The Modern Art Notes Podcast

Episode No. 728 features curators Anna Lovatt and Kelly Montana, and artist/curator Pablo Helguera. Lovatt and Montana are the curators of "Lines of Resolution: Drawing at the Advent of Television and Video" [https://www.menil.org/exhibition/lines-of-resolution-drawing-at-the-advent-of-television-and-video] at the Menil Drawing Institute, Houston. The exhibition examines the intersection of drawing, television, and video from the late 1950s into the 1980s. "Lines of Resolution" features the work of 25 artists, including Nam June Paik, Howardena Pindell, Sigmar Polke, and Joan Jonas. It is on view through February 8, 2026. A fascinating catalogue was published by the Menil. Amazon [https://www.menil.org/exhibition/lines-of-resolution-drawing-at-the-advent-of-television-and-video] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/lines-of-resolution-drawing-at-the-advent-of-television-and-video-anna-lovatt/9e4b9c1cb03663ea?ean=9780300284171&next=t] offer it for about $35-40. In addition to the works shown below, works discussed on the program include: * Ulrike Rosenbach, Bonnet Drawing [https://online.sammlung-goetz.de/en/work/zeichenhaube-ulrike-rosenbach/], 1972. * Catherine Elwes, Two Drawings on Glass [https://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/catherine_elwes/two_drawings_on_glass.html], 1978. Along with representatives from the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's curatorial and learning teams, Helguera is the co-curator of "Collection in Conversation with Pablo Helguera," [https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/collection-in-conversation-with-pablo-helguera/] which is at the MCA through July 5, 2026. The exhibition is the product of questions that Helguera, a New York-based artist and educator, posed to a group of 20 Chicago artists, writers, activists, and educators in the fall of 2024. It's on view through July 5, 2026. In addition to the works shown below, works discussed on the program include: * Susan Philipsz, We Shall Be All [https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2011/susan-philipsz-we-shall-be-all], 2011.  * Public Collectors, QUARANZINE: A printed space for work produced during the COVID-19 pandemic [https://halfletterpress.com/quaranzine-12-issues/], 2020.  Instagram: Pablo Helguera [https://www.instagram.com/helguerapablo/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]

Episode No. 727 is a holiday weekend clips episode featuring artist Andrea Carlson. The Denver Art Museum just opened "Andrea Carlson: A Constant Sky," [https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/andrea-carlson] a mid-career survey. The exhibition spotlights how Carlson, who is Ojibwe and of European settler descent, creates works that challenge the colonial narratives presented by modern artists, museum collections, and cannibal genre horror films, all in ways that challenge and depart from the US landscape tradition. The exhibition was curated by Dakota Hoska, and will remain on view through February 16, 2026. The exhibition catalogue was published by Scala, Amazon [https://amzn.to/3KIz4oI] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/andrea-carlson-a-constant-sky-aruna-dsouza/b9da674efd4c39be?ean=9781785515941&next=t] offer it for $30-35. Museums that have featured solo exhibitions of Carlson's work include the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, New York, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Her work is in the collection of museums such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Denver Art Museum. She is also the co-founder of the Center for Native Futures in Chicago. [https://www.centerfornativefutures.org/] This program was taped on the occasion of Carlson's 2024 solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago. For images, please see Episode No. 677. [https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-677-andrea-carlson/] Instagram: Andrea Carlson [https://www.instagram.com/andrea.carlson/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/]

Episode No. 726 features artist Danielle Joy Mckinney. The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is presenting "Danille Mckinney: Tell Me More" [https://www.brandeis.edu/rose/exhibitions/2025/danielle-mckinney.html] through January 4, 2026. The exhibition, Mckinney's first solo presentation in a US museum, spotlights Mckinney's introspective explorations of Black womanhood. It was curated by Gannit Ankori. Concurrently, Galerie Max Hetzler is presenting Mckinney's work in "Second Wind" [https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/danielle-mckinney-second-wind-2025] in London through November 1. Mckinney has been featured in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and many more. Her work is in the collection of museums such as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Instagram: Danielle Joy Mckinney [https://www.instagram.com/danielle_mckinney_/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks]

Episode No. 725 features curators Philip Brookman and Deborah Willis (and a cameo, of sorts, from artist Anthony Barboza). Brookman and Willis are the co-curators of "Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-85" [https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/photography-and-black-arts-movement-1955-1985] at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition considers photography's engagement with the post-war cultural and aesthetic movement that celebrated Black history, identity, and beauty, and which often influenced the broader civil rights movement of which it was a part. The exhibition features 150 works from photographers and other artists who used photography in their work, such as in collage or assemblage. It is on view through January 11, 2026. An excellent catalogue was published by the NGA In association with Yale University Press. Amazon [https://amzn.to/4nMOKVZ] and Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/photography-and-the-black-arts-movement-1955-1985-angela-davis/e308bc22d7196856?ean=9780300283501&next=t] offer it for about $60. Instagram: Philip Brookman [https://www.instagram.com/philipbrookman/], Anthony Barboza [https://www.instagram.com/anthony_barboza_photographer/], Deborah Willis [https://www.instagram.com/debwillisphoto/], Tyler Green. [https://www.instagram.com/tylergreenbooks/] Air date: September 25, 2025.

Episode No. 724 features artist Antony Gormley. It was taped before a live audience at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. The Nasher is showing "SURVEY: Antony Gormley" [https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/art/exhibitions/exhibition/id/2156] through January 4, 2026. The exhibition is the first major museum survey of Gormley's [https://www.antonygormley.com/] work in the United States. Across sculptures, models, and notebooks, "SURVEY" spans Gormley's career from the 1980s to today. The exhibition extends beyond the Nasher's galleries to include sculptures installed on the rooftops of both the Nasher and skyscrapers in and around downtown Dallas. It was curated by Jed Morse. Gormley is the UK's most honored living sculptor. His works often use the body to address fundamental questions of where humans stand in relation to nature and the cosmos. Major exhibitions of his work have been held at museums and in biennials all over the world. Air date: September 18, 2025.