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Podcast: Discovering Academia
Episode: #042 - David Teh: Contemporary, Modern, & Southeast Asian Art
Description: Today we talk with David Teh, writer, curator and assistant professor in the English department at the National University of Singapore. His work spans a variety of topics within the art world, from modern and contemporary Asian art, critical art theory and history, to curatorship and exhibitions. In this episode we discuss the balancing act between the art world and academia, the difficulties of attaching language to art, and seek to better define “contemporary art”. Additionally, we talk about the influence of government and wealth on art markets and exposure and the importance of institutions in art dissemination. In a wo...