This week on Explain Me, co-hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson talk to arts organizers and activists Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus about the challenges for mothers during the pandemic, and the challenges for arts workers seeking to make changes to a system that no longer works for them.
Of the family-focused topics discussed we take on pandemic screen time for kids (Bhandari describes DinoTrux as terrible for kids, but a necessary evil), what to do if your toddler licks a bodega door, and disrupted schedules that make it impossible to find or look for work and require long and often unusual hours.
On the subject of organizing we discuss several projects spearheaded by Bhandari and Columbus respectively designed to pave actionable paths for artists.
Finally we discuss Frieze New York, and contrast their dubious charity efforts during the fair to the more collective NADA art fair model that works towards a sustainable model for everyone. Show links below.
The Art World Conference
Forward Union
Art/Work, Heather Bhandari and Jonathan Melber
N+1, Free Your Mind, by Claire Bishop and Nikki Columbus
Art+Work+Place, Emergency Session I, Veralist Center
Art+Work+Place, Emergency Session II, Veralist Center
Museum transparency Newsletter (Read about all the layoffs and other bad news that’s happening in the museum world right now—of which there is a ton.)
The Model Model: Ethical Actions by Arts Organizations in the time of COVID-19 (Read about the good news and exemplary work by arts organizations.)
Obama Commencement Speech
#graduatetogether2020 (twitter hashtag)
Frieze Art Fair (May 8-15th)
NADA Fair (May 20-June 21)
Defining Contemporary Kitsch: Part 2 of The New York Art Fairs
What The New York Art Fairs Tell Us About Art
Whitney Biennial Report: Care and Caution
Flux Factory Buys Building, Retains Soul
What Does a Return to the Art World Mean?
Explain Me with Laura Raicovich: Art and Museums in An Age of Protest
The NFT Explain Me with Marina Galperina and Amy Whitaker
Explain Me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn't, Part Two
Explain Me with Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn't, Part One
Explain Me with Andy Adams of FlakPhoto: From Idyllic Photos to The Surveillance State
Zombie Figuration Isn't a Thing: A Critical Autopsy with Antwaun Sargent
Institutional failure, Trump's Agenda, and Meme-Driven Conservative Movements: A Talk with Nayland Blake
From L.A. With Love: Thoughts on Online Viewing Rooms, Museum Layoffs, and More with Carolina Miranda and Michael Shaw
Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters
Explain Me: We're Baaaaaack!
Standing in Quicksand
Museum Board Members Fail Moral Challenges, Museum Exhibitions Exceed Expectations
Live From Forward Union: Four Women Who Are Using Art to Change the World
What it Really Means to be A Mid-Career Artist: A Talk with LoVID's Tali Hinkis
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