Best Michael Dooney Podcasts (2025)

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From Conflict Zones to Community Change: Mark Neville on Photography as Activism 45:16

6d ago45:16

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What happens when photography becomes a tool for social change rather than just documentation? In this episode, Michael Dooney speaks with acclaimed British photographer and artist Mark Neville about his journey from art school to the front-lines of conflict, and how he uses collaborative photography projects to empower communities, challenge socia…

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Leaving Wall Street to open an art gallery in Chelsea, New York - Bruce Silverstein 46:08

1M ago46:08

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography 55:34

1M ago55:34

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD London Calling: The UK photo market, Japanese Photography, and obsessive collecting 45:33

1M ago45:33

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries 53:30

2M ago53:30

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world 1:10:45

2M ago1:10:45

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography 37:06

2M ago37:06

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association 1:05:36

2M ago1:05:36

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair 46:56

2M ago46:56

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This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary …

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the analogue photobooth - Rafael Hortala Vallve, AUTOFOTO 45:21

2M ago45:21

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In 1925, 100 years ago, Anatol Josepho invented the first fully automated, coin-operated photobooth which he named the Photomaton. Stationed on Broadway near Times Square in New York City, over 250,000 Americans used the photobooth in its first year, paying 25 cents and waiting patiently for eight minutes while their photo strips developed. A game-…

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Felix Hoffmann, artistic director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN | EP73 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 43:52

3M ago43:52

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Felix Hoffmann is an image and cultural scholar and the inaugural Artistic Director of the Center for Photography and Lens-Based Media FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and the Director of FOTO WIEN. From 2005 to 2022, he served as the Chief Curator of the exhibition space C/O Berlin, where he was responsible for exhibitions, programs, and strategy. He curated num…

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Female Photoclub and European Month of Photography Berlin | EP72 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 56:21

3M ago56:21

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In this episode I am speaking with four members of the Berlin chapter of the Female Photoclub. A Germany wide professional association which aims to increase visibility of female photographers, advocates for equality in the industry, and raises awareness of issues such as pay inequality and lack of representation. In addition to the Female Photoclu…

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Joanna Szproch, visual artist & art mediator | EP71 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 1:13:20

3M ago1:13:20

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Joanna Szproch is a Polish, Berlin-based visual artist and activist. Her practice blends photography as a performative and instrumental medium with archival materials, writing, and participatory projects. She explores female resilience through embodiment and conviviality. Committed to analogue processes, she creates art books, installations, and co…

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Enrico Stefanelli, Photolux Festival | EP70 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 43:08

3M ago43:08

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Enrico Stefanelli (b.1962, Lucca, Italy) is the founder and artistic director of Photolux Festival, the biennial of photography in Lucca, Italy. From 2010 to 2017, he worked as curator for the European Photo Exhibition Award (epea), a project sponsoring young photo talent, which developed as a collaboration between four European foundations, includ…

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Pilar Mata Dupont, visual artist & filmmaker | EP69 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 55:20

3M ago55:20

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Pilar Mata Dupont is a multi-award-winning Argentinean-Australian artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her practice spans video, installation, performance, and photography. Using highly theatrical and cinematic methods, she uses allegory and narrative to reimagine/rework histories and classical texts and aims to create alternative readings t…

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Pablo Giori, International Photography Festival Association | EP68 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 54:53

4M ago54:53

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Pablo Giori is the co-founder and director of the Experimental Photo Festival, the Ágora, School of Experimentation, and the International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA) in Barcelona. His interest in experimental analogue photography was born out of his work as a documentarian, historian, and archivist with the estate of Pere Català (Vall…

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Jessa Fairbrother, visual artist | EP67 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 1:06:13

4M ago1:06:13

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Jessa Fairbrother (b. London) is a British visual artist whose work spans stitch, photography, performance and drawing. The body is her main material. She holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2010) and trained at drama school in London in the 1990s. This laid the groundwork for her ongoing investigation of how art…

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Anthony Luvera, socially engaged artist, writer, and educator | EP66 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 53:30

5M ago53:30

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Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Undergr…

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Wiktoria Michalkiewicz, REZO Agency | EP65 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 45:55

5M ago45:55

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Dr. Wiktoria Michałkiewicz is an interdisciplinary expert with extensive international experience in storytelling, talent management, journalism, and photography. Alongside her academic achievements—holding five degrees, including a PhD in Sociology, an MA in Social Anthropology, and an MA in Cultural Studies from esteemed institutions such as Stoc…

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W.M. Hunt, photography collector | EP64 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 49:42

6M ago49:42

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W.M. Hunt is a champion of photography: collector, curator and consultant who lives and works in New York City. He is also a teacher and writer and speaker on photography. He says that photography changed his life. It gave him one. Official website where you can read Bill's series of essays: “Great Photographs … or, at least some really good ones” …

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Freo Majer, Forecast Platform | EP63 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 39:34

6M ago39:34

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Freo Majer is the founder and artistic director of Forecast, an international mentorship program that transcends disciplines and geographical locations to connect cultural practitioners with renowned mentors. Trained as an opera director, Majer looks back at a career as a director and producer in European theaters, opera houses, and at festivals, i…

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Philippe Garner, photography specialist | EP62 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 1:04:25

6M ago1:04:25

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Philippe Garner was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1949. He was brought up in Brighton. After graduating in French and Latin from Bedford College, London, in 1970, he joined Sotheby’s Training Scheme and in 1971 started working as a specialist in late-19th-century and 20th-century decorative arts and in the fledgling field of photographs. He has played…

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Wesley Verhoeve, photographer | EP61 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 52:20

7M ago52:20

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Wesley Verhoeve is an Amsterdam-based photographer and curator whose work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post, Wired, New York Magazine, Volkskrant, and others. As the founding curator of the Projected series at the International Center of Photography, Wesley oversaw 96 exhib…

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Tim Clark, 1000 Words | EP60 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 50:31

8M ago50:31

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Tim Clark is Editor in Chief of 1000 Words and Artistic Director for Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia, Italy, together with Walter Guadagnini, Director of CAMERA, Torino and Luce Lebart, curator, historian and researcher at The Archive of Modern Conflict, named as Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2022. He has also taught and devise…

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Boris Eldagsen, visual artist | EP59 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 38:14

1+ y ago38:14

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Boris Eldagsen was born in Pirmasens, West Germany, in 1970. He studied media and drama, philosophy, and German studies at the University of Cologne (1991–92). From 1992 to 1998 he concurrently studied philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and visual art at Mainz Academy of Fine Arts. During that time, he also studied visual art at…

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Stephanie O’Connor, photographer | EP58 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 40:47

1+ y ago40:47

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Stephanie O'Connor (she/her) is a Pākehā/tangata tiriti artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her work uses photography as a vehicle to rework memory through obsessive editing, rearranging and compositing. Interview with Stephanie O’Connor recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 in Neukö…

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Anne Schwanz, gallerist at OFFICE IMPART | EP57 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 36:40

1+ y ago36:40

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Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a multi-dimensional space and platform for contemporary art. Their activities take place on site in Berlin – or anywhere. The founders Anne and Johanna, are experts for (and on) changing the art world. They develop exhibitions on- and offline, with cla…

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Alessa Widmer, curator | EP56 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 27:30

1+ y ago27:30

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Alessa Widmer is a young curator, PhD candidate and photography enthusiast based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently the artistic director of Photo Basel, Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Interview with Alessa Widmer recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. June 2023 in Zurich, Switzerland. NOTES…

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Hannah Watson, gallerist & publisher | EP55 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast 46:25

1+ y ago46:25

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Hannah Watson is the co-founder and director of contemporary art gallery TJ Boulting, as well as the director of independent art publisher Trolley Books. TJ Boulting was founded in 2011 by current director Hannah Watson and the late Gigi Giannuzzi, taking its name from the landmark Grade II* listed Arts & Crafts building it inhabits in Fitzrovia, c…

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Laura Noble, artist, writer & curator | EP54 Subtext & Discourse 1:01:05

2y ago1:01:05

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Laura Noble is the Director of L A Noble Gallery (LANG) in London. The gallery focuses on contemporary positions and features a majority female representation. Laura is also a writer, author of The Art of Collecting Photography, founder of FIX Photo Festival, a multidisciplinary artist, as well as being a judge on many photographic competitions and…

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Barbara Wolff, photographer | EP53 Subtext & Discourse 42:05

2y ago42:05

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Barbara Wolff, born in 1951 in Kyritz in the Prignitz region of the State of Brandenburg, is the daughter of photographer Werner Hinz. After completing high school she trained as a photographer in her father’s photography business and then went on to study photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig. After gradating she worked as a freelance i…

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Robert Morat, gallerist | EP52 Subtext & Discourse 52:43

2y ago52:43

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Established in 2004, Robert Morat Galerie is a contemporary art gallery, primarily focussing on emerging positions in contemporary photography and photo-based art. Founded in Hamburg, the gallery has since moved to Berlin and is now located on Linienstrasse in the Mitte art district. The gallery is a regular exhibitor at i…

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Alain Servais, art collector | EP51 Subtext & Discourse 43:40

2y ago43:40

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The Belgian collector, Alain Servais, started collecting art in the late 1990s. With a strong focus on emerging artists, Alain has built up a significant contemporary art collection which is highly versatile and forward-looking. Alain is also among the first to collect digital art and support young artists by offering residency program in his loft …

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Narda van ’t Veer, collector, gallerist & agent | EP50 Subtext & Discourse 22:25

2y ago22:25

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Narda van ‘t Veer, gallerist, photography collector and agent. In 1977 Narda van 't Veer stumbled upon the work of Guy Bourdin. Her love for photography was born and a few years later she graduated from her studies in marketing & economics at HTS, after which she founded an advertising agency specialised in fashion campaigns. Through her work as an…

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Marc Barbey, collector and founder of Collection Regard | EP49 Subtext & Discourse 26:14

2y ago26:14

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Marc Barbey, Collector and Founder of Collection Regard, Berlin. Collection Regard is the photographic collection of Marc Barbey focusing on German photography, especially photography related to Berlin. Marc Barbey is administering the estate of Hein Gorny (1904-1967). Acting as an archive as well as an exhibition space, publishing house and galler…

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Christophe Guye, gallerist and art dealer | EP48 Subtext & Discourse 26:48

2y ago26:48

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Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photography. In the same year, he opened his gallery – formerly SCALO|GUYE Gallery – in Los Angeles, which…

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Georgina Adam, art market journalist | EP47 Subtext & Discourse 48:15

2+ y ago48:15

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Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, and lectures at Sotheby’s and Christie’s instit…

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Susan Bright, curator | EP46 Subtext & Discourse 46:15

2+ y ago46:15

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Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London before deciding to work independently in the early 2000s. Her prof…

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Michael Barnett, ArtyGent | EP45 Subtext & Discourse 47:00

2+ y ago47:00

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Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & TV work and Curator Exhibitions at Sea Spirit of Discovery Saga. Interview with Michael Barnett recor…

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Kerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & Discourse 47:38

3y ago47:38

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Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He wo…

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Saul Robbins, photographer & educator | EP43 Subtext & Discourse 1:00:25

3y ago1:00:25

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Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss, unity, failure, and the latent potential residing in traditional photographic materials and personal …

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Jessica Backhaus, artist & photographer | EP42 Subtext & Discourse 1:28:43

3+ y ago1:28:43

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Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pur…

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Valerie von Meiss, founder of The Curve | EP41 Subtext & Discourse 37:48

3+ y ago37:48

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Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage. the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here…

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Elena Feijoo, founder of Exgirlfriend and HER | EP40 Subtext & Discourse 56:31

4y ago56:31

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Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG. Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental works from emerging artists, and HER is a studio complex and non-profit art service provi…

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Pierre-André Podbielski, gallerist Podbielski Contemporary | EP39 Subtext & Discourse 36:53

4y ago36:53

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Gallerist Pierre-André Podbielski, the founder of Podbielski Contemporary, describes himself a citizen of the world. Of Polish and German descent (father was Prussian raised in Berlin, mother Polish raised in Vienna), born in Geneva and bearing an Australian passport, he is fluent in English, French, German and Italian. A qualified architect (Ecole…

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Anne Schwanz, co-founder of OFFICE IMPART | EP38 Subtext & Discourse 41:49

4+ y ago41:49

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Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. She studied art and art history at Caspar David Friedrich Institute, Greifswald University and after graduating in 2004 worked at Galerie EIGEN + ART until 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a gallery, but one that hardly corresponds to the standard definition of a gallery. One of…

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Felix Hoffmann, chief curator C/O Berlin | EP37 Subtext & Discourse 41:46

4+ y ago41:46

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Felix Hoffmann, has been the chief curator of the C/O Berlin Foundation since 2005. He studied art history and cultural studies in Vienna and Berlin and worked at the Photo Museum in Munich, the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden and the Museum Folkwang in Essen. C/O Berlin is a charitable foundation that presents a cultural program with an international…

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Nina Ross, artist, activist & parent | EP36 Subtext & Discourse 49:36

4+ y ago49:36

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Nina Ross is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly with video, performance and photography. Her research led practice draws on individual experiences to interrogate the use of visual and textual language within political and personal spheres. Using the body, her work speaks to current global issues, while giving a voice to personal narrati…

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Maya Anner, chief curator PHOTO IS:RAEL | EP35 Subtext & Discourse 37:07

4+ y ago37:07

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Maya Anner is a curator working in Tel-Aviv, and currently serves as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival in Tel-Aviv. She was the Arts Manager at the British Council Tel-Aviv, the curator and art director at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Maya ho…

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ZERO WASTE exhibition at Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig | EP34 Subtext & Discourse 51:29

4+ y ago51:29

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The group exhibition Zero Waste showcases international positions in contemporary art that point out the urgency to save resources, consume less, and live more sustainably. In diverse installations, videos, sculptural works, and photographs the artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tire abrasion, toxic chemicals, and the…

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