Episode 2: What the Wall Label Doesn’t Tell You

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09/23/22 • 43 min

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Following Ana’s death, police take Carl in for questioning. He has scratches on his face. His story is inconsistent, yet he maintains his innocence. In this episode, we rewind and take a look back at Carl’s history and his relationship with Ana and try to understand what led to that night.

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Episode 1: The Haunting

In 1980s Manhattan, a young Cuban artist named Ana Mendieta made a name for herself as a rising star in the art world. Her turbulent marriage to the older and well-established sculptor Carl Andre raised eyebrows. One September night, Carl called 911 in a panic. His wife, he said, “went out the window.”

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Episode 3: The Feminist Cabal

Ana’s art engaged with her identity as a Cuban female artist. She worked hard to be recognized in a world dominated by white men. After her death, Ana’s friends and family demand an investigation. Many of the most powerful members of the art world dismiss them as a “feminist cabal.”

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Death of an Artist - Episode 2: What the Wall Label Doesn’t Tell You

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Pushkin that this show contains adult language and occasional descriptions of violence. Please keep that in mind when choosing when and where to listen. Previously on Death of an Artist. She was very magnetic, but she was also very very argumentative, and so often people would end up in a fight with her. Yeah, Carl, Carl can be really quite nice and wonderful, except when he drinks too much, he becomes the doctor jacquet Worth emergency. Yeah. Ye