By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast

By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast is a by weekly podcast where two artist friends irreverently discuss news from the art world. The show is co-produced and co-hosted by Eric Wall and Ando, and is written by Eric Wall. Eric is an artist and art professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the arts. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, he has also lived and worked in Germany, Denmark, and the US, which has given him some unique insights into the contemporary art world. Ando is the founder of The Undergang Armchair, a podcast based around conversations with artists about their craft. He is a working artist and freelancer. He was raised in the US, and currently resides in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Virtual Art World 07/25/2018

The Virtual Art World Daniel Birnbaum, Director of Moderna Museet in Stockholm leaves to join the virtual reality company Acute Art based in London. Eric and Ando discuss the future of VR technology in art and the role it already has played. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6801717

All About My Selfie (Rebroadcast) 07/22/2018

All About My Selfie (Rebroadcast) It finally has come to Eric and Ando talking about Instagram. Take about 5 minutes to watch the video clip in the links below to get a better understanding of what we are discussing today. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6837524

Anish Kapoor Vs. The NRA 06/28/2018

Anish Kapoor Vs. The NRA Recently, the artist Anish Kapoor filed a lawsuit against the NRA over the use of one of his most famous work in a recruitment campaign. For our longtime listeners, I think you might find it Eric and Ando’s opinions on the story surprising. And as always, send us your opinion to the stories that we cover here at By The Way. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6755789

“52 & They Art All Against You” 06/07/2018

“52 & They Art All Against You” Back with a vengeance is BTW with “52 & They Art All Against You”. Listen to the discussion on what may become the largest US public art project ever. A political Super Pac launched a crowdfunding 52 billboards by major contemporary artists. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6678422

By The Way Mini-episode - Returned, Removed, and Yippee Ki Yay MotherFucker 05/08/2018

By The Way Mini-episode - Returned, Removed, and Yippee Ki Yay MotherFucker We follow up on a few stories in this By The Way Mini-episode titled Returned, Removed, and Yippee Ki Yay MotherFucker. See you back in a few weeks for the next full episode. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6568344

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” 04/24/2018

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” Join Eric Wall and Ando again as they discuss the basis' of the lawsuit that accuses Jeff Koons and Gagosian Gallery of running a "Ponzi-like scheme". We talk a little about how editions are works are produced, the difference between an art investor and an art collector, is Jeff Koons an artist or manufacture of art, and he is using his current collector's money as interest-free loans. Hope you enjoy the bashing of Jeff Koons in this episode. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6516172

By The Way Mini-episode - Postmasters Gallery NYC 04/13/2018

By The Way Mini-episode - Postmasters Gallery NYC On this Mini-episode of By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast Eric talks about Postmasters Gallery NYC and their recent Patreon campaign strategy. He has his doubts, but what do you think? /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6478056

Los Angeles and Shrinkage In The Art Market with Guest Jenny Danielsson 04/03/2018

Los Angeles and Shrinkage In The Art Market with Guest Jenny Danielsson By The Way, welcomes guest Jenny Danielsson. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6439137

BTW Mini-episode #1 Announcement 03/16/2018

BTW Mini-episode #1 Announcement News from the art world does not stop when we are unable to bring it to you on By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast. Many of the stories that we discuss on BTW continue to evolve after the release of an episode. Those of us here at Cultural Bandwidth have decided to introduce By The Way Mini-episodes. These are short episodes that will update all you the listeners on all those stories. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6372322

Should Thomas Kinkade Paint Trump's National Portrait? 02/28/2018

Should Thomas Kinkade Paint Trump's National Portrait? The Obama’s National Portraits were revealed & the gossipy side of the internet was a buzz. On this episode, Ando & Eric discuss the good, the bad, & crazy surrounding these two interesting paintings. Dive into the history of The National Portrait Gallery. A bizarre & racist interpretation. The most important is topic though is who should be commissioned Donald Trump’s portrait? /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6311532

What Do Bhutan, France, and Iran All Have In Common? 02/14/2018

What Do Bhutan, France, and Iran All Have In Common? Eric and Ando take a trip around the world in this episode. They discuss an Iranian contemporary art gallerist facing a jail time. The street artist Invader and his tasteless placement of his works in the country of Bhutan. Lastly, we discuss a legal case in France, where Facebook is being charged with limiting the freedom of expression of a school teacher. The teacher charges that Facebook deleted his account when he posted Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World (1866). /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6258905

Pussy, Drugs, and Jeff Koons 01/31/2018

Pussy, Drugs, and Jeff Koons Today Eric and Ando blaze through 4 topics. Pussy Riot seeks asylum in Sweden, and the Guggenheim offers Donald Trump a golden toilet by Maurizio Cattelan. Topics become more serious when they bring up Nan Goldin and the opioid crisis in the US. Goldin calls on her fellow artists and art institutions to resist the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma. What would be an episode BTW without an interjection of Jeff Koons. We discuss how he wants to "honor" of the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6204046

So Baroque That You Have No Monet 01/17/2018

So Baroque That You Have No Monet Is the Contemporary art world growing or shrinking? Are there more or less opportunities for artists today than in past decades? What is the future gallery model? In this episode Eric and Ando discuss new exhibition models that are emerging and if any of them can sustain /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6154582

A da Vinci & the Flaming Bag of Dog Poop 12/13/2017

A da Vinci & the Flaming Bag of Dog Poop How could we not talk about this most recent Christie’s contemporary art auction? The record breaking painting "by" Leonardo da Vinci titled Salvator Mundi sold for $450,312,500. We aren’t talking about the obvious talking points, instead we go deeper into the painting’s history. The guy who used to own Salvator Mundi was imprisoned in the 1990’s for contract killing of a rival. This episode's show notes are jam packed, so follow the links down the rabbit hole if you dare. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016866

All About My Selfie 11/29/2017

All About My Selfie It finally has come to Eric and Ando talking about Instagram. Take about 5 minutes to watch the video clip in the links below to get a better understanding of what we are discussing today. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016857

Theater of the Protest 11/15/2017

Theater of the Protest Pressure from outside the art world, threats of violence, and an online petition nearing a million people have compelled the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York to remove several artworks from an exhibition. Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World is the title of the exhibition. Eric and Ando unpack this story, and in the process will most likely offend a few listeners. So let us know if they are missing the point on this episode of By The Way. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016845

Money 11/01/2017

Money Well dOCUMENTA happened to pop up again in the news for this episode. Ando actually heard about this story too! /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016839

Death 10/18/2017

Death A bit of change up on this episode of By The Way, as Eric and Ando talk about Sam Durant’s sculpture titled Scaffold. Originally created by Sam Durant for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany, the work has since been purchased by the Walker Art Center, USA. The story does not end there. We hope you listen to hear about why some people say ‘That's a killing machine.’ about the work. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016837

Thievery 10/04/2017

Thievery On the inaugural episode of By The Way Eric presents Ando with 2 news stories. The first story is about the craft store giant Hobby Lobby smuggling Middle Eastern artifacts into the US. In our second story we discuss the stolen works by street artist Invaders in the daylight on the streets of Paris. No wonder people are stealing them when the can reach the price of $250,000 at Sotheby’s. /episode/index/show/bytheway/id/6016823

By The Way: A Contemporary Art News Podcast

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