#80: Ken Harman about running multiple galleries in times like these, about diversity and what art can really do

Not only has it been a while since my last podcast but this one has also been a while in the making. I wanted to speak with Ken Harman Hashimoto already in April, but we only recently managed to get together online, you can guess that it has been and still is a busy time for people running any kind of art business these days, and Ken not only owns three gallery spaces - Spoke Art in New York and San Francisco and Hashimoto Contemporary, also in San Francisco - but Recess, The People’s Print Shop and Paragon Books as well. I very much love that we talked about really burning issues too, I am very thankful to Ken for being honest and open about everything.

Om Podcasten

heliumTALK begann im Jahre 2016 als TV Talk-Show in der Galerie, bevor Jörg Heikhaus aka Alex Diamond im Frühjahr 2018 den gleichnamigen Podcast herausbrachte und in seinem Atelier Interviews mit Protagonisten aus der Welt der Kunst führte. Seit Anfang 2022 gibt ein neues Konzept, eine erweiterte, feste Besetzung und veränderte Inhalte: der heliumTALK ist nun ein offenes Gespräch zwischen Jörg (54) und Melvin (24) Heikhaus, zwischen Künstler und Galerist, zwischen Vater und Sohn. Mal mit Gästen, mal ohne. Immer aktuell und mit spannenden Themen - aber natürlich geht es weiterhin um Kunst. Übrigens: Während die früheren Folgen oft auch auf englisch waren, ist die neue Version in deutscher Sprache. *** heliumTALK started as a live talk show for TV in our gallery in 2016, before Jörg Heikhaus aka Alex Diamond took this format into the world of audio podcasts two years later. These interviews with people from the art world were mostly recorded in his artist studio. In 2022, heliumTALK changed its format and is now an open conversation between Jörg and the new gallerist of heliumcowboy, Melvin Heikhaus. A conversation between artist & gallerist, between father and son. Topic is still the art world. From time to time there will be guests, and other features that we will add in the future. Oh and even though this introduction is in English and most of the early podcasts are too - the new version is now held in German, mostly.