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Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | “Piccadilly Circus”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | “Piccadilly Circus”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Artist Paul McCarthy describes the improvisational process and performances behind the video work Piccadilly Circus (2003). Filmed at an unoccupied London bank before …

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-6wMlaVTc] In my last post as your guest blogger, I want to indulge a bit and quickly acknowledge my un-quenchable lust for the artist’s book. No, I don’t mean the …

The Real Story: Laurie Simmons Interviews Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins

by Marc Mayer | Nov 19, 2009

The Real Story: Laurie Simmons Interviews Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins

by Marc Mayer | Nov 19, 2009

Season 4 artist Laurie Simmons recently sat down with Art21’s Executive Director Susan Sollins to uncover the story of how Art21 began and the experience of filming 86 of today’s …

Flash Points

Teaching Ecoartivism

by Stacey Ward Kelly | Nov 19, 2009

Flash Points

Teaching Ecoartivism

by Stacey Ward Kelly | Nov 19, 2009

— “ecoartivism”; Pronunciation: ēko’ar –ti,- vi-zəm; Function: noun The practice of using art as a tool for the advocacy of the preservation, restoration, or improvement of the natural environment; especially: …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

IMA art conservator Richard McCoy talks with Die Neue Sammlung conservator Tim Bechthold about conserving design arts.

Photo? Art? History?

by Maria Stenina | Nov 18, 2009

Photo? Art? History?

by Maria Stenina | Nov 18, 2009

It hardly seems fair that in today’s world of the point-and-shoot dominated landscape, where a common tourist can not only take a professional photograph but adequately circulate it via the …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Same, But Different

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 18, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Same, But Different

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 18, 2009

About a year ago at this time I was getting ready for Art21 to come in and film me teaching about the theme of power with my freshman Studio in …

Flash Points

Mythic Environments: Robert Smithson and Eames Demetrios

by Kevin Buist, ArtPrize | Nov 16, 2009

Flash Points

Mythic Environments: Robert Smithson and Eames Demetrios

by Kevin Buist, ArtPrize | Nov 16, 2009

When I first saw that this site’s new Flash Points topic was Art and the Environment, I immediately thought of two artists: Robert Smithson and Eames Demetrios. They are not …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 16, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 16, 2009

From exhibitions and public talks, to limited-edition prints and digital calendars, this week you can find Art21 artists involved in various activities in New York, Washington D.C., Dublin, and Johannesburg: …

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 15, 2009

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 15, 2009

“A cage went in search of a bird.” — The Zürau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka What is so frustrating, yet so sublimely pleasing about conceptual work? Is it the slight …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Nov 15, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Nov 15, 2009

How many artists are in the world right now? Ben Street writes to us about ‘letting the outside in’ and the Museum of Everything located on Primrose Hill in London. …

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | “Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | “Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS During the installation of his exhibition Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads (2009) at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, artist John Baldessari discusses his …

Flash Points

Landscape Revisited

by Catherine Wagley | Nov 12, 2009

Flash Points

Landscape Revisited

by Catherine Wagley | Nov 12, 2009

“Life is boring,” said Matthew Coolidge, talking about how most of us live in the uneventful “periods between the monuments.” Coolidge, the director of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, …

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: The Public School

by Lily Simonson | Nov 12, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: The Public School

by Lily Simonson | Nov 12, 2009

Gold Leafing. Sadism & Masochism. Practical Electro-Mechanisms. The Coming Insurrection. What do these topics have in common? Perhaps with some head-scratching we could ferret out a few threads, but here’s …

Four Questions with Alicia Ross

by Maria Stenina | Nov 11, 2009

Four Questions with Alicia Ross

by Maria Stenina | Nov 11, 2009

This young artist’s Motherboard series features appropriated Internet porn—nubile women sprawl across large cotton panels, cross-stitched in silver and gold thread with digital precision…Witty videos filter sex scenes through those …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educator’s Guide

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 11, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educator’s Guide

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 11, 2009

Yesterday I was talking with a two students who attended a recent preview screening that featured Paul McCarthy in the Transformation episode. The students asked me about why McCarthy’s work …

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Hello Art:21 interweb world! I hope to do you justice with my musings and bits and pieces of contemporary art knick-knacks. I think as an artist and designer working today, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Where in the world are Art21 artists? In Germany — where the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today — a new suite of paintings by Season 5 artist Julie …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Outside-In

by Ben Street | Nov 9, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Outside-In

by Ben Street | Nov 9, 2009

How many artists are there in the world right now? Let’s be honest. No matter how globalized we’re constantly being reminded the art world is – in symposia, biennales, lists …

New guest blogger: Maria Stenina

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 9, 2009

New guest blogger: Maria Stenina

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 9, 2009

Thanks to Kelly Huang for her series of excellent posts. Up next is Maria Stenina, a writer and multimedia designer in New York City. She received her BFA in Technology …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Nov 8, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Nov 8, 2009

Water, water, everywhere! Ever-changing and ever-constant, see a glimpse into Roni Horn’s vast exploration of this traveling landscape in this weeks Art:21 Video Exclusive. Her art was suffused with [a] …

Initial Thoughts on SF

by Kelly Huang | Nov 6, 2009

Initial Thoughts on SF

by Kelly Huang | Nov 6, 2009

The San Francisco Bay Area is still new to me. I am still trying to learn as much as I can about both the history of art in the area …

Art21 Extended Play

Roni Horn | Water

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Roni Horn | Water

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2009

Artist Roni Horn discusses the paradoxical identity and dependency of water, paired with scenes of Icelandic landscapes. Water and Iceland serve as both subjects and metaphors in the artist’s work, …

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

If you’re lucky enough to be in New York City during Performa 09 this month, there are a number of events featuring Art21 artists that are not to be missed! …

Ever Spero

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

Ever Spero

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

Spero’s art was suffused with [a] very human hope, which she saw as being grounded in the intractability of human struggle. Her work was never crudely utopian—as she told me, …

Ask Art21 a Question

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 4, 2009

Ask Art21 a Question

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 4, 2009

Filming Mary Heilmann in Bridgehampton, NY, 2008. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2009. © Art21, Inc. 2009. Why are there only 4 episodes a season, and 1 season …

Donate $5 for Season 5

by Katherine Payne | Nov 4, 2009

Donate $5 for Season 5

by Katherine Payne | Nov 4, 2009

Wow! We can’t believe Season 5 of Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century is over. Hopefully you joined the over 4 million viewers who watched Season 5 on PBS during October, …

Notes from a Biennial Conference

by Kelly Huang | Nov 4, 2009

Notes from a Biennial Conference

by Kelly Huang | Nov 4, 2009

In September, the Bergen Kunsthall hosted “To Biennial or Not to Biennial” in Bergen, Norway. The goal was to gather a group of people in the arts to discuss the …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Another Kick in the Pants

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 4, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Another Kick in the Pants

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 4, 2009

I use Art21 for a kick in the pants from time to time, whether it’s to inspire my teaching by watching Carrie Mae Weems or to give my studio practice …

Flash Points

Flash Points: Art and the Environment

by Rachel Gagnon | Nov 2, 2009

Flash Points

Flash Points: Art and the Environment

by Rachel Gagnon | Nov 2, 2009

Today we launch the next Flash Points topic, Art & the Environment. We first addressed this issue in Season Four’s episode, Ecology, which delved into the work of artists who …

Flash Points

New Flash Points Editor, Rachel Craft

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 2, 2009

Flash Points

New Flash Points Editor, Rachel Craft

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 2, 2009

Art21 is pleased to introduce our new Flash Points editor, Rachel Craft. Rachel is the Communications and Web Manager for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.  In addition to managing …

The center of the art world?

by Kelly Huang | Nov 2, 2009

The center of the art world?

by Kelly Huang | Nov 2, 2009

The New York art world is a shell of its former self. And I think that’s because New York is such a hard city to live in, that it is …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

White Snow, a solo exhibition of work by Season 5 artist Paul McCarthy, opens at Hauser & Wirth, New York on November 5. The gallery will debut pieces from a …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

Cindy Sherman’s studio. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2009. Season 5, Episode: Transformation. © Art21, Inc. 2009. Season 5 may have wrapped up this week (cough, cough…watch it …

An Artist and a Citizen

by Kelly Huang | Oct 30, 2009

An Artist and a Citizen

by Kelly Huang | Oct 30, 2009

Theaster Gates is an artist living and working in Chicago. Labeling him an artist certainly does not capture who he is and what he does, though. He is often referred …

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons | Versailles

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons | Versailles

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: From his studio in New York City, Jeff Koons discusses his 2008 exhibition at the Château de Versailles in France. Koons explores …