Art Monthly Talk Show

Paul O’Kane on the book ‘On Stage: The Theatrical Dimension of Video Image’, Jamie Sutcliffe on Tate’s screening of American experimental animation from the 1970s and 1980s, and Bryony White on the Performistanbul festival and the wider the wider Turkish art scene.

Morgan Quaintance and Virginia Whiles discuss cults and collectivism, asking can artworks reveal the radical potential of self-reflection while avoiding the dangers of a slide to the far right?

Tim Dixon discusses art and accelerationism, Andrew Hunt proposes gonzo curating and Andrew J Stooke reports on the Shanghai Biennale.

Mark Prince argues that abstract art has performed a 50-year volte-face.

Virginia Whiles discusses Suzanne Lacy’s collaborative performance at Brierfield Mill in Lancashire, Bob Dickinson wonders what the rise of art self-help books means, and David Lillington considers why death has become a fashionable subject in contemporary art and exhibitions.

Morgan Quaintance wonders why there is not more politically engaged art in these turbulent times, while Maria Walsh posits the end of critique.

David Lillington discusses an exhibition curated by artist Elizabeth Price at Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, Kathryn Lloyd discusses recent exhibitions in London at Pump House Gallery, Laure Genillard and the Barbican, and Jamie Sutcliffe discusses the work of artist Kitty Clark.

Lizzie Homersham tackles gendered issues surrounding ideas of empathy and autism, while Morgan Quaintance argues that that art’s relationship with private finance comes at a price.

Naomi Pearce discusses the Martine Syms exhibition at the ICA; Adam Pugh reports on the Oberhausen Short Film Festival; Jamie Sutcliffe examines artists’ repurposing of video games to reveal the fantasy of freedom that virtual technologies offer.

Virginia Whiles discusses her interview with Mona Hatoum and her report on the Dhaka Art Summit, and Peter Suchin discusses his reviews of the ‘Barthes/Burgin’ show and John Roberts’s latest book, as well as remembering the late Jon Thompson.

Isobel Harbison discusses the Hot Babe theory of objectification, Erika Balsom recounts the north-east's socialism-oriented AV Festival and Sophia Phoca tackles James Coleman’s exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery.

Kathryn Lloyd on Iván Argote’s show at Space, Jamie Sutcliffe brings a worm’s eye view to art and the Chthulucene and Lynton Talbot discusses the Whitechapel Gallery’s ‘Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966)’ exhibition.

Maria Walsh discusses Adam Chodzko’s eco-art film Deep Above, Alex Fletcher reports from Raven Row’s exhibition ‘The Inoperative Community’ and Chris Fite-Wassilak examines Jessie Brennan and Nathan Coley’s artists’ books about art and regeneration.

Beth Bramich reports from ‘Art & Stupidity’, Nathan Jones makes sense from non-sense with glitch poetics and Paul O’Kane seeks orientation without maps.

Jonathan P Watts discusses art and the commodification of happiness, Lauren Velvick introduces the work of Jennet Thomas, and Jamie Sutcliffe examines Marcus Werner Hed and Nathaniel Mellors’s film The R&B Feeling about the life of Bob Parks.

Matthew Bowman and Mark Wilsher discuss the latter’s ‘Everyone is an Curator’ show, Chris Fite-Wassilak introduces the social art of Jonathan Hoskins and Rob La Frenais reports on the Istanbul Bienali.

Larne Abse Gogarty discusses the reinvention of documentary, Richard Grayson explores the ends of post-internet art and Alex Fletcher talks about the recent film work of Ben Rivers..

Andrew Hunt discusses the return of the exhibition itself to the heart of curatorial thinking while Paul O’Kane considers Robert Smithson’s legacy.

Patricia Bickers discusses Okwui Enwezor’s Venice Biennale with host Chris McCormack, Morgan Quaintance argues that we are at the end of post-internet art and Jamie Sutcliffe reports on Katrina Palmer’s Artangel commission End Matter on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.

Larne Abse Gogarty asks how artists make a living, Alex Fletcher discusses Harun Farocki’s Labour in a Single Shot project and Virginia Whiles reports on the art scene in Lahore.