Source: Art F City Documentation of R.M. Vaughan’s “Super-Diviner” (2014) at Videofag, Toronto Some experiences I wish I could recall with clarity vanish almost as soon as they occur. Artist and writer RM Vaughan’s “Super-Diviner” (2014) performance marks one such instance: an unusually perceptive tarot reading I still regret not committing to memory. Held at…

Source: Art F City In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet’s National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2020.  In this episode:  We discuss the biases of algorithm sorting Ben Davis coins the term cultural inflation, a term that refers to franchise media properties. We examine the relevance…

Source: Art F City In this episode of Explain Me, we take stock of the year in art with Artnet’s National Critic Ben Davis. What happened in the art world in 2020?  We ask this knowing that we obviously have not seen a lot of art or attended anything remotely like a normal opening. But,…

Source: Art F City Image by Andy Adams. via: FlakPhoto instagram. In this episode of Explain Me we talk to Andy Adams (@FlakPhoto on instagram) a culture producer, and long time digital director. Andy is the founder of FlakPhoto Projects, an international community of photographers that operates in a parallel path to the one Powhida and Johnson come from—the…

Source: Art F City Jordan Casteel, “Within Reach”, New Museum installation view, 2020. Photo: Dario Lasagni In this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger’s Zombie Figuration, a confusing essay that appeared earlier this month in ARTnews. In the first half…

Source: Art F City Boogaloo Boys show off posters supporting Trump at a demonstration Artist Nayland Blake joins the podcast to discuss the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, mass protests, and the resurgence of COVID as the backdrop for public art and how museums are addressing diversity.  Spearheaded…