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For the inaugural Artsy Podcast, we talk about Ai Weiwei’s activism surrounding the current refugee crisis in Europe and delve into the issues raised by our recent—and hugely popular—story “Why the World’s Leading Photojournalists Are Ditching Their DSLRs to Shoot on Instagram.”

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-1-instagram-vs-the-world


No. 1: Instagram vs. The World

Artsy’s team of editors takes you behind the scenes of the best stories in art.

In episode two, our editors take a journey from one pole of the art world to the other, exploring the art market and art history.  

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-2-art-history-vs-the-art-market

No. 2: Art History vs. the Art Market

Artsy’s team of editors takes you behind the scenes of the best stories in art.

For episode three of the Artsy podcast, our editors explore what it means when the art world comes to a town near you.

No. 3: What Happens to Cities When the Art World Comes to Town

Artsy’s team of editors takes you behind the scenes of the best stories in art. 

In this edition: an expanded, in-depth look at our 30 Emerging Artists to Watch This Spring feature published last week. Considering the artists represented are working across mediums (from virtual reality to choreography), located across the globe (with 14 countries represented, to be exact), and representative of multiple generations (with artists in their early twenties to their early forties) we ask what an emerging artist is these days, anyway?

No. 4: What Is an Emerging Artist, Anyway?

Artsy’s team of editors takes you behind the scenes of the best stories in art.

As Frieze New York turns five, we ask: How has the fair changed in the last five years? What does it offer that other fairs don’t?

Next up, we look at the state of the arts in Detroit three years after the city declared bankruptcy and came close to selling off its cultural collections, and think about what kind of impact artists can have on its future.

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-5-frieze-new-york-turns-5-and-detroit-looks-forward

No. 5: Frieze New York Turns 5 and Detroit Looks Forward

Artsy’s team of editors takes you behind the scenes of the best stories in art.

In this edition: Buyouts, restructuring, expansions—it’s all in the cards for New York’s major museums. And we'll discuss the story behind four shuttered museums, and ask, what happens when a museum closes?

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-6-as-the-art-world-changes-what-s-a-museum-to-do

No. 6: As the Art World Changes, What’s a Museum To Do?

With the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Basel officially behind us, we take a look back on the fair. With a decidedly political bent at this year’s fair, what were the standout booths? How did broader economic jitters impact sales? And are those economic winds related to the big pivot to modern art seen at the fair?

Next, our discussion turns to the benefits and pitfalls that come with labeling artists. What do labels tell us about the history of art? Is there a productive way to use them, or are they always doomed to reduce an artist’s practice to one single word?

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https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-7-why-do-we-label-artists

No. 7: Why Do We Label Artists?

On this week’s podcast, we take a look at the 9th Berlin Biennale, which has met with both ire and praise for its tech-heavy and ironic curatorial vision. We look beyond the controversy to ask: What were the highlights? Despite the criticisms, is it actually charting a new path for art amid a rapidly digitizing world? And is talking about all the reviews a distraction from the work itself?

Next, we take an expanded dive into what it means for artists to disavow their work. Disavowal may seem like a strange power—and it is pretty unique statute within American law. Why are only some artists protected? And, moreover, what conceptual questions are raised by artists disavowing their work?

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-8-that-s-not-my-artwork

No. 8: “That’s Not My Artwork!”

Politics are everywhere—something this particularly contentious election cycle often reminds us. From a collective who erected a portion of Trump’s infamous wall to the artist-run super PAC “For Freedoms,” we discuss how art can engage with politics in meaningful ways.

Next up, we explore the complicated world of art thievery. According to the FBI, art theft is a billion-dollar industry, with tens of thousands of works going missing each year. We take a look at the facts and figures—and discuss the many ways a museum heist can go wrong.

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-9-when-art-thefts-go-wrong

No. 9: When Art Thefts Go Wrong

Rikers Island, New York’s notorious jail, houses thousands of men and women awaiting trial or convicted of short sentences. We discuss the neurological underpinnings of art therapy in this environment, the difficulties that therapists experience teaching in jails, and how programs such as this can provide much-needed healing, as well as concrete life skills, for inmates both while in the jail and in the outside world upon their release.

Next, we look at German painter Georg Baselitz and ask: Should his misogyny affect our appreciation of his work? In 2013, the artist remarked that “women don’t paint very well,” setting off a firestorm of critique but, for many at least, not diminishing the artist’s place in the art-historical canon. So how do we square an artist’s biography and beliefs with their work? Can the two be separated? 

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-10-does-disliking-an-artist-mean-you-can-t-like-their-work

No. 10: Does Disliking an Artist Mean You Can’t Like Their Work?

This week we have something a little special for you: a deep dive into Artsy’s Art Genome Project, the system that is used to classify the artworks on Artsy. We discuss some of the exciting and surprising trends in contemporary art that the Genome Project has unearthed, before expanding on our previous discussion centered around the pitfalls of labeling artists—and explore the underappreciated history of the pigments used to create art through the ages.

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-11-so-what-is-the-art-genome-project-anyway

No. 11: So What Is The Art Genome Project Anyway?

This summer, artist Marina Abramović sparked fierce debate with her statement: “In my opinion [having children is] the reason why women aren’t as successful as men in the art world.” In this week’s episode, we ask—what can be done to finally debunk the myth that child-rearing and a successful career are incompatible? 

Then we consider the other side of the motherhood equation—children, and, more specifically, how parents can help them cultivate an appreciation of art. What impact does artmaking have on children and their development?

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-12-motherhood-children-and-art

No. 12: Motherhood, Children, and Art

With the number of all-female group shows reaching a fever pitch this year, we ask: Are these exhibitions helping to redefine the art-historical canon? And do phrases like “pioneering” and “before her time” actually end up relegating female artists to the sidelines?

Then, we turn to the fashion industry’s plagiarism problem. Multi-billion-dollar corporations like Zara and Forever 21 have increasingly been accused by artists of using their work on articles of clothing, accessories, and in ad campaigns without permission. We explain how social media can help artists fight back as much as it can hurt them.

No. 13: We Still Need All-Female Group Shows

This week, we dissect the recent decision to eliminate art history A-level tests for high school students in the U.K. beginning in 2018. The announcement sparked outrage and debate among scholars, critics, and teachers in England—but it also raised bigger questions about how the subject is taught.

Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-artsy-podcast-no-14-art-history-in-crisis

No. 14: Art History in Crisis

This week, we take a look at one gallery’s takeover of a Taco Bell—and why such alternative spaces and experimental approaches are an increasingly important strategy for mid-sized galleries. 

Meanwhile, mega-galleries have taken a different tack by expanding globally to establish new outposts in art world hubs such as Hong Kong, London, and New York.

No. 15: Are Taco Bell Galleries the New Mega-Galleries?

Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei opened not one, not two, but four new shows in New York City last week. In this episode, we delve into “Laundromat,” on view at Jeffrey Deitch—the latest work by Ai to engage with the European refugee crisis.

And we ask: Can artists move the needle on public reaction to humanitarian crises?

Where we’ll be drinking white wine in the art world this week:
“Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest” at the New Museum, on view through Jan, 15th, 2017
“Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty” at the Brooklyn Museum, on view through April 2nd, 2017
“Gay Gotham,” on view through Feb. 27th, 2017, and “Activist New York” at the Museum of the City of New York

No. 16: Can Ai Weiwei’s Art Change the World?

This week, we take you through the history of the frames market—from the 15th century, when a frame could be more valuable than the painting itself, to the 20th century, when their popularity and price tags dwindled with the rise of modern art.

No. 17: What’s in a Frame?

A number of contemporary artists are turning to works of art that could fit easily in your palm or your pocket. But experiments with size aren’t new—on this episode, we delve into the history of miniature art, from the Victorian era through to today’s Instagram culture.

No. 18: Does Size Matter?

This week, we break down the stories that made up “The Year in Art”—the most comprehensive overview of art in 2016. From a spate of museum expansions to the controversy surrounding artist Dread Scott’s flag that hung briefly outside a Chelsea gallery, we talk through the moments that defined art this year.

No. 19: Unpacking the Moments That Defined Art This Year

We finished 2016 with a look back at the year’s biggest moments in art. Now, in the first podcast of the new year, we look ahead to 2017 with a list of resolutions tailor-made for the art world. Whether it’s maintaining a genuine commitment to diversity or reimagining funding structures for artists, our editors delve into the ten things the art world should do differently this year.

No. 20: Art World Resolutions for 2017

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