The David Zwirner Podcast
March 11, 2025
Exploring the life and work of Anni Albers in the artist’s own words. Hosted by Helen Molesworth and featuring rare archival interviews with Albers and insights from artists Kristine Woods and Diedrick Bracken and art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson.
Candy Darling, More Than Warhol Superstar
March 26, 2025
A revealing look into the real life behind the icon and Warhol Superstar Candy Darling. Cynthia Carr, author of the acclaimed Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz discusses her newest biography: Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar. Carr is joined by MacArthur Fellow, singer-songwriter, and actor Vivian Bond, who narrated the audiobook.
The Untold Story of Black Mountain College
March 19, 2025
The history of a radical cooperative farm at Black Mountain College that defined both daily life and pedagogy at the birthplace of American art education. David Silver, an expert on the farm at Black Mountain college, tells the story of how Black Mountain students collaborated in order to survive.
The Art of Rivalry with Wesley Morris
February 26, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times critic Wesley Morris comes on the podcast to unpack the long history and current state of artistic rivalries, from Leonardo daVinci and Michelangelo to Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
The Unconstitutional War on Trans People
February 18, 2025
Helen Molesworth hosts a special episode, starting with a conversation with leading ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio and followed by an interview with artist Laurie Simmons and activist Maryhope Howland.
The Best Art Exhibitions of The Century (So Far) | with Steve Locke
December 18, 2024
As we turn the page on a quarter century, Helen Molesworth and the artist Steve Locke look back with a highly opinionated list of their favorite art shows of the last 25 years.
The Problem of Taste: On the Late, Great Dave Hickey with Jarrett Earnest
October 16, 2024
Writer, curator, and editor Jarrett Earnest joins Helen to discuss his most recent edited volume of writings by the iconoclastic, enduring art critic Dave Hickey, titled Feint of Heart: Art Writings, 1982-2002. Out now from David Zwirner Books, wherever books are sold.
Grace Wales Bonner and Horace Ballard
April 23, 2024
Acclaimed fashion designer and curator Grace Wales Bonner is joined by the scholar and curator Horace D. Ballard. In a wide ranging conversation on art and fashion, they unpack the nuances of style, medium, and intentionality in art.
On Hilma af Klint with Julia Voss and Briony Fer
March 5, 2024
An episode on the art and life of Hilma af Klint featuring art historian Briony Fer and af Klint’s biographer, Julia Voss.
On Vermeer
February 6, 2024
Was Vermeer really the artist behind some of his most well-known works?
Special Episode | On Richard Serra with Hal Foster
Has Contemporary Art Lost Its Edge?
Jordan Wolfson x Beeple
Inside ‘The Red Studio’: Ann Temkin with 6 Artists on Matisse
Helen Molesworth and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh on Gerhard Richter
The Legacy of Ruth Asawa
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