Episode 938: Tori Tinsley
Recorded live at the Art Papers Symposium in Atlanta, this episode features a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation with Tori Tinsley. Joined by Brian Andrews and Duncan MacKenzie, Tinsley reflects on caregiving, grief, motherhood, and the evolution of her “hug” figures across painting, sculpture, and animation.
TOP V FROM EXPO CHICAGO 2026
Welcome to this week’s TOP V from EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier. Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s TOP V for a selection of provocative programs around Chicago this weekend. 1. GEARY Booth 412 Work by: Ethan Greenbaum and Sun You 2. Bockley Gallery Booth...
Episode 933: Kate Sierzputowski and EXPO Chicago 2026
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This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with Kate Sierzputowski to talk about the evolving identity of EXPO Chicago under Frieze and what 2026 signals for the fair, the city, and the Midwest at large.
Episode 932: Michi Meko
Recorded at the Art Papers Fire Ecology Symposium, Atlanta
Atlanta artist Michi Meko joins Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews during Art Papers’ symposium weekend for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from southern port cities and landscape painting to pandemic solitude, mental health, and the strange spiritual work of making art.
Episode 931: Berenice Vargas Bravo and Krystle Lemonias
Recorded during Miami art week at NADA, Duncan MacKenzie and Ryan Peter Miller sit down with artists Berenice Vargas Bravo and Krystal Lemonias to talk about painting, fiber, migration, labor, and the strange textures of building an art practice across borders.
Episode 930: Antonio Darden
Recorded in Atlanta during the Art Papers symposium: Fire Ecology
Artist Antonio Darden joins Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews in Atlanta, where the conversation opens with one of the most arresting images in Darden’s recent work: an alien laid out on an autopsy table. What begins as a discussion of a strange installation quickly unfolds into a deeply personal exploration of grief, memory, and the ways artists translate trauma into form.
Episode 929: Dan Attoe
Recorded on the fly during art fair week, live at NADA, this conversation with Dan Attoe moves from metal-kid origin stories to Zen meditation, daily practice, tattooing, landscape painting, and the unexpected turn toward writing a horror novel.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/25-3/4)
1. A home for an echo February 27, 6-10PM The Plan: 610 N Albany Ave Work by: Cherith Lundin, Emily Frances Winter, Sheldon Till Campbell 2. Kaileen Campbell & Day Brièrre: Optimal Understanding February 27, 6-10PM Positive Space Studios: 3520 W Fullerton...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/19-2/25)
1. Al Burts: The Fabric of Us February 20, 6-10PM Gallery Guichard: 436 E 47th St 2. Kate Spencer Stewart: Level Level February 20, 8-11PM Soccer Club Club: 2923 N Cicero Ave 3. Micah Schippa-Wildfong: LIBERTÉ February 21, 6-9PM Twelve Ten Gallery: 1104...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/12-2/18)
1. Lauren Spencer King: In Pursuit February 14, 3-6PM Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave 2. Life Imitates Art February 12, 5-8PM Anthony Gallery: 1360 West Lake St Work by: Adam Pendleton, Alec Egan, Andrew J. Park, Caitlin Cherry, Cristine Brache, David Salle, Esiri...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/5-2/11)
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...
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...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/29-2/4)
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...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/22-1/28)
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...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/15-1/21)
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...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/8-1/14)
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,...