Best Biennial Podcasts (2026)

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S11 Ep4: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26 30:52

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Wendy J. Dunn launched her new novel, Shades of Yellow, on November 15th, 2025, at Eltham Library in Melbourne. Dr Anne Casey gave an enthusiastic invocation, followed by Wendy’s response and reading from the novel.By Imagining The Past

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Munro Galloway, Rest is Smoke

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On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Munro Galloway about his show Rest is Smoke, which is on now at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery until January 10, 2026. Galloway talks about abstract painting with hints of recognisable forms an...By KBOO Community Radio

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311: 2025 QOTY Spectacuganzacle! 3:25:26

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Thanks to everyone for allowing us to Come Original and get Down with all of your comments about the best and worst of times spent on the water in the BWCA and Quetico this past year. Like we always say happy paddling and Amber is the color of your energy! Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud…

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2025: our review of the year 1:20:52

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As always, the final episode of The Week in Art of the year is a review of the past 12 months. To look at the top stories, the big issues and the best art in 2025, host Ben Luke is joined by The Art Newspaper’s contemporary art correspondent, Louisa Buck, our art market editor, Kabir Jhala, and Ben Sutton, our editor-in-chief, Americas. We reflect …

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Bisa Butler: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 49:41

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On this episode I’m joined by Bisa Butler. We discuss her pivot from painting to quilting, what it was like for her to study at an HBCU, she earned her BFA in Painting at Howard University, how that experience shaped her and what she hopes her work does in the world. Bisa talks about her recent exhibition Hold Me Close that was previously on view a…

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Reclaim the Harvest with Chris Starkus | The Beet 1:48:40

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Episode Description: In this episode of the Beet Podcast, we revisit Kevin’s talk with Chef Chris Starkus. They dig into dry farming, water security, and the surprising ways urban population booms shape the food on our plates. Chris also goes beyond the usual “farm-to-table” vibe with creative cooking tips, preservation techniques, and new ways to …

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S11 Ep3: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26 43:02

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Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices. Konrad Muller’s debut novel, My Heart at Evening, is published by a new imprint, Evercreech Editions. In November 2025, Konrad chatted with Rodney Croome at the Devonport Library about the novel’s recreation of t…

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Snow Log 12.14.25 10:02

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Frank Gehry remembered, Serpentine and FLAG Art Foundation prize, Joan Semmel 56:51

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Frank Gehry, the architect behind the Guggenheim Bilbao, Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, Los Angeles, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, among other museums and art spaces, died last Friday at his home in Santa Monica, California. He was 96. Ben Luke discusses his long engagement with art, artists and museums with Paul Goldberger, the architect…

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Dr. Rashaad Newsome: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 28:48

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On this episode I’m joined by Rashaad Newsome as we discuss his film Assembly. The documentary details the personal journey and events that inspired his 2022 Park Avenue Armory installation. I was fortunate to attend a final performance, thanks to my ARTNOIR family, and was captivated by Rashaad's immersive world. Shoutout to ART NOIR! I especially…

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Art Focus on 12/09/25

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Episode #78: Laleh Khadivi 42:51

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Can AI create art? And is that the question we ought to be asking? On this episode of Rewrite Radio, author and filmmaker Laleh Khadivi urges listeners to remember, in an age of increasing artistic blurriness, the necessity of the individual human being’s creativity. She links the creative process to prayer and asks, if AI is already creating and p…

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Get In the Garden with Nicole Pitt | The Beet 1:04:08

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Episode Description: This week on The Beet, Jacques chats with Botanical Interests’ new podcast host, Nicole Pitt! They discuss the In the Garden with Flower Hill Farm podcast, compare what seeds they're starting right now, and swap stories about their wildly different growing climates. For Nicole, everything begins with a single seed, and she neve…

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S11 Ep2: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26 48:55

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Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices. Nicole Alexander travelled a long and winding road to promote her new novel, The Limestone Road. In September, she spoke with Goondiwindi Shire Councillor Susie Kelly at the Goondiwindi Library.…

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Snow Log 12.7.25 13:04

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Every flake is a miracle? Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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Art Basel Miami Beach, Louvre crisis deepens, Helene Schjerfbeck 53:26

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The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Americas, Ben Sutton, and art market editor, Kabir Jhala, are in Miami Beach for Art Basel’s latest edition and discuss the top sales and the wider mood at the fair. As staff at the Musée du Louvre in Paris vote to strike, Ben Luke talks to Vincent Noce, our correspondent in Paris, about the deepening crisis at …

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Harvest Fall Success with Kevin and Jacques | The Beet 41:18

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This week on The Beet Podcast, Kevin and Jacques dive into the perks of fall gardening and celebrate hearty autumn harvests. Kevin dishes on his recent UK adventures, where he gleaned top-notch tips from the legendary Gerald Stratford. They also discuss GrowVeg teaming up with Epic Gardening and misconceptions about no-till gardening. To cap it off…

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310: Cox on Cox: Designed for Pleasure 1:26:33

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Another ship wreck season is wrapped up and packed away deep in the musty basement piles of charts, foam models and moist davenports. Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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The US Venice Biennale saga, Queer Islamic art in Oslo, Duane Linklater in Ottawa 56:28

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After a delayed application process and an aborted initial commission, the US has at last appointed its artist for next year’s Venice Biennale: the Utah-born, Mexico-based artist Alma Allen. The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief in the Americas, Ben Sutton, talks Ben Luke through this confusing saga. At the National Museum of Norway in Oslo a new exh…

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The Rothko Pavilion (repeat)

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On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 11:30AM, Joseph Gallivan tells you 10 Things You Need to Know about the newly remodeled Portland Art Museum. On November 20, 2025, PAM reopeed fully with the Mark Rothko Pavilion and other new spaces and artworks. Joseph talks to curator...By KBOO Community Radio

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Episode #77: Peter Ho Davies 16:20

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In this episode, Dr. Sabrina Lee sits down with acclaimed novelist Peter Ho Davies for a wide-ranging conversation about craft, identity, and the stories that shape us. Together they explore several of his books, diving into themes of shame, race, joke-telling, and what it means to write from the in-between spaces of a biracial identity. With chara…

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Revive Your Love of Gardening with James and Joe | The Beet 1:02:44

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Episode Description: This week on The Beet, garden pros James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift bring their trademark blend of wisdom and wit to the mic. With more than 40 years of shared stories and a friendship built on good-natured ribbing, they show how gardening is at its best when it’s practical, joyful, and curious. In their conversation with…

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S11 Ep1: Imagining the Past—Summer Mesclun Season—2025/26 45:12

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Imagining the Past Summer Season is here. Enjoy catching up with book launch discussions featuring your favourite authors and new voices. Death at Booroomba is Alison Booth’s ninth novel, a deeply evocative historical whodunnit. It was launched at Gleebooks in Sydney in September 2025. Published through Ventura Press, Jane Curry was the session's c…

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The $236m Klimt, Cop 30 and the art world, Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid 48:43

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Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914-16) sold for the second highest price ever realised at auction at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday. It was the most notable of several big sales in the sold-out (or “white-glove”) auction of 24 works from the collection of the late billionaire Leonard Lauder, and has prompted some commentators to d…

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Salome Asega: in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu 21:26

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On this episode I’m joined by Salome Asega. Salome and I discuss her journey from working at the Ford Foundation to returning to a more intimate engagement with artists at New Inc. We cover the importance of alternative spaces for artists, how New Inc supports interdisciplinary creators, and the impact of geopolitical tensions on creative communiti…

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Rothko Pavilion

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On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 9AM, Joseph Gallivan tells you 10 Things You Need to Know about the newly remodeled Portland Art Museum.On November 20, 2025, PAM reopens fully with the Mark Rothko Pavilion and other new spaces and artworks.Joseph talks to curators ...By KBOO Community Radio

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Grow Smarter with Brian from Never Enough Dirt | The Beet 44:28

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Episode Description: This week, Kevin digs in with Brian from Never Enough Dirt to talk ducks, dirt, and a dash of history. From the perks of keeping ducks in the garden to mastering small-scale succession planting, Brian shares how to grow smarter and keep it fun for the whole family. They wander through edible landscapes, explore California’s cit…

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309: Every Hog is a Miracle 1:04:29

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Like a pile of greased hogs we're heading back overboard into the icy brine-less depths of turn of the century Lake Superior shipwrecks. Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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Studio Museum in Harlem, Grand Egyptian Museum, Stanley Spencer 1:08:25

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Studio Museum in Harlem, Grand Egyptian Museum, Stanley Spencer As the Studio Museum in Harlem opens in its first ever purpose-built space, a new building by the architects Adjaye Associates, The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief in the Americas, Ben Sutton, speaks to Thelma Golden, the museum’s director, and Ben Sutton then gives reviews the buildin…

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Art Focus on 11/11/25

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Episode #76: Christian Wiman 46:31

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This week on Rewrite Radio, poet and essayist Christian Wiman explores what it means to stay spiritually alert in a world shadowed by loneliness and lit by sudden joy. Drawing on poems by Wallace Stevens, Anne Carson, and his own collections—including Zero at the Bone—Wiman reflects on beauty as a form of justice, on grief as grace, and on the myst…

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Weather Gardens with Style with Pam Penick | The Beet 56:02

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Episode Description: Gardeners love to gripe about the weather, and in Texas, there’s plenty to talk about! In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques chats with Pam Penick, creator of the Digging blog and author of Gardens of Texas. Together they explore the state’s wildly varied climates and geology, exploring how gardeners in all states can de…

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308: Too Much Sea for Their Decks 1:24:43

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Batten down yer hatches its shipwreck season! Source Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud

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MFA Boston returns enslaved artist’s work to his heirs, Wifredo Lam, Ghirlandaio’s Adoration of the Magi 1:09:59

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The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston, US, has agreed to return two works from 1857 by the enslaved 19th-century potter David Drake to his present-day descendants. By the terms of the contract, one vessel will remain on loan to the museum for at least two years. The other—known as the “Poem Jar”—has been purchased back by the museum from the heir…

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Grow a Garden in the Desert with Martha Retallick | The Beet 50:07

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Episode Description: In this episode of The Beet Podcast, Jacques sits down with Martha Retallick to discuss all things water harvesting. From catching rain to shaping your landscape so every drop goes to your crops (not the storm drain), they dig into practical, creative ways to make the most of precious rainfall. Tune in to learn how to harvest w…

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307: La Calavera 51:43

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Happy Halloween everyone! Source Material Subscribe: Patreon Spotify iTunes YouTube Stitcher Google Play Soundcloud