Best Undergang Podcasts (2024)

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Entry 4: Pentagram, Reverend Bizarre, Doomsword, and more! 30:02

5y ago30:02

30:02

Oh my god welcome to the fourth entry! I have no clue why I was feeling so tired this episode sorry! Anyway, in this somewhat short episode I go over some doom metal goodies! Also, stay tuned for the bonus episode coming next week featuring mystery band! Follow me on Twitter! @MetalWeekPod

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Entry 3: Motörhead, Satan, Trouble, and more! 23:54

5y ago23:54

23:54

Welcome to the third entry! Sorry this episode is a little bit shorter, next week will be packed full with stuff! In this episode however, I mostly talk about some NWOBHM and some doom metal! Follow me on twitter! @MetalWeekPod

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Entry 2: Judas Priest, Liege Lord, Sodom, and more! 37:49

5y ago37:49

37:49

Eyo! Welcome to the second episode of this podcast! In this episode I talk about quite a bit of trad metal which is always great and also dive into some news! I hope you enjoy! Follow me on Twitter to share your opinions on the albums I talk about or to recommend me new ones! @MetalWeekPod Artists - Albums mentioned Incantation - Diabolical Conques…

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Entry 1: Intro, Black Sabbath, Undergang, and more! 31:12

5y ago31:12

31:12

Hello! Welcome to the first episode of this podcast! Glad you checked it out! Sadly, as I said in the intro, the quality has some stuff to be desired like notes and whatnot, but I promise that in the next episode my notes will be more elaborate. Follow me on Twitter! @MetalWeekPod Bands and albums Mentioned: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Bl…

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Waiting Room ft. Nathan Gulick (#122) 1:07:12

5y ago1:07:12

1:07:12

After a longer pause we are back with a fantastic conversation the artist Nathan Gulick, visiting town from LA for his solo show, Waiting Room, at C4 Projects. We met and had a live recording at C4, and it was both a lot of fun and very interesting. Nathan is eloquent and engaged, and we got a great podcast out of it. Please enjoy and be sure to ch…

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What is Doubt? ft. FOS (#121) 1:09:47

5+ y ago1:09:47

1:09:47

And we are back! Thanks for hanging in there. Today we have a conversation we’ve been really excited to share with you, with the artist FOS, also known by his government name of Thomas Poulsen. This talk was recorded during the summer when he had a quite ambitious show up at Gallery Nils Stærk here in Copenhagen, and it turned out to be a really fu…

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The Virtual Art World 10:44

6y ago10:44

10:44

Daniel Birnbaum, Director of Moderna Museet in Stockholm leaves to join the virtual reality company Acute Art based in London. Eric and Ando discuss the future of VR technology in art and the role it already has played. We are also announcing that Cultural Bandwidth has invited 4 new podcasts to the platform. The Artword, The Conversation (Art Podc…

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All About My Selfie (Rebroadcast) 20:41

6y ago20:41

20:41

It finally has come to Eric and Ando talking about Instagram. Take about 5 minutes to watch the video clip in the links below to get a better understanding of what we are discussing today. Audiences are more comfortable viewing and buying art via their phones than ever before. Why would there not be curators creating exhibitions with that interacti…

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Roskilde Festival Art Zone 2018 (#120) 53:53

6y ago53:53

53:53

The warm months have fully settled upon the land, and with every Danish summer comes the yearly tradition of Roskilde Festival, one of the world’s largest music festivals. Around 130,000 people attend the festival, which is run by a non-profit organization. For many years now they have also had a surprisingly ambitious art zone during the festival,…

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The Sense of Things ft. Signe Vad (#119) 1:00:07

6y ago1:00:07

1:00:07

We have Signe Vad on the show today, which is very exciting, and has been a long time coming. She is an exceptionally hard working artist, with tons of projects always in the works as well has her own production, and she somehow gets it all done. She is a serial collaborator, exhibition space leader and cultural front runner, and we have the pleasu…

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Anish Kapoor Vs. The NRA 23:06

6y ago23:06

23:06

Recently, the artist Anish Kapoor filed a lawsuit against the NRA over the use of one of his most famous work in a recruitment campaign. For our longtime listeners, I think you might find it Eric and Ando’s opinions on the story surprising. And as always, send us your opinion to the stories that we cover here at By The Way. For more, By The Way, fo…

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“52 & They Art All Against You” 22:27

6y ago22:27

22:27

Back with a vengeance is By The Way with episode #13 “52 & They Art All Against You”. On this episode listen to Eric Wall and Ando discuss what may become the largest US public art project ever. The political Super Pac For Freedoms launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kick Starter to fund 52 billboards by major contemporary artists as a “get out to …

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By The Way Mini-episode - Returned, Removed, and Yippee Ki Yay MotherFucker 3:42

6y ago3:42

3:42

We follow up on a few stories in this By The Way Mini-episode titled Returned, Removed, and Yippee Ki Yay MotherFucker. The first topic is a follow up from BTW #1 - Thievery, when Ando and I discussed the smuggling of Iraqi artifacts by the American craft store giant Hobby Lobby. “Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World.” is a controversial …

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The Space In-Between ft. Mathias & Mathias 1:04:04

6y ago1:04:04

1:04:04

We are back again today with another super interesting talk, with the artist group Mathias & Mathias. They had a show up at Overgaden a little while back, and we were fortunate enough to have the chance to sit down and talk to them. It was a great conversation, touching on many topics, with a lot of behind the scenes talk, which is always interesti…

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“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” 20:31

6y ago20:31

20:31

By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast is back with episode #12 “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” Join Eric Wall and Ando again as they discuss the basis' of the lawsuit that accuses Jeff Koons and Gagosian Gallery of running a "Ponzi-like scheme". We talk a little about how editions are works are produced, the difference between a…

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A Slow Motion Explosion ft. Jonas Liveröd 1:00:55

6y ago1:00:55

1:00:55

Today we are terribly excited to bring you an actually well timed conversation, with the wonderful Jonas Liveröd. It’s been a while coming, but it fits perfectly, because already on this Friday, April 20th, he has a solo show opening at the great Steinsland Berliner Gallery in Stockholm. So as awesome as the conversation we are about to play for yo…

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By The Way Mini-episode - Postmasters Gallery NYC 4:13

6y ago4:13

4:13

On this Mini-episode of By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast Eric talks about Postmasters Gallery NYC and their recent Patreon campaign strategy. He has his doubts, but what do you think? By The Way, also wants to give a shout out to The Conversation Art Podcast, as Jenny Danielsson, our co-host from episode #11 Los Angeles and Shrinkage In …

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The Merge ft. Sara, Peter & Tobias 1:19:30

6y ago1:19:30

1:19:30

Today, in serendipitous timing, we are joined by the art group Sara, Peter & Tobias, who were kind enough to sit down with us for a wide ranging conversation about their first book, Phenomina. And just last week they won the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award for their new project, The Merge. We had a very interesting co…

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Los Angeles and Shrinkage In The Art Market with Guest Jenny Danielsson 29:06

6y ago29:06

29:06

By The Way, welcomes guest Jenny Danielsson from the Danielsson & Carlson podcast. Jenny shares the news about the recent firing of Helen Molesworth at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Arts. Jenny and Eric then speculate what might have led to the firing. In the second news story, Eric shares the most recent “health report” of the art market by …

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The Level of Truth ft. Johan Furåker 59:42

6+ y ago59:42

59:42

When you talk process with an artist, many similarities between practices begin to pop up over time, but there are also those occasions where you hear about more independent ways of working and thinking. Todays conversation with Johan Furåker is of that ilk, one of the ones which are quite inspiring. He’s a thoughtful artist, and methodical, and if…

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BTW Mini-episode #1 Announcement 1:47

6+ y ago1:47

1:47

News from the art world does not stop when we are unable to bring it to you on By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast. Many of the stories that we discuss on BTW continue to evolve after the release of an episode. Those of us here at Cultural Bandwidth have decided to introduce By The Way Mini-episodes. These are short episodes that will updat…

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Should Thomas Kinkade Paint Trump's National Portrait? 31:39

6+ y ago31:39

31:39

It’s episode 10! Barack and Michelle Obama’s National Portraits were revealed and the gossipy side of the internet was a buzz. On this episode, Ando and Eric discuss the good, the bad, and crazy surrounding these two interesting paintings. They dive into the history of The National Portrait Gallery at The Smithsonian, and the other Contemporary art…

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The Muse ft. Ditte Ejlerskov 1:01:58

6+ y ago1:01:58

1:01:58

Ah, the march of time, the learning of lessons, the rediscovery of delight! What a great talk we have for you today! In the middle of significant personal and political chaos we are so very proud to bring to you today a wonderful conversation with Ditte Ejlerskov recorded a couple of months ago. Talking to her was a reminder of so many important th…

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What Do Bhutan, France, and Iran All Have In Common? 30:45

6+ y ago30:45

30:45

Eric and Ando take a trip around the world in this episode. Iranian contemporary art gallerist is facing a jail time, corporal punishment, and confiscation of their assets for their involvement in the art world. We discuss street artist Invader and his tasteless placement of his works in the country of Bhutan. We first spoke about Invader in BTW ep…

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Defending the Collective ft. Yazan Khalili 1:02:30

6+ y ago1:02:30

1:02:30

We had the great pleasure of meeting and speaking with Yazan Khalili last week, who is the winner of the extract prize 2015 from GLStrand, and just opened his solo show there, by the name of No One Saw The Colours. We had a really fantastic talk about making art, politics, representation and working under tough conditions. Yazan is very dedicated t…

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Pussy, Drugs, and Jeff Koons 29:31

6+ y ago29:31

29:31

Today Eric and Ando blaze through 4 topics. Pussy Riot seeks asylum in Sweden, and the Guggenheim offers Donald Trump a golden toilet by Maurizio Cattelan. Topics become more serious when they bring up Nan Goldin and the opioid crisis in the US. Goldin calls on her fellow artists and art institutions to resist the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma. …

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A Different Time ft. Todd James 49:27

6+ y ago49:27

49:27

One of the great things about making this show is the wide variation in experiences and interests we get to hear from the guests. After talking with Nanna last time, we have a completely different type of artist on the show today, with a very different kind of story. It’s nice, because as artists, you slowly start to realize that there isn’t a sing…

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So Baroque That You Have No Monet 30:35

6+ y ago30:35

30:35

Is the Contemporary art world growing or shrinking? Are there more or less opportunities for artists today than in past decades? What is the future gallery model? In this episode Eric and Ando talk about the mega-art dealer David Zwirner's expanding global empire. And how over recent years the mid-level galleries have been closing their doors. The …

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Botanizing the Asphalt ft. Nanna Debois Buhl 1:06:19

6+ y ago1:06:19

1:06:19

Welcome back, and happy New Year to all! We have a great artist and incredibly sweet human on the show today; Nanna Debois Buhl. I have gotten to know her a bit over the last year or so and the more I hear about what she does, and how she does it, the more I fall in love with her work. It’s thoughtful, well-researched and also very tactile, which I…

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A da Vinci & the Flaming Bag of Dog Poop 27:31

6+ y ago27:31

27:31

How could we not talk about this most recent Christie’s contemporary art auction? The record breaking painting "by" Leonardo da Vinci titled Salvator Mundi sold for $450,312,500. We aren’t talking about the obvious talking points, instead we go deeper into the painting’s history. It all plays out like Dan Brown novel. Yes, the guy who used to own S…

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Introducing By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast 38:13

6+ y ago38:13

38:13

Hello friends - we are tremendously proud to announce the launch of our new podcast network Cultural Bandwidth, as well as the new podcast we are blasting off with on the new network, By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast. Cultural Bandwidth is the world's first podcasting network based around art, and we couldn't be happier to share this wit…

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All About My Selfie 20:41

6+ y ago20:41

20:41

It finally has come to Eric and Ando talking about Instagram. Take about 5 minutes to watch the video clip in the links below to get a better understanding of what we are discussing today. Audiences are more comfortable viewing and buying art via their phones than ever before. Why would there not be curators creating exhibitions with that interacti…

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A Strange Business ft. Niels Pugholm 52:43

6+ y ago52:43

52:43

Greetings and salutations friends, nice to be back for another episode here. Things are cranking along here, you might have noticed that we have started to make some changes, especially on the website. But first, let’s talk about the guest today, Niels Pugholm. We were introduced to him through a captivating artist run space out in Valby, (an outer…

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Theater of the Protest 21:57

6+ y ago21:57

21:57

Pressure from outside the art world, threats of violence, and an online petition nearing a million people have compelled the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York to remove several artworks from an exhibition. Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World is the title of the exhibition. The cause of the firestorm came when animal rights activis…

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Vox Populi ft. Gillian Wearing 43:07

6+ y ago43:07

43:07

A couple of weeks ago the National Gallery of Art (SMK) here in Copenhagen unveiled a bronze sculpture in front of the museum by Gillian Wearing called A Real Danish Family. This is also in conjunction with an exhibition of her works, they are both well worth seeing. We were lucky enough to have the chance to sit down with Gillian to talk both abou…

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Money 21:49

6+ y ago21:49

21:49

Well dOCUMENTA happened to pop up again in the news for this episode. Ando actually heard about this story too! One of the most prestigious art exhibitions, dOCUMENTA (15) is on the brink of bankruptcy. We try to unravel how that could have happened. Who is to blame? The curators, a local politician, and poor management. The future of dOCUMENTA is …

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Take Your Time ft. Jean-Marc Bustamante 51:21

6+ y ago51:21

51:21

One of the great pleasures of making this show is having conversations with people who have some history behind them, people who have seen the ins and outs of the art world through many years, and to hear what is and is not important to them. The guest today is Jean Marc Bustamante, and he is a perfect example of the type of experienced artist and …

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Death 30:58

6+ y ago30:58

30:58

A bit of change up on this episode of By The Way, as Eric and Ando talk about Sam Durant’s sculpture titled Scaffold. Originally created by Sam Durant for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany, the work has since been purchased by the Walker Art Center, USA. The story does not end there. We hope you listen to hear about why some people say ‘That's a ki…

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Unpainted Paintings ft. Malin Gabriella Nordin 57:44

6+ y ago57:44

57:44

We are joined today by artist extraordinaire Malin Gabriella Norden, who was here in town for the CHART art fair, because the homies over at Steinsland Berliner gallery were showing some of her works. She was awesome to talk to, and she keeps the game of being an artist to it’s bare basics, and we mean that positively. There isn’t a lot of extraneo…

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Thievery 23:16

6+ y ago23:16

23:16

On the inaugural episode of By The Way Eric presents Ando with 2 news stories. The first story is about the craft store giant Hobby Lobby smuggling Middle Eastern artifacts into the US. In our second story we discuss the stolen works by street artist Invaders in the daylight on the streets of Paris. No wonder people are stealing them when the can r…

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The Cold Fact ft. Zven Balslev 1:01:41

7y ago1:01:41

1:01:41

We have the fantastic Zven Balslev on today, which has been a long time coming, and we ended up talking about many facets of the art world, having a practice, and about the kind of expectations-slash-priorities you might have. One of the great things about making this show is hearing diverse viewpoints on this mess of making art, and Zven’s view on…

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CHART Art Fair Wrap Up 53:20

7y ago53:20

53:20

We are back again here on the other side of CHART Art Fair with our wrap up from the events this year. It’s a two part episode, with the first part featuring a short discussion with the panel of speakers from one of the Chart Art Talks, namely Peter Pakesch, chairman of the Maria Lassning Foundation, Shwetal Patel, director of the Kochi-Muziris Bie…

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CHART Art Fair Warm Up 32:47

7y ago32:47

32:47

In honor of our new collaboration with the CHART Art Fair, we have special episode out today, featuring some of the founding galleries and the director of the fair. Through talking with them about the ideas behind the fair and some of the guiding principles, we’ve compiled an oral history of sorts as a warm up to the event, which opens here in Cope…

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Insistency ft. Kenneth Balfelt 1:04:56

7y ago1:04:56

1:04:56

Hello everybody, welcome back once again. We are back in the swing of things again here, and have a fantastic guest on the show today, Kenneth Balfelt. For those who don’t know, his practice is one which truly is social, and it’s really incredible. The level at which he engages with the world around him is inspiring to us not just as artists but as…

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Jiggling Atoms ft. Jesper Carlsen 1:02:08

7y ago1:02:08

1:02:08

Here we are, back again! How is everybody? We’ve been trotting about all summer, but are finally home in Copenhagen, and chomping at the bit to get going again. We have some new projects in the works, which we are excited to unveil for y’all in the coming months. But more importantly, we have Jesper Carlsen on the show today. His exhibition at Mart…

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Distrust of Irony ft. Peter Voss-Knude & Merete Jankowski - Recorded live at Overgaden 59:21

7y ago59:21

59:21

Hello friends, we felt that we owed you another episode before we drift off to summer vacation here, so here we are. Today we have Peter Voss-Knude on the show, this was recorded live at Overgaden together with the director there, Marete Jankowski, who was also a guest on this program back in episode number 75. Overgaden is fantastic exhibition spa…

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The Puzzle ft. Tal R 58:22

7y ago58:22

58:22

We are back with our special 100th episode! It’s been over three years of this program, 100 guests, and a lot of ups and downs. We are thankful to each and every one of you, as well as to all the galleries who have been supportive along the way. Did we mention that Tal R is the special guest for the 100th episode? He needs no introduction right? He…

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Small Details ft. Klaus Thymann 1:03:59

7y ago1:03:59

1:03:59

We are talking adventure and exploration today with Klaus Thymann, a tremendously interesting fellow. He is a photographer, an artist, he founded a non-profit called Project Pressure, and an adventurer, so we invited him on the program because we figured he would have many compelling things to say, and indeed he did. We talked about a lot of themes…

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Supermarket Art Fair 2017 53:38

7y ago53:38

53:38

Today we have a big one folks, we visited Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm last month, and this is a compilation of our conversations with some of the many nice folks we met. It was a lot, there were lots of exhibitors, and as usual it’s really hard to figure out when is best to try to talk to people, and of course you try not to disturb them whil…

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Bonus: Danielsson & Carlson + Johan Norling from Market Art Fair 37:01

7y ago37:01

37:01

Greetings friends, we’re here with a quick bonus episode before the Easter holiday. We were up in Stockholm recently to check out both the Market and Supermarket art fairs, and ended up meeting all sorts of cool people while we were there. For example, I met with two of my colleagues while I was there, Jenny Danielsson and Oscar Carlson, who have a…

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