Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast
The art world and associated market are famously opaque and can at times be exclusive. Berlin based gallery director and educator Michael Dooney speaks with artists, curators and other professionals who share their personal experiences of this unique field. If you have ever felt unsure about walking into a gallery, wish to understand more about creativity or better understand how this complex industry works, then tune in every second Monday to hear the insightful conversations with these inspiring individuals.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Challenging traditional art hierarchies and recontextualising photography with New York gallerist Bruce Silverstein
In part two of our conversation with New York gallerist Bruce Silverstein, we delve deeper into his evolving gallery vision, his commitment to challenging traditional art hierarchies, and his dedicat…
Joanne Leonard: Intimate Documentary, Photo Collage, and The Feminist Art Movement
Credited with inventing the "intimate documentary" style of photography, Joanne Leonard was one of the first to pivot away from street style photography adopt a more personal approach that focused on…
Photo Basel 10th Anniversary Edition with Sven Eisenhut-hug and Elwira Spychalska
What does it take to build and sustain Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography?
In this episode, Michael Dooney is joined by Sven Eisenhut-Hug (co-founder and dir…
From Conflict Zones to Community Change: Mark Neville on Photography as Activism
What happens when photography becomes a tool for social change rather than just documentation?
In this episode, Michael Dooney speaks with acclaimed British photographer and artist Mark Neville about…
Leaving Wall Street to open an art gallery in Chelsea, New York - Bruce Silverstein
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD London Calling: The UK photo market, Japanese Photography, and obsessive collecting
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show.
AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the…
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the analogue photobooth - Rafael Hortala Vallve, AUTOFOTO
In 1925, 100 years ago, Anatol Josepho invented the first fully automated, coin-operated photobooth which he named the Photomaton.
Stationed on Broadway near Times Square in New York City, over 250,0…
Felix Hoffmann, artistic director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN | EP73 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Felix Hoffmann is an image and cultural scholar and the inaugural Artistic Director of the Center for Photography and Lens-Based Media FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and the Director of FOTO WIEN.
From 2005 to 20…
Female Photoclub and European Month of Photography Berlin | EP72 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
In this episode I am speaking with four members of the Berlin chapter of the Female Photoclub. A Germany wide professional association which aims to increase visibility of female photographers, advoc…
Joanna Szproch, visual artist & art mediator | EP71 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Joanna Szproch is a Polish, Berlin-based visual artist and activist. Her practice blends photography as a performative and instrumental medium with archival materials, writing, and participatory proj…
Enrico Stefanelli, Photolux Festival | EP70 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Enrico Stefanelli (b.1962, Lucca, Italy) is the founder and artistic director of Photolux Festival, the biennial of photography in Lucca, Italy. From 2010 to 2017, he worked as curator for the Europe…
Pilar Mata Dupont, visual artist & filmmaker | EP69 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Pilar Mata Dupont is a multi-award-winning Argentinean-Australian artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her practice spans video, installation, performance, and photography. Using highly theatr…
Pablo Giori, International Photography Festival Association | EP68 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Pablo Giori is the co-founder and director of the Experimental Photo Festival, the Ágora, School of Experimentation, and the International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA) in Barcelona.
His …
Jessa Fairbrother, visual artist | EP67 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast
Jessa Fairbrother (b. London) is a British visual artist whose work spans stitch, photography, performance and drawing. The body is her main material.
She holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the…