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Bad at Sports Episode 768: Christina Quarles Jun 02, 2021

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On today's episode Dana and Ryan join painter Christina Quarles [in person!] to discuss her eponymous exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. We talk painting (of course), and discuss pandemic cancellations and inspirations. We hope you enjoy the sound of face-to-face conversation and Christina's giggles as much as we enjoyed recording them.

MCA

Christina Quarles

Bad at Sports Episode 767: Ben Davis on NFTs May 26, 2021

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This week we can catch up with the preeminent American Art Critic, Ben Davis from Art Net and talk about NFTs and whether this really is the future the hype demands, or whether this is a long con grift.

Ben Davis - http://www.benadavis.com/

Art Net - https://news.artnet.com/

Nifty Gateway - https://niftygateway.com/

Foundation.App - https://foundation.app/

Beeple - https://www.beeple-crap.com/

Bad at Sports Episode 766: Carrie Secrist May 10, 2021

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This week we returned with Carrie Secrist and the Carrie Secrist Gallery (CSG.) A long time pillar of Chicago's south loop CSG began a significant shift and radically changed how they were doing exhibitions as the pandemic was just kicking off. We check in with the gallery's founder to learn about this adventure and how it has impacted gallery artists and informing the way the gallery will work. We also take a minute to celebrate an incredible milestone for a Chicago artist, as a hint her initials are DGM and weirdly so are our managing founders, although they are not the same human and only one of them has been recognized by the Guggenheim. WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR HER! WELL DONE DGM!

https://www.secristgallery.com/

Bad at Sports Episode 765: Stephanie Burke Apr 13, 2021

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On this harrowing episode of Bad at SportsCenter, we talk with photographer Stephanie Burke. Her ongoing series of photographs is a visual exploration of lost opportunities at Parks College. Founded in 1927 by Oliver "Lafe" Parks, Parks College was a nexus of aviation development throughout the 20th century. When the Parks College program was moved to SLU in 1997, the Cahokia Il campus was left empty, and has subsequently gone to ruin.

https://stephaniedawnburke.com/home.html

Bad at Sports Episode 764: Haig Aivazian Mar 31, 2021

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Image c/o the Renaissance Society of Haig Aivazian's "All of the Lights"

In a wide ranging discussion with Haig Aivazian we start with the exhibition at Chicago's Renaissance Society and we reach toward the history of fire, policing, data visualization, sports and art, and why artists should not be afraid of making propaganda! https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/539/haig-aivazian-all-of-the-lights/ https://haigaivazian.com/

Bad at Sports Episode 763: Paul Mpagi Sepuya Mar 14, 2021

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This week Ryan and Brian enter the dark room with Paul Mpagi Sepuya. The conversation floats along the inseparability of images and subcultures, the ritual of working an image in an analog dark room, and seeing exactly what is happening in the moment.

Bad at Sports Episode 762: Naomi Beckwith Mar 03, 2021

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On today's episode of Bad at Sports Center, Dana and Duncan have the distinct pleasure of speaking with Naomi Beckwith, the current Museum of Contemporary Art Manilow Senior Curator and incoming Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator of New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. We discuss Beckwith's curatorial style, vision for her new position and and her recent work on the exhibition "Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America," originally conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor at the New Museum. All this and just a little bit of "T" to round out our latest. We hope you enjoy it, friend.

https://www.newmuseum.org/

https://mcachicago.org/

https://www.guggenheim.org/

https://hyperallergic.com/605116/architects-ask-moma-to-remove-philip-johnsons-name-citing-racist-legacy/

Bad at Sports Episode 761: Mairead Case Feb 18, 2021

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This week Dana and Jesse are joined "in the studio" by Chicago's native sun and brilliant author, Mairead Case. Case joins us on the show to discuss her latest novel, Tiny, and a slew of other topics ranging from grief to the dance floor and how those two are not as far apart as you might think. You can find more information about Mairead and Tiny at the following websites: www.featherproof.com/catalog/tiny-mairead-case & www.maireadcase.com

Bad at Sports Episode 760: Nicole Marroquin Feb 11, 2021

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This week Bad at Sports Center welcomes Nicole Marroquin participant in the DePaul Art Museum exhibition LatinXAmerican and Faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Marroquin's practice ranges from social justice to community organizing to educating public school teachers to archiving microhistories and the work of the photographer Diana Solís. Ryan and Duncan trace her practice through a ruckus and bouncy chat that eventually finds its root in Marroquin's history as a printer and ceramicist. https://www.nicolemarroquin.com/ https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/latinx-american/Pages/default.aspx

Bad at Sports Episode 760: Ramón Miranda Beltrán Feb 04, 2021

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This week Dana & Brian zoom down to Puerto Rico to continue the series of interviews with artists from LatinXAmerican at the DePaul Art Museum. Ramón Miranda Beltrán shares his insights into adapting a practice to exhibition during COVID-19 and waves of colonialism in the Caribbean.

https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/latinx-american/Pages/default.aspx

https://mirandabeltran.com/

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