Exhibitionistas – Notes on Art
Your Art Wonderment Podcast – Created and hosted by contemporary art curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves
Exhibitionistas is your art wonderment podcast.
Exhibitionistas was born to expand the experience of art into wider spaces of conversation. It's the meta-cigarette after the art-sex. Prompted by a question, each episode follows a surprising path onto a topic, an exhibition, a book, or an artist studio, through the scope of contemporary art. Mid-journey, "Art Etiquette" offers a short break where a new guest surprises Joana with their own question about art. Between a Socratic dialogue and a boozy chinwag. And finally, to finish the episode with aplomb, comes "Brainstorm in a Teacup" where Joana reads notes from the week's writings, which she has described as "too interesting to miss out on, but too weird to build an episode on".
Reviews:
"(...) small moments of curious wondering by Joana are her signature. Her intention for connection and understanding rarely wavers. Likely, information streams from her so naturally that the desire to know more feels contagious"...
Erin Lewis, Women Who Podcast Magazine, Issue #19 October/ Fall 2025
Why art wonderment?
Creator and host Joana P. R. Neves advocates for a meditative exploration of visual culture, especially contemporary art. The art of wonderment will not teach you 'how to', 'why to', or '5 easy methods to'... Rather, it will reclaim wisdom in experience, time spent with objects in space, language explorations, being comfortable with what we don't understand, because "understanding" is not the point. Who wants to stand-under?!
Wandering, meandering, letting go, take you straight to where you are.
Wall drawing by the artist Katrin Ströbel, for the exhibition Hyperdrawing,
curated by Joana P. R. Neves at the FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France, 2022.
Guest spot!
Joana was invited by Kathy Barron as a guest in her delightfully eccentric podcast, Women Who Sarcast.
Dr. Joana P. R. Neves – Creator & Host
Dr. Joana P. R. Neves is a contemporary art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary visual art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has curated solo museum exhibitions for female artists. In 2020, she obtained her PhD in Art History. She co-launched the art non-profit Worlding (London). In 2024, she created the podcast Exhibitionistas–Notes on Art, complemented by her publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack.
Her goal is to demystify contemporary art by blending art history, theory, and personal reflections to root art in today's world rather than a sensationalist list of auction prices in the media. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Her latest projects aim to stimulate wonderment.
Creatively deep
Love to hear Joana’s take on everything! The episode on the Invention of Morel took me on a journey. Thanks for staying true to your love of art and sharing it with us. Keep podcasting!
Loved it
A beautifully crafted episode with a truly captivating voice. Joana brings both depth and atmosphere to her storytelling. I was completely drawn in and even left wanting to read the book myself.
Entertaining and insightful
I feel like I learn new things every time I tune into this show and it’s really showing up in the way I engage with art as well. Wonderful!
Lauren Halsey episode
Thank you for the context and explaining the practice of Lauren in depth. Made me loved much more the exhibition and glad I saw it. L
Refreshing approach to art!
What a pair! Funny real and meaningful podcast… Love how clear this podcast shows that to be touched by exhibitions one only needs to bring its own experiences and open mind. I was really touched by this approach: not always easy to find in contemporary art and life in general.
Interesting format
…to inform about artists and exhibitions. Looking forward for the next episode.