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AWARD WINNING PODCAST
With curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves
Exhibitionistas is your art wonderment podcast.
Now an AWARD WINNING PODCAST, Exhibitionistas was born to expand the experience of art into wider spaces of conversation.
It pushes the boundaries of the sound and visual potential of experimental podcasting to convey deep, fascinating experiences of art from the perspective of the artist, the curator, an you, the spectator.
Prompted by a question, each episode follows a surprising path onto an urgent topic, a unique exhibition, a fantastic book, or an artist studio. It reminds you that contemporary art and life are intertwined.
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 for an episode".
A warning: We don't shy away from philosophy, books in general, reading out loud, pre-history, maverick language or etymology, feelings, stories, uncertainty and art theory.
Joana P. R. Neves is an art writer and curator, co-founder and director of the art & residency space Worlding, and artistic director of Drawing Now Paris.
Check out Joana's writing:
Art Thinkosaurus (Substack)
In London? Keep up to speed with Joana's art & residency space:
Worlding (co-founded with artist Diogo Pimentão)
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Ana Mendieta | Earth and Feminist Art Embodied at Tate Modern
What does the artist’s body do? No one pushes us to ask this more than the Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta. Her excavated silhouettes in the landscape, where her body would at times lie, covered with petals or feathers, are but one of the actions and rituals that she performed during her short career. What did occur in her own body? Community? Communion? What was the origin and the purpose of her embodied art? And what is the medium for this kind of art, happening in and with the body of t...
Surprise Bonus Episode | The Way: What Ursula K. Le Guin's Favourite Book Uncovered
We have great news! We're an Award Winning Podcast–Women Who Podcast award in the LGBTQIA+ category Bonus Episode: Le Guin / Indigenous History / Lao Tzu / and more... What was Ursula K. Le Guin's favourite book, and what did it uncover about the revered author's world-building and family legacy? Did you enjoy the episode? Leave a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista When she was a guest on the podcast, art Curator Catherine Li brought in a revelation about Ursula K. Le Gui...
Creative Flow | The Artifice of Summer in Art and Life | Climate, Desire and Loss
How and why do art and Summer join forces? Art, and visual arts especially, show imminent change–but so does Summer and its ideal of creative flow. How did–or did not–art speak of the climate emergency, gender policing, the war–in short, of loss? What role does this hot and luscious season play in the hubris of conquest, or the black hole of grief? Art curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves, our host, reminisces about Agnes Martin and John Cheever, and their opposing ideas of Summer and of crea...
Rachel Cusk | Can Men Be (Good) Artists? | Art & Literature edition
Writer Rachel Cusk asked: "Can a Woman who is an Artist Ever Just Be an Artist?" (NYT). Our host Joana, your favourite contemporary art writer and curator, turns this question of gender and skill on its head: can men be (good) artists? Cusk's book "Parade" (2024) is this Art & Literature episode book of choice to tackle the issue. Can art and life be a continuous flow for female artists, as it seems to be for male ones? Joana embarks on an art and feminism quest: is gender a prison?...
