Episode 924: Hilde Lynn Helphenstein is Jerry G part 2
In Part 2 of the Hilde Lynn Helphenstein (Jerry Gogosian) conversation, the discussion turns raw, vulnerable, and deeply structural. Hilde speaks candidly about burnout, public vilification, online pile-ons, and the emotional cost of living as a persona inside an unforgiving attention economy. She describes losing followers overnight, being labeled with extreme political accusations, and watching the art world take visible pleasure in her public failures while remaining silent during her successes.
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1. Faylita Hicks: The Digital Archives of the Unseen: Poetry and Portraits from the Age of Censorship February 6, 6-9PM Walls Turned Sideways: 2717 W Madison St 2. Hai-Wen Lin & Ivan David Ng: Mountain Call February 6, 6-9PM Roots & Culture: 1034 N...
Episode 923: Jerry Gogosian aka Hilde Lynn Helphenstein Part 1
At NADA Miami 2025, Bad at Sports’ Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller sit down with Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, better known to most of the art world as meme-lord and art-world agent provocateur Jerry Gogosian.
Episode 922: Andi Crist
Recorded at the Stony Island Arts Bank / Chicago Architecture Biennial tailgate
In this wild, funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt tailgate episode, the Bad at Sports crew — Duncan MacKenzie, Brian Andrews, Ryan Peter Miller, and Jesse Malmed — sit down with sculptor and arts worker Andi Crist in front of the Stony Island Arts Bank during the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Episode 921 – Lori Waxman
In this live MCA tailgate episode, the Bad at Sports crew — Duncan MacKenzie, Ryan Peter Miller, Brian Andrews, and Jesse Malmed — sit down with Chicago Tribune and Hyperallergic critic Lori Waxman to dig into the past, present, and uncertain future of art criticism.
Episode: 920 Tony Lewis
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Recorded live at the CAB6 × MCA Tailgate – This episode was recorded as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB6) activation on the plaza of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where Bad at Sports staged a series of open-air interviews, community dialogues, and tailgate-style broadcasts. Artists, architects, students, and the public intersected in a shared social space designed for porous conversation. Episode 920 features Tony Lewis, whose practice has shaped Chicago’s contemporary drawing discourse for more than a decade.
Episode 919: Kohler, Throckmorton, and Grabner
This week, Bad at Sports hits the road and heads north to Sheboygan and Kohler, Wisconsin — where art, industry, and community collide. We drop into the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) and the Kohler Arts/Industry Residency program to see how a small Midwestern town sustains one of the most ambitious intersections of art and manufacturing in the country. Michelle Grabner and Jodi Throckmorton.
Sub-Rural #56, Theaster Gates
It’s remarkable that ”Unto Thee,” Theaster Gates’ new show at the Smart Museum is the first significant institutional survey of the artist’s work in Chicago. The artist literally and figuratively unpacked a three-decade project that united a wide swath of...
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1. Naeemeh Naeemaei: Unexpected Return/s January 30, 6-10PM T. Mari Art Gallery: 1023 N Western Ave 2. Eli Show and Angela Zonunpari: SEPARATIONS January 31, 6-10PM Co-Prosperity: 3219-21 S Morgan St 3. Kayla Mahaffey and Joseph Perez: World in My Eyes...
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1. if i were a blade of grass by Niya Gao January 24, 6-10PM SPACE 01: 4850 W Bloomingdale Ave 2. HOLY MOTHER, CALL ME! January 24, 7-11PM GAG: 3528 W Fulton Blvd Work by: Elizabeth Dawn, Azul Noguero?n, Kelly Redves, Lauren Stichweh, and Eden Yono. Curated by...
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1. Sturtevant: Ecce Homo January 17, 3-8PM SHANGHAI SEMINARY: 3262 S Morgan St 2. Magicfeifei: Emancipation Park January 17, 4-7PM SkyART SOUTH: 3026 E 91st St 3. Imagination Doctors January 16, 6-8PM Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St Work by: Alberto...
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1. Eseosa Edebiri: bitterSWEET January 9, 6-9PM Parlour and Ramp: 2130 W 21st St 2. Housewarming January 9, 5-8PM Elise Seigenthaler Gallery: 1709 W Chicago Ave Work by: Amira Diaw, Rebekka Federle, Ava Peterson, and Olivia Porter 3. Bias Cut January 9,...
Sub-Rural #55, Yoko
Most of us who were conscious in the late 1960s, or students of that era, would recall the growth of a peripheral body of work previously undetermined by the art media. A new discourse became established by artists who took over the production and dissemination of a...
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1. Emilka Wolniewicz: the base material is an already consumer used object: Closing December 19, 6-8PM neomediapolis: Studio 473, 2233 S Throop St 2. Alexa Gutierrez & Madeline Penzel: GIRLHOOD 2 December 19, 6-9PM Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208...
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1.Kira Scerbin: Kisses December 13, 6-9PM M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave 2. Jessica Zawadowicz: Crossover December 13, 3-6PM Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave 3. Noel Mercado: How Could We Forget About You December 14, 2-5PM Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201...
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1.Brick Cassidy & Aubrey LaDuke: In Most Cases, More December 5, 6-9PM Point Blank: 3317 W Fullerton Ave, 2. Alexander Breus & Elijah Ross: Please Set Me At Ease December 6, 6-9PM RUPCORP: 3012 S Archer Ave 3. Bria Bridges: COMMON THREADS...