Conversations
Artist talk with Kennedy Yanko & Alteronce Gumby
April 20, 2023
In Spring 2023, Kennedy sat down with her dear friend and fellow artist, Alteronce Gumby, to reflect on the making of Humming on Life, her solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery.
Kennedy Yanko in Conversation
September 6, 2025
Hosted by Pace Prints, the dialogue between Kennedy Yanko, Rachel Gladfelter, Director of Pace Paper, and Douglas Dreishpoon, Chief Curator Emeritus at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and Director of the Catalogue Raisonné Project at the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation focuses on the innovative papermaking processes behind Yanko’s new body of work, as well as the artist’s inspirations and experiences working in the Pace Paper studio.
Tying in the artist’s curated selection of prints on view alongside the exhibition, the conversation will also engage the legacy and significance of abstraction.
Kennedy Yanko & Dario Calmese in Conversation
April 5, 2025
hosted by James Cohan Gallery, Kennedy and Dario Calmese delved into the conceptual layers and material choices that inform her solo exhibition Epithets. This intimate conversation offered a deeper look into the processes and ideas behind Yanko’s current body of work.
The Art Angle Podcast: How Kennedy Yanko Welded her Way to Art Stardom
June 17, 2022
During the podcast, Kennedy had an opportunity to talk to Artnet News’s executive editor Julia Halperin about the experience of creating her largest work to date at Art Basel: a 20-foot-tall hanging sculpture titled By Means Other Than the Known Senses. The title describes how she often creates her work through exploration and intuition.
Click here to listen to the full conversation.
Couch Conversations: Kennedy Yanko & Kimberly Drew
October 6, 2020
Kennedy and friend and writer Kimberly Drew discuss Salient Queens, Kennedy’s solo exhibition at Vielmetter Los Angeles.
Kennedy Yanko in conversation with Dieter Buchhart
Fall 2020
Kennedy Yanko sat down with art historian and curator Dieter Buchhart to discuss the work behind her exhibition Because it’s in my blood, presented at Galleria Poggiali in Milan, Italy.
Cerebral Women Podcast: A conversation with Kennedy yanko