Enter the world of art by meeting artists, collectors, and gallerists who will tell you how and why they love their creative life.
Art Lovers Forum Podcast
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Enter the world of art by meeting artists, collectors, and gallerists who will tell you how and why they love their creative life.
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Recent Episodes
July 15, 2026
Episode 63 - Gareb Shamus
A new cultural movement is quietly taking hold in the art world, and I’m delighted to have gotten the scoop from Gareb Shamus, the visionary helping make it happen. Before I tell you what all the excitement is all about let me introduce Gareb to you. Over the past three decades, Gareb has become one of the most influential and accomplished leaders in the worlds of superheroes, comics, gaming, and character-based entertainment. His groundbreaking work helped transform fan culture into a global phenomenon while fostering relationships with an extraordinary community of artists, writers, toy designers, game developers, publishers, and celebrities. Widely recognized for helping define live fan experiences, Gareb created and produced more than 200 Comic Cons attended by millions of people and reaching billions worldwide. He is also the founder of Wizard, ToyFare, and Anime Insider magazines, publications that collectively sold more than 100 million copies in over 75 countries. Now his focus is on ArtPics Cards. For generations, people have passionately collected baseball cards, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, comic books, and other cultural collectibles. Now, authenticated and encapsulated original works of art, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, are becoming the next exciting category for art collectors. This movement is driven by accessibility, portability, transparency, collectability, and, quite simply, the undeniable cool factor of owning original art in an entirely new format. ArtPics Cards transform the collecting experience. Each authenticated art card offers the emotional impact of an original artwork while making collecting more approachable for both seasoned collectors and newcomers alike. Holding one in your hand feels surprisingly personal. Before long, you’ll find yourself wanting to own cards from every artist whose work speaks to you.The newest collection of one-of-one original oil-painted ArtPics Cards perfectly captures this evolution. Beginning with nothing more than a blank canvas, each artist creates a unique work designed to spark an emotional connection, the same feeling inspired by a favorite song, an unforgettable meal, or a cherished memory. The difference is that this work of art can travel with you, tucked safely into your pocket, ready to be admired whenever inspiration strikes. Among the latest releases are these remarkable original paintings by King Saladeen - 120k Instagram followers. This is from his world famous JP the Money Bear collection - The bear is a global symbol for motivation and perseverance Beyond Gareb’s achievements as an entrepreneur and publisher, he is an accomplished professional artist whose paintings have been exhibited in galleries and art fairs around the world. His work invites viewers to step beyond the traditional boundaries of the canvas, breaking the “fourth wall” by drawing them directly into each narrative. Themes of optimism, personal growth, imagination, and life’s journey run throughout his paintings, encouraging viewers to see themselves within the story. Welcome Gareb to Art Lovers Forum.
July 10, 2026
Episode 62 - Bex McCharena
Today’s guest is Bex McCharen, who uses they/them pronouns—an interdisciplinary artist, fashion designer, filmmaker, and founder of the inclusive fashion label Chromat. Across fashion, textiles, painting, photography, social practice, and film, Bex explores one of the most personal and politically charged questions of our time: Who has the right to define who we are? For Bex, identity is not necessarily a fixed destination. It can be fluid, expansive, and evolving. We should have the freedom to decide how we see ourselves, how we present ourselves to the world, and how that identity may change throughout our lives. We can embrace masculinity, femininity, both, neither, or move between them. The freedom lies in the ability to define ourselves rather than allowing society, tradition, or politics to do it for us. Water becomes the perfect language for these ideas. The ocean does not ask who you are before allowing you to enter. It does not recognize gender, status, wealth, sexuality, or social expectation. In the water, the body becomes lighter, boundaries seem less rigid, and transformation feels possible. That sense of freedom runs throughout Bex’s work. Bex studied at the University of Virginia School of Architecture and is now based in Miami. Their artistic practice moves through quilting, printmaking, photography, watercolor, film, and social engagement, but at its center is what Bex describes as a process of water worship and ancestral connection. Their latest series of quilts serves as a visual archive of Miami’s queer and trans communities finding solace, comfort, acceptance, and refuge in local bodies of water. The textiles offer a powerful counter-narrative to conventional representations of queer and trans life in Florida. Rather than defining these communities only through political conflict, Bex documents intimacy, friendship, joy, vulnerability, belonging, and freedom. Bex’s career has crossed the worlds of art, fashion, technology, and culture. They have received the Smithsonian National Design Award and have been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 and the OUT100 as one of the LGBTQ+ community’s influential voices. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vogue, and their collaborations have included Beyoncé, Intel, Disney, and Reebok. Bex has delivered a TED Talk on inclusive design and has spoken at SXSW, Harvard, Parsons, MIT, and Tulane. They curated “Queer Joy” at MoMA PS1, and their work is represented in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here in Miami, Bex’s work extends far beyond the walls of galleries and museums. They have facilitated workshops at Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Miami Cancer Institute, Lotus House Women’s Shelter, the Miami Workers Center, and the Alliance for LGBTQ Youth. They are currently an artist in residence at Oolite Arts. At the center of all this work is a compelling idea: that human beings, like water, cannot always be contained within boundaries created for them by others. As Bex writes in their poetic work - Water moves. Water changes form. Water crosses borders. And yet, through every transformation, it remains water. Perhaps that is why the ocean occupies such a powerful place in Bex McCharen’s art. It is a place where identity can expand rather than contract; where a person can enter the water carrying one understanding of themselves and emerge with another. To read the entire Bex poem, click here - www.DigiDame.com.
June 8, 2026
Episode 61 - Pace Gallery Reaction
The art world was caught off guard last Wednesday morning when The New York Times reported that Pace Gallery—one of the most influential and respected galleries in the world—plans to reduce its artist roster by approximately 50 artists and eliminate about 50 staff positions. In the article, Marc Glimcher, Chief Executive Officer of Pace Gallery, offered a candid assessment of the current state of the art market, stating: “The whole art gallery system became too big, too commercial, too impersonal and too corporate. We all know it’s true. But you actually have to do something to adapt to it. You have to make some substantial changes.” Those are striking words coming from the leader of a gallery that recently celebrated its 65th anniversary and represents some of the most important artists of the modern and contemporary eras, including Alexander Calder, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, David Hockney, and Julian Schnabel. The announcement immediately sparked discussion throughout the art community. Curious about how gallery leaders in Miami view this significant development, I reached out to two highly respected gallerists whose perspectives help shape the city’s cultural landscape: Piero Atchugarry and Mindy Solomon. Piero Atchugarry is the founder of Piero Atchugarry Gallery, a gallery recognized for its commitment to contemporary and modern art, with a particular focus on artists from Latin America and beyond. The gallery maintains locations in both Miami and Garzón, Uruguay. Mindy Solomon is the founder of Mindy Solomon Gallery, a gallery known for championing emerging and mid-career artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and video, while highlighting diverse and underrepresented voices in contemporary art. Today, we hear their reactions to Pace Gallery’s announcement and what it may signal about the future of the art market. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/arts/design/pace-gallery-artist-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareP
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