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Hybrids

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 11, 2009

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Hybrids

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 11, 2009

In an exhibition currently on view at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, artist Vesna Jovanovic both courts and antagonizes the intersection of art and science in the role of the medical …

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Yinka Shonibare at the Brooklyn Museum

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 10, 2009

Flash Points

Yinka Shonibare at the Brooklyn Museum

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 10, 2009

Yinka Shonibare MBE (Season 5) has a mid-career retrospective currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum through September 20, 2009. The exhibition was organized and toured by the Museum of …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: John Baldessari

by Wesley Miller | Sep 10, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: John Baldessari

by Wesley Miller | Sep 10, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Systems, premiering on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Systems features four artists — …

Play Art Loud: Creating Characters on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 9, 2009

Play Art Loud: Creating Characters on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 9, 2009

Have you ever pretended to be someone else? Is there a difference between fictional characters and historical figures lost to time? This week we’re looking at videos of artists who …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Where Am I?

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 9, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Where Am I?

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 9, 2009

The beginning of a school year, especially the first days of school, can be beautiful or brutal. I remember as a kid sitting in class after class on the first …

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Happy Labor Day! Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2), Erick Swenson, and Alison Elizabeth will be making their Shanghai debut in a three-person exhibition at James Cohan Gallery.  The three young …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hot Scots, Part Deux

by Ben Street | Sep 7, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Hot Scots, Part Deux

by Ben Street | Sep 7, 2009

Sometimes the most interesting thing about an artist is the disparity between their work and the established perception of it. Eva Hesse, the late German-American sculptor of ratty latex and …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Sep 4, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Sep 4, 2009

It’s on the table! Enjoy! Where in the world are Art21 artists? Everywhere…and Nicole Caruth gives us the scoop. Hrag introduces Ellen Pearlman, a Brooklyn & Beijing-based writer, curator, critic …

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Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in American’s Oldest Continuous Artist Colony

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 4, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in American’s Oldest Continuous Artist Colony

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 4, 2009

I admit to being surprised at the role the visual arts plays in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In college, I remember learning about Hans Hofmann’s famous school, which taught artists (Helen Frankenthaler, …

BOMB in the Building

Yinka Shonibare interviewed by Anthony Downey

by BOMB Magazine | Sep 4, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Yinka Shonibare interviewed by Anthony Downey

by BOMB Magazine | Sep 4, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’re featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. Next up, Yinka Shonibare, whose exhibit at the …

Art21 Extended Play

Jessica Stockholder | Becoming An Artist

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jessica Stockholder | Becoming An Artist

by Wesley Miller | Sep 4, 2009

Artist Jessica Stockholder recounts her earliest memories of wanting to become an artist while she and her son Charlie paint and draw in the basement of their home in New …

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Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation + Pop Culture

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 3, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation + Pop Culture

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 3, 2009

Our latest reflection on the theme of art + transformation comes from two popular Philadelphia-based art bloggers, Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof. The founders of TheArtBlog.org, the pair shared some thoughts …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Yinka Shonibare MBE

by Wesley Miller | Sep 3, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Yinka Shonibare MBE

by Wesley Miller | Sep 3, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Transformation, premiering on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Whether satirizing society or reinventing …

Unnatural Histories

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 2, 2009

Unnatural Histories

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 2, 2009

“On the Moon and Beyond” June 10-September 14 2009, Courtesy of the Streaming Museum. “Natural History of the Enigma” transgenic artwork by Eduardo Kac. Selections from video oratorio, “Paradiso” by …

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Some Thoughts on the Transformative Power of Walking + Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 2, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on the Transformative Power of Walking + Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 2, 2009

Austin Thomas is a New York-based artist, curator & sometimes salon host. When I asked her about art + transformation, she offered these thoughts about the transformative power of walking …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Makes Us Human

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 2, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Makes Us Human

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 2, 2009

I’m addicted to Harper’s Magazine. I started reading it in 1985 as a freshman in college and have somehow managed, through multiple moves and roommates, to keep every single issue …

New Guest Blogger: Dehlia Hannah

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

New Guest Blogger: Dehlia Hannah

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

It has been a fun two weeks with Quinn Latimer as she offered us a window into her corner of the Swiss art world. We traveled to the “Holbein to …

Play Art Loud: DIY Videos on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 1, 2009

Play Art Loud: DIY Videos on ArtBabble

by Wesley Miller | Sep 1, 2009

Ever wanted to make a movie? This week we’re looking at DIY-style videos on ArtBabble, pulling together a potpourri of all things homemade, rough, and celebratory of the do-it-yourself attitude …

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Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in Williamsburg

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation in Williamsburg

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 1, 2009

Loren Munk–of the infamous DIY online video program James Kalm Report–is a walking encyclopedia of the history of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg art community. So when I asked him about his take …