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Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Minneapolis! Art Review and Preview

by Meg Onli | Nov 9, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Minneapolis! Art Review and Preview

by Meg Onli | Nov 9, 2010

When I think of Minneapolis, MN, two things typically come to mind: the first being Janet Jackson’s song “Escapade” off of her 1989 album, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, where …

NY Art Book Fair 2010

by Sarah Stephenson | Nov 9, 2010

NY Art Book Fair 2010

by Sarah Stephenson | Nov 9, 2010

This year’s NY Art Book Fair marks the departure of AA Bronson, one of the fair’s original organizers. Bronson resigned from Printed Matter only a few weeks ago, intending to …
Gabriel Orozco

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 9, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 9, 2010

In this week’s roundup: Gabriel Orozco is on view in Seoul, Cindy Sherman imagines the social, several artists are honored for their contributions, and more. Gabriel Orozco: Selected Works which is on …

Calling from Canada

Calling From Canada: Musée des Beaux-Arts Goes Loco for Local

by Raji Sohal | Nov 8, 2010

Calling from Canada

Calling From Canada: Musée des Beaux-Arts Goes Loco for Local

by Raji Sohal | Nov 8, 2010

In 1913, Marcel Duchamp created a ruckus with an assembled inverted bicycle wheel mounted on a stool. The provocateur stirred controversy soon after with more found objects, most famously a …

New guest blogger: Sarah Stephenson

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 8, 2010

New guest blogger: Sarah Stephenson

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 8, 2010

Thanks to Lily Rossebo for her series of terrific posts. Up next is Sarah Stephenson, a New York-based writer from London, via Berlin. She has written for Art In America, …

New Ways of Walking

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 7, 2010

New Ways of Walking

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 7, 2010

When I first arrived in Scotland to study in the Art, Space + Nature program, I was confronted with the question, “Are you keen on hillwalking?” Not quite sure if …

Art21 Extended Play

William Kentridge: Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Nov 5, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

William Kentridge: Collaboration

by Wesley Miller | Nov 5, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE In celebration of Art21’s new feature film William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible — which premiered nationally on October 21, 2010 …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Ink | Thinking Aloud: The Prints of William Kentridge

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Nov 5, 2010

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Ink | Thinking Aloud: The Prints of William Kentridge

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Nov 5, 2010

The recent release of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible invites exploration of the artist’s significant body of prints, which currently numbers over 400. A natural match for his artistic philosophy …

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: Feathers, Magic Mushrooms and Bicycle Tours

by Anna Milandri | Nov 5, 2010

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: Feathers, Magic Mushrooms and Bicycle Tours

by Anna Milandri | Nov 5, 2010

Bundle up, Berlin: winter is almost here, and it might be a long one, again. If you haven’t fallen prey to the sniffling, the sneezing, the nose-blowing and coughing, germ-spreading …

On View Now

On View Now: Tony Oursler’s Uncanny Bodies

by Max Weintraub | Nov 4, 2010

On View Now

On View Now: Tony Oursler’s Uncanny Bodies

by Max Weintraub | Nov 4, 2010

The video artist Tony Oursler is perhaps best known for his video projections of human faces onto the heads of small doll-like bodies.  Lying on the ground or hanging limply …

Flash Points

From the Flat Surface to the Curved Mirror

by Whitney Ford-Terry | Nov 4, 2010

Flash Points

From the Flat Surface to the Curved Mirror

by Whitney Ford-Terry | Nov 4, 2010

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL3lVDrqNXY] Using variable media – taking the form of tapestry and sculpture to performance, cinema, and stereoscopic imagery— William Kentridge calculates a not so obvious curve to create socially informed …

“Near-Scientific Experiments with Humorous Side Effects”

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 4, 2010

“Near-Scientific Experiments with Humorous Side Effects”

by Lily Rossebo | Nov 4, 2010

Sometime last winter, when the days were at their shortest and the collective spirit seemed to be at its annual low, a friend gave me a DVD copy of Signer’s …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What More Can We Ask For?

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 3, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What More Can We Ask For?

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 3, 2010

Students in my Advanced Placement class recently began a work for their portfolio inspired by the theme of loss. We spent a few days at the beginning of the unit …

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment: Coffee and Politics (Part 1)

by Corina Reynolds | Nov 3, 2010

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment: Coffee and Politics (Part 1)

by Corina Reynolds | Nov 3, 2010

Coffee and politics. They go together almost as good as politics and art. A week ago I met up with a good friend of mine for a cup of coffee …

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

The Making of “William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible”

by Ian Forster | Nov 2, 2010

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

The Making of “William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible”

by Ian Forster | Nov 2, 2010

The leaders of Art21’s Production Department, Eve Moros Ortega and Nick Ravich, sat down for a casual conversation about the production of William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible. Their discussion sheds …

Flash Points

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

New Flash Points: Influence

by Rachel Gagnon | Nov 1, 2010

Flash Points

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

New Flash Points: Influence

by Rachel Gagnon | Nov 1, 2010

Among the elements explored in Art21’s William Kentridge: Anything is Possible, the film looks at his many influences, from his personal background to his love of the performing arts. What …
Jenny Holzer

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 1, 2010

In keeping with the season (and the artist on/as celebrity theme) this week’s roundup finds James Franco revisiting Bruce Nauman.  Also, Jenny Holzer inscribes the theme of anguish, a Fred …

Letter from London

Letter from London: The Time of Your Life

by Ben Street | Nov 1, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: The Time of Your Life

by Ben Street | Nov 1, 2010

Christian Marclay’s The Clock (now on show at White Cube, Mason’s Yard) is a twenty-four hour long film which, unlike other very long art films like Douglas Gordon’s Twenty-Four Hour …