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What Does Sigmar Polke Still Have to Teach Us?
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What Does Sigmar Polke Still Have to Teach Us?

September 30, 2026

Curator Mark Godfrey and painter Emma McIntyre discuss the importance of Sigmar Polke—skeptic, trickster, and visionary—on the occasion of Sigmar Polke: The Knowledge of Colours, a solo exhibition at the De Pont Museum in Tilburg, Netherlands, part of Sigmar Polke: Athanor NOW, a project by the Anna Polke Foundation.

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A Curator’s Guide to the Venice Biennale | Ebony L. Haynes with Adrienne Edwards
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Bonus Episode

A Curator’s Guide to the Venice Biennale | Ebony L. Haynes with Adrienne Edwards

July 15, 2026

Curator Adrienne Edwards joins guest host Ebony L. Haynes to share their tips, tricks, and must-see shows from the 2026 Venice Biennale, the sixty-first iteration of the world’s largest and longest-running art biennale.

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Anni Albers: Her Life, Her Work, Her Words
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Season 9, Episode 1

Anni Albers: Her Life, Her Work, Her Words

March 11, 2025

Rare archival interviews with Albers and insights from artists Kristine Woods and Diedrick Bracken and art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson.

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Marcel Duchamp: An Artist, a Rumor, a Series of Questions Without Answers | With Rachel Harrison and Alex Kitnick
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Season 10, Episode 8

Marcel Duchamp: An Artist, a Rumor, a Series of Questions Without Answers | With Rachel Harrison and Alex Kitnick

April 22, 2026

A conversation with artist Rachel Harrison and art historian Alex Kitnick on the occasion of a once-in-a-generation retrospective of Marcel Duchamp at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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The Story of Walter Benjamin’s Final Days and His Cherished Paul Klee Drawing
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Season 10, Episode 7

The Story of Walter Benjamin’s Final Days and His Cherished Paul Klee Drawing

March 18, 2026

Art historian Lisa Saltzman discusses Walter Benjamin’s final days in Paris before his suicide in 1940 and the network of intellectuals who saved his most prized possessions from World War II, including a cherished Paul Klee drawing.

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Recent Artist Interviews

Stan Douglas Interviewed in the Financial Times

Stan Douglas Interviewed in the Financial Times

‘Stan Douglas: “The things AI steals are always better than the things it makes”’ by Julie Belcove

2026

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Sarah Michelson Profiled in the New York Times
A color photograph of Sarah Michelson, Max Marxer, her studio assistant John Hoobyar and Mateo Tirres, dated 2026.

Sarah Michelson Profiled in the New York Times

‘An Elusive Choreographer Is Turning MoMA Into a Dance Palace’ by Gia Kourlas

2026

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Thomas Ruff Interviewed in Émergent Magazine

Thomas Ruff Interviewed in Émergent Magazine

‘Thomas Ruff’ by Reuben Beren James

2026

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Nate Lowman Cover Interview for Marfa Journal

Nate Lowman Cover Interview for Marfa Journal

Nate Lowman in conversation with Donatien Grau

2026

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