Subtext & Discourse
By Michael Dooney
The art world and associated market are famously opaque and can at times be exclusive. Berlin based gallery director and educator Michael Dooney speaks with artists, curators and other professionals who share their personal experiences of this unique field. If you have ever felt unsure about walking into a gallery, wish to understand more about creativity or better understand how this complex industry works, then tune in every second Monday to hear the insightful conversations with these inspiring individuals.
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Marc Barbey, collector and founder of Collection Regard | EP49 Subtext & Discourse
Marc Barbey, Collector and Founder of Collection Regard, Berlin. Collection Regard is the photographic collection of Marc Barbey focusing on German photography, especially photography related to Berlin. Marc Barbey is administering the estate of Hein… -
Christophe Guye, gallerist and art dealer | EP48 Subtext & Discourse
Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photog… -
Georgina Adam, art market journalist | EP47 Subtext & Discourse
Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a con… -
Susan Bright, curator | EP46 Subtext & Discourse
Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the Na… -
Michael Barnett, ArtyGent | EP45 Subtext & Discourse
Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & T… -
Kerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & Discourse
Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, As… -
Saul Robbins, photographer & educator | EP43 Subtext & Discourse
Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss… -
Jessica Backhaus, artist & photographer | EP42 Subtext & Discourse
Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her men… -
Valerie von Meiss, founder of The Curve | EP41 Subtext & Discourse
Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage. the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion … -
Elena Feijoo, founder of Exgirlfriend and HER | EP40 Subtext & Discourse
Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG. Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing ex…
