Bad at Sports
Bad at SportsBad At Sports is a weekly podcast about contemporary art. Founded in 2005, the series focuses on presenting the practices of artists, curators, critics, dealers, various other arts professionals through an online audio format.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 969 | Founded | 21 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Visual ArtsArts | |||
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Recorded in the sunburnt delirium of Miami, Duncan and crew stumble out of the Midwest and into the heat of the fairs, only to find a familiar sensibility in an unexpected place: Dreamsong.
Rebecca Heidenberg joins the conversation to talk about bu... more
Recorded live at NADA Art Fair, this episode finds the crew in full fair-mode: cramped booths, warm beverages, and the particular energy of artists, curators, and dealers trying to make something real happen in public.
Joining the conversation is A... more
From the humid chaos of Miami Art Week, Bad at Sports drops into the garden at NADA for a conversation with two artists from Western Exhibitions: Nanako Kono and Olivia Zubkov.
A loose, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful discussion about painting t... more
Recorded live at NADA Art Fair, Episode 942 features a deeply generous conversation with gallerist and artist Christopher Rivera—founder of Embajada ("Embassy") Gallery in Puerto Rico. Joined by hosts Ryan Peter Miller, Tom Sanford, and William "Bill... more
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- Show has potential. Host underprepared.
Interesting, smart and eloquent guests. The podcast has a lot of potential but the hosts are underprepared. They will not introduce the guests properly and don’t appear to do basic research about their guests (who they are, where they are showing, when, etc.) They are disrupting interesting conversations with unnecessary comments (ie. go on tinder and find a date to go see this exhibition with/ this is a good show to hook up in), which show lack of preparedness. Dana will ask an open ended quest... more
Apple Podcasts3canesuga
United States7 years ago - Essential For Art World Folk!
Bad at Sports is ambitious in the range of art world folk they dialogue with and thus there are some highs and lows. However, the highs are worth any amount of getting lost in art speak (note: if you are not familiar with the art world this may be a difficult place to start, but you can still certainly learn a lot if you stick with it), or the ramblings that do eventually lead to wonderful insights. Only a 4 out of 5 for the inaccessibility for some. However, as an MA student in CHI this is ESSE... more
Apple Podcasts4RealArtNerdUnited States9 years ago - Best Art Interviews
This is one of THE greatest contemporary art podcasts. Great, hour-long interviews with a wide variety of important artworld guests, conducted by personable, amusing hosts like Duncan McKenzie, Richard Holland and Amanda Browder.
Apple Podcasts5Mark S B
Switzerland9 years ago - Best podcast on the subject of art.
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Apple Podcasts5LarrylarrylaryUnited States12 years ago - Very good art podcast
Wonderful, from an artist's perspective. Continue your art history education. An essential part of my art week.
Apple Podcasts5Alexander LaurentiusUnited States13 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #73 | United States/Arts/Visual Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #60 |  Germany/Arts/Visual Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #22 |  South Africa/Arts/Visual Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #36 |  Singapore/Arts/Visual Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #37 |  Finland/Arts/Visual Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #54 |  South Korea/Arts/Visual Arts |
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Long-running conversations in contemporary art with a rotating cast of hosts and frequent artist guests. Episodes blend in-depth interviews, behind-the-scenes insights from studios, galleries, and fairs, and candid discussions about funding, institutions, and the art world's infrastructures. Notable threads across episodes include practical studio processes, materiality and identity, the politics of care, and the economics of sustaining art practice outside traditional nonprofit or gallery models. The show often balances rigor with humor, creating approachable, opinionated discussions that appeal to artists, curators, critics, and art-world professionals curious about how ideas translate into practice and sustainability.
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Bad at Sports launched 21 years ago and published 969 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Bad at Sports include:
1. Nanako Kono
2. Olivia Zubko
3. Myra Greene
4. Emily Llamazales
5. Sarah Higgins
6. Tori Tinsley
7. Nato Thompson
8. Damon Locks
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