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Ep. 83 – A Conversation About American Artist Joseph E. Yoakum

Posted July 27, 202100:39:48

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk about the life and drawings of the self-taught artist Joseph E. Yoakum with the Art Institute...

Ep. 82 – How Photography Became Contemporary Art

Posted April 16, 202100:47:50

As Michael S. Roth wrote in his review in The Washington Post, “The maturation of Grundberg as a renowned critic coincides with the maturation of...

Ep. 81 – Alice Neel’s Deep Humanism

Posted April 6, 2021

In a fascinating conversation that ranges from Alice Neel’s politics to her painting practice, we talk with Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey, the co-curators...

Ep. 80 – Exploring Black Visual Satire

Posted November 20, 2020

Tracing a historical line from commedia dell’arte, Hogarth and others to modern and contemporary artists including Ollie Harrington, Robert Colescott,...

Ep. 79 – The Wild World of Modernist Photobooks in France in the Early 20th Century

Posted March 23, 2020

Kim Sichel discusses her new book, a richly illustrated look at some of the most important photobooks of the 20th century France experienced a golden...