Ben Davis
@benadavis.bsky.social
Writer. Author of '9.5 Theses on Art and Class' and 'Art in the After-Culture.' My newsletter at https://substack.com/@benstoppable
Talking with Trevor Paglen about "The Society of the Psyop," his new book for @versobooks.bsky.social, "How to See Like a Machine," plus my experience with his new hypnosis-based art project, "Voyager" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
July 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Talking with Trevor Paglen about "The Society of the Psyop," his new book for @versobooks.bsky.social, "How to See Like a Machine," plus my experience with his new hypnosis-based art project, "Voyager" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Talking with Tarek Atoui on the idea of the sonic object in contemporary art podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
June 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Talking with Tarek Atoui on the idea of the sonic object in contemporary art podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Talking with Roberta Smith about criticism and galleries and much more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
June 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Talking with Roberta Smith about criticism and galleries and much more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Talking with Martha Schwendener about the media theory of Vilem Flusser, the prophet of post-literate, post-historical image culture:
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April 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Talking with Martha Schwendener about the media theory of Vilem Flusser, the prophet of post-literate, post-historical image culture:
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Talking about Raphael at the Met for the Art Angle this week
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April 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Talking about Raphael at the Met for the Art Angle this week
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My personal letter for last month: everything I wrote, and the various podcasts substack.com/home/post/p-...
April 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
My personal letter for last month: everything I wrote, and the various podcasts substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Met introduces Raphael as "one of the greatest influencers of all time"
March 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The Met introduces Raphael as "one of the greatest influencers of all time"
"New Humans" at the new New Museum is a wild ride! Lots to think about news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...
March 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"New Humans" at the new New Museum is a wild ride! Lots to think about news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...
What is it about this painter that made the attention of these big shows converge on her now? Talking with Taína Cruz for the Art Angle...
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March 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
What is it about this painter that made the attention of these big shows converge on her now? Talking with Taína Cruz for the Art Angle...
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The Art Angle round-up pod for Feb... here's the preview and the link
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February 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The Art Angle round-up pod for Feb... here's the preview and the link
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Talking about and and magic mushroom. Podcast link here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Talking about and and magic mushroom. Podcast link here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This is happening on Wednesday... talking with @thegraymarket.bsky.social about the trends we think are emerging in 2026. Come by, hang out, and talk about art
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is happening on Wednesday... talking with @thegraymarket.bsky.social about the trends we think are emerging in 2026. Come by, hang out, and talk about art
End-of-the-year Art Angle round-up cast. Promo here, and link below... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
End-of-the-year Art Angle round-up cast. Promo here, and link below... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Small but funny thing to me: American Arts Conservancy has fixed the amateur-hour typo from its founding press release I mentioned yesterday, but even doing this, they STILL fail to put in the open quotation mark
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Small but funny thing to me: American Arts Conservancy has fixed the amateur-hour typo from its founding press release I mentioned yesterday, but even doing this, they STILL fail to put in the open quotation mark
With "Nigerian Modernism" getting rave reviews at the Tate, I talked to Chika Okeke-Agulu about Nigeria's midcentury art avant garde. Here's the promo and the link podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
With "Nigerian Modernism" getting rave reviews at the Tate, I talked to Chika Okeke-Agulu about Nigeria's midcentury art avant garde. Here's the promo and the link podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Jeanette Andrews is basically a genre all of her own. Interviewing her here about the touchpoints between magic and art. Here's the link and the promo:
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October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jeanette Andrews is basically a genre all of her own. Interviewing her here about the touchpoints between magic and art. Here's the link and the promo:
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This week's Art Angle is me interviewing the curator of the De Young Museum's big "Art of Manga" show. Promo below, link to the episode here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This week's Art Angle is me interviewing the curator of the De Young Museum's big "Art of Manga" show. Promo below, link to the episode here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
A take on take on creativity and the Sora 2 A.I. video app news.artnet.com/art-world/so...
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A take on take on creativity and the Sora 2 A.I. video app news.artnet.com/art-world/so...
Talking with the great Andrea Fraser about the evolving world(s) of art. Promo below, link here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Talking with the great Andrea Fraser about the evolving world(s) of art. Promo below, link here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
My newsletter digest of things I wrote/podcasts from Janurary 2025 substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
My newsletter digest of things I wrote/podcasts from Janurary 2025 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Love ETX Studio's motto #BetterDifferentlyLess
January 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Love ETX Studio's motto #BetterDifferentlyLess
#TheArtAngle pod on #Orphism at the Guggenheim museum, mainly just on the mirage-like art history of Orphism though
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November 22, 2024 at 5:28 PM
#TheArtAngle pod on #Orphism at the Guggenheim museum, mainly just on the mirage-like art history of Orphism though
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