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About Art
Heidi Zuckerman is a globally recognized voice in contemporary art and a passionate believer in how art can make life more better. On her podcast About Art, she has real, inspiring conversations with people she finds interesting—artists, collectors, creatives, and more—about their lives, their value...
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Episode 206: Buildings Are Not Neutral: How Cultural Spaces Shape Our Lives - with David van der Leer
What if architecture is not just about buildings—but about values?
In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with archi...
Episode 205: Monuments to Memory - with Molly Gochman
Unlock the transformative potential of art that invites participation, reflection, and collective healing. This episode features Molly Gochman, an art...
Episode 204: Unseen Power of Art to Build Community and Cultivate Civility Today - with Leslie Jackson Chihuly
Leslie Jackson Chihuly is an arts executive, philanthropist, and cultural leader dedicated to expanding access to the arts and supporting creative com...
Episode 203: Great Art Explained and Making Art Accessible - with James Payne
What makes a painting unforgettable? And how can art history become something that feels personal, clear, and alive?
In this episode of A...
Episode 202: Why Film Matters: How Elisa Nuyten Is Rewriting the Rules of Art Philanthropy
Elisa Nuyten is the founder and president of The Vega Foundation, a Toronto-based organization dedicated to supporting ambitious film and video art th...
Episode 201: How Pacsun Stays Relevant: Brieane Olson on Gen Z, Culture, and Purpose
What does it take to shape a brand that resonates with an entire generation? Brieane Olson, CEO of Pacsun, joins Heidi Zuckerman to discuss creativity...
Episode 200: Building Hope: Art and Activism - with Mike Zuckerman
Mike Zuckerman is a cultural strategist, city builder, and humanitarian activist whose work is rooted in one central idea: regeneration.
Mike h...
Episode 199: The Art of Reinvention - with Lora Jakobsen
Reinvention isn’t about starting over. It’s about listening—closely—to who you’re becoming.
In this episode of About Art, I speak with Lora Jako...
Episode 198: Art makes us feel less alone— with Josh Zuckerman
In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with actor Josh Zuckerman about creativity, vulnerability, and why art—at its best—helps us feel...
Episode 197: Art Gives Comfort - with Joel Lubin
A 20-year veteran of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Joel Lubin is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Motio...
Episode 196: Art is Life - with Derek Fordjour
Derek Fordjour was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Ghanaian parents. He is the recipient of the 2025 Gordon Parks Foundation Artist Fellowship, the 2023...
Episode 195: What It Means to Paint a Life — with Katherine Bradford
How can abstraction carry emotion, identity, and lived experience?
In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with painter Katherine B...
Episode 194: How Cultural Ecosystems Shape the Future of Art — with Tokini Peterside-Schwebig
In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, founder of ART X and ART X Lagos, the leading international art f...
Episode 193: How Fashion Becomes Resistance — with Carla Fernández
What does it mean to read fashion—not just as style, but as culture, politics, and lived experience?
In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerm...
192. Aindrea Emelife
Aindrea Emelife is Curator, Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA (Museum of West African Art), a new museum which opened in Benin City, Nigeria in Novembe...
191. Kami Gahiga
Kami Gahiga is a curator and art professional based between Kigali and London. Her work primarily focuses on art from the Global South and she has cur...
190. Spencer Lewis
Spencer Lewis, born 1979 in Hartford, Connecticut, lives and works in Los Angeles. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the University...
189. Alia Al-Senussi
Princess Alia Al-Senussi, PhD, is a leading member of the contemporary art world, with a special emphasis in her academic, personal and professional w...
188. Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg
Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg are co-founders of US-AD100 design firm AGO Interiors and co-founders of Wallpaper 400 collectible design gallery...
187. Marilyn Minter
Marilyn Minter (b. 1948, USA) is an artist based in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Marilyn Minter, Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, South Korea (2024...
186. Nadya Tolokonnikova
Conceptual performance artist and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of Pussy Riot, a global feminist art movement. She was sentenced in 2012...
185. Raina Lampkins-Fielder
Raina Lampkins-Fielder is the Curator of Souls Grown Deep, a nonprofit that advocates for the artistic recognition and social and economic empowerment...
184. Liza Lou
Los Angeles-based artist Liza Lou is widely known for introducing beads as a contemporary fine art medium. Lou’s persistent experimentation has challe...
183. Brooke A. Minto
Brooke A. Minto assumed the role of Executive Director and CEO of the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) in May 2023. With a career spanning over two decade...
182. Pedro Reyes
Pedro Reyes studied architecture but considers himself a sculptor although his works integrate elements of theater, psychology, and activism. His prac...
181. Michi Jigarjian
Michi Jigarjian is the CEO and founder of Work of Art Holdings (WOAH) and a Managing Partner at 7G Group, advancing art-led, socially responsible proj...
180. Kate Bryan
Kate Bryan is a British art historian She is Chief Art Director for Soho House and Co. globally where she curates and builds a collection of over 10,0...
179. Nate Ready
Nate Ready is a winemaker, farmer, former sommelier, and founder of Hiyu Wine Farm in Oregon. Nate’s work lives at the intersection of agriculture, al...
178. Deanna Templeton
Orange County-based photographer Deanna Templeton is best known for her street pictures documenting everyday suburban life in Southern California and...
177. Amy Adler
Los Angeles-based artist Amy Adler works across the disciplines of drawing, performance, photography, and film. Her practice explores media and proces...
176. Nene Humphrey
Nene Humphrey is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans across mediums including performance, video, drawing, and sound. Known for her unique ap...
175. Tony Freund
Tony Freund is Editorial Director and Director of Fine Art at 1stDibs, which operates at the intersection of design, collecting, taste, and cultural s...
174. Sara Raza
Sara Raza is the Artistic Director and Chief Curator of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Of Iranian and Central Asian or...
173. Su Yu-Xin
Los Angeles-based artist Su Yu-Xin considers painting as a place where multiple disciplines and various perceptual capacities intersect. Su Yu-Xin col...
172. Casey Fremont
Casey Fremont is the Executive Director of the Art Production Fund, a non-profit dedicated to commissioning and producing ambitious public art project...
171. Lisa Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage creates works that affirm the singularity of the medium of painting while challenging conventional understandings of genres and viewers...
170. Jonathan Lethem
Novelist Jonathan Lethem is the author of Girl In Landscape, Chronic City, and Brooklyn Crime Novel, as well as ten other novels. His stories and essa...
169. Glenn Lowry
Glenn Lowry became the sixth director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) in 1995. He has overseen the physical transformation of the Museum’...
168. Jori Finkel
Cultural journalist Jori Finkel is based in Los Angeles and won the 2023 Rabkin Prize for excellence in the field. She is a regular contributor to The...
167. Ricky Swallow
Los Angeles based, Australian artist Ricky Swallow uses ordinary materials to create precisely rendered objects that he then casts in bronze. The uniq...