Death of an Artist: Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre Split the Art World

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ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Here’s a preview from a new podcast, Death of the Artist, that explores a tragedy in the art world. For more than 35 years, accusations of murder shrouded one of the art world’s most storied couples: Was the famous sculptor Carl Andre involved in the death of his up-and-coming artist wife Ana Mendieta? Host Helen Molesworth revisits Mendieta’s death, taking a closer look at how she might have fallen out of the window of Carl’s 34th floor New York apartment, and the following trial which has divided the art world since 1985. Hear more from Death of an Artist at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/artist?sid=curious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.4	with you today to share something a little bit different i wanted to give you a real treat and it is a
0:37.3	preview of a new
0:38.3	art-related true crime podcast. And if you've been listening to Art Curious for a while now,
0:44.5	then this subject will sound familiar to you. But though this is a topic that we've covered
0:49.3	before on Art Curious, this podcast allows you to really dig deep into the art scene surrounding the famous sculptor
0:56.6	Carl Andre and his up-and-coming wife, Anna Mendietta. This podcast is called Death of an Artist.
1:04.5	Andre and Mendietta were one of those textbook examples of opposites attract. He was known for
1:09.9	minimalist sculptures and then she broke
1:12.0	boundaries with her genre-bending performance art. Now, this could have been a tale about a romance
1:17.7	between two fascinating and talented people, but their story ended in a 911 call and a tragic
1:24.1	death that split the art world into two. Host and curator Helen Molesworth revisits Anna's untimely death,
1:31.7	taking a closer look at how she might have fallen out of the window of Carl's 34th floor
1:36.6	New York apartment. She also covers the trial that followed and both the protest and
1:41.2	silence that have accompanied this story since it occurred in 1985.
1:46.1	In the preview you're about to hear, Helen introduces us to Anna's earliest work
1:50.3	and the shocking topics that would come to inspire her powerful art, blood, violence, and justice.
1:57.6	You can hear the full episode and more about Anna's story on Death of an Artist, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Enjoy.
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