The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored arts organization, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
Yayoi Shionoiri on Art’s Past, Present, and Future (The Art Equation Series Finale)
Yayoi Shionoiri discusses her career as an arts worker, the professionalization of the art world, and emerging art fair models with Kim, examining the art world's past, present, and future in this interview.
3 Jul 2025
Season Finale: But Is It Art?
It’s the season finale! We’re revisiting all of our fantastic guests from this season, as they answer our biggest blue-sky question of them all: but is it Art? Kim and Patricia provide some background on the question’s interesting origins – and their own reflections – as we wrap up a season that has featured 10 incredible folks from all different areas of the art world. Whatever your favorite episode of the season was, this is the one you won’t want to miss!
Mentions:
Pazo Fine Art;
Brian Michael Dunn;
E.E. Ikeler;
Jonah Frank;
Weissman Museum of Art;
Karl Handel;
Andrea Gyorody;
Susanne Vielmetter;
Vielmetter Los Angeles;
Whitney Bedford;
John Divola;
John Baldessari;
Al Held;
Herman Maril Teaching and Research Gallery;
Marcel Duchamp;
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth;
Elyse Driscol;
Melissa Huddleson;
Anne Gauldin;
Yayoi Shionoiri;
Powerhouse Arts;
Julie Wolfe;
Molas;
The Getty Museum;
Sala Elise Patterson;
Elizabeth Botten;
Ruby Lerner;
Nancy Baker Cahill;
Arcane series;
La Jetée;
The Rehearsal/Nathan Fielder;
Matilde Guidelli Guidi;
Walter De Maria;
Rika Burnham;
Marina Abramović;
National Endowment for the Arts;
Creative Capital;
Anonymous Was A Woman.
19 Jun 2025
Matilde Guidelli Guidi: What Do Curators Do All Day?
Host Kim Golding interviews Dia Art Foundation curator Matilde Guidelli Guidi, who explains a curator's role in realizing artistic visions, managing exhibitions, and fostering community engagement at the Dia Art Foundation.
5 Jun 2025
Art & Tech Series: Nancy Baker Cahill on Unflattening the Irresolvable
Artist Nancy Baker Cahill discusses her artistic journey through virtual and augmented reality, literary influences, and resource use in art with hosts Kim and Patricia in this interview.
22 May 2025
Ruby Lerner: Solutionizing and Success Methodology
Join us for a conversation with the founding director of Creative Capital and longtime arts advocate Ruby Lerner! In this solo episode, Kim sits down with Ruby as she shares invaluable advice about how artists can build a stronger network of long-term support. Ruby draws on her long history as an arts worker and supporter, and shares resources that people in the arts might already have that can move their career to the next level.
Mentions:
Ruby Lerner (rubylerner.com);
Creative Capital;
Herberger Institute;
Arizona State University;
Patty Disney Center for Life and Work;
CalArts;
Open Society Foundations;
Soros International Arts Fellowship;
Manhattan Theater Club;
Goucher College;
University of North Carolina;
Alternate ROOTS;
National Endowment for the Arts:
NEA v. Finley;
Archibald Gillies;
Andy Warhol Foundation;
John Baldessari;
Niegel Smith;
The Flea theater;
Mass MoCA.
8 May 2025
Elizabeth Botten: Stories from the Archives of American Art
In this episode, reference specialist Elizabeth Botten brings us behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. The conversation dives into Elizabeth’s path to working at the Archives, how deep archival research really works, and everything that goes into documenting, preserving, and accessing original materials from artists and art world figures throughout American history. Kim and Patricia speak to their own unique experiences doing research in the Archives, and Elizabeth shares a selection of her favorite objects and some incredible stories from the collection.
Mentions:
The Museum of the City of New York;
Shirley Chisholm;
Elizabeth Botten;
The Smithsonian Archives of American Art;
The National Portrait Gallery;
Taína Caragol;
Emilio Sanchez;
(Patricia’s blog) https://www.aaa.si.edu/blog/2020/08/emilio-sanchezs-photographic-sources;
Catherine Opie;
Georgia O’Keeffe;
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship;
Jan van der Marck;
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago;
Esther McCoy;
Florence Knoll;
Walt Kuhn;
1913 Armory Show;
Marcel Duchamp;
Florence Allen;
Isabel Bishop;
Warren Chappell;
Eleanor Dickinson;
Trek magazine;
Miné Okubo;
Chiura Obata;
Walt Whitman;
Naul Ojeda;
Federico García Lorca;
Pablo Neruda.
24 Apr 2025
Sala Elise Patterson: What We Take Forward
Today, our hosts are sitting down with arts writer and cultural storyteller Sala Elise Patterson! The trio discusses the dynamic breadth of Sala’s practice, from experimental documentary projects and her work as a trustee of The Phillips Collection, to her path writing for outlets such as The Atlantic, Kinfolk, Harvard Design Magazine, Vogue, British Journal of Photography and The New York Times. Covering topics such as Black visibility in art, reimagining the “artist’s muse,” and the politics of architectural design, this is an urgent and beautifully honest conversation about writing - and so much more.
Mentions:
The Wadsworth Atheneum;
William Kentridge;
Phala O. Phala;
Nhlanhla Mahlangu;
André Breton;
Claude Levi Strauss;
Wifredo Lam;
Amié Césaire;
Frantz Fanon;
The Nardal Sisters;
Frida Kahlo;
Sala Elise Patterson;
Adrienne Fidelin;
The Phillips Collection;
Elizabeth Bishop;
Protect: Coastlines, Guns and Women in the Low Country, https://www.twolanefilms.com/protect;
Adrienne Fidelin;
Man Ray;
Saidiya Hartman;
Lee Miller;
Dora Maar;
Paul Éluard.
10 Apr 2025
Julie Wolfe: Sculpture Conservators of the Future
We’re back at the Getty! Today, Kim is solo and chatting with Julie Wolfe, sculpture conservator at The Getty Museum. The pair discuss Julie’s path to museum conservation, her book on Roy Lichtenstein’s outdoor painted sculptures, and the realities of art couriering. Diving deep into the significance and evolving science of sculpture conservation, Julie offers insights into what it means to steward art for future generations. Bonus tip - be sure to stay for the bloopers at the end of the episode!
Mentions:
Julie Wolfe;
The Getty Museum;
The Getty Research Institute;
Roy Lichtenstein;
“Roy Lichtenstein: Outdoor Painted Sculpture”, Getty Publications ;
Camille Claudel;
Ray Stark Sculpture Collection;
Cy Twombly;
Nancy Graves.
27 Mar 2025
Melissa Huddleston and Elyse Driscoll: Inside the Getty Research Institute Conservation Lab
Welcome to the conservation lab! Kim and Patricia bring on two art conservators from the Getty Research Institute, Melissa Huddleston and Elyse Driscoll, to discuss their paths to becoming conservators, the excitements and challenges of conservation work, and some of their favorite objects in the Getty’s collection. Melissa and Elyse offer fascinating insight into the intricacies of the art conservation field and the exiting projects they’re working on now.
Mentions:
The Getty Museum;
The Getty Research Institute;
Fluxus;
The Brooklyn Museum;
The Waitresses;
Anne Gauldin;
Andrea Bowers;
Barbara T. Smith;
Pietro Rigolo;
Elisar von Kupffer;
Robert Mapplethorpe;
Brian Tripp;
The Getty Conservation Institute;
The Studio Museum;
Mavis Pusey;
Ed Ruscha;
Robert Rauschenberg.
13 Mar 2025
Netweaving at CAA 2025
We’re off to New York! Patricia takes us inside the 2025 College Art Association conference in New York City. Patricia and guest interviewees bring listeners through the experience of being at a conference centered around scholarship and teaching in the visual arts. Providing history, a summary of some of this year’s speakers, and artist interviews, this episode brings us back to the central theme of netweaving in the current moment.
Mentions:
College Art Association;
Taína Caragol;
Pat Badani;
Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia;
Saidiya Hartman;
Christina Sharpe;
Ruo Jia;
Pavel Kunysz;
Maria Fernandez Pello;
Ana Mendieta;
Jacqueline Loss;
Sheryl Oring;
Marina Zurkow;
Snow Yunxue Fu;
Melanie Nguyen;
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer;
Michelle V. Moncrieffe;
Quipucamayocs;
Khipu/Quipu.
27 Feb 2025
Netweaving at FRIEZE LA & Felix Art Fair 2025
Welcome to LA Art Week 2025! Kim gives Patricia a rundown of her experience attending Frieze LA and Felix Art Fair. Including interview clips from surprise guests, our hosts break down the emotional landscape of this year’s fairs. Offering thoughts on the relevance of the art fair model and where people from different art world backgrounds fit into the fair ecosystem, Kim, Patricia, and guests talk about approaching the 2025 LA art fairs as a site of netweaving and connection.
Mentions:
John McWhorter, “How ‘Woke’ Became the ‘Woke Right’ (and Why It Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone)” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/opinion/the-long-strange-trail-of-woke.html;
Felix Art Fair;
Frieze LA Art Fair;
Gramercy International Art Fair;
Chateau Marmont;
Dependent Art Fair;
Post-Fair;
wHY Architecture;
Yayoi Shionoiri;
Sarah Conley Odenkirk;
Powerhouse Arts, NY;
ArtConverge;
Christina Valentine;
ArtCenter College of Design;
College Art Association;
Mary Leigh Cherry;
Cherryworks;
Julia Colavita.
13 Feb 2025
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth: On Saying YES!
We welcome our first guest to The Art Equation! Los Angeles-based artist Lisa Diane Wedgeworth talks about the power of saying YES, her new suite of prints, and reorienting her practice after a life shift. In our conversation, we explore the challenges artists face in navigating their public personas as well as the fear and catharsis of change.
Mentions:
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, https://www.lisadianewedgeworth.com
Jordana Moore Saggese, Driskell Center University of Maryland
Beyte Saar, Artist
Alexandra Grant, Artist
Samantha Thomas, Artist
Heather Harmon, Curator
Anat Egbi Gallery
Olivia Booth, Artist
June Edmunds, Artist
Conversations About Abstractions, https://www.youtube.com/@conversationsaboutabstrati653
Serio Press Fine Art Editions
Steven Y. Wong, Curator
Alma Thomas, Artist and art teacher
Howardena Pindell, Artist and Curator
Frank Bowling, Artist
Fred Eversley, Artist
McArthur Binion, Artist
Mark Bradford, Artist
”Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due,” Megan O’Grady, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/t-magazine/black-abstract-painters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
30 Jan 2025
Art & Tech Series: Is Technology a Time Saver, or a Time Taker?
Kim and Patricia sit down to talk about how artists and arts professionals use technology, and to what ends. We trace a line from the Sony Portapak to avant-garde film movements, feminist film theory to artists taking ownership of their archives, exhibition modeling, AI, cybernetics, and more. What effect does our tech use have on art itself, and society at large?
This episode is the first in an ongoing series centered on the theme of Art & Technology.
As a note to our listeners, this episode discusses the January 2025 LA Fires and their effects on artists and art workers.
References:
Riddles of the Sphinx (Laura Mulvey)
Cyberfeminism Index (Mindy Seu)
In Mourning and In Rage (Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz)
The Cybernetic Hypothesis (Tiqqun)
16 Jan 2025
Process, Practice, and Production
How do you use your time? Kim and Patricia discuss daily routines, how artists and writers get into "the zone," studio habits, gallery exhibition planning, and navigating artist/curator conversations about the technicalities of putting on an art show. Join us to learn about the inner workings of studio practice, the work of research, and some contemporary artists' relationship to process. [Recorded December 2024]
16 Jan 2025
Why Are We Here?
What inspired an art historian from Cuba and an artist from Chicago to start a behind-the-scenes podcast about the art world? Listen and find out! Our hosts sit down to chat about the origins of the podcast and share a bit about themselves. Hear their backgrounds and the story of how Now Be Here began. A great episode for first-time listeners and a teaser of what's to come. [Recorded November 2024]
17 Dec 2024
Welcome to The Art Equation
The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
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Yayoi Shionoiri
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