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Yearly Archives: 2009

Let Them Read Books/Play Records: Taschen, Plattfon, Stampa, Aniston

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 24, 2009

Let Them Read Books/Play Records: Taschen, Plattfon, Stampa, Aniston

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 24, 2009

“This new edition is the fulfillment of an ambition conceived years ago. We jokingly referred to it as ‘Newton for the poor.’ ” Oh, Benedikt Taschen, it’s quotes like these—and your …

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 24, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 24, 2009

On view through October 4th at the Katonah Museum is Dress Codes: Clothing As Metaphor.  36 artists tackle wide-ranging issues from feminism to globalism using clothing as the medium. The …

BOMB in the Building

Letter from London

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 21, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Letter from London

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 21, 2009

It’s mealtime! Join Sonya for a fine helping of nutrients and adventure with this week’s Index: Round ‘em up Nicole! Here’s what Art21 artists have been up to this past …

Art21 Extended Play

Oliver Herring | Participant Joyce Pensato

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 21, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Oliver Herring | Participant Joyce Pensato

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 21, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Joyce Pensato discusses her experiences appearing as a performer in Oliver Herring’s videos. The work, which also features participant Davis-Thompson Moss, …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Aesthetics of Urban Farming, Part I

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 21, 2009

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Aesthetics of Urban Farming, Part I

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 21, 2009

Gastro-Vision is a new monthly column dedicated to all things food. It probably goes without saying that depictions of food in art are as old as art itself. Since the …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Paul McCarthy interviewed by Benjamin Weissman

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 21, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’ll be featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. This week we present Paul McCarthy’s interview …

Kultur Klub

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 21, 2009

Kultur Klub

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 21, 2009

For the past week, my mind has repeatedly strayed to an unsettling and provocative article that appeared in the New York Times on August 14. The article was one of …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Paul McCarthy

by Wesley Miller | Aug 20, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Paul McCarthy

by Wesley Miller | Aug 20, 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 …

MoMA Trumpets Amsterdam’s Role as Hub of Conceptual Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 20, 2009

MoMA Trumpets Amsterdam’s Role as Hub of Conceptual Art

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 20, 2009

While today Conceptual Art is utterly ubiquitous, MoMA’s current “In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976” examines a period when only a few cities in the world …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dove and O’Keeffe… Get ‘Em While It’s Hot

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dove and O’Keeffe… Get ‘Em While It’s Hot

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2009

There are many reasons that educators want to visit the Circles of Influence exhibit featuring Arthur Dove and Georgia O’Keeffe at The Clark Art Institute through September 7th, but one …

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Transformation

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 19, 2009

Flash Points

New Flash Points Topic: Transformation

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 19, 2009

Starting today (and while the Art21 Blog editor, Kelly Shindler is on vacation), I’ll be guest editing the Art21 Blog while Kelly gets some much needed R&R. To kick off …

Ghost That Note: Harpstrings, Heartstrings, and Street Scenes

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 18, 2009

Ghost That Note: Harpstrings, Heartstrings, and Street Scenes

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 18, 2009

This past Sunday evening in Basel could have been like any other but it wasn’t. Not quite. My partner and I finished the strangely purple dinner I had crafted—beet pasta, …

Flash Points

A Look Into the Future with Saya Woolfalk

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 18, 2009

Flash Points

A Look Into the Future with Saya Woolfalk

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 18, 2009

Saya Woolfalk, “No Place: A Ritual of the Empathics,” 2009. Courtesy of the artist. This November, New York City will once again be abuzz with PERFORMA, the sprawling biennial dedicated …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Examining the Lives of Jenny Holzer’s Works/Words: A Discussion with SAAM Conservator Hugh Shockey

by Richard McCoy | Aug 18, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Examining the Lives of Jenny Holzer’s Works/Words: A Discussion with SAAM Conservator Hugh Shockey

by Richard McCoy | Aug 18, 2009

Art conservator Richard McCoy discusses the IMA’s 1983 Jenny Holzer sculpture, “Untitled,” and interviews SAAM conservator Hugh Shockey about “For SAAM.”

New Guest Blogger: Quinn Latimer

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 18, 2009

New Guest Blogger: Quinn Latimer

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 18, 2009

As we say goodbye (but never farewell) to Daniel Fuller for his extensive posts on museums living beyond their means, art hopping in Athens & Venice, a love letter to …

A Day at Art Disneyland

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 18, 2009

A Day at Art Disneyland

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 18, 2009

As an homage to the recurring 36 Hours feature that frequently appears in the New York Times travel section, I have broken down hour by hour a recent perfect weekend …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Vandalabra!

by Ben Street | Aug 17, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Vandalabra!

by Ben Street | Aug 17, 2009

Last Sunday, a Russian woman walked through the galleries of the Louvre Museum in Paris carrying a small empty ceramic tea cup, which, upon arriving in one of the museum’s …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Site-specific installations by Mary Heilmann (Season 5), Tony Oursler, Todd Eberle, and Sabina Streeter are currently on view at the Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan. This is the first group of …

The Pop-Up Book Academy: An Interview with Sam Gould of Red76

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 17, 2009

The Pop-Up Book Academy: An Interview with Sam Gould of Red76

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 17, 2009

Several weeks ago I found in my email inbox a listing of upcoming events produced by the Portland collective Red76. I regretted that scheduling would prevent me from catching all …

Réquiem, ætérnam dona eis, Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 16, 2009

Réquiem, ætérnam dona eis, Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 16, 2009

Immediately upon entering  Triple Candie’s Harlem gallery you are greeted by a flamboyantly painted coffin lying on a bier, a memorial to an artist who, in many ways, defined the …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 14, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

Art21 Extended Play

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 14, 2009

Sports and art are holding hands. Trong Gia Nguyen takes us to first base with that and other news relating to Art21 artists. Bruce Willis was a pub rocker, Scarlett …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | Assistant Anders Rydstedt

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | Assistant Anders Rydstedt

by Wesley Miller | Aug 14, 2009

Long-time assistant and collaborator Anders Rydstedt discusses the differences between creating traditional forms in glass—such as vases—with Josiah McElheny’s sculptural objects and installations. Filmed at the Michael Davis Stained Glass …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

James Casebere interviewed by Roberto Juarez

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 14, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

James Casebere interviewed by Roberto Juarez

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 14, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we feature a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist or theme. This week we look to the …

Flash Points

Professionalized Fantasy

by Catherine Wagley | Aug 14, 2009

Flash Points

Professionalized Fantasy

by Catherine Wagley | Aug 14, 2009

If I were to name art’s King and Queen of sleek professionalism, Florian Maier-Aichen and Marilyn Minter would take the crowns. They compliment each other, Maier-Aichen bringing out Minter’s reliance …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Florian Maier-Aichen

by Wesley Miller | Aug 13, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Florian Maier-Aichen

by Wesley Miller | Aug 13, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Fantasy, premiering on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Fantasy presents four artists — …

Flash Points

The Cosplay Ethic

by An Xiao | Aug 13, 2009

Flash Points

The Cosplay Ethic

by An Xiao | Aug 13, 2009

I’ll let you in on a secret: I’m a bit of a cosplay fanatic. Yes, these days I sport DKNY glasses and sleek monochromatic clothing, but my urban fashionability is …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dog Days and Banking

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 12, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dog Days and Banking

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 12, 2009

Last summer, while working at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of being blown away by the Marlene Dumas exhibition, Measuring Your Own …

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

No Nukes

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 11, 2009

Four years ago, when using Google Earth satellites to zoom in on the roofs of our homes was all the rage, I was living in a Hudson River hamlet about …

Mütter on the Mind

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 10, 2009

Mütter on the Mind

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 10, 2009

It has been something of a guilty pleasure, but I have always loved off-beat museums. Here in Philadelphia, we have something of an embarrassment of riches: the Mummers Museum, which …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Doublecrossed

by Ben Street | Aug 10, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Doublecrossed

by Ben Street | Aug 10, 2009

News of artists famous in one field crossing over into another is very often met with public derision. Bruce Willis, one of the most talented pub-rockers of the late 1980s …

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 10, 2009

Weekly Round Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Aug 10, 2009

Last year the Guardian asked its sports and art writers to swap pieces for a day. Tennis correspondent Steve Bierley reviewed a Louise Bourgeois (Season 1) exhibition, which Bob and …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 7, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Aug 7, 2009

Famished for some art? It’s Friday and we’re back with this week’s Index. Do you know what was sizzling here this past week? Put on your thinking caps — there’s …

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Assistant Jeff Bechtel

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Assistant Jeff Bechtel

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Arturo Herrera’s assistant Jeff Bechtel describes the process for translating one of the artist’s complex drawings into a refined monochromatic paper collage. Filmed …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 2

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 7, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 2

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 7, 2009

Cao Fei. Production still © Art21, Inc. 2009. Online platforms have always been social environments. “Web 2.0” was not the birth of the social Web. Rather, it marked a point …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Tom Sachs by John Kessler

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 7, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Tom Sachs by John Kessler

by BOMB Magazine | Aug 7, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we feature a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist or theme. This week, inspired by Jeff Koons‘s …

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Upon arriving in Athens, several curious and helpful people gave me every warning to stay far away from the Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio neighborhoods, which was exactly where I was headed, …