Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast

What we talk about when we talk about art. Exceptional makers and thinkers across art, literature, film, fashion, music, and more come together to talk about what it means to make things today.

Society & Culture
Arts
Visual Arts
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The Legacy of Ruth Asawa | Special Episode
On the occasion of Ruth Asawa’s solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, artists EJ Hill and Sarah Sze talk with Helen Molesworth about Asawa’s legacy.
45 min
2
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Helen Molesworth | ...
40 min
3
The Yayoi Kusama Phenomenon (Re-run from Season 2)
22 min
4
Benjamin H.D. Buchloh and Helen Molesworth on G...
65 min
5
How Picasso Was Sold to America | Special Episode
38 min
6
Episode 56 | Barbara Smith and Meg Onli
Helen speaks to the legendary Black lesbian feminist scholar Barbara Smith and Meg Onli, co-curator of the 2024 Whitney Biennial, about identity politics in the art world today, the role of criticism, and questions of cultural appropriation.
62 min
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Episode 55 | Nicholson Baker
49 min
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Rirkrit Tiravanija and Elizabeth Peyton (Re-run...
46 min
9
Episode 54 | Jonathan Anderson
42 min
10
Episode 53 | Cecilia Alemani
45 min
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Episode 52 | Sarah Schulman
43 min
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Episode 51 | Jon Gray (Ghetto Gastro)
30 min
13
Episode 50 | Why You Do What You Do with Brenda...
42 min
14
Episode 49 | Luca Guadagnino and Michaël Borremans
45 min
15
Best of 2022 | With Helen Molesworth
As we close out the year, Helen calls up her dear friend Steve Locke to carry on the tried and true tradition of end-of-year lists. It turns out there was a lot to love in 2022.
51 min
16
What Does Art Have to Do with Climate Change? |...
35 min
17
On Art and Poetics
41 min
18
Let’s Talk About Appropriation | With Helen Mol...
36 min
19
Seeing the 90’s Everywhere Right Now | With Hel...
19 min
20
Inside ‘The Red Studio’: Ann Temkin with 6 Arti...
In this special episode produced and hosted by the painter Lisa Yuskavage, six artists—Joe Bradley, Carroll Dunham, Rashid Johnson, David Reed, Sarah Sze, and Charline von Heyl—give Ann Temkin, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, their insights on Matisse’s Red Studio (1911) and the elusive nature of creativity.
71 min
21
Death of an Artist: The Ana Mendieta and Carl A...
A special preview of a new podcast miniseries, Death of an Artist, hosted by the curator and art historian Helen Molesworth, who will also be hosting new episodes of Dialogues, coming very, very soon.
11 min
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Episode 48 | Rirkrit Tiravanija and Elizabeth P...
45 min
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Episode 47 | Edwin Frank
30 min
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Episode 46 | Jed Perl and Joshua Cohen
45 min
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Episode 45 | Jerry Saltz and Ellie Rines
53 min