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Writer Rachel Cusk asked: "Can a Woman who is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist?" (NYT). Our host, contemporary art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, turns this question of gender and skill on its head: can men be (good) artists? Cusk's book "Parade" (2024) is this Art & Literature special episode's book of choice. Joana embarks on an art and feminism quest: is gender a prison? Or is it the forceful power of the patriarchy? She is helped by living and fictional contemporary artists and writers, intersectional feminism, and philoso...

What if we failed to see what Benjamin alerts us to in his seminal art book "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"? What if mass reproduction of images brought an art liberation? What if preserving the here and now of the aesthetic experience was a form of gatekeeping? And how can we read the concept of aura today? Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.

Art criticism is vanishing from mainstream media, but here's the uncomfortable question: does art and culture still need critics? Our host, Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer, examines why critics are leaving big outlets without being replaced—and what this means for artistic quality assessment, curatorial etiquette, and the future of art evaluation itself. What is critique actually for? And where does Joana's feminist critique of critique lead to? And who decides what's good art now? Or, rather, is “good art” the yardstick by...

#ArtWondermentManifesto #ArtWonderment #artmanifesto (Re)discover empathic art appreciation with Exhibitionistas' host, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves. She shares a meditative exploration on visual culture, through contemporary art –the wonderful work of catalan artist Susanna Inglada–, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching translated by Ursula K, Le Guin, and the poetry of the most innovative Portuguese poet and his heteronym Alberto Caeiro–Fermando Pessoa. Become a member or donate: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/support. SOON: Bonu...

#romanticism #artmovement #artandnature #humannature Two Romantic paintings by the artist Caspar David Friedrich, one of the protagonists of the romantic German art period are uncovered by Exhibitionistas' host, contemporary art curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves. From reproductions on a book, to discovering how Frierich never sett foot in one of the landscapes he depicted, this is also an exploration of what reproductions and real experiences of art can tell each other. Both are valid, and some second-hand experiences can even cre...

Can I have a moving art experience with the copy of a masterpiece? Walter Benjamin's concept of "aura" is wildly misunderstood—and his insights still teaches us something vital about images, visual arts, and art wonderment in a screen-saturated world. On this episode, we unpack why your mediated art experience matters, and what Benjamin really meant about the "here and now" of art. This episode opens up the gates of Benjamin's famous book and iconic critical thinking piece* _The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction_ * to...