About this episode
Flo Dill is joined by contemporary art critics The White Pube to discuss the challenges of being an artist in 2025 and their new book.
It’s officially autumn on the allotment, and Flo is joined by beloved contemporary art critics The White Pube, aka Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle De La Puente. Raised on Tumblr and MySpace, the duo met at art school, and began publishing reviews, criticism and essays on their website under their collective name The White Pube. Over the last 10 years they have become a vital voice in the contemporary art world, and their project has evolved to include reviews of video games, a podcast, a discord community, and most recently a book: Poor Artists. On the allotment Zarina, Gabrielle and Flo chat about the impossibilities of life as an artist in 2025, the stories behind their book, and the compulsion that we all feel for space and joy. This episode of Digging is sponsored by Niwaki: the go to destination for functional, durable Japanese gardening gear. For 10% off your Niwaki purchase, head to Niwaki.com and enter the code DIGGINGWITHFLO at the checkout. Presenter - Flo Dill, Producer - Lizzy King, Editing - Omar Serge, Sound Recording and Mastering - Sophie Ellison A video version of this episode is also available on YouTube Music - Cleaners from Venus - The…
People in this episode
Host: Flo Dill
Guests: Zarina Muhammad, Gabrielle De La Puente
Topics covered
- contemporary art
- art criticism
- video games
- artist life
- book discussion
- community
Keywords
- contemporary art
- art critics
- The White Pube
- Poor Artists
- video games
- community
- interview
Sponsors
Niwaki
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The White Pube, Captured Tracks, YouTube
Books & works: Poor Artists, The Artichoke That Loved Me
Places: 2025
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