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A Year in Drawing at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2008

A Year in Drawing at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2008

A Year in Drawing opened last week at Galerie Lelong’s New York space. From the light-handed to the potent, the drawings reflect a wide range of sensibilities, subject matter, and …

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Spaceship Earth

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 27, 2008

Buckminster Fuller was one of the most inventive and prolific visionaries of 20th century who was keenly intuitive. Much of the work in the new Whitney exhibition, Buckminster Fuller: Starting …

“Oliver Herring | Task” in Seattle tomorrow

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 27, 2008

“Oliver Herring | Task” in Seattle tomorrow

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 27, 2008

Season 3 artist Oliver Herring brings Task, his ongoing collaborative performance, to the Seattle Public Library tomorrow. In an unprecedented collaboration between the Frye Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, On …

Berliner Salon: Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno at DAAD Galerie

by Emilie Trice | Jun 27, 2008

Berliner Salon: Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno at DAAD Galerie

by Emilie Trice | Jun 27, 2008

The streets of Berlin have been unusually rowdy these past few weeks, with the screams of belligerent football fans reverberating off every wall. As is customary in this country, a …

Facebook: Images of People in Photographs

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 27, 2008

Facebook: Images of People in Photographs

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 27, 2008

Facebook: Images of People in Photographs from the Permanent Collection consists of just fifty photographs from nearly 3,000 prints in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center collection. On view today …

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

The human voice is the most specific expression of an individual. With its infinite potential for sound effects and imitation along with its prime role in communication, it is clearly …

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 26, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 26, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses two recent paintings, both Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The exhibition is on view …

Laurie Simmons at Carolina Nitsch

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 25, 2008

Laurie Simmons at Carolina Nitsch

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 25, 2008

Last call to see the Laurie Simmons (Season 4) exhibition closing tomorrow at Carolina Nitsch Project Room. In and Around the House features the artist’s early black and white photographs …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

  As we continue gearing up for summer and prepare for ways to fuel our work as artists and educators I wanted to take the next few columns and point …

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

1968 | 2008

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 24, 2008

This is not the first time that Summer Olympics Games are embroiled in environmental and political controversies. In 1968, Mexico City, with its high altitude containing 30% less oxygen than …

Bourgeois at NY Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 24, 2008

Bourgeois at NY Film Forum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 24, 2008

The traveling retrospective exhibition of works by Season 2 artist Louise Bourgeois opens at the Guggenheim Museum, New York on Friday, June 27. Corresponding with the exhibition, Louise Bourgeois: The …

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 23, 2008

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 23, 2008

On view at Sean Kelly Gallery through August 1, 2008, Cancelled, Erased and Removed explores the conceptual and formal practice of contemporary artists canceling, erasing and removing elements from their work. …

Colab Redux at Brooke Alexander

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 23, 2008

Colab Redux at Brooke Alexander

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 23, 2008

Seminal artist group Colab (short for Collaborative Project) is getting an abbreviated 30-year anniversary look at Brooke Alexander Editions.  Formed in 1978 and active for about 10 years, Colab was …

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was established eighteen years ago in Kansas City, Missouri on 18th and Vine Streets, just around the corner from the Paseo YMCA building where the …

Last Day – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 20, 2008

Last Day – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 20, 2008

Art21’s first ever online fundraising drive ends at midnight tonight! If you haven’t yet donated, there are still several hours left to support Art21’s many projects including the ongoing initiatives: …

Mark Dion in Philly and New York

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 20, 2008

Mark Dion in Philly and New York

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 20, 2008

The curtains go up tonight at Bartram’s Garden on Mark Dion’s Travels of William Bartram – Reconsidered. The exhibition compiles artifacts, drawings, and assorted natural and unnatural objects collected and …

Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered

by Marc Mayer | Jun 20, 2008

Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered

by Marc Mayer | Jun 20, 2008

In anticipation of Art21 (Season 1) artist Louise Bourgeois‘ full-career retrospective, the Guggenheim Museum in New York presents a free concert on Saturday evening, June 21 titled Louise Bourgeois—Songs Remembered. …

Day 9 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 19, 2008

Day 9 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 19, 2008

We’d like to welcome the 58 first-time donors who have donated to Art21 during the last 9 days! Thank you for offering your support of Art21. There are still 30 …

Art21 Extended Play

Mel Chin | “Paydirt”

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 19, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mel Chin | “Paydirt”

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 19, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Chin describes the origins and motivations behind the nationwide art project Paydirt in a keynote address to the 2008 National Art Education Association Convention, and visits multiple sites …

Mark Bradford Inaugurates Nerman Lecture Series

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 18, 2008

Mark Bradford Inaugurates Nerman Lecture Series

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 18, 2008

Season 4 artist Mark Bradford will be the inaugural speaker for the Jerome Nerman Lecture Series at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas. Located on the …

Day 8 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 18, 2008

Day 8 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 18, 2008

We are heartened by the many donations received during the first Art21 Online Fundraising Drive via Art21.org/donate and the Art21 Facebook Cause. Individuals in 13 U.S. states and 1 foreign …

Revolving Revolt: 16th Biennale of Sydney

by Marc Mayer | Jun 18, 2008

Revolving Revolt: 16th Biennale of Sydney

by Marc Mayer | Jun 18, 2008

From June 18 through September 7, the 16th Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions – Forms That Turn presents the work of 180 artists , including 50 newly commissioned projects. The exhibition …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Gearing Up for Summer

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 18, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Gearing Up for Summer

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 18, 2008

The last thing teachers want to hear in June is that we have to start planning for September. While this is unfortunately true, there is still a summer to be …

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer was the first woman to officially represent the United States in the 1990 Venice Biennale. Her installation Gallery D earned the Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion) prize for best pavilion. She was …

New guest blogger: Arezoo Moseni

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 17, 2008

New guest blogger: Arezoo Moseni

by Kelly Shindler | Jun 17, 2008

After collaborating with Arezoo Moseni on the recent series of screenings and conversations at the New York Public Library, we are pleased to welcome her to the guest blog. Arezoo …

Last Call for Lucelia Award Exhibition

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 17, 2008

Last Call for Lucelia Award Exhibition

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 17, 2008

Last chance to see Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006 before it closes June 22nd. Installed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition features works by each of the …

Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton at the Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 16, 2008

Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton at the Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 16, 2008

If you missed last week’s collaborative performance by composer Meredith Monk and Season 1 artist Ann Hamilton at the Walker Art Center, you can still listen to an audio clip …

Day 6 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 16, 2008

Day 6 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 16, 2008

As I write, Art21’s founder and executive director, Susan Sollins, is attending the 37th Annual George Foster Peabody Award ceremony to accept the award being given to the Protest episode …

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

Beyond the Reel

by Marc Mayer | Jun 16, 2008

On Thursday, June 19, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opens the second installment of The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, titled Part II: Realisms. While Part …

Jörg Heiser at Austrian Cultural Forum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 16, 2008

Jörg Heiser at Austrian Cultural Forum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 16, 2008

On Wednesday June 25th at 7:00 p.m., the Goethe-Institut New York and the Austrian Cultural Forum will co-host a conversation between Jörg Heiser and Brian Sholis, editor at Artforum.com. The …

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

Taking Alfred Jarry’s 1896 Ubu Roi as its historic point of departure, The Puppet Show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art includes work by 28 artists, including Art:21 alumni …

Carnegie Art Award 2008

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 15, 2008

Carnegie Art Award 2008

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 15, 2008

Den Frie Udstillingsbygning is an art institution established in 1891 by a union of artists with the concerted purpose to provide an alternative to the aforementioned censured Forårsudstilling at Kunsthal …

Day 3 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 14, 2008

Day 3 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 14, 2008

There is one more week to donate to Art21’s first-ever Online Fundraising Drive and be entered to win Art21 DVDs and books! Donate today at Art21.org/donate or the Art21 Facebook …

Berliner Salon: Shilpa Gupta at BodhiBerlin and Galerie Volker Diehl

by Emilie Trice | Jun 13, 2008

Berliner Salon: Shilpa Gupta at BodhiBerlin and Galerie Volker Diehl

by Emilie Trice | Jun 13, 2008

The buzz in Berlin right now is around Indian media artist Shilpa Gupta’s first exhibition(s) in Germany, with concurrent shows opening tonight at two local galleries. BodhiBerlin, the recently-opened, first …

Oilver Herring: TASK at Regent Park

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 13, 2008

Oilver Herring: TASK at Regent Park

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 13, 2008

Season 3 artist Oliver Herring–in collaboration with a committee of young, local volunteers–will present Canada’s first TASK event tomorrow, June 14. Part of Toronto’s Luminato 2008 festival, this “participatory-performance-art-making-party” will …

Day 2 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 12, 2008

Day 2 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

by Beth Allen | Jun 12, 2008

First off, we’d like to give props to everyone who has already made a donation to Art21 or joined our Facebook Cause. THANK YOU for a terrific first-day response! Did …