Art World: Whitehot Magazine with Noah Becker

Larry Ossei-Mensah is a Ghanaian-American independent curator and cultural critic who has documented contemporary art happenings for various publications including Uptown and Whitewall Magazine. His writings have profiled some of the most dynamic visual artists working today—Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, Lorna Simpson and street artist JR. As a curator, Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art and culture as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He has organized exhibitions at commercial and nonprofit galleries throughout New York City featuring a roster of critically acclaimed emerging and mid-career artists including Firelei Baez, ruby amanze, Hugo McCloud, Brendan Fernandes, and Derek Fordjour to name a few. Ossei-Mensah is also the Co-Founder of ARTNOIR, a global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class. ARTNOIR serves as a tangible extension of Ossei-Mensah’s curatorial vision of “bridging gaps.” ARTNOIR’s inaugural event was a conversation on art and gender justice featuring Wangechi Mutu, Julie Mehretu and Adrienne Edwards. He currently serves as Co-Chair on Russell Simmons’ RUSH Artist Advisory Board, the Guggenheim’s Young Collectors Council, MoMA’s Friends of Education and as juror for the 2016 PULSE Prize.

I met with Frank Stella the second time. The first time was at his studio but the following recording was at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea New York City.

Donald Kuspit was born and raised in New York, attended Stuyvesant High School, skipped 2 years, because he was chosen as a Ford Scholar then entered Columbia College when he was 16. T. W. Adorno was Kuspit’s mentor when Kuspit attended Goethe University in Frankfurt-am-Main. Kuspit was a member of the Dokumenta committee for 3 Dokumentas. Donald Kuspit’s doctorate in philosophy was on Alfred North Whitehead. Kuspit’s doctorate in art history was on Albrecht Durer. He was on the Policy Committee of the National Endowment for Arts for 2 years. Kuspit currently writes for Whitehot Magazine and other publications and continues to curate exhibitions and write books on contemporary art.

Here's my conversation with Ghanaian writer, poet and artist Kofi Fosu Forson. He talks about moving to New York City with his family, how he got involved in the art and poetry scene, his adventures along the way, to writing for Whitehot Magazine.

Painter Betty Tompkins discusses her history as a painter and history as a woman in the art world. We talk about her gallery and museum exhibitions and censorship issues with online platforms like Instagram.

David Henry Nobody Jr. is a New York based artist working in what he calls “Resemblage” a form of art where he does things like pour ketchup on his body or create collages in real time. His Instagram is viral around the world.

Josh Harris (born c. 1960) is an American internet entrepreneur and artist. He was the founder of JupiterResearch and Pseudo.com, a live audio and video webcasting website founded in 1993.

I speak with photographer photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel about his soaring career art photography and his museum exhibitions.

Noah talks to New York Romantic who draws chalk hearts around NYC. He is a street artist with a solo show opening in NYC at Art of Our Century.