As we turn the page on a quarter century, Helen Molesworth and the artist Steve Locke look back with a... more

Helen Molesworth speaks to Dean Kissick, author of The Painted Protest, a polemic piece on the state of contemporary art... more

Art historian and critic Hal Foster joins Helen for a live conversation on Richard Serra (1938–2024) at David Zwirner New... more

We revisit an episode from Season 5, a conversation between artist Luc Tuymans and the eminent Yale Historian Timothy Snyder.... more

Writer, curator, and editor Jarrett Earnest joins Helen to discuss his most recent edited volume of writings by the iconoclastic,... more

New Yorker critic Hilton Als joins Helen to discuss his exhibition, Alice Neel in the Queer World, on view at... more

A special preview of the newest episode from the podcast CHANEL Connects.  Similar to Dialogues, CHANEL Connects brings together creatives from... more

A conversation between the Academy award-nominated writer, producer, and director Luca Guadagnino and the Belgian painter Michaël Borremans on the... more

Acclaimed fashion designer and curator Grace Wales Bonner is joined by the scholar and curator Horace D. Ballard. In a... more

In this very special episode, artist and legendary record collector R. Crumb visits his friends and fellow rare music enthusiasts... more

Artist Cauleen Smith and Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, join Helen for a live... more

An episode on the art and life of Hilma af Klint featuring art historian Briony Fer and af Klint’s biographer,... more

For the third interview in her series with creative couples, Helen spoke to the first couple of American fiction: literary... more

Writer and critic Hua Hsu received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2022 memoir Stay True. Helen and Hua discuss the challenges of... more

In the second episode in Helen’s interview series with creative couples, the artist Hank Willis Thomas and curator Rujeko Hockley... more

Was Vermeer really the artist behind some of his most well-known works? The question has lingered at the margins of... more

Ira Sachs's 2023 film Passages won wide acclaim for its portrayal of human desire. Helen goes deep with the filmmaker... more

In the first episode of Helen’s series of interviews with creative couples, artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham give an... more

Artist Lauren Halsey and George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic open up about their friendship, from their first meeting to ongoing and... more

Helen and Steve Locke discuss the best—and most unexpected-–art shows they saw in 2023, from global exhibitions to gallery shows... more

What does it mean to a painter of modern life? Helen & Steve Locke discuss artistic rivalry, leisure, and labor... more

In dark times, reading criticism can be a ballast. In this mini-episode, Helen and Steve Locke return to some of their favorite... more

On the occasion of Ruth Asawa’s solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, artists EJ Hill and Sarah... more

A special live episode hosted by Helen Molesworth, recorded in July at David Zwirner Los Angeles during Njideka Akunyili Crosby:... more

On the occasion of Yayoi Kusama’s new exhibition at David Zwirner New York, we revisit a conversation on the legendary... more

In this live episode, Helen and Benjamin H.D. Buchloh discuss his new book, Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History.... more

On the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death, Helen speaks to the writer Hugh Eakin about his new book, Picasso’s War:... more

Helen speaks to the legendary Black lesbian feminist scholar Barbara Smith and Meg Onli, co-curator of the 2024 Whitney Biennial,... more

Helen talks to writer Nicholson Baker about how history is written, and the continued relevance of his World War II... more

We revisit one of the most popular episodes of Season 6, a conversation with the artists Rirkrit Tiravanija and Elizabeth... more

Creative Director of LOEWE and founder of JW Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, speaks with Helen about his innovative approach to fashion,... more

A post-mortem on the 59th Venice Biennale, The Milk of Dreams, with curator Cecilia Alemani. Cecilia and Helen Molesworth discuss... more

The novelist, playwright, activist, and AIDS historian Sarah Schulman discusses her most recent book, Let the Record Show, A Political... more

Jon Gray, co-founder of the Bronx-based collective Ghetto Gastro, talks to Helen Molesworth about the collective’s work at the intersection... more

Host Helen Molesworth calls art writer Johanna Fateman (Le Tigre), gallerist Brendan Dugan (Karma Gallery) and the curator,and writer Ebony L.... more

A conversation between the Academy award-nominated writer, producer, and director Luca Guadagnino and the Belgian painter Michaël Borremans on the... more

As we close out the year, Helen calls up her dear friend Steve Locke to carry on the tried and... more

In this episode, Helen Molesworth calls an old friend, the painter Alexis Rockman, to try and understand the art world’s... more

Lucas Zwirner returns as host for a conversation with the MacArthur award-winning poet and translator Peter Cole and the renowned... more

Following recent controversies in the art and fashion worlds, host Helen Molesworth and the artist Steve Locke, a returning guest,... more

In the premiere episode of a new series hosted by Helen Molesworth, the curator and writer talks with her friend... more

In this special episode produced and hosted by the painter Lisa Yuskavage, six artists—Joe Bradley, Carroll Dunham, Rashid Johnson, David... more

A special preview of a new podcast miniseries, Death of an Artist, hosted by the curator and art historian Helen... more

The artists and former partners on what it means to be an artist now—and what it meant when they emerged... more

The editorial director of New York Review Books and editor of NYRB Classics explains the origins and cult status of... more

A conversation that parses the nuances of the question: Does art have to be political to be important right now?... more

A conversation about the art of looking. The Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic and author Jerry Saltz, of New York magazine... more

The celebrated artist on the role of art criticism today, and how she probes and ultimately goes beyond the limitations... more

What does evolutionary science have to do with the art world? A fascinating conversation with Richard Prum, a leading thinker... more

A conversation with two exciting artists taking their multimedia practices onto the movie screen. Ulman, whose work combines video, performance,... more

The activist and author Angela Davis and the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and curator Hilton Als in conversation about one of... more

A conversation about the slippery slope from Donald Trump’s lies to the extinction of American democracy—and art’s ability to break... more

Two of the most playful, expressive artists we have on their creative process, trying new things, and the art of... more

A conversation about the art of scents with the perfumer Frederic Malle. The latest in a storied French fragrance family,... more

The 86-year-old legend gets personal about a lifetime translating her singular voice to the world. While the major retrospective of... more

How does an artwork change as the person looking at it does? Kate Zambreno, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction... more

A conversation about the art of telling stories with the South African artist Simphiwe Ndzube, who works between Cape Town... more

A conversation about life as art with the author of The Flamethrowers. Few merge writing about art and writing about... more

Guest hosted by Jarrett Earnest, this conversation with the artist, curator, and critic Nayland Blake reflects on Blake’s own coming-of-age... more

When Mike Winkelmann, now widely known as the digital artist Beeple, sold an artwork at Christie’s for $69 million in... more