This week, the subject of our show is less a story and more of a phenomenon, and his name is Simon de Pury.
A legendary auctioneer who has actually been called the "Mick Jagger of auctions," de Pury has led a storied career in art. A baron by heredity who was born in the Swiss art capital of Basel, de Pury entered the art business with the help of the legend ... Show More
Sep 24
NYC Gallery Blitz, the Lucas Museum Arrives, a Messy Art Divorce
For many, many reasons, it has been several months since we have done one of our Art Angle chat-casts, where we assemble writers to talk about a few different news stories on the site. But it's September, and we're finally back at it. Today we'll be talking about three topics: Fi ... Show More
45m 22s
Sep 17
Re-Air: Arthur Jafa's Radical Theory of Readymade Art
This is a re-air of my interview with the artist Arthur Jafa. It came out earlier in the year, but with his much-anticipated career retrospective, Arthur Jafa, I Am Tony, now about to open at the New Museum in New York. It's very much worth another listen. Jafa is probably the mo ... Show More
47m 8s
Sep 11
Why Are Museum Wall Texts So Bad?
The humble wall label at an art exhibition has a funny status. It feels, on the one hand, like a side note or an afterthought. On the other, it is a first point of contact and literal guide for a visitor looking to know more. There is an entire undersung discipline, Visitor Studi ... Show More
42m 15s
Jan 2023
Sotheby's vs Christie's | The Art of the Auction | 4
Get your paddles ready, because we’re diving into the art of the auction. First up is Vanity Fair art columnist Nate Freeman, who’s taking us inside New York high society with a look at auction culture today — including a record-breaking sale that raked in over $1 billion. Later, ... Show More
40m 35s
May 2021
New York auctions: has the art market roared back to life?
It's a big week in the New York salerooms: Scott Reyburn, art market expert for <em>The Art Newspaper </em>and <em>The New York Times</em>, discusses the big sales and notable trends at Christie’s and Sotheby’s New York auctions. Meanwhile, as museums in England get ready to open ... Show More
1h 11m
Jan 2024
An oligarch vs Sotheby’s in a New York court, Singapore Art Week, Zanele Muholi
<p>This week: the astonishing civil trial in Manhattan between a Russian oligarch and Sotheby’s. The Art Newspaper’s acting art market editor, Tim Schneider, witnessed the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s testimony in the trial in New York in which he accuses Sotheby’s of ... Show More
50m 9s
Dec 2023
GEN C: Unpacking the Role of Digital Art in Art History With Sotheby’s Michael Bouhanna
Michael Bouhanna joins us to discuss the art world’s embrace of NFTs and the intersection between digital art and traditional auction houses.
Today's episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.
In this episode of "Gen C," we sit down with Michael Bouhanna, vice president, contemporary a ... Show More
49m 8s
Jun 2022
FT Weekend: What Warhol’s Marilyn tells us about the art market
<p>Last month, Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" sold for $195mn, making it the second most expensive piece of art to sell at auction, ever. And as prices keep going up, the art market — auction houses, gallerists, dealers, collectors — want to keep it that way. On the heels ... Show More
34m 2s
Feb 2023
Axel Vervoordt: The Man Who Made Antiques Cool
Antiques dealer, art dealer, curator, interior designer, tastemaker: Belgian polymath Axel Vervoordt is one of the most respected names in design. On this episode, Dan speaks with Vervoordt on how he started selling objects as a teen, how he turned a former distillery into a worl ... Show More
43m 18s
Feb 2023
The Bonnie and Clyde of the Art World
<p>Suspicious art dealers, fraudulent documents, and huge egos--the only thing worse than the uppity art world is how much it relies on laundered art from other countries. On this week’s episode, we bring on Sam Tabachnik to unpack his sprawling three-part series for The Denver P ... Show More
25m 29s
Jun 2024
Paris history is on sale: Meet the man selling it
Auctioneer Christophe Lucien is on The Earful Tower, talking about his incredible sales of Paris memorabilia. His current sale (June 17 and 18, 2024) include everything from a Hector Guimard art nouveau bench to an actual bouquiniste stand by the Seine. The main drawcard, as poi ... Show More
35m 24s