Podcasts by A Piece of Work
A Piece of Work is everything you want to know about modern and contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Hosted by Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson, this 10-episode series explores everything from Pop Art to performance in lively conversations with curators, artists and Abbi’s friends, including Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul and Questlove. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex
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Podcast on the topic Bildende Kunst
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The Writing on the Wall from 2017-08-09T12:00
There are new paintings and drawings by Sol LeWitt being made all the time -- even though the artist died in 2007. That’s possible because LeWitt’s wrote instructions for creating his work...
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Questlove Hearts Emojis from 2017-08-07T12:00
Emojis, video games, even the humble “@” symbol -- all these staples of digital life have been as carefully designed as the most sleek furniture or fancy architecture. But do they belong in a mu...
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Andy Warhol’s Art of Self-Promotion from 2017-08-02T12:00
Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans” has got to be one of the most famous images of the 20th century. But at the time, Warhol’s use of advertising and imagery from consumer culture was super con...
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You’ve Got to Watch This! from 2017-07-31T12:00
Way before viral videos, since the invention of the medium in the 1960s, artists have made video to critique the culture around them. Howardena Pindell delivers a direct-to-camera account of the...
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If It’s Got Naked People, RuPaul Is In from 2017-07-26T12:00
A dozen dancers rolling around in their underwear, rubbing raw chickens and fish on each other. No, it’s not some weird ‘60s porn, it’s a performance -- Abbi talks with the feminist artist behin...
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Minimalism to the Max from 2017-07-24T12:00
Some artworks seem crazy simple -- like a stack of metal boxes or a group of white paintings. Minimalism rejected the idea that art should express the artist’s feelings or depict the visible wor...
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Samantha Irby Gets High on Light from 2017-07-19T12:00
Abbi brings her friend the hilarious essayistSamantha Irbyto MoMA PS1 to see one of the trippiest works they’ve ever experience...
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How Questlove Learned to Love Silence from 2017-07-17T12:00
Ahmir Thompson (a.k.a.Questlove of The Roots) is a very busy dude. He was feeling stretched thin, until he discovered the power ...
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Tavi Gevinson Wonders When It’s Done from 2017-07-12T12:00
When you look at abstract art, what are you supposed to see among all those splatters and blobs? Abbi sorts out her feelings about Jackson Pollock’s monumental action paintings with a litt...
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Hannibal Buress Really Wants to Touch the Art from 2017-07-10T12:00
Does art have to be beautiful, or can everyday stuff be made into art too?Abbi Jacobson brings her friend comedianListen
Presenting: A Piece of Work from 2017-07-06T00:00
Yes, she’s the hilarious co-creator ofComedy Central’s “Broad City.” But b...
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