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Architecture and Politics at MoMA in the Early 20th Century
A conversation with Patricio del Real about how the Museum of Modern Arts treatment of Latin American architecture reflected U.S. political and cultural interests.
Kimono Style
A conversation with Met curator Monika Bincsik about the kimonoits evolution from the Edo period to the 20th century and its relationship with Western fashion
A Conversation about Anne Truitt’s Yield: The Journal of an Artist
We talk with Anne Truitts daughter, Alexandra Truitt, about preparing the fourth and final volume of her late mothers journals for publication.
A New Take on “Self-Taught” Artists
A conversation with writer and curator Lisa Slominski about her new book, Nonconformers: A New History of Self-Taught Artists, and her goal of constructing a more nuanced history of the work of so-cal
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Reconsidered
A conversation with Met curator Elyse Nelson and Columbia University assistant professor and writer Wendy S. Walters about Jean-Baptiste Carpeauxs sculpture Why Born Enslaved!
Surrealism Beyond Borders
In conversation with curators Stephanie DAlessandro and Matthew Gale, we discuss the exhibition and book that challenges traditional narratives of Surrealism, tracing its global impact and legacy fro
The Life and Art of Bob Thompson
A conversation with Colby College Museum of art curator Diana Tuite about her exhibition Bob Thompson: This House is Mine
Ep. 84 – Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful
Listen to this conversation with Chrysler Museum of Art curator Seth Feman and Columbus Museum curator Jonathan Frederick Walz we discuss the art and life of the extraordinary American artist Alma W
Ep. 83 – A Conversation About American Artist Joseph E. Yoakum
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk about the life and drawings of the self-taught artist Joseph E. Yoakum with the Art Institute of Chicago‘s Mark Pascale and MoMA‘s Esther
Ep. 82 – How Photography Became Contemporary Art
As Michael S. Roth wrote in his review in The Washington Post, “The maturation of Grundberg as a renowned critic coincides with the maturation of photography as an art form and its conquest of the art