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Yearly Archives: 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Doris Salcedo

by Wesley Miller | Jul 16, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Doris Salcedo

by Wesley Miller | Jul 16, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Compassion, premiering on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Compassion features three artists — …

Interview: Dan Cameron on Prospect.2 New Orleans

by John d'Addario | Jul 16, 2009

Interview: Dan Cameron on Prospect.2 New Orleans

by John d'Addario | Jul 16, 2009

Before I say that Prospect.1 New Orleans was the most exciting art event to take place in the U.S. in the last decade, I should probably provide the disclaimer that …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms: Art21 Educators 2009

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 15, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms: Art21 Educators 2009

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 15, 2009

Starting today, Art21 is pleased to welcome K-12 teachers from across the country to participate in our first summer institute, Art21 Educators. Jessica Hamlin, Marc Mayer, Joy Lai (our amazing …

The Studio at Colton: A Look Back and Ahead

by John d'Addario | Jul 14, 2009

The Studio at Colton: A Look Back and Ahead

by John d'Addario | Jul 14, 2009

If you had to point to one institution that best illustrated the progress of the arts community in post-Katrina New Orleans—not to mention the progress of the city in general—you …

Flash Points

Flash Points: Art+Economics, Looking Back & Moving Forward

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 13, 2009

Flash Points

Flash Points: Art+Economics, Looking Back & Moving Forward

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 13, 2009

Money is on everyone’s mind but particularly for those in the art world, which faces one of the most difficult economic climates in ages. The last few months on this …

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

It’s been nearly a year since the U.K.-based street artist and provocateur known as Banksy completed over a dozen public art pieces in various locations around New Orleans, including the …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dearth in Venice

by Ben Street | Jul 13, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dearth in Venice

by Ben Street | Jul 13, 2009

There’s a school of thought that claims that any large-scale survey of art conducted in any year in history will have its share of peaks and troughs, but holding the …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 13, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 13, 2009

Maybe reviving the art market can take a page from Herb and Dorothy Vogel. Herb & Dorothy is a documentary playing now, that recounts the inspiring tale of how a …

New guest blogger: John d’Addario

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 13, 2009

New guest blogger: John d’Addario

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 13, 2009

Thanks to Sharon Butler of Two Coats of Paint for three weeks of fabulous posts. Be sure to follow her daily musings back on her blog here. Up next is …

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Ida Applebroog | Inspiration

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 10, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Ida Applebroog | Inspiration

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 10, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Ida Applebroog discusses her life as an “image scavenger” in her New York studio, while working on her “Photogenetics” series—a blend of …

Behind the Scenes: A Bird’s Eye View of Art21’s Production Process

by Eve Moros Ortega, Executive Producer | Jul 10, 2009

Behind the Scenes: A Bird’s Eye View of Art21’s Production Process

by Eve Moros Ortega, Executive Producer | Jul 10, 2009

Producing the Art:21 series feels a lot like creating a work of art. One of the big revelations in working on the series is the tremendous amount of detail, planning, …

Wodiczko Perforates Polish Pavilion with “Guests”

by Lily Simonson | Jul 10, 2009

Wodiczko Perforates Polish Pavilion with “Guests”

by Lily Simonson | Jul 10, 2009

Entitled Goście / Guests, Krzysztof Wodiczko’s exhibition greets visitors to the Venice Biennale’s Polish Pavilion with the words of political theorist Hannah Arendt: “Refugees driven from country to country represent …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Carrie Mae Weems by Dawoud Bey

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 10, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Carrie Mae Weems by Dawoud Bey

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 10, 2009

We’re back! Keep your eye on this column in the months to come as BOMB Magazine highlights Season 5 artists and themes, with excerpts of new and vintage interviews from …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Carrie Mae Weems

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Carrie Mae Weems

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Compassion, premiering on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Compassion features three artists — …

Another artist worth reading

by Sharon Butler | Jul 9, 2009

Another artist worth reading

by Sharon Butler | Jul 9, 2009

Owing to its timeless insights about artmaking and life, art teachers traditionally assign Ashcan School painter Robert Henri’s 1923 collection of writing,  The Art Spirit, to beginning painters. The newly-released …

Flash Points

Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 2: Talking to the House Arts Caucus Co-Chairs

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 9, 2009

Flash Points

Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 2: Talking to the House Arts Caucus Co-Chairs

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 9, 2009

A few months ago, I went to the Bronx for a studio visit with an accomplished artist, John Fekner, whose personal brand of street graphics helped define a tumultuous era …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

New media tools are a rich addition to an art teacher’s toolbox and the Web is overflowing with opportunities to discover new artists and art forms. Here in San Francisco, …

Flash Points

Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 1: By the Numbers

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 8, 2009

Flash Points

Arts Stimulus Funding & the Art Economy Part 1: By the Numbers

by Hrag Vartanian | Jul 8, 2009

Talking about federal arts funding in America can be very confusing because of the many facts and figures. So, in an effort to understand the current and historic levels of …

Letter from London

Letter from London: YBA Baracas

by Ben Street | Jul 7, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: YBA Baracas

by Ben Street | Jul 7, 2009

There is a new display of contemporary British art at Tate Britain entitled Classified, whose title picks up on a number of predilections and inferences of the works it shows, …

Flash Points

Art21 Extended Play

Meet the Season 5 Artist: William Kentridge

by Wesley Miller | Jul 7, 2009

Flash Points

Art21 Extended Play

Meet the Season 5 Artist: William Kentridge

by Wesley Miller | Jul 7, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Compassion, premiering on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Compassion features three artists — …

Our #1 FAQ: How does Art21 choose artists?

by Jamie Leonardi | Jul 7, 2009

Our #1 FAQ: How does Art21 choose artists?

by Jamie Leonardi | Jul 7, 2009

Color-correcting a John Baldessari painting at an online facility during the final phase of post-production. The most frequently asked question at Art21 has always been “How do you pick the …

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Compassion

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 7, 2009

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Compassion

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 7, 2009

In celebration of the fifth season of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, premiering this fall on PBS, we are accelerating the Flash Points format, tying the next round of topics …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 6, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 6, 2009

Curators Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos/UNstudio have invited 12 artists to exhibit work at Fort Asperen, a 19th century defense tower in the Netherlands. “Retreat” is the central theme …

Biennale Breaks New Ground: Inaugurating the Internet Pavilion

by Lily Simonson | Jul 6, 2009

Biennale Breaks New Ground: Inaugurating the Internet Pavilion

by Lily Simonson | Jul 6, 2009

There is no question that the Internet is transforming the way we experience art. A few weeks ago, Art21 tweeted that data released by the NEA indicates that visits to …

Flash Points

The value of didactic art and the gift economy—from object ownership to object affiliation

by Adelheid Mers | Jul 6, 2009

Flash Points

The value of didactic art and the gift economy—from object ownership to object affiliation

by Adelheid Mers | Jul 6, 2009

There is quite a tradition around visualizing information that reaches beyond the more familiar pie charts and quantifications used in science and commerce, dealing with the communication of complex thought …

Flash Points

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Corey J. Escoto

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 3, 2009

Flash Points

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Corey J. Escoto

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 3, 2009

Corey Josiah Escoto is an artist based in St. Louis, MO. He also happens to be a tranquil, discreet, and steady 26 year-old art surprise who acts, talks, and walks like …

Art21 Extended Play

Richard Tuttle | Art & Life

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 2, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Richard Tuttle | Art & Life

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 2, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Richard Tuttle discusses his philosophical relationship to art and life in his New Mexico studio. Richard Tuttle commonly refers to his art …

In Celebration of Online Archives

by Sharon Butler | Jul 1, 2009

In Celebration of Online Archives

by Sharon Butler | Jul 1, 2009

In 2006, the Smithsonian Archives of American Art began digitizing all of the Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, photographs, and ephemera in their archives. Now that the 15,096-image collection …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

It’s been quite a year. Quite an academic year, that is. Between the country voicing a collective NO to four more years of the same Bushed policies and Bernie Madoff …

Flash Points

Interview with Jackie Battenfield

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2009

Flash Points

Interview with Jackie Battenfield

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 30, 2009

As our Flash Points topic of Art and Economics comes to a close, I sat down and spoke with Jackie Battenfield, whose first book The Artist’s Guide: How to Make …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dead as a Dada

by Ben Street | Jun 30, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dead as a Dada

by Ben Street | Jun 30, 2009

The problem with writing about contemporary painting is that it ends up being an excuse for a riffle through the thesaurus for the most headily baroque terms to describe the …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 29, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 29, 2009

Throughout 2009, 18 museums and galleries across the UK will be showing over 30 ARTIST ROOMS from the collection created by the dealer and collector, Anthony d’Offay, and acquired by …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | Beauty & Seduction

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 26, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | Beauty & Seduction

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 26, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Josiah McElheny discusses the intentionally problematic nature of beauty and seduction in his “Total Reflective Abstraction” (2004) installation, on view at …

Announcing Art21 Access ’09

by Marc Mayer | Jun 26, 2009

Announcing Art21 Access ’09

by Marc Mayer | Jun 26, 2009

Sign up for Art21’s Access ‘09 – an international screening initiative that will present your audiences with a sneak preview of a Season 5 of Art:21-Art in the 21st Century …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

@Platea: Art in the Web 2.0 Ethos

by An Xiao | Jun 25, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

@Platea: Art in the Web 2.0 Ethos

by An Xiao | Jun 25, 2009

Social technologies have been around for decades, but mainstream use of social media platforms has grown exponentially only over recent years. This column explores uses of social media platforms relevant …

Art Reality

by Sharon Butler | Jun 25, 2009

Art Reality

by Sharon Butler | Jun 25, 2009

No matter how hard I try, avoiding reality TV is a challenge. The shows are like invasive kudzu: Nanny 911, Extreme Makeover, The Housewives of New Jersey, Jon & Kate, …