Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth.
From Hunter Biden’s painting career to the surge of NFT artists—plus, who would’ve predicted something called “Immersive Van Gogh” would become the hottest ticket in town? The places where the art world meets the real world became even murkier, and we were along for the ride.
Loyal listeners may have noticed some new voices on the podcast this year, as we welcomed a slew of stand-in hosts while our editor in chief Andrew Goldstein welcomed a new baby into his family, and we look forward to expanding even further in the new year.
We were lucky enough to kick off the year speaking to Rahsaan Thomas, co-host of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast Ear Hustle, who is himself a prisoner at San Quentin prison in California.
In a special two-part episode, Andrew Goldstein spoke to Dan Hicks, the author of The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence, and Cultural Restitution, one of the most compelling and comprehensive accounts of the 19th-century looting of Benin, and how the legacy of that event can be seen to this day around the world.
Billions of dollars and a Beeple later, art business editor Tim Schneider’s primer to the wild world of NFTs still holds up.
It’s a simple question, but the answer is a lot more complicated the harder you look.
One of the bright spots of 2021 was in the range of individuals who found outlets for their creativity via NFTs.
An avid art collector, Gay spoke about a particularly moving painting by the artist Calida Rawles, on view in the artist’s exhibition at Lehmann Maupin in New York.
Another milestone in Artnet News’s 2021 was the debut of Artnet News Pro, where we dive even deeper into data analysis, art criticism, and of course, vetting newfangled market tools.