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Trenton Doyle Hancock at the Institute of Contemporary Art | University of Pennsylvania

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 12, 2008

Trenton Doyle Hancock at the Institute of Contemporary Art | University of Pennsylvania

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 12, 2008

Art21 artist Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2) will lecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute of Contemporary Art this Wednesday, May 14 (7pm). The lecture is held in conjunction with …

U.S. Embassy Makes Olympic Rings

by Rosanna Flouty | May 12, 2008

U.S. Embassy Makes Olympic Rings

by Rosanna Flouty | May 12, 2008

These big metallic tulips aren’t just going to be on view in Spain, where they are permanently installed along the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao‘s riverside façade, above. An edition of Tulips …

Artist iGoogle Museum

by Rosanna Flouty | May 11, 2008

Artist iGoogle Museum

by Rosanna Flouty | May 11, 2008

Two weeks ago, you might have noticed Jeff Koons’ giant metallic tulips decorating your Google homepage. The search engine giant invited international artists and innovators to create custom page layouts …

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 9, 2008

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 9, 2008

In a BOMB Magazine web exclusive, Season 4 artist Catherine Sullivan (pictured top right) and choreographer Meg Stuart discuss mining the history of the avant-garde tradition and emotional overflow in …

Berliner Salon: Gallery Weekend Redux

by Emilie Trice | May 9, 2008

Berliner Salon: Gallery Weekend Redux

by Emilie Trice | May 9, 2008

The Berlin art world is still recovering from last weekend’s gallery marathon, which witnessed an unprecedented number of events in what can only be described as the city’s most strategic …

Judy Pfaff Curates at CUE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 9, 2008

Judy Pfaff Curates at CUE

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 9, 2008

Up through May 31st at the CUE Foundation is an exhibition by David Krueger, curated by Art:21 Season 4 artist Judy Pfaff. Krueger has recreated his childhood post office in …

Bantamweight Flickr Battle!

by Rosanna Flouty | May 9, 2008

Bantamweight Flickr Battle!

by Rosanna Flouty | May 9, 2008

After the gorgeously gargantuan show at MoMA that held New Yorkers spellbound in its midtown courtyard, the whole country of France is now making a fuss this week over Richard …

Art21 Extended Play

Lari Pittman | Craft

by Wesley Miller | May 8, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Lari Pittman | Craft

by Wesley Miller | May 8, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Lari Pittman painting Palace (2006) in his Los Angeles studio. Inspired by commercial advertising, folk art, and decorative traditions, Lari Pittman’s meticulously layered paintings transform pattern and signage into …

Dialog:City in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 7, 2008

Dialog:City in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 7, 2008

Later this summer, from August 22-29, the Denver metro area will host Dialog:City, a convergence of education, art and democracy. Slated as an exhibition and cultural event that “catalyzes civic …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

by Joe Fusaro | May 7, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

by Joe Fusaro | May 7, 2008

This is my first-ever blog post. There…. I said it. Everyone and their Mom has a blog somewhere and I guess it was bound to happen to me, too. Blogging, …

Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 7, 2008

Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 7, 2008

An exhibition of recent watercolor’s by Art21 artist Walton Ford (Season 2) opens tomorrow at Paul Kasmin Gallery. This is the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery since his traveling …

Ouster, Fame, Famine!

by Rosanna Flouty | May 6, 2008

Ouster, Fame, Famine!

by Rosanna Flouty | May 6, 2008

It’s another week of shake-ups and ousters in the city. In my mailbox, New York Magazine proclaims, “MoMA Cuts the Head off PS1,” featuring a thirty-year illustrated timeline of exhibition …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

New column: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | May 6, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

New column: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | May 6, 2008

Art21 is pleased to introduce a new column on our blog, written specifically for art educators. Teaching with Contemporary Art, written by our Senior Education Advisor, Joe Fusaro, will appear …

Tonight! An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda at NY Public Library

by Kelly Shindler | May 5, 2008

Tonight! An-My Lê with Michael Almereyda at NY Public Library

by Kelly Shindler | May 5, 2008

Art21, BOMB, & the Mid-Manhattan Library present a film screening and conversation Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode Protest After the screening Michael Almereyda, filmmaker and writer, will …

New guest blogger: Rosanna Flouty

by Kelly Shindler | May 5, 2008

New guest blogger: Rosanna Flouty

by Kelly Shindler | May 5, 2008

This week and next, Rosanna Flouty, Interim Director of Education and Teen Programs Manager at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston will be our resident guest blogger. Rosanna has worked in …

Carnegie Prize Goes to Vija Celmins

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 5, 2008

Carnegie Prize Goes to Vija Celmins

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 5, 2008

Vija Celmins (Season 2) has been awarded the Carnegie Prize for her work Night Sky in the Carnegie International’s Life on Mars exhibition.  In addition to a monetary award of …

Berliner Salon: Gallery Weekend Arrives

by Emilie Trice | May 2, 2008

Berliner Salon: Gallery Weekend Arrives

by Emilie Trice | May 2, 2008

The 1st of May is a national holiday in Berlin, when businesses close and the streets fill with music, dancing, social demonstrations, and, finally, riots. Today, however, May 2nd, marks …

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Allora & Calzadilla’s Ruin (2006) installed at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such …

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie’s The Hierarchy Problem (2003) and The Fine Constant (2003) are on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as part of Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim …