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“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

The Getty Research Institute has amassed one of the largest institutional collections of video art in the world. California Video, on view at the Getty Center through June 18, 2008, …

Laurie Anderson takes “Homeland” on tour

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 24, 2008

Laurie Anderson takes “Homeland” on tour

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 24, 2008

Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson (Season 1) will be taking her new politico-musical on global tour starting March 26th with a kick-off at Carnegie Hall. As previously mentioned by Art21 guest …

All About “Fundred” | Interview with Mel Chin part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 24, 2008

All About “Fundred” | Interview with Mel Chin part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 24, 2008

The following conversation concludes Art21’s interview with Season 1 artist Mel Chin about his national collaborative artwork, Paydirt/The Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Read Part 1, published last Friday, here. ART21: …

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

From March 22 ‚Äì April 27, 2008, Arthouse in Austin, Texas will present the exhibition Cult of Color: Call to Color in conjunction with a new ballet by the same …

All About “Fundred” | Interview with Mel Chin part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 21, 2008

All About “Fundred” | Interview with Mel Chin part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 21, 2008

The following interview with Season 1 artist Mel Chin took place in late February 2008 at Art21’s offices. Part 2 will be published on Monday. Stay tuned for further information …

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Studio Printworks has produced a hand-screened wallpaper in collaboration with Kiki Smith (Season 2). Maiden & Moonflower depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited …

Walker and Bourgeois in Flaunt Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

Walker and Bourgeois in Flaunt Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

The Spring 2008 fashion issue of the arts and entertainment glossy, Flaunt Magazine, features Art21 artists Kara Walker (Season 2) and Louise Bourgeois (Season 1). While Walker’s work is currently …

Last Day: Susan Rothenberg in Athens

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 20, 2008

Last Day: Susan Rothenberg in Athens

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 20, 2008

An exhibition of paintings by Susan Rothenberg (Season 3) closes today at Bernier-Eliades Gallery in Athens, Greece. Rothenberg’s paintings, through “thickly layered and intense brushwork…depict scenes from everyday life‚Äîeither an …

Mel Chin: “Fundred” at George Jackson Academy

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 20, 2008

Mel Chin: “Fundred” at George Jackson Academy

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 20, 2008

Art21-featured artist Mel Chin (Season 1) originated the Fundred Dollar Bill Project to draw attention to and develop solutions for environmentally responsible rebuilding of New Orleans from below the ground …

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Books & Gravures

by Wesley Miller | Mar 20, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adam’s with photogravure plates for Harney County, Oregon (1999-2003) in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human …

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

There is an amazing exhibition of Dan Flavin‚Äôs work at the Contemporary‚Äôs neighbor, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis. Dan Flavin: Constructed Light will be on view …

Allora & Calzadilla in MASS MoCA’s Eastern Standard

by David Roesing | Mar 19, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla in MASS MoCA’s Eastern Standard

by David Roesing | Mar 19, 2008

MASS MoCa’s exhibition Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China, which opened February 2 and will be up for a full year, features a video by Art21 artists Allora & Calzadilla …

Maya Lin interview at the Contemporary

by Paul Ha | Mar 18, 2008

Maya Lin interview at the Contemporary

by Paul Ha | Mar 18, 2008

Here is an interview that the Contemporary’s Director of Education Kathryn Adamchick did with Maya Lin this season. The conversation was captured during Maya’s visit to St. Louis to install …

Martian Museum show at Barbican features real Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 18, 2008

Martian Museum show at Barbican features real Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 18, 2008

Examining contemporary art from the perspective of an extraterrestrial, the group show Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, which opens this week at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, features the …

This week’s guest blogger: Paul Ha of The Contemporary, St. Louis

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 17, 2008

This week’s guest blogger: Paul Ha of The Contemporary, St. Louis

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 17, 2008

Special thanks to Kat Park of Rhona Hoffman Gallery for offering such fantastic coverage of the Chicago art scene last week. You can follow more of Kat’s projects here and …

Prospect.1 New Orleans Coming in November

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 17, 2008

Prospect.1 New Orleans Coming in November

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 17, 2008

Slated as the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, Prospect.1 New Orleans will open November 1, 2008 and run through January 18, 2009. Founding …

Don’t Miss: Lecture with Mark Bradford

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 17, 2008

Don’t Miss: Lecture with Mark Bradford

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 17, 2008

On Wednesday, March 19, Season 4 artist Mark Bradford discusses the inspirations for his large scale multimedia works in the exhibition Maps and Manifests: New Works by Mark Bradford. On …

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 14, 2008

The Whitney Museum has collaborated with the Gap on a series of t-shirts designed by past Whitney Biennial artists, including Art21 artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger (her design is pictured …

An-My Lê at SFMOMA

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 14, 2008

An-My Lê at SFMOMA

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 14, 2008

Through May 4, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is showing the traveling exhibition Small Wars by Art21 artist An-My Lê (Season 4). The exhibition consists of …

James Bishop at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Modern Wing

by Kat Parker | Mar 14, 2008

James Bishop at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Modern Wing

by Kat Parker | Mar 14, 2008

A Focus exhibition of drawings and paintings by James Bishop opened this week at The Art Institute of Chicago. Bishop, who is American but has lived in France since the …

Conversations | Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 13, 2008

Conversations | Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman part 2

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 13, 2008

The second half of the conversation between Ursula von Rydingsvard and Martin Friedman that took place on February 3, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. It concludes with questions from the …

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bradford at his home in Los Angeles, with excerpts from his childhood Super 8 home movies. Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and …

Gordon Matta-Clark at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Gordon Matta-Clark at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

“You Are the Measure,” the first retrospective in twenty years of work by Gordon Matta-Clark (1943 – 1978) curated by Whitney Museum of American Art’s Elizabeth Sussman has come to …

New open positions at Art21 – apply now!

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

New open positions at Art21 – apply now!

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

As of today, Art21 is looking to fill two open positions: Web Manager and Program Coordinator. Follow the links for more info. Deadline for applications is March 28. As both …

Art21 Extended Play

Season 4 Exclusives

by Wesley Miller | Mar 12, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Season 4 Exclusives

by Wesley Miller | Mar 12, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Every Thursday through September 2008 on the blog, Art21 will be premiering exclusive new videos from Season 4 of the PBS series Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century. These short …

Tonight: “The Influence of the New West” panel on Robert Adams at New School

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

Tonight: “The Influence of the New West” panel on Robert Adams at New School

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

TONIGHT! The Influence of the New West Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context Originally published in 1974, Robert Adams‘s The New West signaled a significant shift in photographic representation of the …

Conversations | Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

Conversations | Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman part 1

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 12, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on February 4, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Ecology. Featured artist Ursula …

Lilli Carr√®’s The Lagoon

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Lilli Carr√®’s The Lagoon

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Chicago-based filmmaker, illustrator, and comics artist Lilli Carr√® just completed her new book The Lagoon which will be available in October through Fantagraphics. You can view excerpts here. Her comic …

Current gallery exhibitions in Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Current gallery exhibitions in Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

This is gonna take one more night, an exhibition of photographs by Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus has opened at Bucket Rider Gallery. Lazarus’s work has always re-defined notions of self-portraiture …

Barry McGee photograph available through Iconoclast Editions

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 11, 2008

Barry McGee photograph available through Iconoclast Editions

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 11, 2008

Released today through Iconoclast Editions is a new Barry McGee (Art:21 Season 1) photograph. View and purchase here. Untitled, 2007 C-print 16 X 20 inches Edition of 200 Numbered and …

The Missing Peace at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 11, 2008

The Missing Peace at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 11, 2008

Currently on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is a traveling multimedia exhibition that brings together 88 artists whose …

New writer! Introducing Nicole Caruth

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 11, 2008

New writer! Introducing Nicole Caruth

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 11, 2008

Art21 is pleased to welcome Nicole Caruth to the blog. Nicole is a freelance writer and curator based in Brooklyn. She holds an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies, …

Chuck Close show at Tacoma Art Museum features Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 11, 2008

Chuck Close show at Tacoma Art Museum features Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 11, 2008

Those in the Seattle area will want to check out A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, a show of photographs by Chuck Close and typeset poetry by Bob Holman, …

Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Robert Heinecken: Dream/Circles/Cycles opened at Rhona Hoffman Gallery this past Friday. The first gallery show since his death in 2006, this exhibition features work created between 1964-1973, much of which …

Nancy Spero Honored by NWHP

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 10, 2008

Nancy Spero Honored by NWHP

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 10, 2008

For March‚Äôs National Women’s History Month, the National Women‚Äôs History‚Äôs Project (NWHP) is honoring the achievements of twelve artists, including Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold, and Season 4‚Äôs Nancy Spero. Women‚Äôs …

This week’s guest blogger: Kat Parker of Rhona Hoffman Gallery/Duchess Gallery

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 10, 2008

This week’s guest blogger: Kat Parker of Rhona Hoffman Gallery/Duchess Gallery

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 10, 2008

Welcome Kat Parker to the Art21 Guest Blog! Kat holds a master’s in art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2004) and currently directs Rhona Hoffman …