Our goal with every episode is to break down fancy art talk, provide links to everything discussed, and share some additional reading we found that was inspired by our conversation.

Allison Verve, Writer, editor, attorney and collector, member of the Board of Trustees at LACMA and co-producer of The Art of Making It.

American Jewish Committee, The leading global Jewish advocacy organization headquartered in New York City, est. 1906.

Cantor Arts Center, Art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California (est. 1894) which houses a large and diverse collection of art and sculpture.

César García-Alverez, Curator, writer, executive and artistic director of the Mistake Room in downtown LA.

Charles Gaines, American conceptual artist (b. 1944) whose generative, multi-media work has been lauded for its ingenuity since the 1970s, when Gaines was one of the pioneering Black artists in the Abstract Expressionist landscape.

Chris Watts, American artist (b. ) whose abstract paintings on transparent, stretched silk examine narratives about the body, visibility, and Black culture in America.

David Kordansky, American curator and gallerist whose namesake gallery, David Kordansky, is a progressive staple of the LA arts scene and has recently opened in Chelsea, New York.

Eric Fischl, American artist (b. 1948) best known for his vivid paintings depicting American suburbia from the 1970s and ‘80s.

Felipe Baeza, Mexican-American artist (b. 1987) who uses painting and printmaking to examine freedom and the body in the context of his own plural lived experience.

Gisela McDaniel, Diasporic, indigenous Chamorro artist (b. 1995) whose textured, mixed media work tells the stories of womxn and non-binary people healing from sexual trauma and directly incorporates their voices as well as their images.

Guggenheim Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation: New York based foundation (est. 1937) dedicated to “promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research, publications, and their international constellations of museums in New York, Venice Italy, Bilbao Spain, and Abu Dhabi UAE.

Hauser & Wirth, Swiss art gallery (est. 1992), founded in Zurich by Iwan and Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, now with outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, LA, Southampton, Somerset, Menorca, Monaco, Gstaad and St. Moritz.

Helen Molesworth, American art critic and curator (b. 1966), who served as Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in LA, at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston, and elsewhere, and has written countless publications and several books.

Hunter College, Best known constituent college of the City University of New York, situated in Manhattan and offering an array of academic programs, including fine art.

Issue Tokens, The process by which a company, owner or institution creates digital tokens on the blockchain to represent and sell portions of digital or physical assets.

Jennifer Stockman, American businesswoman and art collector who served as the President of the Board at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and co-producer of The Price of Everything with Debi Wisch.

Jenna Gribbon, American painter (b. 1978) whose work explores intimacy, voyeurism, and “what it means to see and be seen in a time where there is more imagery of both than ever before” (Gribbon to Artsy).

Jerry Gogosian, American artist and influencer whose intelligent memes about the art world went viral in 2020 and have amassed over 100,000 followers on Instagram.

Kelcey Edwards, Award-winning filmmaker, published author and curator, director of The Art of Making It.

Lincoln Center Film Society, One of the eleven resident organizations at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts that spotlights American independent cinema by showing, recognizing, and supporting films.

Marc Glimcher, American art dealer (b. 1963) and CEO of Pace Gallery, a leading modern and contemporary art gallery founded by his father in 1960.

Metaverse, A semi-realistic, graphically rich virtual space where users can work, play, shop, and socialize from home.

MFA, Masters degree in Fine Arts, meaning visual or performing art practice, design, or creative writing.

Nathaniel Kahn, Academy award nominated American filmmaker (b. 1962) who directed The Price of Everything.

SFAI, San Francisco Art Institute (est. 1871), private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, CA.

Terminal Degree, The highest level of education you can achieve within a particular field.

The Art of Making It, 2021 film in which emerging artists tell the stories of their successes and failures and work to navigate the volatile waters of the art world. Profiles Gisela McDaniel, Felipa Baeza, Jenna Gribbon and Chris Watts.

The Frick, The Frick Collection, an art museum in New York city featuring Old Masters paintings and other European masterpieces from the 13th-19th centuries.

The Mistake Room, Independent non-profit and gallery (est. 2014) in downtown Los Angeles which supports and exhibits works of art and culture, and helps transmit underrepresented and under-appreciated global narratives.

The Price of Everything, 2018 film that follows the careers of several contemporary artists and influential figures in the New York art scene, questioning our understanding of art as commodity, art as expression, value, time and, most centrally, art as inspiration. Profiles Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Amy Cappellazzo, and others.

Verité, Cinéma Vérité, “truthful cinema” in French, style of filmmaking characterized by realism, avoiding artificial or artistic embellishments.