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Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Christa Holka

by Georgia Kotretsos | Feb 26, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Christa Holka

by Georgia Kotretsos | Feb 26, 2010

Christa Holka is an American photographer based in London. She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London, a BFA …

Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | Lifecasting

by Wesley Miller | Feb 26, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | Lifecasting

by Wesley Miller | Feb 26, 2010

Surrounded by various figurative sculptures in progress in his Los Angeles studio, including an over-sized bust of President George W. Bush, artist Paul McCarthy discusses the process of casting from …
Aaron Zinman, the artist, designer and technologist behind Personas

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Connections at MIT Museum

by An Xiao | Feb 25, 2010

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Connections at MIT Museum

by An Xiao | Feb 25, 2010

I have never met Aaron Zinman. Not in person, anyway. I’ve spoken with him a few times on the phone, and we’ve chatted via email and Twitter, but I’ve never …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Stomachache

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 25, 2010

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Stomachache

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 25, 2010

Food diaries — daily records of everything one eats and drinks — are strange and fascinating objects. For nutritionists and dietitians, they are useful tools in determining a person’s eating habits …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Esopus Editor, Tod Lippy, Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 24, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Esopus Editor, Tod Lippy, Part One

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 24, 2010

Back in 2004, I was lucky enough to be introduced to Esopus magazine at a silent auction being held during a Mass MoCA fundraiser. Don’t ask me how, but my …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Biennials, cremated canvases, German faces, cashmere sportswear, sculptural tour de force, fashionable shoes, and an iPhone app comprise this week’s roundup: 2010: Whitney Biennial will open at the Whitney Museum …
"Thriller Kitty Impresses", Source: https://icanhascheezburger.com/

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 20, 2010

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 20, 2010

What are your manners? Where and how did you learn them? According to Ben Street’s most recent letter to us contemporary art and the Mannerist Movement could be holding hands …

Raiding, Mining, and Resurrecting: Maurizio Cattelan at The Menil Collection

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 19, 2010

Raiding, Mining, and Resurrecting: Maurizio Cattelan at The Menil Collection

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 19, 2010

The current Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at The Menil Collection, Houston (February 12– August 15, 2010) marks the U.S. debut of recent large-scale works, site-specific installations, and four new works. Cattelan’s …

Art21 Extended Play

William Kentridge | “Return”

by Wesley Miller | Feb 19, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

William Kentridge | “Return”

by Wesley Miller | Feb 19, 2010

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Shot in his Johannesburg studio in South Africa, William Kentridge reveals the process and unusual presentation of the video work Return — a …

Grand Canyon Journal 4: Critique Is Destruction as Joy

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 19, 2010

Grand Canyon Journal 4: Critique Is Destruction as Joy

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 19, 2010

[youtube:www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vPbeJCsJM] CityCenter is the biggest thing to happen to art in Las Vegas since Steve Wynn put his finger through a Picasso. The mixed-use, residential, gambling, fine dining, clubbing, high-end …

Culture Wars: Trivial Tunes with Mary Heilmann

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 19, 2010

Culture Wars: Trivial Tunes with Mary Heilmann

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 19, 2010

A look at the Mary Heilmann-curated music playlist for Art21’s inaugural “Culture Wars” trivia event, held on 1/28 at the 92YTribeca, along with the music-themed audio round for the night.
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Looking at Los Angeles

I Am Not Neda

by Catherine Wagley | Feb 18, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

I Am Not Neda

by Catherine Wagley | Feb 18, 2010

I drove into a Westwood parking garage late on Monday and saw that the attendant had been crying. After an uneasy moment–I wasn’t sure where compassion and polite distance met …
Jeff Koons, "Girl with Dolphin and Monkey (The Whitney Museum of American Art 75th Anniversary Photography Portfolio), 2006. Courtesy Whitney Museum

Flash Points

The Puppy Wars

by Catherine Wagley | Feb 17, 2010

Flash Points

The Puppy Wars

by Catherine Wagley | Feb 17, 2010

The eerily small, closely watched world of New York art criticism experienced some infighting earlier this month, following the publication of February’s The Brooklyn Rail. “I think that there are …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Break in the Action

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 17, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Break in the Action

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 17, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art is taking a break this week in order to complete special two-part interview with Esopus editor, Tod Lippy, which will be published here on the Art21 …
Jeff Martin

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Collaborations in Conserving Time-Based Art: a Conversation and a Colloquium

by Richard McCoy | Feb 16, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Collaborations in Conserving Time-Based Art: a Conversation and a Colloquium

by Richard McCoy | Feb 16, 2010

IMA conservator Richard McCoy talks with Jeff Martin, who organized the upcoming colloquium “Collaborations in Conserving Time-Based Art” (March 17th and 18th at the Hirshhorn).

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

This President’s Day roundup begins with a hotly debated exhibition and ends with a divine duo: The New Museum has announced the details of their exhibition Skin Fruit: Selections from …

Flash Points

Art is Murder

by Brent Burket | Feb 15, 2010

Flash Points

Art is Murder

by Brent Burket | Feb 15, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3OkEcdOtb0] When I was a kid, Alice Cooper taught me everything I needed to know about art. So, ethics in art? For the most part I’m against it, but certain …

The Menil Collection: 20th and 21st Century Art as “Daily Companions”

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 15, 2010

The Menil Collection: 20th and 21st Century Art as “Daily Companions”

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 15, 2010

“Art: Take it off its marble pedestal and show it as a daily companion, refreshing, human and rich: witness of its time and prophet of times to come.”  – John …

Letter from London

Letter from London: To The Manner Born

by Ben Street | Feb 15, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: To The Manner Born

by Ben Street | Feb 15, 2010

It’s good, useless fun to pre-emptively define the times you live in. Nicholas Bourriaud’s confusingly limned term “Altermodern,” used to define works in last year’s Tate Triennial and, by extension, …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 13, 2010

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 13, 2010

Hungry? FLASHPOINTS: How does art respond to and redefine the natural world? Dan Phillips makes houses and asks the question, what is “folk”? According to Leanne Gilberstein in  her post,  …

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | Recycling Images

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | Recycling Images

by Wesley Miller | Feb 12, 2010

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS While sifting through boxes of film stills in his Santa Monica studio, artist John Baldessari talks about being a pack rat and discusses …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Karen Schmeer, the Maysles Brothers, & Art Doc Screenings in NYC

by Nick Ravich | Feb 11, 2010

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Karen Schmeer, the Maysles Brothers, & Art Doc Screenings in NYC

by Nick Ravich | Feb 11, 2010

Before I do anything, I want to mention the very sad passing of an important member of the independent documentary community, Karen Schmeer. Karen was killed in a hit and …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Little Heads-Up

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Little Heads-Up

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 10, 2010

Art classrooms are often noisy places. In college they sometimes make a u-turn and become silent morgues where students wait patiently in cold studios for individual crits, but in general, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 8, 2010

Greek tragedy, cross dressing, cooking shows, needlework, rowdy teens, storytelling, nighttime walks, and a few mystery plays in this week’s roundup: Virtuoso Illusion: Cross Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde …

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. 2

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 8, 2010

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. 2

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 8, 2010

In my estimation, Phoenix Commotion’s ongoing project (founded around 1998 by Dan Phillips) does much more than simply supply a university town with a rich dose of local color. While …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 7, 2010

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Feb 7, 2010

This week What’s Cookin is sent to you directly from Newport, RI  an eclectic little city on the Atlantic coast. Home to some of the best clam chowder and crab …

Art21 Extended Play

Julie Mehretu | Workday

by Wesley Miller | Feb 5, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Julie Mehretu | Workday

by Wesley Miller | Feb 5, 2010

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Filmed in her Berlin studio, Julie Mehretu discusses the ups and downs of her daily studio practice. Mehretu is shown working on the …

The Dust Settles After the First Culture Wars

by Marc Mayer | Feb 5, 2010

The Dust Settles After the First Culture Wars

by Marc Mayer | Feb 5, 2010

On January 28, Art21 and 92YTribeca piloted a program called Culture Wars: A Night of Trivia with Art21. The night began with a music play list created by artist Mary …

Flash Points

Flash Points: The Ethics of Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Feb 5, 2010

Flash Points

Flash Points: The Ethics of Art

by Rachel Gagnon | Feb 5, 2010

Today we launch the next Flash Points topic, The Ethics of Art. Ethics are defined as “a system of moral principles” which constantly factor into the choices we make. However, …
Ed Ruscha, "The Los Angeles County Museum on Fire," 1968, Oil on canvas. Courtesy edruscha.com.

Looking at Los Angeles

If You Can Remember the ’60s, You Weren’t There

by Lily Simonson | Feb 4, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

If You Can Remember the ’60s, You Weren’t There

by Lily Simonson | Feb 4, 2010

When I moved from Berkeley to Los Angeles five years ago, I thought I was done living in a town that was devoted to perpetually remembering the ’60s. But I …

Flash Points

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. I

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 4, 2010

Flash Points

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. I

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 4, 2010

As a northerner recently transplanted to the Greater Houston area, I admit to having reservations about all things Texan. I have found this a tough place to love at first …

Grand Canyon Journal 3: The Painter of Video to Life

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 4, 2010

Grand Canyon Journal 3: The Painter of Video to Life

by Karthik Pandian | Feb 4, 2010

Our previous guest blogger, Karthik Pandian, continues his Grand Canyon journal in the following post. — Ed. [youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2_oWKE13TA] Has there ever been such an elegant dramatization of the power of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

In the Middle: Art21 Educators

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 3, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

In the Middle: Art21 Educators

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 3, 2010

About six months ago, Art21 ventured into the land of summer teacher institutes. We invited 15 teachers from across the country to come to New York City and spend a …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about two anniversary exhibitions, 6,000 shapes upstate, masterworks in the Midwest, some road trip souvenirs, a whole lotta prints, and a sale you won’t …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Chris Ofili, A Mixtape

by Ben Street | Feb 1, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: Chris Ofili, A Mixtape

by Ben Street | Feb 1, 2010

Making mixtapes is one of life’s great non-transferable skills; its lack of import in a pragmatic sense is inversely proportional to the amount of time and effort it requires (rewinding, …

New guest blogger: Leanne Gilbertson

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 1, 2010

New guest blogger: Leanne Gilbertson

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 1, 2010

Thanks to Karthik Pandian for posting his Grand Canyon journals during his guest blogging stint. Fortunately, there is more to come in this series, so look out for a several …