I got involved in the art world not because of a love of art but because of a love of artists.

I was very interested in the lives of artists.

What is it that makes someone pursue that dream?

Is it something they don't have a choice to pursue?

Is it a decision they make?

I'm more interested in the history of things

and the men and women who are behind conceiving these things. Oh, Hey everybody I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodincky Radio.

If you're a long time listener you probably probably know that outside of watches, one of my

greatest passions is art. And one day I was reading ArtNet and was caught totally

off guard to find a mention of Hodincky Radio in an interview with this curator, critic, and the

founder of the Art World Conference, Dexter Wimberly. It turns out Dexter is a long

time member of the Hodinck community and a loyal listener to the show so I knew immediately that we had

to get him on the pod and it turns out that was a pretty good instinct on my part

Dexter and I see eye-to-eye on a ton of. I love the way that he thinks about watches

is these little objects that tell stories and serve as sort of markers of the

passage of time and the passage of our lives. And we spent a ton of time talking

about that, the way Dexter ended up a watch guy in the first place,

how he's been indulging his love of watches during these few months in quarantine, but we also talk

about how he transitioned from being an advertising executive to being in the art world, and why he's chosen to spend his career in the art world,

promoting emerging artists and people looking to make a real lasting career in the art world.

I'm a big Dexter Wemberley fan and I think all of you by the end of this

episode will be too. Before that though I also sit down with Cole and Danny to talk about

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