The NewCrits Podcast

The Forum 24 | Ed Solomon

Screenwriter Ed Solomon discusses The Christophers and reflects on his career and creative process. Solomon discusses mentorship, writing intuitively, working with actors

The Forum 23 | Inside The Studio Panel

Three artists reflect on their experiences working as assistants to established artists. Ian Cheng, Darren Bader, and Jamian Juliano-Villani discuss apprenticeship, autho

SPENT: Episode Five | Marc Spiegler

For nearly a decade, Marc Spiegler served as the Global Director of Art Basel, helping shape one of the world’s most influential institutions in contemporary art. Earlier

The Forum 22 | Baseera Khan

Baseera Khan joins Ajay Kurian for a conversation that begins with a Garfield drawing contest and expands into an exploration of storytelling, identity, and the politics

SPENT Episode Four | Erin Jane Nelson

Erin Jane Nelson joins Ajay Kurian to talk about the gap between artistic success and creative fulfillment. They discuss the reality of making a living as an artist, navi

The Forum 21 | Lucas Blalock

Lucas Blalock’s photographs often look like they’re interrupting themselves. Objects bend out of place. Edits remain visible. Corrections become part of the image instea

SPENT: Episode Three | Whitney Mallet

SPENT: Episode Three | Whitney Mallet Whitney Mallet has spent years moving through magazines, galleries, performances, readings, and the shifting ecosystems that surrou

SPENT: Episode Two | Walter Price

SPENT: Episode Two | Walter Price Walter Price’s paintings may present as loose, instinctive, and immediate, but behind them is a practice built on discipline, repetitio

SPENT: Episode One | Yaya Bey

SPENT: Episode One | Yaya Bey Yaya Bey has built one of the most singular voices in contemporary music not by chasing consensus, but by trusting her own sense of practic

The Forum 20 | Kamrooz Aram: Painting on the Edge of Ornament and Abstraction

He works through form, perception, and the politics of display — Kamrooz Aram on ornament, abstraction, and the unstable ground of how we see. Kamrooz Aram moves between

The Forum 19 | Rachel Rose: Psychic States, Motherhood, and the Moving Image

She works through feeling, perception, and narrative — Rachel Rose on interior weather, unstable perspectives, and art as a way to process what cannot be easily named. R

The Forum 18 | Reginald Sylvester II: Discipline as Devotion

Reginald Sylvester II approaches painting as a structure of discipline. What begins in daily rituals—routine, repetition, and care—extends into a larger philosophy about

The Forum 17 | Ebony L. Haynes: The Terms Of Autonomy

When David Zwirner approached Ebony L. Haynes, the conversation didn’t begin with vision statements or prestige. It began with reality: exhaustion, uncertainty, and the q

The Forum 16 | Banks Violette: Inside the Machinery of Ruin

He built a career on dark stages, scorched metal, and fragile narratives. Banks Violette looks back at the neo-goth label, the toll of self-destruction, and what it means

The Forum 15 | Eric N. Mack: On Tender Assembly and the Politics of Display

He builds with fabric, scaffolding, and light — Eric N. Mack on tenderness as structure and the unseen labor that makes art visible. Eric N. Mack works between painting,

The Forum 14 | Raúl de Nieves: Saints, Stained Glass, and the Work of Belief

He builds worlds from devotion, labor, and light. Raúl de Nieves on myth, death, and the joy of transformation. Raúl de Nieves is a multidisciplinary artist whose practi

The Forum 13 | Tracing Absence and the Lives We Inherit

She builds archives, conjures futures, and questions everything — Tamika Abaka-Wood on ritual, refusal, and the joy of cultural strategy. Tamika Abaka-Wood is a cultural

The Forum 12 | Candida Alvarez: Codes, Color, and Mapping the Invisible

She paints memory, sensation, and the space between languages. Candida Alvarez on intuition, inheritance, and color as a vessel for care. Candida Alvarez is a painter wh

The Forum 11 | Janiva Ellis: Contorted Worlds, Distorted Identities, and Cartoons as a Conduit

She paints distortion, vulnerability, and the psychic residue of history — Janiva Ellis on contortion as language and survival. Janiva Ellis is a painter whose work stre

The Forum 10 | Aaron Gilbert: Emotional Realism and the Architecture of Feeling

He paints exhaustion, desire, and the ghosts of modern life—Aaron Gilbert on how to stay human in a fractured world. Aaron Gilbert is a painter whose work bridges the my