Season 1

In art spaces, there is a sort of overlooked paradox: visitors are free, everything is made for them to enjoy the art and yet, there are written and unwritten art rules. Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista Are art spaces intimidating? And if so, why? Do art professionals also experience the discombobulating effect of not knowing what to do or how to behave in certain exhibition walkthroug...

Who is Judy Chicago, beyond her status of feminist pioneer and powerhouse? Our two Exhibitionistas friends, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves and dedicated art lover and exhibition goer Emily Harding engage in an art conversation about the female American contemporary artist’s debut abstract works, up to the more figurative and activist art for which she is known. This is a retrospective exhibition, whose blueprint was a hitherto unpublished manuscript, Revelations, inspired by Illumin...

Do artists mourn with their art? What is the very special power of painting–and drawing–in matters of the soul? Our two Exhibitionistas friends, art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves and dedicated art lover and exhibition goer Emily Harding engage in an art conversation about Matthew Krishanu’s contemporary painting exhibition at Camden Art Centre “When the Bough Breaks”. Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoff...

Dedicated art lover, Exhibitionista Emily Harding and art writer and curator Joana P. R. Neves chose an understated exhibition at the heart of the Royal Academy in London: Lubaina Himid’s drawings for her life-size Turner Prize installation “Naming the Money”. British Artist and advocate for Black Artists’ visibility, Lubaina Himid, shows here small sized portraits, delightfully drawn, depicting black workers in the Victoria age. Why did she choose these characters, and what do they say...