The NewCrits Podcast
Episodes
The Forum 18 | Reginald Sylvester II: Discipline as Devotion
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Reginald Sylvester II approaches painting as a structure of discipline. What begins in daily rituals—routine, repetition, and care—extends into a ...
The Terms Of Autonomy: NewCrits Talk with Ebony L. Haynes
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
NewCrits Talk with Ebony L. Haynes: The Terms of AutonomyWhen David Zwirner approached Ebony L. Haynes, the conversation didn’t begin with vision st...
Inside the Machinery of Ruin: NewCrits Talk with Banks Violette
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He built a career on dark stages, scorched metal, and fragile narratives. Banks Violette looks back at the neo-goth label, the toll of self-destructio...
On Tender Assembly and the Politics of Display: NewCrits Talk with Eric N. Mack
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He builds with fabric, scaffolding, and light — Eric N. Mack on tenderness as structure and the unseen labor that makes art visible.Eric N. Mack wor...
Saints, Stained Glass, and the Work of Belief: NewCrits Talk with Raúl de Nieves
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He builds worlds from devotion, labor, and light. Raúl de Nieves on myth, death, and the joy of transformation.Raúl de Nieves is a multidisciplinary...
Tracing Absence and the Lives We Inherit: NewCrits Talk with Tamika Abaka-Wood
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She builds archives, conjures futures, and questions everything. Tamika Abaka-Wood on ritual, refusal, and the joy of cultural strategy.Tamika Abaka-W...
Codes, Color, and Mapping the Invisible: NewCrits Talk with Candida Alvarez
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She paints memory, sensation, and the space between languages. Candida Alvarez on intuition, inheritance, and color as a vessel for care.Candida Alvar...
Contorted Worlds, Distorted Identities, and Cartoons as a Conduit: NewCrits Talk with Janiva Ellis
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She paints distortion, vulnerability, and the psychic residue of history — Janiva Ellis on contortion as language and survival.Janiva Ellis is a pai...
Emotional Realism and the Architecture of Feeling: NewCrits Talk with Aaron Gilbert
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He paints exhaustion, desire, and the ghosts of modern life—Aaron Gilbert on how to stay human in a fractured worldAaron Gilbert is a painter whose ...
Culture Gardening and Counter-Futures: NewCrits Talk with Salome Asega
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ajay Kurian: I've been trying to think of a way to aptly describe what it is that Salome Asega does because the way she's thinking about a practice, a...
Expanding Textiles as Sculpture: A Conversation with Sagarika Sundaram
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NewCrits provides one-on-one studio visits, portfolio reviews, and mentorship with some of the world's most visionary artists.This week on NewCrits, w...
Blasphemy, Bird Shit, and the Sublime: A Conversation with Elaine Cameron-Weir
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A BDSM dungeon for alchemist Bitcoin investors. A druid hideaway in the abandoned Palo Alto headquarters of the corporation Theranos. A crossover betw...
Artist Steve Locke isn't interested in your Pain / NewCrits Podcast Ep 4
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I met Steve this past summer at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture where we were both resident faculty. I quickly fell in love with his wit (b...
The NewCrits Podcast Ep 3: Jamian Juliano-Villani
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone, Welcome to the third episode of the NewCrits Podcast with me, Ajay Kurian. This month, I interviewed Jamian Juliano Villani. We record...
Identity, Racial Cliche, and the Difficult Image: NewCrits Talk with Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr is an artist who uses photography to explore representation through privacy and fiction. Sometimes his images work towards the...
Trash, Ruined Objects, and Horror: NewCrits Talk with Ser Serpas
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ser Serpas was born in 1995 in Los Angeles, California and lives and works in New York. Primarily interested in death and legacy, her work is preoccup...