Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast
What we talk about when we talk about art. Exceptional makers and thinkers across art, literature, film, fashion, music, and more come together to talk about what it means to make things today.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 67 | Grace Wales Bonner and Horace Ballard
Acclaimed fashion designer and curator Grace Wales Bonner is joined by the scholar and curator Horace D. Ballard. In a wide ranging conversation on art and fashion, they unpack the nuances of style, …
00:34:12 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Episode 66 | R. Crumb’s Radio Music Hour
In this very special episode, artist and legendary record collector R. Crumb visits his friends and fellow rare music enthusiasts John Heneghan and Eden Brower to listen to 78 records from Heneghan’s…
00:44:26 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Episode 65 | John McCracken and Minimalism Now with Cauleen Smith and Michael Govan
Artist Cauleen Smith and Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, join Helen for a live conversation in the garden at David Zwirner Los Angeles. Held on the occasion of the ex…
00:41:11 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Episode 64 | On Hilma af Klint with Julia Voss and Briony Fer
An episode on the art and life of Hilma af Klint featuring art historian Briony Fer and af Klint’s biographer, Julia Voss.
Briony Fer is an art historian and professor at University College, London, …
00:45:48 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Episode 63 | Claire Messud and James Wood
For the third interview in her series with creative couples, Helen spoke to the first couple of American fiction: literary critic James Wood and award-winning novelist Claire Messud.
00:38:40 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Episode 62 | Hua Hsu
Writer and critic Hua Hsu received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2022 memoir Stay True. Helen and Hua discuss the challenges of writing about the past as it was experienced as your younger self, and how…
00:33:29 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Episode 61 | Hank Willis Thomas and Rujeko Hockley
In the second episode in Helen’s interview series with creative couples, the artist Hank Willis Thomas and curator Rujeko Hockley get intimate about the unique challenges and rewards of being married…
00:29:43 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Episode 60 | On Vermeer
Was Vermeer really the artist behind some of his most well-known works? The question has lingered at the margins of art history for years and was resurfaced during the Dutch master's blockbuster retr…
00:36:10 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Episode 59 | Ira Sachs
Ira Sachs's 2023 film Passages won wide acclaim for its portrayal of human desire. Helen goes deep with the filmmaker on the psychology of his finely wrought characters and the many influences that i…
00:27:47 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Episode 58 | Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham
In the first episode of Helen’s series of interviews with creative couples, artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham give an unvarnished look into nearly five decades of partnership. The veteran art…
00:41:01 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Episode 57 | George Clinton and Lauren Halsey
Artist Lauren Halsey and George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic open up about their friendship, from their first meeting to ongoing and fruitful collaborations since. They discuss metaphor, the coll…
00:29:13 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
The Best Art of 2023
Helen and Steve Locke discuss the best—and most unexpected-–art shows they saw in 2023, from global exhibitions to gallery shows in New York.
00:24:25 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Manet's 'Olympia' Comes to New York
What does it mean to a painter of modern life? Helen & Steve Locke discuss artistic rivalry, leisure, and labor politics in Manet/Degas, a historic exhibition pairing two giants of the 19th century, …
00:26:17 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Criticism for Difficult Times | With Helen Molesworth
In dark times, reading criticism can be a ballast. In this mini-episode, Helen and Steve Locke return to some of their favorite texts and writers, from Walter Benjamin to W.E.B. DuBois.
00:24:45 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
The Legacy of Ruth Asawa | Special Episode
On the occasion of Ruth Asawa’s solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, artists EJ Hill and Sarah Sze talk with Helen Molesworth about Asawa’s legacy. This episode features the late ar…
00:46:29 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Helen Molesworth | Special Episode
A special live episode hosted by Helen Molesworth, recorded in July at David Zwirner Los Angeles during Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again. Her first solo exhibition with the …
00:40:48 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
The Yayoi Kusama Phenomenon (Re-run from Season 2)
On the occasion of Yayoi Kusama’s new exhibition at David Zwirner New York, we revisit a conversation on the legendary artist’s effect on culture at large with two experts on art in the digital lands…
00:23:12 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Benjamin H.D. Buchloh and Helen Molesworth on Gerhard Richter | Special Episode
In this live episode, Helen and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh discuss his new book, Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History. This conversation was recorded in the exhibition Gerhard Richter, o…
01:06:25 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
How Picasso Was Sold to America | Special Episode
On the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death, Helen speaks to the writer Hugh Eakin about his new book, Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America, a behind-the-scenes look at the dealers, wri…
00:39:29 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Episode 56 | Barbara Smith and Meg Onli
Helen speaks to the legendary Black lesbian feminist scholar Barbara Smith and Meg Onli, co-curator of the 2024 Whitney Biennial, about identity politics in the art world today, the role of criticism…
01:02:51 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
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