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Art Unquoted is a podcast about contemporary art hosted by Charlotte Desaga and Esenija Bannan. Both bring decades of professional experience working with artists, museums, and galleries internationally. Each episode begins with a quote from an art world protagonist. From there, the hosts explore what lies beneath: the philosophy, the assumptions, the deeper questions. What distinguishes Art Unquoted is the conversation itself. Grounded in real experience, the hosts bring both enthusiasm and critical thinking. They don't explain art, they explore it.New episodes every other week.
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Signup to Generate a PitchArt Unquoted is a podcast about contemporary art hosted by Charlotte Desaga and Esenija Bannan. Both bring decades of professional experience working with artists, museums, and galleries internationally. Each episode begins with a quote from an art world protagonist. From there, the hosts explore what lies beneath: the philosophy, the assumptions, the deeper questions.
Art Unquoted is hosted by Esenija Bannan & Charlotte Desaga. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode XII: Selma Selman - “Scrap metal into gold, stigmatized labour into prestigious labour," (22 October 2026, 8 minutes), "Bonus Episode: Seoul. Back When the Tigers Used to Smoke" (30 September 2026, 8 minutes), and "Episode X: Agnes Martin - I paint with my back to the world" (24 September 2026, 8 minutes).
Art Unquoted publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 10 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for Art Unquoted is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Art Unquoted requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Art Unquoted's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Art Unquoted are Artists, Writers & Performers and Museums, Zoos & Historic Sites. Art Unquoted has a society audience.
Esenija Bannan & Charlotte Desaga hosts Art Unquoted, a society podcast with 21 episodes published.
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“Scrap metal into gold, stigmatized labour into prestigious labour, incapacity into invention.” Selma Selman In this episode, Esenija Bannan and Charlotte Desaga explore Selma Selman’s paintings and performances, where...
Notes from a first encounter with Seoul's Art Scene. From a quiet hanok in Bukchon to the South Korean artist, JeeMin Kim, Frieze Seoul and Euljiro after dark.
Martin brings the poetry of the non-visible world into visibility. And in doing so, she gives us permission to do the same. To stop pretending that what we see is all there is. To acknowledge that there are other ways...
Jordan Wolfson's creations leave a mark. Uncomfortable. Excessive. Alive, even when they shouldn't be. The technology is so sophisticated, you forget you're looking at something artificial. If intuition is a form of...
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"There are energies that grab us from out there, pass through us, and then find their way elsewhere." – Rebecca Horn In memory of Rebecca Horn: "There are energies that grab us from out there, pass through us, and then...
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Ohio: A Cinematic Landscape? What makes a place cinematic? In this personal bonus episode, Esenija travels through the architectural landscapes of Ohio; the quiet, overlooked streets of Hamilton. Inspired by Kelly...
The V&A East Storehouse offers radical freedom: browse a quarter million objects and curate your own experience. But what happens when we abandon the curator's guiding hand? A meditation on choice, curation, and the...
"Beauty is too easy. Often, I take beautiful objects and do extreme things to them so that they are overlaid with something a bit more sinister and violent." – Cornelia Parker
From real wind to constructed wind to predicted wind: Harun Farocki's meditation on digital images becomes urgent in the age of AI. A conversation about simulation, authorship, and what we may lose when algorithms...
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What if an image only exists in the moment you look at it? Not before. Not after. In this bonus episode, our host Charlotte explores two exhibitions by French artist Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt at the Serpentine Gallery in...
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What if an image only exists in the moment you look at it? Not before. Not after. In this bonus episode, our host Charlotte explores two exhibitions by French artist Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt at the Serpentine Gallery in...
Celebrating Barbara Kasten at 90: From photograms to elaborate Constructs, her work reveals how geometry and light can transform our understanding of space. A masterclass in sustained artistic vision.
Celebrating Barbara Kasten at 90: From photograms to elaborate Constructs, her work reveals how geometry and light can transform our understanding of space. A masterclass in sustained artistic vision.
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This is a Bonus Episode of Art Unquoted Podcast focusing on Uzbekistan Biennale in 2013 and 2025 Recently, the contemporary art world has turned its gaze toward Central Asia - Uzbekistan. Its ancient cities, and its...
...where complexity can exist without being reduced." What if AI could generate 77 different versions of one person? Artist Ilit Azoulay did exactly that. Each AI actress performs Mary Stuck at a different age. Each one...
"Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees." Robert Irwin spent a lifetime turning this idea into art, stripping away language to make us truly perceive. In this episode, we ask why, in a world of constant...
„Materials form a language.“ But Adorno reminds us: there’s no such thing as innocent material. Every coffee ground, every scrap of paper carries meaning. In this episode, we explore how artist Francis Offman uses found...
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"To shift to a slower gear and tune in to the frequencies of the minor keys." – Koyo Kouoh, from her curatorial statement for the 61st Venice Biennale. In Part 3, we explore the historical and contemporary dimensions of...
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"To shift to a slower gear and tune in to the frequencies of the minor keys." – Koyo Kouoh, from her curatorial statement for the 61st Venice Biennale. Part 2: Brett Scott, an art consultant for collections in South...
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"To shift to a slower gear and tune in to the frequencies of the minor keys." – Koyo Kouoh, from her curatorial statement for the 61st Venice Biennale. Part I: Koyo Kouoh's "In Minor Keys" asks the Venice Biennale to...
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