Yayoi Shionoiri on Art’s Past, Present, and Future (The Art Equation Series Finale)

Yayoi Shionoiri on Art’s Past, Present, and Future (The Art Equation Series Finale)

From The Art Equation: A Now Be Here Podcast by Now Be Here Art

December 18, 2025 · 42 min · Episode 15

About this episode

In the series finale, Kim interviews Yayoi Shionoiri about her career and the evolving landscape of the art world.

Welcome to the final installation of The Art Equation! In our last episode, Kim sits down with Yayoi Shionoiri of NYC’s Powerhouse Arts to discuss her long and varied career as an arts worker, the professionalization of the art world, and new and emerging models of art fairs. The two examine where we are as an art world, where we’ve been, and (possibly) where we’re going. Enjoy one last episode as we wrap up this series! Mentions: Yayoi Shionoiri; Powerhouse Arts; Chris Burden; Nancy Rubins; Artsy; Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation; Takashi Murakami; Asia Art Archive; Holt Smithson Foundation; City Lights Law; Startbahn; Harvard University; Cornell Law School; Columbia University; Sarah Conley Odenkirk; Art Converge; Megan Noh; Pryor Cashman’s Art Law Group; Madison Beale; Artalogue podcast; Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair; Conductor Fair; Dia Foundation.

People in this episode

Host: Kim

Guest: Yayoi Shionoiri

Topics covered

  • art world
  • professionalization
  • art fairs
  • career in arts
  • future of art

Keywords

  • Yayoi Shionoiri
  • art fairs
  • Powerhouse Arts
  • art world
  • professionalization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Powerhouse Arts, Artsy, Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, Asia Art Archive, Holt Smithson Foundation, City Lights Law, Startbahn, Harvard University, Cornell Law School, Columbia University

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