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Flash Points

Call for Writers: New Flash Points Topic

by Rachel Gagnon | Jan 14, 2010

Flash Points

Call for Writers: New Flash Points Topic

by Rachel Gagnon | Jan 14, 2010

Our new Flash Points topic, The Ethics of Art, will be launching soon and we’re inviting you to participate.  Intrigued?  Want to know more?  Keep reading! This theme will look …
Mr Deitch's Summery Treat 2006, Courtesy Saatchi Online Daily Magazine; LA's Museum of Contemporary Art, Courtesy SwankeGallery.com

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Pass the Deitch-ie

by Lily Simonson | Jan 14, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Pass the Deitch-ie

by Lily Simonson | Jan 14, 2010

If you’re like me, you’ve already been inundated with a whole range of opinions on MOCA’s announcement this week, and it’s only Thursday. Whether they are ultimately booing or cheering, …

Flash Points

Public Art and Sustainability

by Corinna Kirsch | Jan 13, 2010

Flash Points

Public Art and Sustainability

by Corinna Kirsch | Jan 13, 2010

Having recently moved to Minnesota, I became intrigued by the amount of funding and grant programs available for the arts, including many initiatives directed toward funding public art. Although asking …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Anything Can Happen

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 13, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Anything Can Happen

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 13, 2010

Outside of Tyler Green (Modern Art Notes), I am not sure how many contemporary art-lover hockey fans are out there. There may be more, but down deep I think we’re …

Adolf Hilter (character) IMDB spreadsheet

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 11, 2010

Adolf Hilter (character) IMDB spreadsheet

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 11, 2010

When looking at the IMDB profile for Adolf Hilter (character), not Adolf Hitler (self), questions begin to emerge with regards to how one might infer a sense of the political …

BLOG THIS! Blogging the contemporary arts, a panel discussion this Friday at X-Initiative

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2010

BLOG THIS! Blogging the contemporary arts, a panel discussion this Friday at X-Initiative

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2010

WHEN Friday, January 15, 6:30 pm Please note that the Gallery is open 12 – 6 pm so arrive early if you want to view the final phase of exhibitions …
Ida Appelbroog, "Group A #9", 1969. Ink on paper, 10 5/8" x 8 1/4". Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

This week Art21 artists depict nether regions, play with light and space, bundle and fuse old toys, mirror the dandy, reimagine rooftops, photograph electricity, and display cookie cutters by the …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Memento Mori

by Ben Street | Jan 11, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: Memento Mori

by Ben Street | Jan 11, 2010

The numbers kept coming up in the daily reports. Five here, fourteen there, one day after another. And then the growing figure mounting over a thousand. Peripherally it was ever-present, …
"Dandelion" by Irving Penn

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Jan 9, 2010

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Jan 9, 2010

Dandelion leaves contain abundant amounts of vitamins and minerals, including Vitamins A, C and K. and are good sources of calcium in a dandelion sautee or wine…and as Irving Penn …

Art21 Extended Play

Cao Fei | Avatars

by Wesley Miller | Jan 8, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Cao Fei | Avatars

by Wesley Miller | Jan 8, 2010

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS In her Beijing studio, Cao Fei reflects on the behavior of avatars in the digital environment of Second Life and the motivations behind …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Julie Mehretu & the Problem of Shooting Big

by Nick Ravich | Jan 8, 2010

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Julie Mehretu & the Problem of Shooting Big

by Nick Ravich | Jan 8, 2010

In our new column, On Location, Art21 Director of Production Nick Ravich breaks his silence and gives you the scoop on Art21’s production comings and goings including, among other things, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Have Kazoo Will Travel

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 6, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Have Kazoo Will Travel

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 6, 2010

To celebrate the New Year and what are now 90 posts for the Teaching with Contemporary Art column here on the Art21 blog, I popped a bottle of champagne, played …

Hair & Nails, Talk & Touch: 4 Encounters with Women Artists in Mumbai

by Jennifer Doyle | Jan 5, 2010

Hair & Nails, Talk & Touch: 4 Encounters with Women Artists in Mumbai

by Jennifer Doyle | Jan 5, 2010

Over the past few weeks, Jennifer Doyle has been reporting from her travels in India. Following is her final dispatch. — Ed. Masooma Syed makes small things, sometimes from materials …
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Understanding the Economy Photoshop Tutorial

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 5, 2010

Understanding the Economy Photoshop Tutorial

by Joel Holmberg | Jan 5, 2010

Citing articles published in the Economist is always a good strategy for intelligent conversation, but you don’t want to be the person at the dinner party who halts the dialogue …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

This week Art21 artists illustrate NASA’s history, depict child’s play, map the Black Atlantic, render galaxies in glass, leave their mark on the last decade, and reflect on our future: …

New guest blogger: Joel Holmberg

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 4, 2010

New guest blogger: Joel Holmberg

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 4, 2010

Thanks to Nova Benway for her series of posts on artists employing earnestness in their work. Up next is Joel Holmberg. Joel (b. 1982, Maryland, USA) creates artwork with computers and …

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

The last artist I’ll include in my discussion of earnestness, or what one might also call exuberant seriousness, is David Olsen, a sculptor who has spent the last several years …

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Like Eve Essex and Stuart Sherman, mentioned in my other posts, Brooklyn-based artist Bibi Calderaro has a peculiar relationship to performance and audience. Last year’s project, PRESENT, found her at …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Jan 3, 2010

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

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

by Mary Cook | Jan 3, 2010

As we jump into the early New Year 2010, here’s What’s Cookin… enjoy! FLASHPOINTS: How does art respond to and define the natural world? The University of New Mexico launched …