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#curators #memoir #contemporaryart #arthistory Has “Globe-trotter” curator, artistic director of the Serpentine in London, obsessive collector of conversations with artists, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, finally laid down his secrets in writing? What makes a myth? What did he carry from his predecessors and how did he negociate the patriarchal and hegemonic role of the visionary curator? And why does it feel like HUO is the last of his kind? Joana, our host, a curator as well, goes over his recently published memoir, Life in Progress (Allen Bo...

#artfair #artmarket #curator #artgallery #artwonderment #artwork Ready to plunge into the depths of art history to resurface with weird art fair histories from Prehistory, the Aztecs to today? Which is a way of asking: is the compulsion to buy rare goods and exemplary artefacts immemorial? How have we evolved into the format of the art fair? Art fairs seem to defy romantic visions of creativity: artists: the art wonderment necessary to free oneself from conventional ideas and dusty traditions while reinventing them. Art works require...

We have been sold a romantic and dramatic notion of what being an artist is. But what if there were pockets of creativity everywhere, even in our own bodies, without any gadget or tool whatsoever? #creativity #creatives #readingaloud #artiseverywhere #artoftheday #lifeisart #artislife #lifenotes

Is skill everything in art? What does it take to push skill into the domain of contemporary art? What place does it occupy there? Artist Reto Pulfer is self-taught but not uneducated-on the contrary, his path into art making, museums and collections is a radical form of embracing knowledge wherever it comes from. #selftaught #selftaughtguitar #artistlife #artmaking # #artisttalk #artcommunity #artforchange #artinaction #artsandcraft #arteducation #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist

#poem #portugueseliterature #artandchange Can poetry provide clues to questions raised by contemporary art? Art sets the world in motion, sparks changes which we’re not always equipped to absorb, and even understand. Luís de Camões, the great Portuguese Renaissance poet wrote beautifully about art and change… and life. Our host, contemporary art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves picks a poem per episode in this special series. Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://bu...