Frye Art Museum podcasts feature informal conversations with artists, historians, and curators on the subjects of historic and contemporary art. Subscribe to our ongoing series of podcasts using the links below, or download individual episodes directly from our site.
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Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History: Robin Held and Ian Berry
Published February 23, 2010; 6 min.; MP3 format
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Ian Berry, exhibition curator and Malloy Curator, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, and Robin Held, Frye Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, discuss organizing Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History, a major museum retrospective of work by artist, activist, and teacher Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), a group of artists originally made up of Rollins’s students from Intermediate School 52 in the South Bronx.
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art
Video – The Old, Weird America Conversation: Robin Held and Greil Marcus
Published November 13, 2009; 26 min.; M4V format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, met with author, culture critic, and music writer Greil Marcus for an intimate conversation in the award-winning exhibition The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art. Marcus’s most recent book is A New Literary History of America. The exhibition title is barrowed from Marcus' third book The Old, Weird America: Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes and was a starting point for exhibition curator Toby Kamps’ exploration of folk imagery and vivid American lore that inspired the contemporary artists featured in the exhibition.
Enhanced Podcast – The Old, Weird America Conversation: Robin Held and Toby Kamps
Published October 14, 2009; 12 min.; M4A format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston senior curator and curator of The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art discuss the inspiration for the exhibition, selected artworks in the exhibitions, and the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent US art. This enhanced podcast allows you to view selected images from the exhibition on any video-capable iPod or iPhone, in iTunes, or in Quicktime.
Standard Podcast – The Old, Weird America Conversation: Robin Held and Toby Kamps
Published October 14, 2009; 12 min.; MP3 format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston senior curator and curator of The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art discuss the inspiration for the exhibition, selected artworks in the exhibitions, and the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and mythic history in recent US art.
The Puppet Show
Enhanced Podcast – Lecture by The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner
Published May 27, 2009; 43 min.; M4A format
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Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania Senior Curator and The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner discusses the creation and design of The Puppet Show, the themes explored in the exhibition, and the proliferation of puppets in pop culture. The Puppet Show is on view at the Frye Art Museum May 16–September 13, 2009. Download to your iPod or iPhone and listen while in the Frye galleries! This enhanced podcast allows you to view selected images from the exhibition on any video-capable iPod or iPhone.
Standard Podcast – Lecture by The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner
Published May 27, 2009; 43 min.; MP3 format
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Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania Senior Curator and The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner discusses the creation and design of The Puppet Show, the themes explored in the exhibition, and the proliferation of puppets in pop culture. The Puppet Show is on view at the Frye Art Museum May 16–September 13, 2009. Download to your portable audio player and listen while in the Frye galleries!
Enhanced Podcast – The Puppet Show Conversation: Robin Held and Ingrid Schaffner
PUBLISHED MAY 27, 2009; 19 min.; M4A format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania Senior Curator and The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner have a short, informal discussion on the ideas and themes explored in The Puppet Show, on view at the Frye Art Museum May 16–September 13, 2009. Download to your iPod or iPhone and listen while in the Frye galleries! This enhanced podcast allows you to view selected images from the lecture on any video-capable iPod or iPhone.
Standard Podcast – The Puppet Show Conversation: Robin Held and Ingrid Schaffner
PUBLISHED MAY 27, 2009; 19 min.; MP3 format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania Senior Curator and The Puppet Show co-curator Ingrid Schaffner have a short, informal discussion on the ideas and themes explored in The Puppet Show, on view at the Frye Art Museum May 16–September 13, 2009. Download to your portable audio player and listen while in the Frye galleries!
The Munich Secession and America
Enhanced Podcast – The Munich Secession and America Exhibition Tour
Published February 23, 2009; 55 min.; M4A format
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Frye Foundation Scholar Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker’s lecture and overview for the exhibition The Munich Secession and America, on view through April 12, 2009 at the Frye. Download to your iPod or iPhone and listen while in the Frye galleries! This enhanced podcast allows you to view selected images from the exhibition tour on any video-capable iPod or iPhone.
Standard Podcast – The Munich Secession and America Exhibition Tour
Published February 23, 2009; 55 min.; MP3 format
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Frye Foundation Scholar Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker’s lecture and overview for the exhibition The Munich Secession and America, on view through April 12, 2009 at the Frye. Download to your portable audio player and listen while in the Frye galleries!
Empire
Enhanced Podcast – Empire Exhibition Tour
Published December 6, 2008; 34 min.; M4A format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, leads an audio tour of the exhibition Empire, on view through January 4, 2009 at the Frye. Download to your iPod and listen while in the Frye galleries! This enhanced podcast allows you to view selected images from the exhibition tour on any video-capable iPod or iPhone.
Standard Podcast – Empire Exhibition Tour
Published December 6, 2008; 34 min.; MP3 format
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Robin Held, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Collections, leads an audio tour of the exhibition Empire, on view through January 4, 2009 at the Frye. Download to your portable audio player and listen while in the Frye galleries!
Artists Conversation: Dias and Riedweg
Published December 3, 2008; 12 min.; MP3 format
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A conversation with Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg. Their video intallation piece Funk Staden is featured in the exhibition Empire, on view through January 4, 2009.