Apr 13, 2026

This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie, Brian Andrews, and Abigail Satinsky sit down with Nato Thompson for a conversation that spans collapsing institutions, alternative economies, and what it actually means to sustain a life in art.

Recorded in the context of an art fair ecosystem that increasingly blurs...

Apr 8, 2026

Locks’ exhibition operates as a split composition: the back gallery leans into layered, exploratory collage rooted in his teaching experience with Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project at Stateville Correctional Center, while the front gallery delivers sharper, declarative works built around text...

Apr 6, 2026

Guests: Annette LePique, Curtis Anthony Bozif, Pia Singh, Gareth Kaye

Recorded with the support of Columbia College Chicago - Colum.edu

What happens when you gather a room full of critics in a moment when criticism itself feels both endangered and newly alive?

In this long-awaited return to the Chicago...

Apr 3, 2026

Recorded at Gray Gallery

This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie, Brian Andrews, and Ryan Peter Miller, sit down with legendary British artist John Stezaker inside the unexpectedly elegant library at Gray Gallery. The conversation centers on Stezaker’s recent exhibition RAFT and expands into a...

Mar 31, 2026

This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with Kate Sierzputowski to talk about the evolving identity of EXPO Chicago under Frieze and what 2026 signals for the fair, the city, and the Midwest at large.

Now Director of EXPO, Sierzputowski reflects on scaling up leadership while doubling...