Joe and Matthew discuss both positive and negative museum experiences, paving the way for a wider discussion of recent events in the contemporary art world. An arts reading assignment continues. The Brain Fuzz news segment returns, and an arts-related experiment is teased.



(Un)required Resources For This Episode



* SCAD Museum of Art* Mika Rottenberg at hauserwirth.com* Rachel Feinstein at gagosian.com* Laney Contemporary* Christy Bush* Tabitha Soren* Authority and Freedom by Jed Perl* “Poetry in the Expanded Field” by John Yau at HYPERALLERGIC* “Former Tom Sachs Employees Detail New Allegations of Meager Pay and Dehumanizing Work for the Artist and His Wife, Sarah Hoover” from artnet* “Portland Art Museum’s treatment of Karuk mother who wore Indigenous baby carrier echoes past harm, mom says” from The Oregonian* “OpenAI’s former top safety researcher says there’s a ‘10 to 20% chance’ that the tech will take over with many or most ‘humans dead’” from Fortune