I ART New York

I ART New York podcast is a guide into the NYC Art Apple. Each 60 min episode grapples with the question: How to love art in the big city, why to pay attention to it, and how to relate to it? Hosts of the show, Rebecca and Izabela in the first half of the “art hour” offer an alternative review of the large NYC museum retrospectives and selected gallery shows, soaked in candid criticism and diffused by humor. In the 2nd part of the hour, they host noteworthy guests from the art world for interviews asking questions relating to the shows but also the tricky question of a hands-on experience in the arts as a profession in practice. I ART New York’s critical insight focus on selected exhibitions, and consider concepts and narratives as told through the various forms within Contemporary art. Rebecca and Izabela take on large museum retrospectives at first and move onto the various exhibitions in different parts of NYC, galleries in Chelsea, LES, Williamsburg and Bushwick. Through emotional and considered reactions to artworks, Rebecca and Izabela attempt to unpack the work of iconic, established, and less known artists. They discuss the mediums and concepts and compare and contrast the aspects and characteristics of the art, the practice, and artists’ lives. Tune in for the alternative art tour in the Big Apple.

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Episode 17: Jared Linge from the series "Humani...
Jared Linge, owner and director of High Noon Gallery located in the Lower East Side, brings to fore strategies of resistance developed in the context to the pandemic
66 min
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Episode 16: Jason Clay-Lewis from the series "H...
Jason Clay-Lewis is an artist, curator, and director of the Royal Gallery in Williamsburg, B’klyn. Lewis discusses The Royal Gallery’s online summer exhibitions, their recently launched online Artist List, and his artist-interview podcast-project begun last year. We also delve into his art practice and discuss his recent paintings as well as his reaction to the Covid-19 lockdown in New York City. Check out the Royal’s latest exhibition “Remake/Remodel”, co-curated with Amelia Biewald. https://rsoaa.com/exhibitions/ This interview was recorded May 30, 2020.
48 min
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Episode 15: Coco Dolle from the series "Humaniz...
This 15th segment of I ART New York is a special episode in which we invite 3 of our previously interviewed guests to respond to COVID 19 pandemic. Its about resistance of the artists, curators, in response to the situation and strategies on how to deal constructively with this new reality amidst of all the chaos. Coco Dolle Born 1974 in Avignon, France is a French-American artist and curator whose work explores themes of the body, identity and feminism. Over the past decade, Coco has developed a personal mode of working that merges the roles of artist, curator and performer. Miss Dolle is an avant-guard curator within the feminist conversations in New York, she is the Founder and director of Legacy Fatale (2008) performance art project, built on notions of ancient mysticism and punk female leadership. And in 2014, she developed her curatorial eponym, Milk and Night producing feminist exhibition concepts while building her community. www.cocodolle.com
44 min
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Episode 14: Interview with artist Richard Humann
In this segment, I ART New York interviews artist Richard Humann
109 min
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Episode 13: Interview with artist Sebastián Car...
50 min
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Episode 12: Interview with Jared Linge and Jill...
84 min
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Episode 11: Interview with artist Lisa Levy
79 min
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Episode 10: Interview with the The Royal Societ...
“Determined to achieve professional standing for American Art” is part of the founding mission statement of the The Royal Society of American Art- a community of artists providing artist studios and exhibition space, The Royal. I ART New York interviews an artist, Amelia Biewald who is a partner and a curator at The Royal, Jason Clay Lewis whois the co-founder and director of RSOAA, where he is also in charge of managing daily operations, as well as Janet Rutkowski a multidisciplinary artist, a partner at The Royal where she is also active in curatorial programming. We discuss the history and programming of the RSOAA, as well as the personal artistic and curatorial processes of the pertners. Additionally, Lewis reveals the RSOAA's newest endeavor launching this month; a free and open artists’ registry with the aim of creating an online platform for artists https://theroyallist.com/. The intro track is “1969” by the band American Nomads from their new single and the outro is their track titled “A Revelation’s Gonna Come”.
88 min
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Episode 9: Interview with Paradice Palase
In this segment, I ART New York interviews Lauren Hirshfield and Kat Ryals, founders and the curatorial team behind Paradice Palase. Begun two years ago Paradice Palase aims to promote artists through arts patronage and to create public engagement with art. Hirschfield and Ryals discuss their recently guest-juried exhibition Twist and Twine, launched in partnership with Chashama, their booth at the The Spring/Break Art Fair among other exhibitions and related initiatives. They offer their insights into their curatorial practice while navigating the complexities and rewards of operating in New York City. Music intro and outro are by the Brooklyn based band, More Than Skies; tracks "Act Casually" and "She Loves Me Not" from their album "Everyone is a Loaded Gun".
71 min
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Episode 8: Review of the Whitney Biennial 2019
Join us for our walk through of the Whitney Biennial, which is the longest-running exhibition in the country and was inaugurated 1932 by the Museum's founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The Biennial’s mission is to chart the latest developments in American art and we’re excited to try to unpack this large and important exhibition. This year is the 79th edition and includes the work of 75 artists and collectives working in painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound. The Whitney biennial has a long legacy and has become practically an institution in it own right. The visibility that artists garner by inclusion in it creates a special platform and validation of their work. In this edition, for the first time in over a decade the curatorial team has been totally internal: Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta reveal statements of resistance with an emphasis on history and sort through divisive national political and social issues. Themes in the exhibition circulate around issues of identity, representation, history, economics, class, as well as a critique on Western hegemony. The biennial spans several floors, outdoor terraces and features film and performance programs."
52 min
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Episode 7: Interview with Melissa Bianca Amore,...
Melissa Bianca Amore is an Australian/Italian international curator, art critic and independent scholar based in New York. Her primary area of exploration surrounds the study of phenomenology, the limitations of perceived space and interactive spatial aesthetics. A highly acclaimed critic and essayist, Amore has written for leading publications and authored exhibition catalogues since 2005. Amore is currently a visiting critic and curator for selected organizations and academic institutions including Parsons School of Design, The New School University, New York; Residency Unlimited, New York and Art Omi Artists Residency, New York.
89 min
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Episode 6: Review of Frieze Art Fair 2019- a sp...
Izabela and Rebecca take on a big spectacle of the Frieze Art Fair 2019 which featured leading galleries from 26 countries this year. We feature a special selection of galleries, artists, and focus themes through our lens. Frieze is a non-profit organization established in 2003 as a spin-off of frieze magazine and now a media company that comprises three publications, frieze magazine based in London, Frieze Masters Magazine and Frieze Week; and four international art fairs, Frieze London, Frieze LA, Frieze New York and Frieze Masters. Frieze offers a program of courses and talks at Frieze Academy, as well as Frieze Foundation. Funded by the European Commission’s Culture 2000 programme and Arts Council England, which is in charge of the curated program at the Frieze Art Fair. Frieze.com. Music was provided by Haunted Horses. Song, “Radar” from their EP album released in November 2018. www.hauntedhorses.nyc
114 min
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Episode 5: Interview with a special guest Marie...
Izabela and Rebecca interview a special guest, Marie-Ève Lafontaine, an independent curator of modern and contemporary art, about her practice between Canada, USA, Germany, and Poland, including her curatorial experience at the Schinkel Pavillon, TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art in Stettin in Poland, and her newest project “The Streets of Crocodiles.” Music was provided by Haunted Horses. Song, “Radar” from their EP album released in November 2018. www.hauntedhorses.nyc Photo credit: Anna Tomczynska
67 min
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Episode 4: Comparative analysis of two retrospe...
Comparative analysis of two big exhibits: Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving at The Brooklyn Museum, displaying her artwork alongside personal possessions, which had been stored in the Casa Azul, (translated as the "Blue House") her longtime Mexico City home; and Nari Ward: We The People at The New Museum, which features over thirty sculptures, paintings, videos, and large-scale installations from throughout Ward’s twenty-five-year career, highlighting his status as one of the most important and influential sculptors working today.
60 min
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Episode 3: Interview with a special guest, arti...
Izabela and Rebecca interview a special guest, Coco Dolle, a French-American artist and curator whose work explores themes of the body, identity and feminism.
67 min
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Episode 2: Andy Warhol vs Sarah Lucas— a compar...
Izabela and Rebecca with a special guest, Katya Grokhovsky, take an analytical look at the most prominent artist of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, in dialogue with Sarah Lucas, one of the most influential artists in the UK associated with Young British Artist (YBA), in response to the recent exhibits, From A to B and Back Again at the Whitney Museum, and Au Naturel at The New Museum.
54 min
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Episode 1: Interview with artist Katya Grokhovsky.
Izabela Gola and Rebecca Major interview Katya Grokhovsky, a multidisciplinary artist, who addresses issues that inform her art, her activism within an art context, and her experiences as an immigrant artist through a feminist lens.
62 min