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Nochlin on Bourgeois at Guggenheim Tonight!

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 16, 2008

Nochlin on Bourgeois at Guggenheim Tonight!

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 16, 2008

Scholar Linda Nochlin discusses Louise Bourgeois’ “late style” within the context of the artist’s long and distinguished career. Focusing on the Bourgeois’ recent stuffed fabric sculptures, Nochlin contrasts this characteristic …

Ann Hamilton Wins Heinz Prize

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 15, 2008

Ann Hamilton Wins Heinz Prize

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 15, 2008

Artforum.com and Bloomberg.com recently reported that Ann Hamilton (Season 1) is among the winners of the Heinz Family Foundation’s 2008 Human Achievement Awards. The Heinz Awards honors those who have distinguished themselves in …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hirst Among Equals

by Ben Street | Sep 15, 2008

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hirst Among Equals

by Ben Street | Sep 15, 2008

Art gets into the national news in the UK in four ways. One: a publically funded institution decides to purchase something of apparent worthlessness (a ‘pile of bricks,’ a can of poo) …

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

Conflux 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 13, 2008

From Thursday through Sunday, September 14th, Conflux, the art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space, will present a number of art installations, street art interventions, …

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer is the first major survey in an American museum of works by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler (Season 3). The exhibition is on view from September 14, …

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

Louise Bourgeois at Cheim & Read

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 12, 2008

While the major exhibition Louise Bourgeois is still on view at the Guggenheim, a display of recent sculptures and gouaches by the Season 2 artist recently opened at Cheim & Read. The sculptures, entitled Echo, date from 2007 …

Surprise Barry McGee Show at Ratio 3

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 12, 2008

Surprise Barry McGee Show at Ratio 3

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 12, 2008

Everyone loves surprises. Barry McGee, aka Twist, aka Ray Fong, and now aka Lydia Fong, opened an unannounced exhibition last week in San Francisco at Ratio 3 Gallery. Things looked …

Art21 Extended Play

Nancy Spero | Leon Golub’s “Gigantomachy II”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 11, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Nancy Spero | Leon Golub’s “Gigantomachy II”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 11, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Leon Golub’s Gigantomachy II (1966) and Nancy Spero’s Maypole: Take No Prisoners (2007) in her New York studio. A pioneer of feminist art, Nancy Spero’s work since the 1960s …

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

  On view from September 12 through November 7, 2008, 15 years of Gallery 16: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Gallery 16 in San Francisco’s SoMA district.  Artists from the …

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Laurie Simmons at Fashion Week

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 10, 2008

Segueing from the start of the New York fall art season last week to Fashion Week’s spring collections, we have neck and neck competition from the world of the critical …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Questions for Artist-Educators

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 10, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Questions for Artist-Educators

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 10, 2008

Last week’s column reflected on the different ways to pair and juxtapose Art21 photographers and/or artists that use photography as a tool in their work. Throughout the conversations that inspired …

RADIO APARTMENT 22: GWANGJU 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 9, 2008

RADIO APARTMENT 22: GWANGJU 2008

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 9, 2008

Last Sunday, September 6th, Nicole Caruth posted information about the 7th Gwangju Biennale. As a compliment to the events and festivities surrounding the Biennale, Abdellah Karroum will present RADIO APARTMENT …

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 9, 2008

On September 13, 2008, Regen Projects in Santa Monica, California will open the first segment of a two-part exhibition dedicated to works by Raymond Pettibon (Season 2). Part I, entitled Seminal Work (1978-1988), is on view …

New guest blogger: Erin Riley-Lopez

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 8, 2008

New guest blogger: Erin Riley-Lopez

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 8, 2008

Thanks to our very own Mary Cook for her thoughtful posts on all things art and exhibitions. Our friends at C-Monster even called her entry A Cult, Some Vegans, A …

Jenny Holzer Coming to Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 8, 2008

Jenny Holzer Coming to Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 8, 2008

As Carol Vogel of the New York Times reported, Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer will be illuminating the façade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum starting September 26. The work …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Lackluster Blockbuster

by Ben Street | Sep 8, 2008

Letter from London

Letter from London: Lackluster Blockbuster

by Ben Street | Sep 8, 2008

Assuming they couldn’t speak our language, read our minds, develop a communicable form of sign language, or were made out of gas, a good way for aliens to gauge the …

Letter from London

New blog features!

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 8, 2008

Letter from London

New blog features!

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 8, 2008

In addition to our new guest blogger for the next fortnight, whom you will learn more about soon, we are pleased to introduce a new regular column to the blog. …

Freeway Balconies Extended!

by Mary Cook | Sep 8, 2008

Freeway Balconies Extended!

by Mary Cook | Sep 8, 2008

Plan to be in Berlin anytime soon? If so, you are in luck – the exhibition Freeway Balconies, at the Deutsche Guggenheim has been extended and will not close until …

Gwangju Biennale

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 6, 2008

Gwangju Biennale

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 6, 2008

Opening events are underway for Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions, the 7th Gwangju Biennale. Under the artistic direction of Okwui Enwezor, (and co-curated by Hyunjin Kim and Ranjit Hoskote) …

Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done at PICA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 5, 2008

Mike Kelley’s Day Is Done at PICA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 5, 2008

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is showing Mike Kelley’s new work Day Is Done as part of selection of films put together with the Northwest Film Center.  The program …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | “The Morning Line”

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. The Morning Line will be on view …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shooting in Broad Daylight

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 3, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shooting in Broad Daylight

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 3, 2008

Many teachers I met over the summer had some connection to teaching photography or working with a variety of students who are photographers (for example, in an AP Studio Art …

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

What do you get when you mix religious overtones, memories of a few former vegan college roommates, comic book-inspired heroes and elegant ballerinas prancing around the stage in funny costumes? …

Laylah Ali at DeCordova

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 2, 2008

Laylah Ali at DeCordova

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 2, 2008

Laylah Ali: Notes/Drawings/Untitled Afflictions is currently on view at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Ali’s new group of drawings and “notes” on display are scrawled vignettes derived from a …

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 8, 2009, Provocative Visions: Race and Identity—Selections from the Permanent Collection features acquisitions made from 1992–2007. Many are on view …

Art21 Extended Play

Alfredo Jaar | Gramsci & Pasolini

by Wesley Miller | Aug 28, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Alfredo Jaar | Gramsci & Pasolini

by Wesley Miller | Aug 28, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Alfredo Jaar in his installation Infinite Cell (2004) in Santiago, Chile, and various works. Through installations, photographs, and community-based projects, Alfredo Jaar explores the public’s desensitization to images and …

Artists Respond at MCA San Diego

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 27, 2008

Artists Respond at MCA San Diego

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 27, 2008

Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet opened last week at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The pioneering artist residency and collaborative exhibition project is the first of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 27, 2008

Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

On view until September 21st at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a collection of J.M.W. Turner’s picturesque paintings of the harrowing sea as well as some ships and their …

New guest blogger: Mary Cook

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 26, 2008

New guest blogger: Mary Cook

by Kelly Shindler | Aug 26, 2008

Thanks to Sarah Sliwa for taking time away from her Belgian adventures to entice us with her delicious posts. Up next is Mary Cook. Mary is an artist who received …

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently announced the nominees for their annual 2008 Lucelia Artist Award. The nominees are: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Dion (both Season 4), Trenton …

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City Launches in Denver

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2008

Dialog:City, the exciting community-oriented, art-political showcase in Denver taking place concurrently with the Democratic National Convention, opened this past Friday at an outdoor party with Mayor John Hickenlooper in a …

It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Baby!

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 23, 2008

It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Baby!

by Sarah Sliwa | Aug 23, 2008

“London.” Pet Shop Boys/Martin Parr. Earlier posts by Marc Mayer and Ben Street have noted the relationship between pop culture, art, and music as well as recent attempts to curate …

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang Responds to Olympics Fireworks “Controversy”

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2008

Over 34 million people watched the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Days later, eager buzz-killers were quick to point out that deceptive “augmentations” were actually employed …

Sugimoto and Tryon at the Freer Sackler

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 22, 2008

Sugimoto and Tryon at the Freer Sackler

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 22, 2008

On view through January 25, 2009, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibits 22 pastels by American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925) alongside six black and white photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto …

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Matthew Ritchie | Apocalypse

by Wesley Miller | Aug 21, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses the apocalyptic themes in his videos The Iron City (2007) and Raphael (2007), featured in his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) for the 3rd Bienal …