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Bad at Sports Episode 978: Delano Dunn

This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews visit the studio of artist Delano Dunn, whose dazzling collages combine the visual excess of the 1980s and

Oct 28
59 min

Bad at Sports Episode 977: E. Saffronia Downing

What can a handful of dirt tell you about where you live? At ACRE Projects in Chicago, the Bad at Sports crew joins ceramic artist E. Saffronia Downing amid her exhibitio

Oct 21
1 h 02 min

Bad at Sports Episode 976: Tony Lewis and Bosco Bae

Duncan MacKenzie and Jesse Malmed sit down with artist Tony Lewis and Bosco Bae, brother of the late Chicago artist Gregory Bae (1986–2021), for a moving, funny, and cand

Oct 13
1 h 38 min

Bad at Sports Episode 975: Paul Nudd

Brian Andrews, Duncan MacKenzie, and Ryan Peter Miller sit down with Chicago-area artist Paul Nudd at Spudnik Press, surrounded by the work of the 1st International Milwa

Oct 9
57 min

Bad at Sports Episode 974: Mari Eastman

What makes a painting worth saving? What happens when the image in your head refuses to become the image on your panel? And why does everybody want another fox? This we

Oct 2
1 h 00 min

Bad at Sports Episode 973: Manuel Mathieu

What do you do when your hope for the future starts to feel fragile? And what can a painting, an act of remembrance, or a bottle of perfume do about it? Duncan MacKenzi

Sep 30
1 h 06 min

Bad at Sports Episode 972: Jeanette Andrews

Artist and magician Jeanette Andrews joins Duncan and Jesse at the Elmhurst Art Museum, the very place where, as a teenager, she began imagining how magic could become co

Sep 29
1 h 06 min

Bad at Sports Episode 971: Jean Alexander Frater, Matthew Girson & Dana DeGiulio at Material

What can eight small paintings tell us about the possibilities of an artist-run space? Duncan MacKenzie, joined midway by Jesse Malmed, speaks with Jean Alexander Frater,

Sep 25
58 min

Bad at Sports Episode: 970 - A P(o)or(t)ch Theater with Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey and Kristin Mariani

At Spudnik Press in Chicago, Duncan MacKenzie, Brian Andrews and Ryan Peter Miller welcome Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey and Kristin Mariani to discuss the Poor Farm Exper

Sep 22
1 h 06 min

Bad at Sports Episode 969: Abby Pucker and Chanelle Lacy... It's Cool to Care?

What if the problem with Chicago's art world isn't a shortage of artists, galleries, institutions, or ideas—but a shortage of connective tissue? This week on Bad at Spo

Sep 9
1 h 16 min

Bad at Sports Episode 968: Abigail Winograd and Dieter Roelstraete — It's About Time

What if the most radical thing an artist can do right now is… take their time? This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with curators Abi

Sep 4
1 h 14 min

Bad at Sports Episode 967: Georgia Kotretsos with Daniel Tucker

Blurb: Daniel Tucker interviews Georgia Kotretsos about her work with the ΤΗΕ ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY which is conceived of as a Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium with pr

Sep 2
30 min

Bad at Sports Episode 966: Claire Ashley

Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with artist Claire Ashley at the Door County Contemporary Art Fair for a conversation that wanders from broken-down minivans t

Aug 17
58 min

Bad at Sports Episode 965: Jaymee Harvey Willms

Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with artist, curator, arts administrator, and Door County Contemporary co-founder Jaymee Harvey Willms for an unexpectedly per

Aug 13
55 min

Bad at Sports Episode 964: Jenal Dolson

Duncan MacKenzie, Ryan Peter Miller, and Brian Andrews are joined by painter Jenal Dolson for a conversation recorded live from the Door County Contemporary Art Fair in W

Aug 10
56 min

Bad at Sports Episode 963: Tyson Reeder

Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller finally welcome painter, educator, and perennial instigator Tyson Reeder to Bad at Sports. Recorded during Door County Contempora

Aug 6
57 min

Bad at Sports Episode 962: Sophia Chai

This week Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with artist Sophia Chai at the Door County Contemporary Art Fair to discuss photography that insists on becoming som

Aug 3
32 min

Bad at Sports Episode 961: Tanner MacArthur

Tanner MacArthur joins Bad at Sports live from Door County Contemporary for a conversation that begins with secret fry sauce recipes and somehow ends with the shape of De

Jul 30
1 h 12 min

Bad at Sports Episode 960: Shane Walsh

This episode on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie, Ryan Peter Miller, and Brian Andrews sit down with artist, organizer, and Door County Contemporary co-founder Shane Walsh

Jul 27
39 min

Bad at Sports Episode 959: Shane McAdams

This week Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller head north to the Door County Contemporary Art Fair to sit down with artist, curator, writer, gallerist, and all-around a

Jul 23
1 h 14 min

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What listeners say

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Interesting, smart and eloquent guests. The podcast has a lot of potential but the hosts are underprepared. They will not introduce the guests properly and don’t appear to do basic research about their guests (who they are, where they are showing, when, etc.) They are disrupting interesting conversations with unnecessary comments (ie. go on tinder and find a date to go see this exhibition with/ this is a good show to hook up in), which show lack of preparedness. Dana will ask an open ended question to then interrupt the artist in the middle of their answer for a commercial break. The podcast has a lot of potential, but host needs research, notes and to reduce unnecessary art jargon that deviates from the artist’s intention.

canesuga · Mar 2019

Bad at Sports is ambitious in the range of art world folk they dialogue with and thus there are some highs and lows. However, the highs are worth any amount of getting lost in art speak (note: if you are not familiar with the art world this may be a difficult place to start, but you can still certainly learn a lot if you stick with it), or the ramblings that do eventually lead to wonderful insights. Only a 4 out of 5 for the inaccessibility for some. However, as an MA student in CHI this is ESSENTIAL LISTENING for my daily life and these folks are fascinating, bring on engaging guests, and push the conversation of art and society where it needs to go. Also, congratulations on Say It While You Mean It (their book in collaboration with Open Engagement).

RealArtNerd · Jul 2017

This is the only podcast I've found that covers a range of contemporary artists and theorists while using the wonderful casual podcast interview form. With that said, it is hit or miss depending on the guests. The conversations can go face first into an art speak mess and it results in a kersplatt! It is painful when discussing art becomes a circle jerk of using big words to make boring/obvious ideas seem deep or transcendent. There are episodes that are incredibly interesting/ engaging when the interviewee brings a strong perspective. Kerry James Marshall is a must listen!!

Brianhalloran · May 2013

This is a good resource for contemporary art news and interviews. If you are too busy in the studio and don't have time to browse magazines and websites, play this while you're working and you'll feel a bit less guilt and despair for being a shut-in. Oh, and if you're not academically-minded don't let their vocabulary, obscure references, and frequent use of art theory scare you away - they are funny and rather humble for the loads of wisdom they will spew into your ear.

vesnaonline · Mar 2012

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