Best Curators Melissa Podcasts (2024)

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Paris 1874, Desert Forest 1:29:05

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Episode No. 672 features curators Kimberly A. Jones and Mary Morton; and curators Sant Khalsa and Juniper Harrower. Along with Sylvie Patry and Anne Robbins, Jones and Morton are the curators of "1874: The Impressionist Moment" at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition examines the condition of Parisian art in 1874, both official standards exh…

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S8 Ep26 KATE SANNER: Beni Co-Founder and CEO - on making resale as easy as buying new because there are 300 million bargains out there just waiting to be your secondhand-first choice. 44:19

3d ago44:19

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Kate Sanner, the Co-Founder and CEO of Beni, working on making resale as easy as buying new. We've all been there: You're scrolling, spot something you…

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Episode 108: Burnout, Breaks, and Rebooting a Business 23:08

9h ago23:08

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Airhorns are back! Welcome back to the reading world, Lis. She’s back to slinging cards, taking bookings, writing books, and crafting decks. Hilary is thankful for all her referrals while Lis is working on other stuff. Jaymi speaks about tarot burnout and how to navigate personal needs and offerings to the world. Episodes Mentioned Episode 23: Fire…

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Remembering Jackie Winsor 1:29:11

9h ago1:29:11

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Episode No. 671 features curator, professor, and former museum director Dean Sobel, and artist Jackie Winsor. Winsor, a leading Canadian-American post-minimalist and feminist sculptor, died last week at 82. She was the first female sculptor to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1979), which holds five of her works in its…

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Episode 81: Welcome Back 10:47

9d ago10:47

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It’s been a minute. Season 5 is here and we’ve got a shiny new logo, a new theme song, and more of the timelessness you’re here for. So as not to jar you with too much on the first episode back, this episode explores a bit of what many leaders struggle with — recurring themes we’ll keep coming back to here. And I geek out a bit on music. In the lin…

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S8 Ep25 MYA GELBER: Brooklyn-based law student, writer, and fashion content creator - on personal style, primary colors, and hunting down the perfect essentials. 48:58

4d ago48:58

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Mya Gelber, a Brooklyn-based law student, writer, and content creator who loves hunting down the perfect essentials, color theory, and trend commentary…

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Arlene Shechet 57:08

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Episode No. 670 features artist Arlene Shechet. Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, NY is showing "Arlene Shechet: Girl Group" through November 10. The exhibition joins Shechet's recent work exhibited in a typical gallery setting to six new monumental sculptures Shechet created for installation at Storm King. The exhibition was co-curated by Nora…

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S8 Ep24 SANNE HENDRIKS: an Amsterdam-based tattoo artist and vintage seller - on 60s and 70s vintage fashion, Rumors in Amsterdam, and vintage suede skirts. 45:47

17d ago45:47

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Sanne Hendriks, an Amsterdam-based tattoo artist, illustrator, and vintage fashion content creator who works at the beloved Rumors Vintage (an Amsterda…

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Summer clips: Tammy Nguyen 53:00

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Episode No. 669 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Tammy Nguyen. This late summer and fall Nguyen will be featured in two institutional exhibitions, one a solo show and the other a group show. On October 4, the Sarasota (Fla.) Art Museum will present "Tammy Nguyen: Timaeus and the Nations." The show was curated by Rangsook Yoon. On Septembe…

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S8 Ep23 LEXY SILVERSTEIN: a sustainable fashion creator - on quitting fast fashion, and petitioning her fashion merchandising program to drop partnerships with ultra fast fashion. 57:26

18d ago57:26

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lexy Silverstein, a sustainable fashion creator and advocate. Once a frequent shopper of fast fashion, Lexy's personal quitting fast fashion journey to…

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Episode 107: Let’s Revisit Boundaries 25:32

28d ago25:32

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Melissa, Hilary, and Jaymi revisit the world of boundaries. Melissa reminds us that the definition of a boundary is “Rules and guidelines we set in our personal guidelines.” There are real, tangible benefits to having boundaries and enforcing them. You need to feel comfortable and safe first, and then you can worry about others. Boundaries also aff…

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Summer clips: David Bindman 55:01

28d ago55:01

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Episode No. 668 is a summer clips episode featuring historian and author David Bindman. Bindman’s most recent book is ‘Race Is Everything’: Art and Human Difference. It examines nineteenth and early twentieth-century racializing science (sometimes referred to as pseudoscience) and how European art both influenced it, and was itself influenced by it…

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S8 Ep22 TIMELESS VIXEN: Lauren Lepire, founder of a vintage clothing boutique in Beverly Hills - on iconic pieces, museum quality antiques, rare designer dresses, and true haute couture. 50:26

28d ago50:26

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lauren Lepire, the founder of Timeless Vixen, a high-end vintage clothing boutique located in Beverly Hills with a focus on iconic, rare, and important…

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Summer clips: Melissa Cody 36:43

28d ago36:43

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Episode No. 667 is a summer clips episode featuring artist Melissa Cody. MoMA PS1 is presenting "Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies," through September 9. The exhibition features over 30 weavings and a new work. It was curated by Isabella Rjeille and Ruba Katrib. Cody, a fourth-generation Navajo weaver, creates tapestries from traditional techniques that e…

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S8 Ep21 REALLY GOOD VINTAGE: Maggie Lanham, a Louisville-based vintage seller, stylist, and writer - on chic and curated 90s vintage and opening her first brick-and-mortar store. 58:55

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Maggie Lanham, a Louisville-based vintage seller, stylist, and writer and the owner of the shop Really Good Vintage. Maggie loves 90s fashion – she lov…

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Episode 106: The Magic of the Aces 22:41

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As a nice wrap-up to our deep dive into the Aces, we give some practical ways to use the Aces in your magic. Hilary starts by giving ideas for specific focuses using these cards like new beginnings spells. Jaymi uses cards in her magic. She lays out the cards at her altar according to her identifiers and directions. You can place the magician in th…

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Van Gogh and the End of Nature 50:17

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Episode No. 666 features author and art historian Michael Lobel. Lobel is the author of "Van Gogh and the End of Nature," which was just published by Yale University Press. The book interrogates Van Gogh's presentation of nature, and finds that Van Gogh was looking more intently at industry, pollution, and environmental degradation than is typicall…

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S8 Ep20 HEATHER HURST: aka Pigmami, a Brooklyn-based personal stylist and content creator - on vintage pop-ups, estate sales finds, and the curious curation of secondhand style. 54:41

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Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you’ll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! On today’s show, we’re chatting with Heather Hurst, aka Pigmami, a Brooklyn-based personal stylist and content creator who loves to curate and chat all about great style. Heather also star…

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Marisol, Jaramillo's Paper 1:14:59

2M ago1:14:59

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Episode No. 665 features curator Cathleen Chaffee and critic Elisabeth Kirsch. Chaffee is the curator of "Marisol: A Retrospective," which is at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) through January 6, 2025. The exhibition presents work Marisol, sometimes remembered as 'the forgotten star of pop art,' made between the …

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Episode 190: Navigating Surrogacy Challenges Together - Leslie & Melissa 52:28

2M ago52:28

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With over 30 years of dedication to pilates and dance, Leslie Lopez teaches privately to clients as well as to toddlers with creative holiday themed movement classes. She is an advocate for the arts and has served as a Board member for The Wallis Performing Arts Center and the California State Summer School for the Arts. In addition she worked for …

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Episode 105: Ace of Pentacles, My Garden Has Coins 33:02

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It’s all about the things. We equate the Pentacles suit with the element of Earth and maybe winter. They refer to money, tangible items, and your home. These cards remind us to ground and how we can ground. It’s finding the safety when you are in the stillness. Homework: Find the thing you want and get to getting it. Decks Mentioned Rider Waite Smi…

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O'Keeffe's New York, Rebecca Manson 1:14:41

2M ago1:14:41

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Episode No. 664 features curator Sarah Kelly Oehler and artist Rebecca Manson. With Annelise K. Madsen, Oehler is the co-curator of "Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks." The exhibition spotlights O'Keeffe's paintings of New York City, surrounding them with pictures she made of Lake George and the Southwest. It's at the Art Institute of Chicago through…

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Jeremy Frey, Eastman Johnson 1:09:25

2M ago1:09:25

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Episode No. 663 features artist Jeremy Frey and curator Sarah Humphreville. The Portland Museum of Art is presenting "Jeremy Frey: Woven," a twenty-year survey of Frey's basketry and printmaking. The exhibition features more than fifty baskets made from natural materials such as black ash and sweetgrass, as well as prints and video. The exhibition …

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Episode 80: Core Leadership Skill: Lifelong Learning 22:11

2M ago22:11

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Leaders are lifelong learners. Without curiosity and a desire for self-awareness, we stagnate. Being insatiable learners, leaders also become teachers of others, passing down the traits and skills to help the next generation of leaders achieve their potential. But it all starts with committing to learning more, every day. In this episode, we’ll ide…

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Episode 104: Ace of Swords 27:55

2M ago27:55

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We dive into the Ace of Swords and the immediacy it brings. Swords bring up thoughts, how we use our voice, and put ourselves forth for change. It puts an edge on things and brings our ideas into focus. Melissa, Hilary, and Jaymi break down the Ace of Swords in various ways and how to tie the card into ways you can use the initial spark of action. …

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Sarah Sze, Zoë Charlton 1:08:57

2M ago1:08:57

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Episode No. 662 features artists Sarah Sze and Zoë Charlton. The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas is showing "Sarah Sze," a presentation of new works that explore how memory marks time and space, and how art negotiates image and object. The ex\xhibition is on view through August 18. Sze represented the United States at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Ot…

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Episode 189 : DNA Private Investigator – Rachele’ Davis 50:38

2M ago50:38

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Rachele’ Davis, a former crime analyst for her local police department, founded New Hope Investigations in 2016. After seven years in civil service and seven years prior to that as an educator, Rachele’ found herself drawn to the private sector of investigations and the challenge of building her own business. Her master’s degree in criminal justice…

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Jacob Lawrence's "Struggle" 49:03

3M ago49:03

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Episode No. 661 is a holiday clips episode featuring curator Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Along with Austen Barron Bailly, Turner was the co-curator of “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle.” The exhibition, which debuted at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts in 2020, presented Lawrence’s 1954-56 “Struggle: From the History of the Americ…

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Episode 103: That’s a Good Lookin’ Ace of Cups 24:10

3M ago24:10

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The Ace of Cups has a comforting vibe. Cups relate to our emotions or things that ebb and flow in our lives. The Ace runs over, showing the honest, true source of the waters of life. The cup offers nourishment and receives love in any shape it comes. Homework: Figure out what is medicine and poison to yourself. Make a list and keep it handy for whe…

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Holiday clips: Kiyan Williams 44:21

3M ago44:21

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Episode No. 660 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a holiday clips program with artist Kiyan Williams. Williams' work is on view in the 2024 Whitney Biennial, which is at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York through August 11. On July 6, Art Omi in Ghent, NY will present "Kiyan Williams: Vertigo." It features large-scale works including Ver…

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Barbara Bosworth, Haas Brothers 1:13:10

3M ago1:13:10

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Episode No. 659 features artists Barbara Bosworth and the Haas Brothers. Two art museums are showing exhibitions of Bosworth's work: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is presenting "Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow" through December 1. The show features photographs of a meadow in Carlisle, Massachusetts and near the Concord River that Bosworth made over …

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Episode102: Not Even Once, Ace of Wands 18:36

3M ago18:36

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Aces are the first step of each minor suit. In this case, we relate the wands to the element of fire and a season. It can be the idealized focus for Wands. It’s the ember of the fire seen in the suit. It’s a spark of the idea or connection. They help focus the potential energy into focus. Decks Mentioned Rider Waite Smith by AE Waite and Pamala Col…

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Jes Fan, Emilio Rojas 1:13:29

3M ago1:13:29

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Episode No. 658 features artists Jes Fan and Emilio Rojas. Fan's work is included in two ongoing -ennials: the 2024 Whitney Biennial, which is at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York through August 11; and Greater Toronto Art 2024 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto through July 28. The Whitney exhibition was curated by Chrissie Iles…

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