Less Time Than Ideas - Art Across the Americas
Surprising shows, unique artists, society and history - discussing art which expands horizons and heightens the precarious nature of us.
Episodes
31 episodes
NEWS: The Death of David Hockney
David Hockney, one of the world's most popular painters, dies at 88.
FEATURE: Contemporary Art in San Luis Potosí
Alexandra Rauscher, editor of the Art in San Miguel magazine (artinsanmiguel.com) interviews art writer Jon Bonfiglio about the unique offerings of San Luis Potosí, in Mexico's north.
FEATURE: Color & Community on the Borderlands: The Life & Legacy of Hal Marcus
The El Paso art legend that is Hal Marcus, published in Glasstire magazine of art.https://glasstire.com/2026/04/20/color-community-on-the-borderlands-the-life-legacy-of-hal-marcus/
REVIEW: Asking New and Better Questions with Cheryl Pope
In “All There Is,” Cheryl Pope's new show at Monique Meloche, she engages with landscape through her new geomorphological "paintings." Review published in New City, Chicago.https://art.newcity.com/2026/04/20/asking-new-and-better-questio...
NEWS: Banksy - Art at its Zenith
Jon Bonfiglio with the news that global art phenomenon Banksy has secretly installed a new sculpture in central London.
IN CONVERSATION: Dancing the Revolution - with Julia Tilton & Ilana Newman
Jon Bonfiglio speaks to journalists Julia Tilton & Ilana Newman about the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago's exhibition, Dancing the Revolution, which considers Dancehall & Reggaeton music and dance as a revolutionary prac...
FEATURE: Ionit Behar, on Opening Windows Into Other Worlds
On February 9, 2026, Ionit Behar was appointed as Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA). The feature article below - and recorded in this episode - charts her time prior to the appointment, in what is ...
IN CONVERSATION: Anachronisms of the Present in Irapuato - with Diego Mtz Peña & Alan Pfeiffer
RENART Gallery of the CREA cultural center in Irapuato is running ‘Anacronías del Presente’ (Anachronisms of the Present) until May 22, 2026. The exhibition features the work — in dialogue — of two regional artists, Diego Mtz Peña of Tequisquia...
IN CONVERSATION: Penny Goring - with Alexandra Rauscher
Jon Bonfiglio speaks to writer Alexandra Rauscher about the work of Penny Goring as part of the Unloving Love exhibition at the Colegio de San Ildelfonso in Mexico City.Rauscher's review on the exhibition is available here:https:/...
MUSINGS: Enrique Metinides & Photography in Witness of Death
The remarkable photography of Mexico's Enrique Metinides. https://aperture.org/exhibition/101-tragedies-of-enrique-metinides-2/https://slate....
MUSINGS: Robert Capa & the Act of Memory
In our increasingly transient, ephemeral age, the act of actively remembering, of going out of our way to remember, precisely and deliberately, is more important than ever. In this way, maybe remembering can be one of our greatest acts of resis...
MUSINGS: How To Get To Margate From London (Tracey Emin)
Tracey Emin, and her relationship with her home town of Margate, England.
REVIEW: Where Art Confronts History: Monuments & the Power of Gathering — The Brick & MOCA, Los Angeles, California
Jonathan Bonfiglio's review of the Monuments exhibition in Los Angeles, for Glasstire magazine. https://glasstire.com/2026/01/19/where-art-confronts-history-monuments-the-power-of-gathering/
IN CONVERSATION: Mexico City Art Week - with Alfredo Fosado
Jon Bonfiglio speaks to founder and director of Dolores 54 Alfredo Fosado about Mexico City Art Week, and the unique art and residency space that is Dolores 54.For more information about Dolores 54: https://www.dolores-54.com/To r...
IN CONVERSATION: Young Lords in Chicago at DePaul Art Museum — with Dr. Jacqueline Lazú
Jon Bonfiglio speaks to Dr. Jacqueline Lazú about the history of the Young Lords in Chicago, a group which was initially a street gang and evolved in a seminal civil rights organization.For more information on the work of Dr. Lazú: https...
MUSINGS: Brazilian Artist Carybé’s Forgotten Work at Miami International Airport
The murals of Brazilian artist Carybé at Miami International Airport, gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean.Youtube link to view the murals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=dNNGteCIM9M&embeds_referring_euri=...
MUSINGS: Sans-Souci Palace & Discarded Art
The bust at San Souci palace also exists in an abandoned palace, within Haiti, a country which also has been discarded, abandoned. Different to forgotten. It’s a wilful act. It didn’t fall overboard, it was pushed. ...
MUSINGS: Frida Kahlo
If you come across work by Frida Kahlo, try to make it a surprise, try to go alone. Print out a painting on bad paper, only when your printer’s ink cartridge is running out, and go to a park with it. Take nothing else. Forget that i...
REVIEW: A Glitch in the System, American Artist’s Homage to Octavia Butler — MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachussets
Questioning what is radical, American Artist draws on Octavia Butler's prescient vision of humanity to explore racial capitalism, technology and notions of humanity. https://artsfuse.org/319285/visual-arts-review-a-glitch-in-the-sys...
IN CONVERSATION: Latinx Artist Yvette Mayorga — with Candace Locklear
In coversation with Candace Locklear of Good Chaos, discussing the wide-ranging work of Latinx artist Yvette Mayorga. Recent reviews of Mayorga's work by Jonathan Bonfiglio are linked here: https://glasstire.com/2025/10/...
REVIEW: Temitayo Ogunbiyi — The Work of an Earthy, Unruly Art Faerie — The Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
The first Midwest solo show by Lagos-based artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi brings together whimsical and playful work that's hard to pin down.https://art.newcity.com/2025/10/23/the-work-of-earthy-unruly-art-faerie-at-the-arts-club/