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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What does it mean to be Black in 21st century America? The expression of Blackness in art has a history of intricate connections to civil rights an...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 56:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Connecting art with streaming social media and news technology, Whithervane designers Cezanne Charles and John Marshall invite us to think about th...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 11:20
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We meet Los Angeles based artist Mark Bradford—known for connecting art with the real world—when he represents the United States in the 57th Venice...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 09:01
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Artist Hilary Powell and filmmaker Dan Edelstyn, an inventive couple based in London, have decided to wreak a bit of havoc with the capitalist syst...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 14:48
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In 2018, Fresh Art International broadens engagement in the Caribbean, traveling to the Dominican Republic for Tilting Axis 4, the fourth annual me...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 50:04
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For the 33rd São Paulo Biennial, curator Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro challenges the norm. Rather than explore an overarching theme, he invited seven art...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 19:25
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Art with a Sense of Place considers creative projects that respond to a physical space and those that react to or embrace a historic moment, a cult...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:47
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Art with a Sense of Place considers creative projects that respond to a physical space and those that react to or embrace a historic moment, a cult...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:47
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Artist Bill Fontana has a long-time relationship with sound and space. He's known for relocating sounds to create site-specific installations aroun...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2019
  • Length: 13:37
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In 2018, when the annual Creative Time Summit unfolds in Miami, we’re thrilled to participate. On Archipelagoes and Other Imaginaries: Collective S...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:13
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Miami-based sculptor Robert Chambers lived in Everglades National Park for one month in 2018, as a Fellow in the Artist in Residence in Everglades ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:31
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South Florida's subtropical wilderness inspired us to stage a remote radio broadcast from the Everglades on February 24, 2019. We brought live and ...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:44:36
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Today, we take you to meet the creative hive that's transforming the cultural landscape of Tampa, Florida. While the coastal city may still be best...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:45
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Today’s episode is part of our Playlist series. We’re inviting artists, curators, architects, filmmakers, cultural producers and other listeners to...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we revisit one of our live studio sessions from 2018: The Art of Obsolete Media. Web streaming on Jolt Radio, we introduce four Mi...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 52:05
  • Purchases: 1
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At midnight, on the eve of the 14th Istanbul Biennial exhibition opening in 2015, we meet British sound artist Oliver Beer inside a 400-year old Tu...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 12:54
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Today, we take you to Miami Beach, Florida, for a conversation with British-born artist Ellen Harvey. Selected for a high profile public art commis...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 12:33
  • Purchases: 1
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To honor the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this July, we introduce Studio Drift, the Amsterdam-based artist duo whose poetic work ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Artist Charles Gaines has been delving into philosophy, abstraction and mathematics to address politics and race since the 1970s. In August 2019, G...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2019
  • Length: 19:29
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How do contemporary art and film illuminate the Black Imagination? This segment from our archive explores some of the issues and ideas behind creat...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 57:35