The Baer Faxt Podcast
The Baer Faxt Podcast
The Baer Faxt
What makes the art world tick? The Baer Faxt Podcast reveals the inner workings of the global art industry through exclusive interviews with key players in the business. The Baer Faxt is the leading news source for art world insiders, started in 1994 as a faxed newsletter and expanded to include an advisory service and auction database with bidder data gathered firsthand on the salesroom floor. Like what you hear? Subscribe to our newsletter today at thebaerfaxt.com
Art Criticism, Community, and Humor with Sarah Higgins & Josh Baer ahead of Atlanta Art Fair
Sarah Higgins has curated more than 40 exhibitions for institutions like MOCA Georgia and the Zuckerman Museum of Art, and led Art Papers, the country's longest-running nonprofit art journal, since 2018. This year, Higgins is the guest curator of the A...
Oct 1
26 min
Why Sports Stars Are Buying Art—Gardy St. Fleur & Josh Baer ahead of Atlanta Art Fair
If anyone can speak to the rising interest in art among sports stars, it's art advisor Gardy St. Fleur, whose education-first, community-centric approach has made him the person athletes call first. Over the course of his career, he's built a practice ...
Sep 25
29 min
Art Galleries Are Still Not OK—Now What? With Marc Spiegler & Amy Cappellazzo
Art Galleries Are Still Not OK—Now What? In the latest episode of The Baer Faxt Podcast, Josh sits down with Marc Spiegler, Cultural Strategies Consultant, former CEO of Art Basel and author of the New York Times piece that set the art world talking, a...
Aug 13
45 min
Artist Trevor Paglen on The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel 2026
Artist Trevor Paglen joins host Josh Baer at Art Basel Basel to talk about his curatorial vision for Zero 10 (co-curated with Eli Scheinman), Art Basel's initiative reframing what "digital art" actually means, and why the answer might surprise you. The...
Jun 25
22 min
Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz on The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel 2026
Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz joins host Josh Baer on the opening day of Art Basel Basel to talk about how the organization is adapting its platform fair by fair—from the Basel Exclusive initiative (withholding marquee works from preview PDFs to re-energ...
Jun 25
20 min
Dealer David Schrader on The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel 2026
David Schrader—the S in PDS (Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries)—joins host Josh Baer on the opening day of Art Basel Basel, his first fair as an exhibitor after decades as a collector and head of private sales at Sotheby's. They cover what surprised him...
Jun 25
20 min
Art Advisor Erica Samuels on The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel 2026
Art advisor Erica Samuels joins Josh Baer on the floor at Art Basel for a candid conversation about how the best advisors actually work — from building client PDFs and curating "mini collections" to navigating conflicts when two clients want the same p...
Jun 25
35 min
The Art of the Court with Jonas Wood & John McEnroe
Love art, AND sport? Well, we have a doozy for you. The Baer Faxt Podcast is back with two icons: artist Jonas Wood and tennis legend John McEnroe, on the occasion of Jonas' exhibition of tennis paintings at Gagosian Beverly Hills. What do a painter an...
May 28
39 min
First Dibs on Contemporary Art in Thailand with Purat “Chang” Osathanugrah
Host Josh Baer talks with Purat “Chang” Osathanugrah, a collector, business leader, educator, and founder of Dib Bangkok, Thailand's first major international art museum. Tune in to hear about Thailand's artistic landscape, the transformative role Dib ...
Apr 30
30 min
From Idyllic Switzerland and Beyond with Rachel Lehmann
Host Josh Baer is joined by storied gallerist, Rachel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehmann Maupin, as the gallery celebrates its 30th year in business. Tune in to hear about her early days in Lausanne, a saucy Jeff Koons show, how the gallery has evolved and...
Mar 26
34 min
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