Best Folasade Podcasts (2024)

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Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Aindrea Emelife in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:44

8h ago27:44

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On this episode I’m joined by Aindrea Emelife. Aindrea Emelife is a Nigerian-British curator and art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art, with a focus on questions around colonial and decolonial histories in Africa, transnationalism and the politics of representation. Aindrea is currently Curator, Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA …

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Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Trailer 3:47

7d ago3:47

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Light Work presents: Everything is Connected: African Artists in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale! ⁠sponsored by The Africa Institute, Global Studies University launching next week! The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, is an interdisciplinary academic research institute dedicated to the study, research and documentation of Africa…

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Kenturah Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 29:04

10d ago29:04

29:04

On this episode I'm joined by Kenturah Davis as we discuss her latest exhibition and her first solo in the UK with Stephen Friedman gallery. Kenturah Davis is a visual artist based between Los Angeles, California and Accra, Ghana. Her work oscillates between various facets of portraiture and design. Using text as a point of departure, she explores …

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LaToya Hobbs: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 28:54

22d ago28:54

28:54

On this episode I'm joined by LaToya M. Hobbs. LaToya M. Hobbs is an artist, wife, and mother of two from Little Rock, AR, who is currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. She received her B.A. in Painting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and M.F.A. in Printmaking from Purdue University. Her work deals with figurative imagery tha…

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Jade Thacker: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 20:45

1M ago20:45

20:45

On this episode I'm joined by Jade Thacker. Jade Thacker received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York; Public Gallery, London; WOAW gallery, Beijing, and many more. Thacker has participated in residencies at Fountainhead Residency, Miami and The …

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Sedrick Chisom: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 25:50

2M ago25:50

25:50

On this episode I'm joined by Sedrick Chisom as we discuss his latest exhibition at C L E A R I N G gallery, And 108 Prayers of Evil. Sedrick Chisom (b. 1989, Philadelphia) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a full scholarship to study at Cooper Union, where he completed his BFA in 2016 and was awarded the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Found…

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Adrienne Elise Tarver: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:20

2M ago27:20

27:20

On this episode I'm joined by, Adrienne Elise Tarver. Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of Black female identity including the history within domestic spaces, the…

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Mario Joyce: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 34:45

3M ago34:45

34:45

On this episode I'm joined by Mario Joyce. Mario Joyce is a self-taught African American artist based in Los Angeles. His process began early and was heavily influenced by prejudices experienced growing up Black and Queer in rural Ohio. He uses genealogical research, soil from the Ohio he grew up on, carefully sourced vintage collage materials and …

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Maria Elena Ortiz: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 31:23

3M ago31:23

31:23

On this episode I'm joined by Maria Elena Ortiz. Maria comes to the Modern from the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (PAMM), where she curated discerning exhibitions such as Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection and The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Caribbean Art. At PAMM and with support of the Mellon Fo…

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Mario Moore: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 25:26

4M ago25:26

25:26

On this episode, I'm joined by Mario Moore. Mario Moore is a Detroit native, who received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI in 2009 and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT in 2013. I met Mario late last fall in Detroit when I attended the DIA Gala and spent a weekend in the city, checking out the art…

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Radcliffe Bailey: A Special Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Radcliffe Bailey as told by friends and colleagues 1:05:04

4M ago1:05:04

1:05:04

Late last year, as I was ending my season, the news of Radcliffe Bailey's passing was announced and sent shockwaves throughout the art world among his friends, family, peers. At the time, I was planning on recording an episode with Karen Comer Lowe, a long time arts professional and curator based in Atlanta. As Karen began to share with me her intr…

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Essence Harden: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 35:25

5M ago35:25

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On this episode I'm joined by Essence Harden. Essence Harden is the Visual Arts curator at CAAM, the California African American Museum. She' s one of two curators of the Made in L.A. biennial taking place next year in 2025. This year, Essence was named the curator of Focus at Frieze LA. For this year's focus, Essence explores the intimate, environ…

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Dominic Chambers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 28:01

5M ago28:01

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On this episode I'm joined by Dominic chambers. Dominic and I have known each other for a couple of years now and I’ve watched his practice grow so much in that time. It's been a minute since we sat down and talked about his work and practice, so it was great to catch up with him and learn all about the work in his latest show at Lehmann Maupin gal…

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Reginald Sylvester: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 31:49

7M ago31:49

31:49

On this episode I'm joined by Reginald Sylvester. Reginald has his first solo show open right now at Roberts projects in Los Angeles when we sit down to talk about his work and art practice. Reginald Sylvester II works predominantly in abstraction, making large-scale paintings and sculptures which often include found objects. His show, at Roberts P…

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Bethany Collins: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:13

7M ago27:13

27:13

On this episode I'm joined by Bethany Collins. Her first solo show is on view at Alexander Gray Associates when we sit down to talk about her latest works and the ideas and concepts that ground her practice. Bethany Collins is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice examines the relationship between race and language. Centering languag…

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Sanford Biggers: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 33:09

8M ago33:09

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On this episode I'm joined by Sanford Biggers. Sanford Biggers was born in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in New York City, where he has for decades. Over the course of his career, Biggers has won numerous awards and exhibited in countless museums and exhibitions. His work is currently held in some of the world's most important artistic …

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Calida Rawles: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:33

8M ago27:33

27:33

On this episode I'm joined by Calida Rawles. Calida Rawles merges hyper-realistic paintings with poetic abstraction. Rawles opened her first major solo show in New York City where we hosted an artist talk this past weekend. In A Certain Oblivion, the title of her latest show, Rawles presents 10 paintings that reflect on the overturning of Roe v Wad…

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Deborah Roberts: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 40:22

9M ago40:22

40:22

On this episode I'm joined by Deborah Roberts. She’s on the eve of her first show in New York City in over five years at Stephen Friedman gallery opening, "What about us?" at their newest space in Tribeca. It's an important moment for her as an artist and for the New York art scene. Deborah is showcasing some of her biggest works to date and playin…

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Alteronce Gumby: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 42:51

9M ago42:51

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On this episode I'm joined by Alteronce Gumby. Alteronce Gumby is an artist and local of New York City. His artistic practice includes painting, ceramics, installation and performance. Gumby’s work has been exhibited at galleries such as Hauser & Wirth, Gladstone Gallery and Camden Arts Centre. Gumby graduated from the Yale School of Art with an MF…

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Lisa Kim: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 32:24

10M ago32:24

32:24

On this episode I'm joined by Lisa Kim. Kim is the director of the Ford Foundation Gallery, an exhibition space within the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. A former Gagosian Gallery staffer, Kim’s previous post before joining the Ford Foundation Gallery was as director of cultural affairs at Two Trees Management Company, a real estate dev…

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Raelis Vasquez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 23:17

10M ago23:17

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On this episode I'm joined by Raelis Vasquez. A native of the Dominican Republic, Vasquez moved to the United States in 2002 when he was seven. He graduated with his BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from Columbia University in 2021. It was around this time that I was first introduced to his work and I was immediately drawn to his f…

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Tariku Shiferaw: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 32:03

11M ago32:03

32:03

On this episode I'm joined by Tariku Shiferaw. Tariku Shiferaw is known for his practice of mark-making that explores the metaphysical ideas of painting and societal structures. This formal language of geometric abstraction is executed through densely layering material to create “marks,” gestures that interrogate space-making and reference the hier…

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Basil Kincaid: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 33:41

1y ago33:41

33:41

On this episode I'm joined by Basil Kincaid. I first met Basil in Miami with Mindy Solomon, a Miami-based gallerist who has built a working relationship with Basil over the years exhibiting his work in multiple shows. Our introduction sparked a deeper conversation about Basil’s work and practice, and in 2021 I wrote the exhibition text for his firs…

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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 38:17

1y ago38:17

38:17

On this episode I'm joined by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones the London born, Nigerian painter whose lived and worked in New York for the past severalyears. Tunji is back from a long stint in Lagos when we sit down to talk about his experiences, life in Lagos, the importance of traveling, the commercial art world, and the importance of professional developmen…

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Christine Kuan: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 39:12

1y ago39:12

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On this episode I'm joined by Christine Kuan, President & Executive Director of Creative Capital. Before joining Creative Capital, Christine Kuan was CEO/Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art-New York. With twenty years of experience in both nonprofit and commercial sectors of the art world, Kuan has expertise in art education, museums, and digita…

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Emma Prempeh: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 30:13

1y ago30:13

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On this episode I'm joined by Emma Prempeh. I first became introduced to Emma’s work on Instagram during the pandemic. I was researching artists for a series of conversations I’d put together with women artists on Art News Africa, a large IG platform that promotes the work of African diasporic artists. It’s a couple weeks after Frieze New York when…

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Phillip Collins: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 36:23

1y ago36:23

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On this episode I'm joined by Phillip Collins. Phillip is a marketer turned art collector. Out of the urgent need to bridge a gap in the commercial art market and the desire to spotlight the stories that mattered to him the most, Phillip gave birth to Good Black Art—a platform that’s investing in emerging Black artists from the onset of their caree…

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Selasie Gomado: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 38:01

1y ago38:01

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On this episode I'm joined by Selasie Gomado. Selasie and I met in 2022, in Accra through Gideon Appah a Ghanaian artist, who closed his first solo show with Pace gallery earlier this year in London. Selasie and I are in Accra when we sit down to talk about the artist agency and collective ARTEMARTIS which works with some of Ghana’s most emerging a…

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Katherina Olschbaur: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 23:47

1y ago23:47

23:47

On this episode I'm joined by Katherina Olschbaur. I first met Kat in LA when we were deeper into the pandemic and still reeling from life in lock down. We were both following each other on Instagram at the time but had never met in person. I was immediately stuck by Kat’s energetic presence and her interesting ideas about the world. Originally fro…

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Ayesha Williams and Paul Ninson: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 35:02

1y ago35:02

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On this episode I'm joined by Ayesha Williams and Paul Ninson. Ayesha Williams is an art professional with over a decade of experience working with visual artists, presenting programs, and generating funding for both commercial galleries and nonprofit institutions. She is currently the Executive Director of The Laundromat Project, a nonprofit organ…

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Helina Metaferia: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 30:58

1y ago30:58

30:58

On this episode I'm joined by Helina Metaferia. Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist working across collage, assemblage, video, performance, and social engagement. Her work integrates archives, somatic studies, and dialogical practices, creating overlooked narratives that amplify BIPOC/femme bodies. Her work is in the permanent collectio…

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Michaela Yearwood-Dan: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 38:16

1+ y ago38:16

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On this episode I'm joined by Michaela Yearwood-Dan. Throughout paintings, works on paper, ceramics, and site-specific mural and sound installations, Michaela Yearwood-Dan (b. 1994; London, UK) endeavors to build spaces of queer community, abundance, and joy. Yearwood-Dan's singular visual language draws on a diverse range of influences, including …

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Alex Delotch Davis: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 27:33

1+ y ago27:33

27:33

On this episode I'm joined by Alex Delotch Davis. Alex is an art and fashion marketer who specializes in developing high-earning multicultural audiences. Presently, Delotch-Davis is Manager of Marketing at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, where she supports the reservoir of culture and commerce that the institution generates for the Atlanta metro…

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Gideon Appah: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 15:13

1+ y ago15:13

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On this episode I'm joined by Gideon Appah. Born in Accra, Ghana in 1987, Gideon received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana in 2012. Appah lives and works in Ghana. With a diverse practice that ranges from the expressionistic to the surreal, Appah draws from his personal experiences…

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Liz Andrews: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 25:17

1+ y ago25:17

25:17

On this episode I'm joined by Liz Andrews. Liz is an artist, curator, museum professional, and leader who is dedicated to the arts and social justice. She has worked with arts organizations across the nation. In August 2021, Liz began her role as Executive Director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Prior to joining Spelman College, Liz And…

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Danny Baez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 38:24

1+ y ago38:24

38:24

On this episode I'm joined by Danny Baez. Originally from the Dominican republic, Danny moved to New York City when he was 18. His journey in the arts can be considered coincidental but I don't believe in coincidences. Everything in life happens for a reason and the places that we find ourselves are not by accident. Danny has built a career over de…

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Kent Kelley: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 39:23

1+ y ago39:23

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On this episode I'm joined by Kent Kelley. I met Kent Kelley for the first time a couple years ago through Anwarii Musa who was on a recent episode. Kent comes from the financial world and has worked as a CFO for many years. He recently started collecting art and currently sits on the board of the High Museum in Atlanta. Kent was a big part of an a…

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Reyna Noriega: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 33:33

1+ y ago33:33

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On this episode I'm joined by Reyna Noriega. I met Reyna in 2021 when I was working on an editorial for Bal Harbour shops and highlighting taste makers in Miami. Reyna invited me over to her place to do our interview in person and shoot a little content. Overlooking the bay in Miami we talked about her art - she’s an illustrator and has worked with…

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Anwarii Musa: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 40:34

1+ y ago40:34

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On this episode I'm joined by Anwarii Musa. Over the last decade Musa has built an art advisory firm focused on the work of contemporary artists. He works with emerging as well as seasoned collectors who sit on the boards of some of the worlds most important institutions as well as works with several athletes and former athletes who are actively bu…

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Kimberly Drew: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 37:07

1+ y ago37:07

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On this episode I'm joined by Kimberly Drew. Kimberly Drew is a curator, critic & author of two books, This Is What I Know About Art and the anthology Black Futures with Jenna Wortham, both released in 2020. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies. The last time I caught up with Kimberly we were both in…

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Ambrose Murray: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 32:26

1+ y ago32:26

32:26

On this episode I'm joined by Ambrose Murray. Murray received their BA in African American studies from Yale in 2018. They are a self-taught painter and seamstress from North Carolina with roots in Florida. Through their work, Ambrose seeks to bring physical form to the ideas and theories they have been struck by from Black feminist writers and vis…

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Jeffrey Meris: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 30:02

1+ y ago30:02

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On this episode I'm joined by Jeffrey Meris, the New York-based artist whose paintings, sculptures, and conceptual work draw on his lived experiences. Meris was recently announced as one of this years winners of the prestigious and highly coveted Studio Museum of Harlem residency which has seen the likes of heavy hitters such as Chakaia Booker, Dav…

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Folasade Ologundudu & Larry Ossei-Mensah 36:37

1+ y ago36:37

36:37

On this episode I was joined by Larry Ossei-Mensah and this time he interviewed me! Sitting on the other side of the table was definitely a change of pace for me, but Larry asked all the right questions. We reflected on Ghana and our experiences as cultural workers and thought leaders within our industry. Larry's insightful questions helped me to o…

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Season 3 Trailer 2:20

1+ y ago2:20

2:20

This year, to start off 2023, we're back with season 3 of Light Work presents: Everything is connected, a podcast where we talk to artists, thought leaders and creatives across industries, mainly within the arts, about life, work and culture. This season we are taking a more global approach as we share episodes recorded in Ghana throughout the year…

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Bony Ramirez: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 33:40

1+ y ago33:40

33:40

On this episode we're joined by Bony Ramirez Bony Ramierz is a self taught artist who retains a connection to his Dominican heritage through his art, incorporating elements of the Caribbean with his own distinctive details. He left the island when he was a child and migrated to the US. Through painting and drawing, Ramirez creates life-sized paper …

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Terrell Villiers 29:49

1+ y ago29:49

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On this episode we're joined by Terrell Villiers. Terrell is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, community organizer, curator, and producer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Recognized internationally for his cartoon illustrations, where he explores the nuance of identity, through the intersectionality of black homosexuality, and black queerne…

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Chela Mitchell 23:11

1+ y ago23:11

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On this episode we're joined by Chela Mitchell. Chela provides art advisory to private, public, and new collectors looking to navigate the contemporary art market. With a deep understanding of the art market, CMA helps clients build fine art collections. Founded in 2018, CMA's strength is building cultural and medium-diverse art collections. We wor…

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Nate Lewis 40:15

2y ago40:15

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On this episode were joined by Nate Lewis. Nate is a visual artist, most well known for his layered works on paper where he explores history, time and movement through the body. He engage in practice that incorporates photography, sculpture, drawing and painting. Lewis’s work is in the public collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Blanton …

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Cierra Britton 33:53

2y ago33:53

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Cierra Britton is a curator and art dealer living and working in New York City. As the director of the Cierra Britton Gallery, her mission is to make space for artists who are creating exploratory work across all mediums. Founded in 2021, the Cierra Britton Gallery is the first NYC-based gallery dedicated to representing BIPOC womxn artists whose w…

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Marcus Leslie Singleton 51:33

2y ago51:33

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On this episode we're joined by Marcus Leslie Singleton. The Brooklyn based painter depicts intimate moments of Black life. He has exhibited his work at galleries and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Singleton reflects on the process of identity building and questions around Black consciousness.…

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