Capital A: Unauthorized Opinions on Money, Art & Everything
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
16. Running Naked through the Market: Bill Deresiewicz on Artists in the Digital Economy
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make a living as an artist when the big platforms price your work at zero? How do you get your big break when all the institutions that use...
15. Optimism and Taking Risks: Thomas Agrinier on His Paintings
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with Paris-based painter Thomas Agrinier, we discuss his dynamic figurative paintings—which mix a powerful classicism with cont...
14. Who Does Art Speak To?
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On a recent walk to the Museo de Bellas Artes in protest-ravaged Santiago de Chile, I try to respond to all the work I see through the lens of this qu...
13. You Don't Have to Square That Circle: Ben Davis on Art & Politics
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can art really create political change? What are the conditions that make this possible if and when it happens? What are the social ingredients that m...
12. What Do Musicians Do All Day? Georgina Rossi on the Microeconomics of Classical Music
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They receive about as much training as olympic athletes, and yet very few people have a sense of what life looks like for classical musicians today. T...
11. Burst the Bubble
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As artists, we often despair about the efficacy of our work and its ability to advocate for change. Part of this has to do with the fact that the art ...
10. Post-scarcity & Degrowth: A Tale of Two Tomorrows
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we become more aware of the existential threat of climate change, it can feel like the economy is a runaway engine driving us toward extinction. We...
9. Reparations
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the horrific killing of George Floyd by the police that were meant to protect and to serve him, mass demonstrations have pushed the conversation...
8. You See A Lot of Zombie Movies: Charles Davis on Being an Independent Filmmaker Today
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that, despite the fact that technology has made it easier and cheaper to make and distribute your own films than ever before, being an indep...
7. The State of the World Tomorrow: Žižek's Hegel
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is clear that Covid-19 is an event of historic proportions, but what does that really mean? What do we mean when we say that an event "shaped the c...
6. The State of the World Today
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With climate change, inequality, and Covid-19 raging just outside our windows, it can sometimes feel like we live in a world without a future. How did...
5. The State of Art Today
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s common knowledge that today, there is no unifying theme or essence to contemporary art. Having finally broken all of its own rules, the story g...
4. Art Collector? Me? A Primer for the 99%
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that most of the galleries out there are chasing the same small group of elite collectors? In this interview with Maddie Boucher, the former...
3. Art and the Wealth Gap: Microdynamics
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does the wealth gap impact artists' ability to relate to one another? Episode 2, Part I explores how concentrations of capital at the top of the m...
2. Art and the Wealth Gap: Macrodynamics
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why does being an artist increasingly feel like sending your blood, sweat and tears into the void? Episode 2, Part I explores how concentrations of ca...
1. Art and Space
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between a space and a venue? Episode 1 explores what space is, and why it is crucial to working artists. WORKS CITED -Fusco, ...