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Friday Heaters Podcast

The art podcast you didn’t know you needed. We dive into the contemporary art world of LA and beyond, for listeners both inside and outside the scene. From artists and curators to gallerists and collectors, we sit down with the creators and tastemakers shaping today’s art landscape. Never stuffy, never basic, always scouting heaters and spreading the love of contemporary art 🔥🎨🔥

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Diana Nawi | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 16

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2026/09/25

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we’re joined by curator Diana Nawi, whose career has taken her from institutions including the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Pérez Art Museum Miami to co-curating Prospect New Orleans and Made in L.A. 2023 at the Hammer Museum. Now back in Los Angeles, Diana is a curator of contemporary art at LACMA.We talk about what a curator actually does, how Diana found her way into the field, and why so much of her career has been shaped by

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75:38

Brewer Martin Gallery | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥...

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2026/09/01

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 we’re joined by Simon Brewer and Nathalie Martin, the duo behind Brewer Martin, a new Los Angeles gallery opening this fall.As young gallerists representing the next generation of LA’s art scene, Simon and Nathalie are stepping in at a moment when much of the art world is talking about contraction, gallery closures, and what isn’t working. We talk about what it actually means to run a gallery today, what they learned working alongside

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Pablo José Ramirez | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 14

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2026/08/14

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we’re joined by Pablo José Ramírez, curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, fresh off the run of his exhibition 'Several Eternities in a Day'.Pablo breaks down what a curator actually does, from developing an idea and selecting artists, to navigating the complicated machinery behind a major museum exhibition. We dig into the show’s focus on living and natural materials, why audiences shouldn’t feel pressure to “understand”

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106:59

Benn The Good | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 13

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2026/07/03

This week on the Friday Heaters podcast, I'm joined by artist, producer, painter, and creative force Benn The Good—also known as Benny Cassette, and Benedetto. He has built a career that spans music, visual art, and culture, collaborating with artists including Kanye West, Rick Rubin, John Legend, Daft Punk, and many more, while continuing to develop his own distinct voice across multiple creative disciplines.I've wanted to have Benny on the podcast for a long time. We've been neighbors for

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60:46

Tidawhitney Lek | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 12

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2026/05/19

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with painter, Tidawhitney Lek, to talk about the path from working art jobs in Los Angeles to fully committing to her own painting practice. Tida reflects on growing up in Long Beach in a Cambodian family shaped by the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge, and how those experiences eventually found their way into her work through family narratives, domestic spaces, memory, and identity.We discuss the moment she quit working side

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70:46

Emma Webster | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 11

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2026/05/05

On this episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with Emma Webster ahead of her major New York show with Petzel. She breaks down her process, from handmade sculptures and real-world digital scans to VR-built landscapes, painting and how it all comes together into something that feels both real and surreal.We talk about play, failure, risk, and the less visible side of building an art career, along with bigger ideas around technology, nature, and what it means to create entirely

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58:52

Abby Pucker | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 10

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2026/04/03

On this episode of the Friday Heaters podcast, we sit down with Abby Pucker—founder of the arts organization Gertie, headquartered in Chicago—and a close friend who’s building something we deeply believe in.Abby shares her path from Sotheby’s and UTA to returning home to Chicago to build Gertie—a platform rethinking how the art world can work by blending exhibitions, membership, and community into a more sustainable model.We get into the guts it takes to bet on your city, building outside

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54:03

Joe Parmer| Friday Heaters Podcst🔥 Episode 9

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2026/03/30

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with Joe Parmer, co-owner of Custom Art Surfaces (CAS), the Los Angeles–based fabrication shop behind many of the canvases and painting surfaces used by today’s leading contemporary artists.Joe takes us inside a part of the art world that rarely gets talked about—the physical foundation of a painting. From stretcher bars and substrates to gesso and surface preparation, we break down what actually goes into building a canvas,

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69:47

Moskowitz Bayse | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 8

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2026/03/20

On this week’s episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with Meredith Bayse and Adam Moskowitz, owners of the art gallery Moskowitz Bayse, to talk about what it really looks like to run a gallery as a husband-and-wife team—the balance, the dynamics, and the shared vision behind it.Built from the ground up, Moskowitz Bayse has created a space that feels both approachable and serious—welcoming to first-time visitors while still serving seasoned art patrons.We get into the realities

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52:34

Kate Mosher Hall | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 7

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2026/03/13

On this episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with artist Kate Mosher Hall, fresh off her presentation with Hoffman Donahue Gallery at Art Basel Paris. Kate speaks candidly about the realities of being a working artist today — from listening closely to collectors and audiences to her openness to adjusting aspects of her practice based on what resonates, what sells, and what people respond to most.Beyond the studio, we talk about the routines that keep her grounded — the

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47:54

Kibum Kim | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 6

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2026/03/07

On this episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with Kibum Kim, co-director of Commonwealth and Council in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Fresh off Art Basel Miami, Kibum reflected on the fair and larger questions in the contemporary art industry.We discussed the challenges of presenting complex artwork in today’s attention economy, the role of the gallerists as cultural gatekeepers, and why expanding the art world shouldn’t mean simplifying it.Alongside co-director Young Chung, Kibum

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53:59

Lauren Quin | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 5

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2026/03/03

On this episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we sit down with painter Lauren Quin, whose abstract, sensual, otherworldly canvases have quickly made her one of the most sought-after young artists in contemporary art.Lauren’s paintings are boldly colorful and beautiful — but they don’t let you off easy. There’s a rawness to them. A guttural physicality. She carves into paint, prints across surfaces, and pulls tube-like marks through her compositions to create a visual language that feels

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52:58

Hoffman Donahue | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 4

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2026/02/21

On this episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, we’re joined by Bridget Donahue and Hannah Hoffman, the powerhouse duo behind Hoffman Donahue Gallery. At a time when the contemporary art world is facing major shifts — with galleries closing and traditional models being questioned — Bridget and Hannah are charting a bold new path forward.After years of running respected galleries on opposite coasts (New York and Los Angeles), the two merged their programs in late summer 2025, combining their

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Kara Joslyn | Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 Episode 3

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2026/02/16

Today’s guest on the Friday Heaters Podcast🔥is contemporary artist, Kara Joslyn. In the contemporary art world where many people shy away from telling it how it is, Kara isn’t afraid to rock the boat. Her clarity and candor are refreshingly real. We explored her early life influences growing up in Southern California, the interplay between fashion and art, getting goth and working in black-and-white painting, her studio practice, and the tough questions about who gets to call themselves

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Alex Rojas | Friday Heaters🔥 Episode 2

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2026/01/30

Next up on the Friday Heaters Podcast🔥 we sit down with art advisor Alex Rojas to break down what art advising really looks like behind the scenes. From navigating the market to building meaningful, long-term collections, Alex walks us through the strategy, nuance, and instincts it takes to be great at this job. She’s young, sharp, savvy and already making serious moves in the art world. If you’ve ever wondered what an art advisor does—or questioned whether you need one—this episode will

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Max Hooper Schneider | Friday Heaters Episode 1

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2026/01/16

Welcome to the very first episode of the Friday Heaters Podcast, and we’re coming out of the gate hot🔥 For our debut, we sit down with the incomparable Max Hooper Schneider—an artist whose work and worldview refuse to fit neatly into any box.Max’s practice collides landscape architecture with death metal energy, melting Barbies, copper-plated lasagna, and eerie underwater sea creatures. It’s raw, strange, playful, and deeply intentional—much like Max himself. He’s not trying to relate to

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