Latitudes Podcast
by Latitudes Online
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Carla and Pieter Schulting: The Collector As A Patron Of The Arts
Carla and Pieter Schulting: The Collector As A Patron Of The Arts
About this podcast
Latitudes Podcast is the voice of art from Africa.
Hosted by Refiloe Mpakanyane, the podcast explores new ways of accessing and thinking about the contemporary visual arts from Africa, while also seeking to build strong community and a robust archive of thought leadership. The podcast serves as both a resource and a platform for critical discourse, bridging regional perspectives and shaping the conversation about art from Africa and the diaspora.
The Latitudes Podcast is sponsored by iTOO Artinsure and is brought to you by Latitudes Online, a digital marketplace for Art from Africa - curated by experts.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 23 episodes
- Carla and Pieter Schulting: The Collector As A Patron Of The Arts · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 11In this final episode of season two, Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks to Carla and Pieter Schulting, Dutch collectors whose journey into contemporary African art has grown into a 350+…
- Justin Naylor and Carel Nolte: Beyond Collecting and Investing in Artists · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 10On this episode of the Latitudes Podcast, Refiloe Mpakanyane is joined by Justin Naylor and Carel Nolte. Justin is the CEO of iTOO ArtInsure (sponsors of the Latitudes Podcast)…
- Buoyancy & Belief: Inside a South African gallerists world with Emma van der Merwe · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 9Buoyancy & Belief: Inside a South African gallerists world with Emma van der Merwe In this episode Refiloe Mpakanyane talks to Everard Read Cape Town Gallery Director, Emma van…
- Who Are the Art Critics of Today? Antwaun Sargent on Criticism and Cultural Change · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 8What does it mean to be an art critic today, in a world where attention is shrinking and art is increasingly filtered through the scroll? Writer and curator Antwaun Sargent has…
- Heba El Kayal: Speaking Across Mountains · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 7On this episode of the Latitudes Podcast, Refiloe Mpakanyane is joined by Heba El Kayal. Heba is a curator, consultant, writer and researcher, originally from Cairo with networks…
- Touria El Glaoui | On An Equitable Art World · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 6 In this episode of the Latitudes Podcast, Refiloe Mpakanyane talks to Moroccan born and raised Touria El Glaoui about the impact of her cultural work. As the founder of 1-54…
- Thandiwe Muriu: Creating Locally, Impacting Globally · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode of the Latitudes Podcast, Refiloe Mpakanyane connects with Nairobi-based photographer Thandiwe Muriu. Thandiwe unpacks her knack for incorporating local wisdom…
- To Not Dream is To Die: The Philosophies of Ugoma Ebilah · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this episode of Latitudes Podcast Refiloe Mpakanyane is joined by Lagos based art curator, gallerist and cultural convener Ugoma Ebilah. In this conversation Ugoma talks us…
- Athi-Patra Ruga: Portrait Of A Boundless Artist · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 3In this instalment of the podcast, multidisciplinary artist Athi-Patra Ruga joins Refiloe Mpakanyane, remotely from his farm and studio in the beautiful Hogsback area, in the…
- Zizipho Poswa: Sculpting Legacy, Rooted in Ancestry · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this moving conversation, Cape Town-based sculptural ceramicist Zizipho Poswa joins Refiloe Mpakanyane to share the personal, cultural and spiritual underpinnings of her…
- Ayana V. Jackson – The Art of Showing Up · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 1Chapter 1 of Season 2's podcast is all about flicking through the manual - a guide to the art industry: The door opener, the first step, the how-to enter and engage with the art…
- The Awe-Inspiring Mission of Valerie Kabov · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 12Valerie Kabov is the Director of First Floor Gallery Harare as well as the co-founder of the African Art Galleries Association. She is an educator, writer and researcher whose…
- Ubuntu and Isintu, Milisuthando Bongela on How Not to Forget · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode, Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks to award-winning writer Milisuthando Bongela. While her career began in fashion, her creative spirit has carried her into music, art…
- Setting your Change Agenda with Osei Bonsu · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 10In episode 10 of the Latitudes Podcast, host Refiloe Mpakanyane speaks with British-Ghanaian, curatorial powerhouse, Osei Bonsu. A sought-after curator of contemporary art…
- On Blackness and Beauty with Ekow Eshun · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 9In Episode 9 of the Latitudes Podcast, host Refiloe Mpakanyane talks to Ekow Eshun; a British writer, journalist, broadcaster and curator, about his abiding penchant for doing…
- Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi: Making Art is a Way of Thinking and Releasing · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 8In episode 8 of the Latitudes Podcast, host Refiloe Mpakanyane talks to the dynamic New York born, South African-based, multi-media artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, who received the…
- Painting Our Humanity With Charles 'Chuck' Collins · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 7In episode 7 of the Latitudes Podcast, host Refiloe Mpakanyane talks to San Francisco based Charles 'Chuck' Collins. Whether working in law or sitting on the board of the San…
- South African Modernism and Surprising Tales From a Life in the Auction World · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode, Alastair Meredith chats to Refiloe about his fascination with South African modernist art; where it all started and why the genre remains the gift that keeps on…
- The ABCs of Gen Z: Always be creating · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 5In today's episode, host Refiloe Mpakanyane delves into why so many Gen-Z artists multi-task and produce at the intimidating rate they do. In conversation with dynamic young…
- Simchowitz and Altman: The Lightning Rod and The Anchor · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 4Our guests on this episode of the Latitudes Podcast are South African-born, U.S-based friends of more than 30 years: Stefan Simchowitz and David Altman. Their wide-ranging…
