future of Kunstpalast. Before taking on his responsibilities in Düsseldorf Felix Krämer was the head of the collection of modern art at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M.. He is also recipient of the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. This episode was recorded on October 1, 2020. 41 min. Language: English