Can’t Miss Podcasts
Whenever I have a long drive ahead I like to listen to a few podcasts and these are the ones I recommend about the art market. It is a mix of the lives of artists, massive fraud scandals and in depth analysis of how the art market works.
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I think this three-part series from 2021 is still the most comprehensive understanding of how the art market works from an outsider’s perspective. After explaining all of the players and how the market works, it explores the massive disruption currently underway in the art market.
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The biggest scandal to rock the art market recently was the Knoedler Gallery’s multi-year scandal selling (very good) fake artworks for many millions of dollars to the world’s top collectors. This podcast will leave you sitting in the parking lot at your destination to hear what happened next.
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There are two seasons of Death of an Artist thus far, the first focusing on the early tragic death of Ana Mendieta and the second on the artist Lee Krasner, who also happened to be the wife of Jackson Pollock. While the first season includes true crime–did her husband Carl Andre kill her or didn’t he?--I think the biggest question this podcast poses is if you can ever separate the lives of artists from their work.
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I can't recommend podcasts and not mention my own! I did a talk for the Hustle Fund Angel Squad on the comparison between angel investing and art collecting. Please don’t let phrases like “portfolio construction” scare you, the two really do have a lot in common.