Artist Sanya Kantarovsky is the subject of a podcast interview. He discusses his artistic practice, influences, and the guiding principle of 'ostranenija' or 'making strange' in his figurative paintings, which blend bodies, animals, and plants in atmospheric, often threatening scenarios.
This podcast episode features an in-depth conversation with artist Rudolf Stingel, who discusses his irreverent approach to painting, his influences including Pablo Picasso and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and his friendships with artists like Urs Fischer and Maurizio Cattelan. Stingel reflects on his career from the 1980s onward, his exploration of painting across abstraction and photorealism, and his expansion into sculpture and installation. The episode also covers his current exhibitions: 'Vineyard Paintings' at Gagosian in London and his inclusion in 'Les yeux dans les yeux' at the Couvent des Jacobins in Rennes.
Conceptual artist Danh Vo discusses his multifaceted practice in a new podcast interview, exploring how his work weaves together personal autobiography, queer identity, and his experience as a Vietnamese immigrant. The conversation delves into his collaborative methods, his use of found objects ranging from religious sculptures to household items, and his upcoming exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and White Cube in New York.
This podcast episode features an in-depth conversation with Belgian painter Luc Tuymans, born in 1958 in Mortsel and based in Antwerp. Tuymans discusses his transformative approach to painting, which draws from photographs, film, and media to explore subjects ranging from contemporary politics and historical events to everyday objects. He shares insights into his meticulous process, his influences including Piet Mondrian, Léon Spilliaert, Francisco de Goya, and David Lynch, and his concept of "authentic forgeries." The episode also highlights his current exhibitions: "Luc Tuymans: The Fruit Basket" at David Zwirner in New York and Los Angeles, and a presentation at the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
This podcast episode features artist Jeffrey Gibson, who discusses his interdisciplinary practice blending Indigenous histories, queer aesthetics, and contemporary visual culture. Gibson talks about his upcoming exhibitions, including his U.S. Pavilion presentation at the 2024 Venice Biennale, a show at Hauser & Wirth in Paris, and major museum commissions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, The Broad, and Kunsthaus Zürich. He reflects on influences from Henri Matisse, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Frank Bowling, and David Hammons, as well as his connection to poet Layli Long Soldier and writer Hélène Cixous.
British-Montserratian sculptor Veronica Ryan discusses her extensive career and creative process in a new podcast interview, ahead of her major upcoming exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2026. Ryan explores how she utilizes diverse materials—ranging from bronze and marble to textiles and found objects—to investigate themes of personal memory, historical legacy, and the unconscious.
Kader Attia, the Algerian-French artist born in 1970, is the subject of a podcast interview that explores his three-decade career across photography, collage, sculpture, installation, and sound. Attia, who lives in Berlin and Paris, discusses his central concept of "repair" and how it connects to violence, injury, colonialism, and political issues. He reflects on his Algerian-French identity, his travels in Congo and Mexico, and his influences from Michelangelo to writers like Karima Lazali, Édouard Glissant, and Aimé Césaire. The podcast also highlights his current exhibitions, including "Shattering and Gathering our Traces" at Lehmann Maupin in New York, "The Lost Paradise" at Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, and "A Descent into Paradise" at Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico, as well as his participation in the Bienal de São Paulo and the 24th Paiz Art Biennial.
Glenn Lowry, who stepped down last month after 30 years as director of the Museum of Modern Art, has given a wide-ranging interview on the podcast *The Art World: What If…?!* with Charlotte Burns. He discusses the Trump administration’s threats to museums’ tax-exempt status, his upcoming advisory roles for the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi, a prospective leadership campaign for Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation, and a series of talks at the Louvre titled “I Want a Museum. I Need a Museum. I Imagine a Museum.”
The article is a podcast interview with renowned painter Peter Doig, who discusses his upcoming exhibition "House of Music" at Serpentine South in London, running from October 10, 2025, to February 8, 2026. Doig reflects on his career, his evolving body of work informed by memory, personal photographs, art history, and music, as well as his time living in Trinidad and Canada. He delves into specific paintings in the show, his influences including Edward Burra, Henri Matisse, and Caravaggio, his collaboration with poet Derek Walcott, and the repertory cinema he founded in Port of Spain.