Fresh Art International

Series produced by Cathy Byrd

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Curator Cathy Byrd hosts the Fresh Art International podcast featuring conversations with contemporary artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from the center and fringe of art scenes around the world.

Fresh Art International with curator Cathy Byrd features more than 200 episodes recorded with artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from around the world. Professionally scripted and edited, episodes range in length from 8 to 20 minutes. Subscribe to this signature audio podcast on FreshArtInternational.com, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Android, I Heart Radio, and SoundCloud.


209 Pieces

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Caption: Liu Xiaodong, Credit: Mary Boone Gallery
French curator Jérôme Sans and Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong talk about Xiaodong's exhibition Painting as Shooting at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:16
Caption: Havana Museum of Contemporary Art, Credit: Cesar Cornejo
Peruvian artist Cesar Cornejo talks about his project for the 12th Havana Biennial.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:18
Caption: Marinella Senatore, Credit: Mercedes Elizabeth Lowe
Italian artist Marinella Senatore talks about the performances she's producing for the 13th Lyon Biennial exhibition, La Vie Moderne.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Caption: Micol Hebron, Roll Call scroll, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Los Angeles-based artist Micol Hebron invites women artists to spotlight gender inequities in the art world.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:05
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Turkish curator Basak Senova, and Macedonian artists Yane Calovski and Hristina Ivanoska talk about their project for the Pavilion of the Republic ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:12
Caption: Buskerfest Miami, Credit: Buskerfest Miami
Buskerfest Miami's Justin Trieger and Amy San Pedro talk about working with local musicians to creat a connected, thriving urban core for their city.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:11
Caption: Kader Attia, Culture 2015, Credit: Lyon Biennial
Ralph Rugoff, London-based curator of the 13th Lyon Biennial, talks about La Vie Moderne, this year's biennial exhibition.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 10:32
Caption: Erika Hoffmann, Credit: Initiartive Magazine
In Berlin, contemporary art collector Erika Hoffmann talks about her love for artists who invent new genres.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:28
Caption: Binelde Hyrcan
Angolan artist Binelde Hyrcan talks about the transcendence of the imagination in a video featuring four young boys on a beach in his home country.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
Caption: Ana Mendez, Liminal Being, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
This episode features Miami-born artist Ana Mendez and Liminal Being, her December 2014 action-based performance.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
Caption: Camille Norment, Credit: Office for Contemporary Art Norway/Marta Buso
This episode features Camille Norment, an American-born artist, and the sonic environment she created for the Nordic Pavilion at the 56th Venice Ar...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: Tania Bruguera reading Hannah Arendt in Havana, Credit: Enrique de la Osa, via PRI
Recorded in Havana, this Fresh Talk episode features controversial Cuban artist Tania Bruguera and her recent launch of a new initiative: the Hanna...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
Caption: Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea, Credit: Ladyrene Perez
We celebrate the inaugural Cuban Art Awards at the 12th Havana Biennial.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
Caption: Okwui Enwezor, Credit: artnet.com
Nigerian-born curator Okwui Enwezor, the art biennial's director, sparked this conversation about an expanding black presence in the global contemp...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 09:25
Caption: Agustina Woodgate, Credit: Monica McGivern
Argentinian artist Agustina Woodgate talks about her bilingual internet radio station Radio Espacio Estacion.

  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:19
Caption: Cheryl Pope, Up Against, Credit: Auto Body
Chicago-based artist Cheryl Pope talks about Up Against, a performance in which she boxes down 700 water-filled balloons suspended from the ceiling...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 10:10
Caption: Tameka Norris, Credit: courtesy Tameka Norris
Tameka Norris talks about her first feature-length film—she plays a version of herself in Meka Jean: How She Got Good. The film debuted during Pros...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 12:07
Caption: Lynda Benglis, Pink Lady, 2014, detail, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Lynda Benglis, an iconic figure in contemporary art, talks about her notoriety and her gestural sculptures. The New York-based artist pours, drips ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:06
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Now in its third iteration, the city-wide international art exhibition known as Prospect New Orleans is beginning to feel at home. This Fresh Talk ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 09:26
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In this Fresh Talk episode, Miami-based artist Jillian Mayer introduces 400 Nudes, a revealing found photo project that she presents online and in ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 11:48