Artists Among Us

About Artists Among Us

The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Artists Among Us, a podcast about American art and culture. We tell stories revealing the complexities and contradictions that have shaped life in the United States today. Minisodes feature brief conversations about artworks and events in and around the Whitney. The series is ongoing. Season 1: Day's End considers the American artist David Hammons's sculpture, Day's End (2014–21) anchored on the banks of Manhattan’s West Side and stretching into the Hudson River. We follow the evolution of the Manhattan coastline through the history of the Meatpacking District, and celebrate the communities that have shaped the neighborhood where the Whitney now stands. This podcast was produced by Sound Made Public in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Publisher

Whitney Museum of American Art

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2021

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Minisode: Frank Benson on Castaway

   Sculptor Frank Benson discusses his hyperrealistic "Castaway" sculpture, exploring the meaning of a castaway and the detritus used to create the artwork.

2. 

   31 Jan 2025

   Minisode: Mickalene Thomas on Alvin Ailey

   In celebration of the exhibition Edges of Ailey, artist Mickalene Thomas recalls her first encounter with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the influence it has had on her life and work. Thomas created the work Revelation, a portrait of Katherine Dunham, specifically for the exhibition. In this minisode, Thomas shares an experience of seeing Revelations performed by the AILEY company for the first time in New York in 1995. Thomas also describes moments of overlap between the languag...

3. 

   31 Jan 2025

   Minisode: Matthew Rushing on Alvin Ailey

   In celebration of the exhibition Edges of Ailey, Matthew Rushing, the interim Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, takes us back to his first time seeing the company perform at the Wiltern Theater at twelve-years-old. Matthew discusses the memories of his mother taking him to see the performance, the experience of sitting in the front row, and the profound impact this moment had on the course of his life.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

5,834,102

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

41 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

37

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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