Exhibitionistas–Notes on Art
Created and hosted by art curator & writer Joana P. R. Neves. Solo and guest episodes.
Award winning podcast, created to expand the experience of visual arts into life and back again, through a diversity of formats. Companion of EXHIBITIONISTA on Substack.
Your Art Wonderment Podcast
Created and hosted by visual arts writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves, each episode starts with a relatable question, or offers an unexpected perspective into a timely or untimely topic, be it through an exhibition, a book, an art work or an artists' practice.
Art Wonderment Tools
Special, unique formats provide access to all aspects of contemporary art, including curating, the art market, or art theory . In "Art Etiquette", a new guest surprises Joana with their own question about art. "Poem Delivery Service", a poem-per-episode series, explores the sonic potential of language and the unassuming performance of reading aloud. In the segment "Brainstorm in a Teacup", Joana shares her written notes from old or current notebooks.
Long form episodes: bi-weekly. Bonus episodes are published in between.
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:
Exhibitionista (Substack)
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Worlding (co-founded with artist Diogo Pimentão)
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Hans Ulrich Obrist | The Last Mythical Curator? | Reading HUO’s Memoir
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 Books, ...
Art Fair Weird History | Can Visual Arts Coexist with Commerce? | Art History and the Art Market
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 freedom, Their a...
Poem Delivery Service | Portuguese Poem on Art and Change | Art and Literature
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://b...
Redefining Art with Reto Pulfer–Understanding Contemporary Art through Skill–Artist Conversations
So many definitions of contemporary art… but what if the notion of skill took us deeper into it? As a curator, our host often hears: “my kid could do this”. So, she put her art writer and curator talents to the task of uncovering expectations and misconceptions about visual arts that it expresses. This is also an artist conversation episode: the first part explores 20th century art through the notion of skill, and the second invites the Swiss self-taught artist Reto Pulfer to provide his own ...
