Art Dealer Diaries Podcast
Episodes
410 episodes
Firing Pottery: The Youngblood/Lugo/Tafoya Family of Santa Clara Potters - Epi. 410 Hosted by Dr. Mark Sublette
***The Youtube version of this podcast is recommended due to the visual nature of the recording.***I think one of the greatest and sacred things that you can experience is th...
2026 Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Show Award Ceremony - Epi. 409
This was the 104th Santa Fe Indian Market and SWAIA has been putting on a ceremony for the Best of Show Award since 1977. It's always incredibly exciting and quite honestly, emotional to watch and be a part of this ceremony because the individu...
Eric White: American Visual Artist (Part 2) - Epi. 408, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
In this episode of the podcast, I am joined by the brilliant contemporary American visual artist Eric White. We spoke for over 3 hours, so the interview is going to be cut into two parts. This is part two.Eric is widely celebrated today...
Eric White: American Visual Artist (Part 1) - Epi. 407, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
In this episode of the podcast, I am joined by the brilliant contemporary American visual artist Eric White. We spoke for over 3 hours, so the interview is going to be cut into two parts.Eric is widely celebrated today for his intricate,...
Maynard Dixon & Ed Mell: Icons of the West, Lecture by Dr. Mark Sublette at Scottsdale Art Week - Epi. 406
This episode is a recording of a lecture I gave at the 2026 Scottsdale Art Week event where I talked about a recent book I published and the exhibit that I curated, both titled "Ed Mell & Maynard Dixon: Icons of the West." This was a projec...
Brad Kahlhamer: Inside the Artist's Studio - Epi. 405, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had Brad Kahlhamer on today and it was fantastic. I went to his studio in the Lower East Side of New York City, and he's got this really interesting place where he creates his monumental works of art.It's in the heart of the city and y...
Gloria Martinez-Granados: Interdisciplinary Artist - Epi. 404, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had Gloria Martinez-Granados on the show today. I was fortunate to meet her at Earth Maker Gallery, which is Thomas "Breeze" Marcus's Gallery in Phoenix, and get the chance to talk to her. I was just fascinated with how she makes her ...
Daniel "Uncle Danny" Akaka: Cultural Ambassador & Kahu Hānai at Mauna Lani - Epi. 403, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
This podcast with Daniel Akaka, Jr. (or Uncle Danny) is an audio only podcast, but the video version shows the footage I recorded at the King Kamehameha the Great Celebration, which is on June 11th every year in Hawaii. So if you watch it on Yo...
Exploring the Cultural Institutions of Manaus, Brazil - Epi. 402, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I went to Manaus, Brazil recently and I visited a lot of different places that tried to capture the sense of Manaus and the surrounding area. This included going to Museu Do Indio (Indigenous Museum) and the Palácio Rio Negro (Governors Palace)...
Exploring the Amazon ft. Conservationist Michael Rich - Epi. 401, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
In this episode of the Art Dealer Diaries, I went down to the Amazon rainforest because I wanted to get to know more about the region and its biodiversity. While I was down there I went and visited with a man named Michael Rich. No...
David Griffin: Award-Winning Landscape Painter (Part 2) - Epi. 400, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had David Griffin on today and he's a unique individual in so many ways, not only as an artist but as a person as well. I'm fortunate to be able to represent David's work. I'm also fortunate to have gotten the time to talk to him and un...
David Griffin: Award-Winning Landscape Painter (Part 1) - Epi. 399, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had David Griffin on today and he's a unique individual in so many ways, not only as an artist but as a person as well. I'm fortunate to be able to represent David's work. I'm also fortunate to have gotten the time to talk to him and un...
Tour of the Historic Kolb Studio at Grand Canyon National Park - Epi. 398, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had the good fortune to go and interview the Grand Canyon Superintendent, Ed Keable, and at the time, I was also allowed to do a tour of the Kolb House. This is a very special place and the story is amazing. It really is a story made for a mo...
Shonto Begay: Inside the Artist's Studio - Epi. 397, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
This is the kind of podcast I enjoy making the most. It's one of those in the perfect location that's just off the cuff. You see, I went to artist Shonto Begay's studio in Flagstaff. We were picking up some paintings, and it was just a great op...
Ed Keable: Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park - Epi. 396, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had a very interesting conversation with Ed Keable, who's Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. The setting was unbelievable. We literally sat at the Kolb House overlooking the Grand Canyon. Ed was so fascinating though that I could r...
Wendie Martin: Publisher/Owner, International Artist Publishing - Epi. 395, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I had Wendie Martin on my podcast today, and she's co-owner of International Artist Publishing along with Adolfo Castillo. That's the media group responsible for magazines such as Western Art Collector, Native American Art, American Art C...
Skip Andrews: Artist & Co-Founder of Sagebrush Studios w/Ed Mell (1942-2024) - Epi. 394, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
Sometimes you do podcasts not only because you're interested in the person, but you're also interested in just history, right? In this case, it's the history of Skip Andrews, his own personal journey as an artist, as well as his relationship wi...
Naiomi & Tyler Glasses: Fireside Chat w/Joshua Rose at Scottsdale Art Week 2026 - Epi. 393
In March 2026, the Scottsdale Art week had some discussions which were really informative. I really enjoyed this part of the programming and I wanted to share it with you. We had a booth there and I gave a lecture on Maynard Dixon a...
Ed Mell: A Closer Look, Lecture at the Phoenix Art Museum, Introduction by Chief Curator Olga Viso - Epi. 392
I recently gave a lecture called "Ed Mell: A Closer Look" at the Phoenix Art Museum and I wanted to share it with all of you as an episode of my podcast.It was an interesting experience for me for two reasons. One, I knew Ed very w...
Shonto Begay (Diné): Artist and Storyteller - Epi. 391, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
I love a podcast that's a little different. Today, Shonto Begay showed up with four new paintings and they're all terrific. One of them however was incredibly important because it explores Shonto's experience at an Indian school and how that af...
Briscoe Museum Panel: Kim Wiggins, Martin Grelle, Dr. Mark Sublette and Charles Sublette, Moderated by Tim Newton - Epi. 390
Today's podcast was a panel that I was a part of alongside artists Kim Wiggins, Martin Grelle, and my son, Charles Sublette, moderated by Tim Newton. We talk about Western art, the future of art in general, how the world perceives what we happe...
Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) Lecture at Scottsdale Art Week - Epi. 389, Hosted by Curator Emilia Mickevicius
I recently attended and exhibited at Scottsdale Art Week, which was the third week in March. They had a lovely series of lectures, and one of them was with photographer Cara Romero. She's a terrific artist that I have in my personal collection....
Curt Walters: Resilience (Museum Exhibition Tour) - Epi. 388, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
This podcast is a very interesting podcast, because we get to talk to Curt Walters about his retrospective exhibition "Curt Walters: Resilience" at Western Spirit: Scottsdale Museum of the West. We walk through the exhibit and hear about his li...
Thomas Blackshear II & Mark Sublette: Neon Cowboy Posse Lecture - Epi. 387 (Ft. Eli Blackshear)
If you didn't get to come to our Thomas Blackshear opening and hear this lecture, well, you're in luck, because we recorded it and it was really a wonderful event. Basically, it was Thomas Blackshear and myself talking about the show "Neon Cowb...
Thomas Blackshear II: Inside the Artist's Studio (NEON COWBOY POSSE • Opens 3/13/2026) - Epi 386, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
When you get to go to an artist's studio, it's literally a sacred place. That's just the best way I can describe it, because it's where creativity begins and ends and inspiration is found there, too. In this case, it was Thomas Blackshear II an...
