Best Ken Serra Podcasts (2025)

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Tarrah Krajnak, Jennifer Raab 1:11:35

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Episode No. 700 (!) features artist Tarrah Krajnak and curator Claire Howard. Krajnak is featured in two exhibitions on opposite sides of the United States. At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Krajnak is featured in "Around Group f.64: Legacies and Counterhistories in Bay Area Photography" through July 13. The exhibition was curated by Shana…

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Jack Whitten 1:28:57

6d ago1:28:57

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Episode No. 699 features two conversations with artist Jack Whitten. The Museum of Modern Art, New York is presenting "Jack Whitten: The Messenger," the third major US survey of Whitten's work since 2014. (Previous exhibitions include a paintings retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in 2014-15, and a sculpture retrospective at …

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Fire, History, and Justice: Inside 'Hell’s Hundred Acres' with Andrew Serra 33:23

4h ago33:23

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In this episode of Hashing Out the Law, host Arash Hashemi sits down with Andrew Serra, a retired FDNY captain and accomplished author. They delve into Andrew's 25-year career with the New York City Fire Department, his transition to writing, and the inspiration behind his latest historical novel, 'Hell's Hundred Acres'. The conversation covers: An…

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Alex Da Corte, Oaxacan prints 1:00:04

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Episode No. 698 features artist Alex Da Corte and curator Mark Castro. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is presenting "Alex Da Corte: The Whale," a survey of Da Corte's relationship with painting. Featuring more than 40 works, the exhibition examines Da Corte's interest in consumerism, persona, sex, invisible labor, taste, power, and desire. Cur…

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Gertrude Abercrombie, The Monument's End 1:11:48

7d ago1:11:48

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Episode No. 697 features curator Sarah Humphreville and author Marisa Anne Bass. With Eric Crosby, Humphreville is the co-curator of "Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery." The exhibition survey's Abercrombie's synthesis of surrealism, landscape, portraiture and still-life, and is the most comprehensive presentation of the artist's wo…

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Joe Overstreet, Haegue Yang 1:03:56

5d ago1:03:56

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Episode No. 696 features curators Natalie Dupêcher and Leigh Arnold. Dupêcher is the curator of "Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight" at the Menil Collection, Houston. "Taking Flight" offers work from three of Overstreet's abstract painting series: Flight Pattern (early 1970s), and related bodies of work from the 1960s and 1990s. While recent exhibitions…

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Fighting Insurance Companies: What You Need to Know with Chip Merlin 34:26

11d ago34:26

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In this episode of Hashing Out the Law, I sit down with William "Chip" Merlin, Jr., founder and president of Merlin Law Group, a firm dedicated to fighting for policyholders in insurance disputes. Dubbed the “Master of Disaster” and the “Babe Ruth of Hurricane Lawyers,” Chip has built a career representing homeowners, businesses, and municipalities…

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Cannupa Hanska Luger, Painting with Silk 1:31:13

26d ago1:31:13

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Episode No. 695 features artist Cannupa Hanska Luger and curator Ken Myers. The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is presenting "Cannupa Hanska Luger: Speechless," an examination of the complications of colonial histories from an Indigenous perspective. "Speechless" particularly focuses on how narratives, myths, and histories are constructed …

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Tacita Dean, Ilana Harris-Babou 1:15:30

20d ago1:15:30

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Episode No. 694 features artists Tacita Dean and Ilana Harris-Babou. The Menil Collection, Houston is presenting "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly," the first major museum survey of Dean's work in the United States. The exhibition examines a range of Dean's production, with a special emphasis on her drawing practice. "Blind Folly" includes new works inform…

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Holiday clips: John Edmonds 51:42

1M ago51:42

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Episode No. 693 is a Presidents' Day weekend clips episode featuring artist John Edmonds. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York recently announced the acquisition of Edmonds’s complete 2018 Untitled (Hood) series. The work was included in last year's Guggenheim exhibition "Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility." Edmon…

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Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic drawings 1:38:22

2M ago1:38:22

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Episode No. 692 features curators Alison Hokanson and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, and Danielle Canter. Hokanson and Seidenstein are the co-curators of "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature," which opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this weekend and is on view through May 11. It is the first retrospective of the German Romantic artist's wo…

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Kota Ezawa, Amy Pleasant 1:11:42

2M ago1:11:42

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Episode No. 691 features artists Kota Ezawa and Amy Pleasant. The Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture is presenting "Kota Ezawa: Here and There - Now and Then," an investigation into the creation of memory in the Bay Area and nationally, through March 9. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, featur…

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Orphism, Beyond the Bouquet 1:00:19

2M ago1:00:19

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Episode No. 690 features curators Vivien Greene and Michael Hartman. With Tracey Bashkoff, Greene is the co-curator of "Harmony & Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910-1930" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. The exhibition surveys a transnational art movement that joined abstraction to dance, music, and poetry and that engaged with ideas …

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Holiday clips: B. Ingrid Olson 44:12

2M ago44:12

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Episode No. 689 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist B. Ingrid Olson. Olson's work is included in "Descending the Staircase" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The exhibition considers novel artistic approaches to representing the human body. The exhibition is curated by Jadine Collingwood, Associate Curator, and Jack Schneider, Assi…

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Sayre Gomez, The Living End, Ordinary People 1:22:41

2M ago1:22:41

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Episode No. 688 features artist Sayre Gomez and curator Anna Katz. Gomez is included in two of the season's major contemporary group shows: "The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2000," at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and "Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los…

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Holiday clips: Laurie Simmons 55:15

2M ago55:15

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Episode No. 687 features artist Laurie Simmons. Simmons is included in "Diaries of Home" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The exhibition features works by women and nonbinary photographers who explore the multilayered concepts of family, community, and home. The exhibition, which is on view through February 2, is co-curated by Andrea Karnes …

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Pivots, Reinvention, and Growth with Anne Pope 31:56

3M ago31:56

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Endings and beginnings...In this last episode of Season 2 of the podcast, Dori sits down, in Brooklyn, with Anne Pope — in her new home in Portugal — to discuss the intricate art of reinvention. Together, they explore what it means to pivot—intentionally and unexpectedly—and the practices that make growth and transformation possible. Happy New Year…

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Holiday clips: Sylvia Plimack Mangold 54:56

3M ago54:56

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Episode No. 686 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Sylvia Plimack Mangold. An untitled 1966 Plimack Mangold painting is on view in the current permanent collection installation at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The NGA has one of the finest institutional collections of Plimack Mangold's work: eight paintings and at least a dozen …

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Vincent Valdez, Dugan Aguilar 1:18:07

3M ago1:18:07

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Episode No. 685 features artist Vincent Valdez and curators Theresa Harlan and Drew Johnson. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is presenting "Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream..." the first major survey of Valdez's career. The exhibition, which features Valdez's work across media, reveals Valdez's construction of US national memory. It was co-curated…

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Flight into Egypt, The Dance of Life 1:20:32

3M ago1:20:32

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Episode No. 684 features curators Akili Tommasino and Mark Mitchell. Tommasino is the curator of "Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-now" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition examines how Black artists and other cultural figures have engaged with ancient Egypt from the American centennial, through the Ha…

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Tala Madani, The Living End 1:19:37

3M ago1:19:37

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Episode No. 683 features artist Tala Madani and curator Jamillah James. James is the curator of "The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2020" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Madani is among the 60-plus artists included in the exhibition. "The Living End" surveys the arc of painting over the last half-century with a particu…

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Holiday clips: Leslie Martinez 50:18

4M ago50:18

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Episode No. 682 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Leslie Martinez. Martinez is included within "Shifting Landscapes," which is at the the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York until January 2026. The exhibition considers how evolving political, ecological, and social issues motivate artists as they address the world around them (whic…

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Tidawhitney Lek 54:39

4M ago54:39

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Episode No. 681 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Tidawhitney Lek. Lek is featured in "Spirit House" at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. The exhibition considers how 33 contemporary artists of Asian descent challenge the boundary between life and death through art, including how the spiritual relates to diaspora, connect…

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Ronny Quevedo, Imagination in the Age of Reason 1:04:37

4M ago1:04:37

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Episode No. 680 features artist Ronny Quevedo and curator Jillian Kruse. The Menil Drawing Institute is presenting "Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo" through August 2025. The work on view, titled C A R A A C A R A, is a site-specific drawing that explores the relationship between origin, transfer, and translation. Each of the drawing's three pane…

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Rhythm, Improvisation and Community with Piotr Orlov 29:58

5M ago29:58

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Dori talks with writer and music storyteller Piotr Orlov, exploring themes of identity, the immigrant experience, and the transformative power of community. Piotr, whose grandmother was a classical musicologist and father, a prominent, American basketball-loving sportswriter, came here from Leningrad to New York at 7-3/4 years old, fully bought int…

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Hugh Hayden 52:38

4M ago52:38

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Episode No. 679 features artist Hugh Hayden. The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas is presenting "Hugh Hayden: Homecoming," an exhibition of new works informed by Hayden's upbringing in Dallas. The show includes sculptures that explore themes such as nostalgia, childhood, education, and religion. The exhibition was curated by Leigh Arnold and will …

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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 51:03

4M ago51:03

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Episode No. 678 features curator Stephan Wolohojian. Along with Laura Llewellyn, Caroline Campbell and Joanna Cannon, Wolohojian is the curator of "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition examines the role of Sienese artists such as Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martin…

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Exploring Legal Gladiator and Beyond with Historian Solomon Schmidt 34:33

5M ago34:33

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In this episode of Hashing Out The Law, we welcome Solomon Schmidt, an accomplished young historian and author, for an insightful conversation about his journey and his latest biography, Legal Gladiator: The Life of Alan Dershowitz. At just 12 years old, Solomon began writing his series History Bites and has since published eight books, created ove…

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Andrea Carlson 53:16

5M ago53:16

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Episode No. 677 features artist Andrea Carlson. As mentioned at the beginning of this week's program: Help Asheville and my friends and neighbors across the southern Appalachians! These are all local organizations helping people in western North Carolina: Southern Smoke Foundation; Asheville Food & Beverage United (also here); and Beloved Asheville…

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Fifty Shades of True Crime 34:50

6M ago34:50

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In this episode of Hashing Out the Law, I sit down with retired Alaskan police officer and author, Doug Fifer. Doug shares gripping stories from his 25-year career in law enforcement, including his work in crime scene analysis, hostage negotiation, and deviant sexual crimes. We dive deep into his book, Fifty Shades of True Crime, which uncovers som…

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Navigating Tough Conversations, Activism, and Aging in the Music Industry with Vickie Starr 38:53

6M ago38:53

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In this episode, Dori talks with music industry veteran and activist Vickie Starr about the importance of empathy, productive conversations, and navigating the messy path of personal and societal change. Together, they reflect on Vickie’s career in music PR, the industry's evolution, and what it means to have difficult, transformative discussions, …

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Paula Modersohn-Becker 38:14

5M ago38:14

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Episode No. 676 features curator Jay A. Clarke. With Jill Lloyd, Clarke is the co-curator of "Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me," which is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 12, 2025. The career-surveying exhibition features Modersohn-Becker's proto-expressionist works that address subjects and themes such as childhood, the bodil…

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Holiday clips: Ken Gonzales-Day 58:22

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Episode No. 675 is a holiday weekend clips episode featuring artist Ken Gonzales-Day. The Yale Center for British Art is presenting "Ken Gonzales-Day: Composition in Black and Brown" a two-part public art project informed by Gonzales-Day's investigation of YCBA's collections. Both works, a billboard along Interstate 95 in West Haven, Conn., and a s…

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From Tragedy to Triumph: Ken Kunken's Extraordinary Journey of Resilience 36:25

6M ago36:25

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In the latest episode of Hashing Out the Law, I sit down with Ken Kunken to explore his inspiring life journey and discuss his book, I Dream of Things That Never Were: The Ken Kunken Story. From a paralyzing football injury to becoming a respected attorney and community leader, Ken's story is one of resilience, passion, and determination. Tune in t…

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Fatherhood, Combat Jack, and the Art of Storytelling with Ken Gibbs Jr 33:52

6M ago33:52

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In this episode of Life Changing with Dori Fern, Dori talks with longtime friend, colleague, and fellow nerd, Ken Gibbs Jr., a digital media consultant with a distinguished career at companies like Spotify and BET Networks. They share stories that both align and diverge in striking ways, beginning with two very different family tales—told a decade …

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Lumen, Christina Ramberg 1:24:24

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Episode No. 674 features curators Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner, and curator Thea Liberty Nichols. Collins and Turner are the curators of "Lumen: The Art and Science of Light" at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. "Lumen" explores how scientific understandings of light shaped the visual culture of the Middle Ages. It includes over 100 wor…

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Matthew Brandt 53:57

6M ago53:57

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Episode No. 673 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Matthew Brandt. Brandt is included in "Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene" at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The exhibition shows how 45 photo-based artists from around the world have examined the Anthropocene. "Second Nature" was curated by Jessica…

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Paris 1874, Desert Forest 1:29:05

6M ago1:29:05

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Episode No. 672 features curators Kimberly A. Jones and Mary Morton; and curators Sant Khalsa and Juniper Harrower. Along with Sylvie Patry and Anne Robbins, Jones and Morton are the curators of "1874: The Impressionist Moment" at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition examines the condition of Parisian art in 1874, both official standards exh…

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Trusting the Process with Broadway Performer Khori Petinaud 36:25

7M ago36:25

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Dori's long-term consulting job had ended and her next-door neighbor Khori Petinaud's Facebook post about the urge toward negative thinking as her show, Lempicka, was closing struck a chord. Khori talks about choosing faith over fear, a lesson that took Dori years and a coaching certification to learn. Khori shares her journey to becoming a Broadwa…

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Remembering Jackie Winsor 1:29:11

6M ago1:29:11

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Episode No. 671 features curator, professor, and former museum director Dean Sobel, and artist Jackie Winsor. Winsor, a leading Canadian-American post-minimalist and feminist sculptor, died last week at 82. She was the first female sculptor to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1979), which holds five of her works in its…

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Arlene Shechet 57:08

6M ago57:08

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Episode No. 670 features artist Arlene Shechet. Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, NY is showing "Arlene Shechet: Girl Group" through November 10. The exhibition joins Shechet's recent work exhibited in a typical gallery setting to six new monumental sculptures Shechet created for installation at Storm King. The exhibition was co-curated by Nora…

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On Resilience, Grief and Timing with Jennie Baird 32:30

7M ago32:30

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Dori and Jennie Baird talk about resilience, grief, and the role of timing in their lives. Jennie works as the Chief Product Officer at BBC Studios and is also a certified mental health first aid and volunteer suicide bereavement support facilitator, among her many professional and personal roles and pursuits. They reflect on their childhoods and t…

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Summer clips: Tammy Nguyen 53:00

6M ago53:00

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Episode No. 669 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Tammy Nguyen. This late summer and fall Nguyen will be featured in two institutional exhibitions, one a solo show and the other a group show. On October 4, the Sarasota (Fla.) Art Museum will present "Tammy Nguyen: Timaeus and the Nations." The show was curated by Rangsook Yoon. On Septembe…

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Summer clips: David Bindman 55:01

7M ago55:01

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Episode No. 668 is a summer clips episode featuring historian and author David Bindman. Bindman’s most recent book is ‘Race Is Everything’: Art and Human Difference. It examines nineteenth and early twentieth-century racializing science (sometimes referred to as pseudoscience) and how European art both influenced it, and was itself influenced by it…

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The Outsider: How Food Writer Nicole Taylor Broke Through 30:49

8M ago30:49

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Season 2 of Life Changing with Dori Fern opens with an intimate conversation between Dori and James Beard Award-nominated food writer, Nicole Taylor, the author of cookbooks including the modern Juneteenth classic, Watermelon & Red Birds. Dori and Nicole met around 2010 at BK Swappers, a popular Brooklyn-based food swap that helped put the borough'…

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Summer clips: Melissa Cody 36:43

7M ago36:43

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Episode No. 667 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Melissa Cody. MoMA PS1 is presenting "Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies," through September 9. The exhibition features over 30 weavings and a new work. It was curated by Isabella Rjeille and Ruba Katrib. Cody, a fourth-generation Navajo weaver, creates tapestries from traditional techniques that e…

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Van Gogh and the End of Nature 50:17

7M ago50:17

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Episode No. 666 features author and art historian Michael Lobel. Lobel is the author of "Van Gogh and the End of Nature," which was just published by Yale University Press. The book interrogates Van Gogh's presentation of nature, and finds that Van Gogh was looking more intently at industry, pollution, and environmental degradation than is typicall…

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The Return 3:21

8M ago3:21

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Life Changing with Dori Fern returns for season 2! Hear what Dori has been up to and what she has in store for this new season. Text Me! Connect with me! Instagram: @dorifern LinkedIn: Dori Fern Email me: [email protected] Visit https://dorifern.com for more about Dori's coaching services and to sign up for a complimentary call.…

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Marisol, Jaramillo's Paper 1:14:59

7M ago1:14:59

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Episode No. 665 features curator Cathleen Chaffee and critic Elisabeth Kirsch. Chaffee is the curator of "Marisol: A Retrospective," which is at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) through January 6, 2025. The exhibition presents work Marisol, sometimes remembered as 'the forgotten star of pop art,' made between the …

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O'Keeffe's New York, Rebecca Manson 1:14:41

8M ago1:14:41

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Episode No. 664 features curator Sarah Kelly Oehler and artist Rebecca Manson. With Annelise K. Madsen, Oehler is the co-curator of "Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks." The exhibition spotlights O'Keeffe's paintings of New York City, surrounding them with pictures she made of Lake George and the Southwest. It's at the Art Institute of Chicago through…

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