Podcast Episodes

Re-air: The New Yorker's Peter Schjeldahl on His Adventures in Life as an Accidental Art Critic

As 2020 draws to a close, the Art Angle team is taking some time off to reboot for the new year and prepare for a lineup of exciting new episodes. In the meantime, we've prepared this throwback from …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

The Art Angle Presents: A Star-Studded Art History Game Show (With Kids!)

What happens when you pair three-to-six year-old children with esteemed art-world figures to play an art-historical guessing game?
For our final episode of 2020, we decided to find out.
We invited th…

Published on 5 years ago

Jeffrey Deitch on How to Succeed in the Art Industry

Jeffrey Deitch is that rare type of creative who has a keen understanding of business: he holds an undergraduate degree in art history from Wesleyan University, and an MBA from Harvard Business Schoo…

Published on 5 years ago

I Survived Zombie Art Basel Miami Beach

Every December for the better part of the past two decades, a throng of well-heeled dealers, collectors, artists, celebrities, publicists, and lookie loos descend on a small stretch of Miami Beach co…

Published on 5 years ago

Why Awol Erizku Is So Much More Than Just Beyoncé’s Baby Photographer

The journey to becoming one of the most acclaimed photographers of his generation—at the tender age of 32—wasn't exactly a straight line for Awol Erizku. Born in Ethiopia and raised in the Bronx, Eri…

Published on 5 years ago

The Rise and Fall of Anne Geddes, Queen of Baby Photography

The Art Angle team is taking this week off for Thanksgiving, but we thought we'd share one of our favorite episodes from the past year to see you through this unconventional holiday weekend. 

Picture…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Why New York’s Art Scene Will Reign Supreme Post-COVID

The news cycle for the past seven months has been dominated by staggering data points that seek to quantify the scope of the pandemic's effects on the United States and beyond. Within the art world, …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

How Does the Art World Feel About Joe Biden’s Victory?

Well, it finally happened. Former vice president Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have won the United States presidential election. They ran on the promise of a return to democracy and…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

How Pepe the Frog Explains America's Toxic Politics

When San Francisco-based artist Matt Furie created a zine in 2005 featuring a rag-tag group of immature adolescent animals, including a heavy-lidded frog named Pepe, he had no idea that hi…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Ed Ruscha and Jimmy Iovine on How Art Can End the Trump Era

One of the most salient images of America's tattered democracy is Ed Ruscha's Our Flag, a startling painting of Old Glory, shredded and flapping against a dark sky.

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago