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Episode 222: Art Actively Gives Meaning to the Toil of Existence | Lisa Edelstein & Robert Russell

July 14, 2026

This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with actor, writer, and artist Lisa Edelstein and artist Robert Russell.Recorded as they celebrate their collaborative exhibition Palace in Time at the Skirball Cultural Center, this conversation explores partnership, artistic practice, Jewish ritual, memory, storytelling, and the ways we create meaning through the objects, relationships, and traditions that shape our lives.Lisa discusses her evolution from actor to painter, drawing on family pho...

Episode 221: Who Protects an Artist’s Legacy? | Daisy Murray Holman

July 07, 2026

Daisy Murray Holman is Executive Director of the Artists Legacy Foundation.She and Zuckerman explore the often unseen work of supporting artists beyond the present tense: archives, artists’ estates, preservation, catalogues raisonnés, and the emotional and structural care required to sustain artistic legacies over time.Murray Holman also reflects on the legacy of her mother, painter Elizabeth Murray, and what it means to inherit not only artwork, but responsibility.A conversation about care, ...

Episode 220: Within My Language in These Paintings, There's a Lifetime to Work Out - with Jennifer Guidi

June 30, 2026

This week on About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with artist Jennifer Guidi.This episode was recorded live before an audience at the Orange County Museum of Art in conjunction with And so it is., Guidi's solo exhibition curated by Heidi Zuckerman.Born in Redondo Beach, California, Guidi received a BFA from Boston University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is held in major public and private collections worldwide, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museu...