8.5 / what are you looking at?

Episode 1: Rooting For Everybody Black

what are you looking at? relaunches with Elena Gross, who is now permanently joined by artist and selfie-queen Jay Katelansky as co-host!

Episode 3: What’s the deal with California?

Is the West Coast the Best Coast? Our two hosts consider collectives, competition, and compassion within the Bay Area art scene.

Episode 4: Black Hoooooles

It’s Black History Month and what could be Blacker than black holes? 

Episode 8: Bittersweet End Notes

This episode is the season finale of what are you looking at?, and our hosts Jay and Elena reflect on the bittersweet feelings of all different sorts of endings.

Black Prominence: The Vision & Re-vision of Art and Leadership

Black Prominence: The Vision & Re-vision of Art and Leadership joins Jamillah James of ICA LA, Maria Jenson of SOMArts, and Linda Harrison of Museum of the African Diaspora, moderated by independent curator Essence Harden.

The Tactical Utopianism of Sondra Perry

In simultaneous exhibitions in Seattle and Portland, Sondra Perry addresses exploitation, ownership, and the commodification of racialized bodies.

Edgar Arceneaux: Playing in the Black Hole

Edgar Arceneaux’s practice treats reality as diverse and time as multitudinous.

Indira Allegra’s Grieving Technologies

Grief’s complexity is at the center of much of Indira Allegra’s work, which explores the intersections of loss, disability, and Black feminine physicality. 

Performing Livability

Composed and Performed

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art

Ellen Gallagher: Accidental Records at Hauser & Wirth

Genre-Nonconforming: The DIS Edutainment Network at the de Young Museum

Who Among Us… The Art of Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle

Nkiruka Oparah: dream constructs at Nook Gallery