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This week we bring several things never meant to meet, together. EXPO Chicago and the artist featured in Hyde Park Art Center’s booth: Farah Salem and Regina Agu. We explore personal and historic cultural lineages, trauma response, and alternative cultural teachings as they bridge the space between research and practice. Then we jump over to our dear friends at A Very Serious Gallery and Allan Weinberger and we dance through graffiti, “high art”, kissing booths and a plea for love. All in all a single amazing day from the heartland’s greatest art fair. And don't think we didn't notice that Frieze bought it. We are just as curious as you are.   See you next time Internet.   EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Hyde Park Art Center – https://www.hydeparkart.org/ Jackman Goldwasser Residency Program - https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/434646/jackman-goldwasser-residency-2022/ Mariela Acuna - https://www.instagram.com/mariela.acuna/?hl=en Chicago Artist Collation – https://chicagoartistscoalition.o

Welcome back to a monster week at Bad at Sports. (We took an unscheduled vacation in August [cringe emoji]. This week we drop three shows the first of which is episode 851 from Kansas City with Kevin Demery. A great conversation about art, life, and the intersection of race and justice.   This conversation is amongst several you will hear in the next few weeks are brought to you through the support of Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, where they are doing a remarkable job of bedrock-ing the Kansas City art world and its artists.   You should also know that you can expect us back on the radio on Wednesday with an episode from Expo Chicago. Excitingly, EXPO just sold to Freize and what that portends for our local International Art Fair, we will do our best to find out.   And, this Friday we will drop a third show with Andrew Mcilvaine who is currently doing an exhibition with our friend and now your’s Kevin Demery.   Our friend Duncan. (He works here.) Is also hoping that we will let you know about an

Live from EXPO Chicago! Kalamazoo Institute of Art Chief Curator, Rahema C Barber and artist, writer, and curator Lola Ayisha Ogbara! We chat all things Michigan and just how Kalamazoo came to be a hot bed of Michigan art and thought. Then we check in with Chicago Local Lola Ayisha Ogbara talks about her work all over EXPO, Billboards, the South Side Community Art Center, St. Louis and Chicago, and the African Diaspora.   EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Lola Ayisha Ogbara - https://lolaogbara.com/ Kalamazoo Institute of Art - https://kiarts.org/ Rehema C. Barber - https://wmich.edu/asia/rbarber South Side Community Art Center - https://www.sscartcenter.org/   Image Lola Ayisha Ogbara courtesy LVL3 - https://lvl3official.com/lola-ayisha-ogbara/ Bubblegum, Bubblegum, 2021, Ceramic stoneware, acrylic varnish, nylon, 30” x 18” x 20” & Hopscotch (A Safe Space to Land), 2022, Stained birch wood, concrete, black tourmaline. 36” x 36” x 8”

This week we present the last of the “lost hard drive episodes” and find the thoughtfully strength of Robert Raphael. Interviewed at NADA art fair in New York City by the brilliant  Amanda Browder and the amazing Caroline Burghardt. These three great humans play their way through the craft, sculpture, history, and ceramics, from inside a Claire Ashley sculpture. Editing support provided by the always perfect, Martin Ortiz de Taranco. Off the top Duncan reads a PSA from our friends at the Terrain Biennial who are looking for proposals for this year's exhibition. They are due on July 18th so sharpen your pencil and get them in today.   Robert Raphael – https://robraphael.com/ LAMK Gallery – https://lmakgallery.com/ Terrain Biennial – https://terrainexhibitions.org/ Sabina Ott – https://sabinaott.net/home.html Caroline Burghardt - https://carolineburghardt.com/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco

This week we return to the lost hard drive and find the brilliance of Robin Kang. Interviewed at NADA art fair in New York City by Amanda Browder and Caroline Burghardt. These three brilliant humans chew their way through the history of craft and what it taught us about technology, and how that may pull us back to a human-ness from our tech, and playfully bounce around the New York art world and it's fairs. All from inside a Claire Ashley sculpture. Editing support provided by the always perfect, Martin Ortiz de Taranco. Image care of Robin Kang and https://newyorkarttours.com/blog/2019/07/17/robin-kang-in-pool-party-at-c24-gallery/   Robin Kang – https://robinkang.org/home.html Yours, Mine, and Ours – https://www.instagram.com/yoursmineandoursgallery/?hl=en Parlor Gallery – https://www.parlor-gallery.com/ Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery – http://www.mathildehatzenberger.eu/wordpress/ Zurcher Gallery - https://www.galeriezurcher.com/ Caroline Burghardt - https://carolineburghardt.com/ Amanda Browder - https://

Today on Bad at Sports we’re presenting two panel discussions held this April as part of Minor Matters, the programming arm of Barely Fair, a 1/12th scale art fair produced by Julius Caesar at Color Club! First up, MINOR EXPORTS: Exhibition Programs Across Cities with Michelle Grabner (The Suburban, Milwaukee, Umbria), Tarik Kentouche (Scherben, Berlin), Aron Gent (DOCUMENT, Chicago, Lisbon), moderated by Josh Dihle (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar). After the break, SCALING UP: Emerging Artists Presented in Large-Scale Spaces with Torey Gaines (Anthony Gallery), Mickey Pomfrey (MICKEY) and Abby Pucker (GERTIE, Art in Common), moderated by Roland Miller (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar).    https://www.barelyfair.com/minormatters https://www.juliuscaesarchicago.net/ http://www.thesuburban.org/ https://poorfarmexperiment.org/ https://www.jamescohan.com/artists/michelle-grabner https://scherben.in/ https://tarikkentouche.com/ https://documentspace.com/ http://www.joshdihle.com/ https://colorclub.events/

This week on Bad at Sports we’re presenting more panel discussions from Minor Matters, the programming arm of Barely Fair, a 1/12th scale art fair produced by Julius Caesar at Color Club this April! First up, CURATORIAL CONFINES: Scaled Selections Within and Outside Institutions moderated by Scott Campbell (Independent Curators International) with panelists Nolan Jimbo (Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago), Adia Sykes (Independent Curator) and Kate Sierzputowski (Airlock, BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar, EXPO CHICAGO) then, SCALE AS SUPPORT: The Architecture Behind BARELY FAIR Moderated by Roland Knowlden (Future Firm) with the Directors of the fair itself, Josh Dihle, Tony Lewis, Roland Miller, and Kate Sierzputowski. Finally, in a podcast *exclusive* (sorry terrestrial radio only listeners!), STARTING SMALL: A Look at the Beginning of a Collection, moderated by Roland Miller (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar) with panelists Courtney Sherrer, Josh Rogers, and Megan Green Rogers.

This episode from the now found lost hard drive of Bad at Sports. SF based not all the time photographer and conceptual artist Phillip Maisel! From a NADA NYC of the past we share this great chat about aesthetics, photography, formalism, and the construction of an image  with Amanda Browder and Duncan MacKenzie, live from inside a Claire Ashley! Big thanks to Martin for editing support. In the intro Duncan talks about Bad at Sports's friends at Carol Fox hooking B@S with tickets for "The Empire Strips Back" and how we don't really know how to judge or make sense of it but we all had a delightful time. Also 2 out of the 4 of us lamented that they did not purchase the "Wookie Playboy" magazines. So that would make a kind Xmas present for the podcast.   Philip Maisel – https://www.phillipmaisel.com/ Document and Aron Gent – https://documentspace.com/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/ Claire Ashley

This episode from the now found hard drive of Bad at Sports. Alex Gingrow! From a NADA NYC of the past we share this great chat about aesthetics, time, angst, and text art hosted but Caroline Burghardt and Duncan MacKenzie, live from inside a Claire Ashley! Big thanks to Martin for editing support.   Alex Gingrow – https://alexgingrow.com/home.html Caroline Burghardt – https://carolineburghardt.com/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/ Claire Ashley - https://clairehelenashley.com/  Image care of Alex Gingrow.

Today on Bad at Sports, live from inside EXPO Chicago, we try to get to the bottom of what the Monira Foundation is up to and what exactly it has to do with MANA Contemporary? So, we catch up with Anne Muntges, Director of Residencies and Grants Development. Then we are joined by the CEO of Apollo, Michael Miller and Chicago artist Sarah Raskey, and we look into the future of digital art delivery and what it would mean to have access to the world's greatest collections from your home. Efficiency   EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Monira Foundation – https://monirafoundation.org/ MANA Contemporary – https://www.manacontemporary.com/ Anne Muntges – https://www.annemuntges.com/ Apollo – https://apollo.art/ Michael Miller - https://modernluxuryinteriors.com/apollo-digital-art-platform Sarah Raskey – https://www.sarahraskey.com/  

This week we check in with independent Curators International through Scott Vincent Campbell and Becky Nahom, and they break down the exciting curatorial connection event hosted through EXPO Chicago for the last five nine years. The conversation touches on the value of curators having an informal, yet art infused context in which to connect. All participants fail to recognize that the proper noun for a group of curators is a “hubris.” As in, “a hubris of curators approached the young artist.” This chat is a followed by LA based but Chicago drenched brilliant image maker John Knuth and we get down, full on EXPO style but with flies, as we tailgate our own booth and try to change the world one T-shirt at a time. EXPO Chicago in full effect.   EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Independent Curators International - https://curatorsintl.org/ Scott Vincent Campbell - https://svcstudio.com/ Becky Nahom - https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/becky-nahom-of-halt-gallery-talks-curating-phoenixs-art-scene-and-

This episode we return to the land of the lost episodes of Bad at Sports. As your friendly neighborhood art world podcasters return to action after a bit of a post EXPO meltdown, we are back in action. And in glorious preparation for NADA NYC we present two fantastic interviews we did in conjunction with NADA in Miami. Art world megaphone jaw dropper, Chloe Wise, breaks down art fashion and how we consume both and the ideas that trail in their wake. Kevin Arrow gets into what is lost as we turn away from Obsolete Media and the joy we can find in rediscovery. Amanda Browder, Tom Sanford, and Duncan MacKenzie split the hosting duties, live from inside a Claire Ashley! Big thanks to Martin for editing support.   Chloe Wise - https://www.chloewise.com/ Obsolete Media - https://miamirail.org/winter-2015/obsolete-media-miami/ Kevin Arrow - http://voyagemia.com/interview/meet-kevin-arrow/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/

This week Amanda and Duncan return to the magic of the passed of Bad at Sports with a brilliant interview with Molly Zuckerman-Hartung! Zuckerman-Hartung kicked off this years set of Dialogoues at EXPO Chicago! And we return to a blissfully naive pre-pandemic artworld while physically celebrating the return to form of EXPO 2023! Editing support by Martin and we did this interview inside a Claire Ashley sculpture in NYC!   Molly Zuckerman-Hartung - https://corbettvsdempsey.com/artists/molly-zuckerman-hartung/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/ Claire Ashley - https://clairehelenashley.com/

Jennifer Reeder is back! It's been a decade since our last conversation with the legendary Chicago filmmaker, artist and educator and she has been busy! Her newest feature, Perpetrator, features (the!) Alicia Silverstone and recently premiered at the Berlinale on its way back stateside. Together with Jesse and Brian, Jennifer gets into genre, the short as form and shape, her own personal journey through different mediums and more in a rolicking and fascinating conversation.    This episode also functions as an oblique invitation to our EXPO activities and activations. If you'll be at the fair this weekend, come visit our booth to see some exciting new realities!   https://thejenniferreeder.com/ https://www.wtfilms.fr/portfolio-item/perpetrator/ https://www.criterionchannel.com/short-films-by-jennifer-reeder https://www.expochicago.com/  

Amanda Browder and Duncan have a word with Mumbai based curator Sumesh Sharma! We chat about all things internationally challenging and the context for both international and American art. We cover why NADA is such an important international fair! All from inside a Claire Ashley in NYC. Editing support by Martin!   Sumesh Sharma - https://curatorsintl.org/about/collaborators/5399-sumesh-sharma Clark House Initiative - https://www.space118.com/mapping-residencies/clark-house-initiative/ Thanks Arterritory for the image - https://arterritory.com/en/visual_arts/interviews/22636-sumesh_sharma_in_riga_the_grandson_of_a_trade_merchant_on_diversity_and_exchange/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/ Claire Ashley - https://clairehelenashley.com/

Once again Bad at Sports brings back a little audio that we recorded several years ago at NADA Miami which for no good reason never made it to air. We blame our day jobs but these would not have seen the light without the editing support of Martin Ortiz de Taranco!   This week we run into Chambliss Giobbi and circle around model building, portraits, the relationship between an image and its materials. Then we are treated to the driest wit in Chicago by Alex Chitty thanks to Patron Gallery! Thanks to NADA! Thanks to Claire Ashley who provided the work for our booth. And in a rare twist Dana Bassett and Tom Sanford, in the same show!   Chambliss Giobbi - https://www.chamblissgiobbi.com/ Alex Chitty - http://www.alexchitty.com/ Patron Gallery - https://patrongallery.com/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/ Tom Sanford - http://tomsanford.com/ Claire Ashley

BmoreArt’s Editor-in-Chief Cara Ober joins Amanda Browder and Duncan MacKenzie in NYC at NADA NYC of yore. We express the pre-pandemic naive enthusiasm that will one day rule the world. We mine the depths of art publishing, art criticism, middle school sports, why Baltimore is a bad ass town, and why loving magazines will never be wrong!   Cara Ober - https://www.caraober.com/ BmoreArt - https://bmoreart.com/ Baltimore - https://baltimore.org/ Amanda Browder - https://www.amandabrowder.com/ NADA - https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO - Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ National Museum of Women in the Arts - https://nmwa.org/blog/museum-shop/modern-makers-cara-ober/ And extra thanks to Martin Ortiz de Taranco - https://www.martinortizdetaranco.com/  

This episode we check in from New York City with two of New York's bright lights, Carrie Gundersdorf (Teaching this summer at fan favorite summer residency, Ox-Bow) and Chloë Bass! We checked in several years ago from a boozy and brilliant NADA NYC! We talk painting and drawing, the price of eggs insurance type, compare New York and Chicago, light beyond the light and the low fi, while getting intimate and bureaucratic with our practices. And we all become Artworldees!   NADA https://www.newartdealers.org/ EXPO Chicago https://www.expochicago.com/ Carrie Gundersdorf https://carriegundersdorf.com/ Chloë Bass https://www.chloebass.com/ Ox-Bow School of Art https://www.ox-bow.org/ Sharon Louden https://www.sharonlouden.com/ Tom Sanford http://tomsanford.com/ Price of Eggs https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/egg-prices-increased-70percent-over-the-last-yearheres-why-.html Image: Carrie Gundersdorf  Betuline Cone 2022 colored pencil and watercolor on paper 23 x 22"

Episode 834, in which we creep back into the annals of our history and pull forth a conversation which had not seen the light before, Harold Mendez. Hero to many. We talk Whitney Biennial, Cuba, Tiffany's, and just exactly how the art world works. Thank You NADA!   https://www.newartdealers.org/ https://haroldmendez.com/ https://www.amandabrowder.com/ https://whitney.org/artists/17713 https://haroldmendez.com/filter/2017%3B-Tiffany-%26-Co. https://icamiami.org/exhibition/harold-mendez/   Thanks to https://tamarind.unm.edu For the image.

A few years ago, we put together so much content in the context of NADA art Fair Miami and New York that we have been sitting on a handful of great stuff (like for years)… And you are going to get to hear it all as we get prepared for Chicago’s EXPO this spring!   Kicking it all off this week Dana and Duncan chat with Miami legend, Agustina Woodgate.   We talk… Miami Water and Power RADIOEE The Whitney Biennial Hopscotch And so much more… Live from inside a Claire Ashley sculpture!   https://agustinawoodgate.com/ https://radioee.net/ https://www.newartdealers.org/ https://clairehelenashley.com/   PS. Dana makes a joke at the end that you have to hear, little does she know… no one really gets out. Once you are Bad at Sports, you just are.