Art Voices is a conversation series that brings together artists, curators, collectors, and cultural voices for honest, unscripted exchanges about the ideas and tools shaping contemporary art.
Each episode features a guest from the frontlines of digital art, AI, collecting, or cultural innovation. The format is simple: one guest, one host, and a conversation that goes wherever it needs to go.
Episodes stream live on YouTube, so you can join in real time and ask questions directly. Every episode is also available as a recording afterwards.
Upcoming Episodes
EPISODE #5
The Future of Patronage
A conversation with Claire Silver, BatSoupYum, Lanett Bennett Grant, Justin Gilanyi
For centuries, patronage has shaped the history of art. Today, that role is evolving. Collectors are becoming curators. Artists are building institutions. Communities are discovering and supporting new voices. Digital platforms are creating new pathways for visibility, while museums and cultural organizations continue to redefine their role within an increasingly connected cultural landscape. This conversation brings together four perspectives—artist, collector, curator, and cultural strategist—to explore how collecting, curation, cultural stewardship, and community contribute to building lasting cultural ecosystems.
At its heart, this discussion asks one question: How is culture built—and what role does patronage play in shaping its future?
Thursday, July 16.
12 PM ET | 9:00 AM PT | 6:00 PM CEST
Released Episodes
EPISODE #4
Can Art Escape the System?
A conversation with Anika Meier and Liz Haas
Art has always existed within systems—institutions, markets, technologies, and structures of power.
Writer and curator Anika Meier joins artist Liz Haas of UBERMORGEN to examine whether artists can challenge the structures they depend upon for visibility, circulation, and value.
Together, they consider conceptual hacking, digital culture, emerging networks, and whether critique can remain critical once it becomes visible, collectible, and marketable. Can art escape the system or only transform it from within?
EPISODE #3
Is Art Changing—or Are We?
A conversation with Grant Yun and Chidi Nwaubani
Art is shaped by more than artists alone. It evolves through the technologies, institutions, communities, and conversations that define each generation. Using Grant and Chidi's (looty.art) perspectives as a starting point, this conversation explores what allows cultural movements to emerge, evolve, and endure—and what today's changing ecosystem reveals about the future of contemporary art.
EPISODE #2
Who Decides What Matters in Art Today?
A conversation with Gretchen Andrew and Dorian Batycka
Hosted by Elena Zavelev and Farrah Carbonell
Two voices from across the contemporary art landscape sit down to talk about cultural value: who shapes it, who benefits, and what keeps getting overlooked. Gretchen Andrew (artist) and Dorian Batycka (journalist and curator) explore how institutions are approaching digital art, what creates lasting value in the market, and the role visibility plays in deciding what matters. A bigger panel, a wider lens, and plenty of room for live questions.
EPISODE #1
What does it take to build a lasting cultural legacy?
A conversation with Anne Spalter
Hosted by Elena Zavelev
Anne Spalter is a pioneering digital artist, educator at RISD and Brown University, and collector with decades of experience at the intersection of art and technology.
In this inaugural episode, Anne and Elena talked about digital art's breakthrough moment at Art Basel, AI as a creative tool (and why it takes just as much time as painting), the art of online collaboration, and what's still missing from the conversation around digital art today.
Presented by
ART & VAULT is a curatorial and cultural organization founded by Farrah Carbonell that explores the evolving relationship between art, technology, and contemporary culture.
Through exhibitions, public conversations, editorial initiatives, and artist-centered programming, ART & VAULT brings together artists, collectors, curators, technologists, and cultural leaders to engage with the ideas shaping the future of art.
HUG is a global community built for creative connection, support, and discovery. Home to 20,000+ artists and 40,000+ members across 130+ countries, HUG offers open calls, exhibitions, curation support, and artist tools designed to help creators show up and get seen. Originally founded in 2022 and now part of the .ART family, HUG is where artists connect with opportunities, collectors, and each other.
.ART is the dedicated internet domain for the global art community, with 315,000+ registered domains across 170+ countries. Used by artists, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions (from the Louvre to the Marina Abramovic Institute), .ART provides digital identity, visibility, and tools for the art world. .ART also runs the .ART Award 2026, a global art prize with $50,000+ in total value.
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