#66: Off the Record with Jonathan LeVine (Part 9) - Let's change the artist-gallery business model! And: Storytime!

It has only been 2 weeks since our last "Off the record"-show, but you may remember we had some technical issues and were cut off before we got to the more constructive part. And that is what we are focusing on today! Also the show is now split into two parts: first we talk about ideas for alternative business models or the relationship between artists and galleries in difficult market conditions as we are experiencing them in recent years. We are touching on a really delicate issue here …. Then we move on to a more lighter topic and start telling anecdotes from our long time in the business. We speak about our early Miami-experiences and good times with FriendsWithYou and David Choe, we tell stories about artists we worked or still work with such as Doze Green and Boris Hoppek, or our Brazilian connections such as Speto and Zezão and more. We are both looking forward to expanding the storytelling, it also helps you get a more positive picture of us maybe, in case you get tired listening to our struggles and the frustration with the shitty art business today - which we may have placed too much emphasis on lately, but we still haven’t found satisfying answers yet, so please bear with us. However - if you are still interested in our professional and definitely educated opinion on this please listen to the first roundabout 30 minutes of todays heliumtalk and see if you’d like to engage with us more, for example by sending an email to [email protected] or a message on my instagram @heliumcowboy to include your thoughts in our discussion. PS: A new photo of Jonathan - by photographer Elisaveta Stoilova!