Tag Archives: race

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Thirteen summers since the original convening of the Black Lunch Table (BLT), the project’s founders Heather Hart and Jina Valentine reconvene many of the original participants to discuss the project’s history and evolution and consider its future trajectory.

Resisting Reductivism & Breaking the Bubble: An Interview with Barbara Kruger

by Ian Forster | Jan 26, 2018

Resisting Reductivism & Breaking the Bubble: An Interview with Barbara Kruger

by Ian Forster | Jan 26, 2018

In this rare interview accompanying a new Art21 film, Barbara Kruger shares her media diet, what she sees as art’s role in contemporary society, and the inspiration behind two of her earliest works.

Photographing Philly’s Streets

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 23, 2017

Photographing Philly’s Streets

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 23, 2017

Rachel Heidenry surveys the work of four Philadelphia photographers—Zoe Strauss, Emma Stern, Sahar Coston-Hardy, and William Cress—all capturing unique aspects of the city’s dynamic landscape.

Artist Introspectives

Touch/Don’t Touch

by Gabrielle Civil | Apr 19, 2017

Artist Introspectives

Touch/Don’t Touch

by Gabrielle Civil | Apr 19, 2017

Artist Gabrielle Civil shares the freedom her performance practice has brought her, and the frustration of dealing with oblivious racism in 2017.

“Is There Racism in Heaven?”—An Interview with Nick Cave

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 17, 2017

“Is There Racism in Heaven?”—An Interview with Nick Cave

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 17, 2017

Jacquelyn Gleisner speaks with artist Nick Cave about his immersive installation “Until,” on view at MASS MoCA through September 2017.

Nikita Gale: Place is the Space is the Place

by Alicia Eler | Sep 8, 2016

Nikita Gale: Place is the Space is the Place

by Alicia Eler | Sep 8, 2016

Alicia Eler introduces the work of Los Angeles-based conceptual artist Nikita Gale, whose MFA thesis exhibition explored her relationship to her car as both image and object.

Latino/a Art: Race and the Illusion of Equality

by Arlene Davila | Jun 20, 2016

Latino/a Art: Race and the Illusion of Equality

by Arlene Davila | Jun 20, 2016

Scholar Arlene Davila uncovers an ugly truth in the art world and society at large: diversity is not the same as the lack of racism.

Booked

Life Among Other Men: An Interview with Black Deutschland ’s Darryl Pinckney

by Caroline Picard | Jun 8, 2016

Booked

Life Among Other Men: An Interview with Black Deutschland ’s Darryl Pinckney

by Caroline Picard | Jun 8, 2016

In this extended interview, author Darryl Pinckney discusses characters caught between conflicting identities and locales in his latest novel “Black Deutschland.”

On View Now

Rodney McMillian’s Sobering, Irreverent Take on Race in America

by Jared Quinton | May 2, 2016

On View Now

Rodney McMillian’s Sobering, Irreverent Take on Race in America

by Jared Quinton | May 2, 2016

ART21 Magazine’s latest contributor reviews two concurrent exhibitions of work by Rodney McMillian on view in New York City.