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Yearly Archives: 2012

Praxis Makes Perfect

Becoming Colossal with Blogger Christopher Jobson

Praxis Makes Perfect

Becoming Colossal with Blogger Christopher Jobson

What can blogging do for the arts? Jacquelyn Gleisner profiles an art and design blog run by Christopher Jobson that shows the vast potential of this medium.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slow Turn

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slow Turn

On Sunday, the National Art Education Association wrapped up their 65th conference here in New York City and more than ever I am encouraged by the state of affairs at NAEA. In just the past four years, as Art21 has brought contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Dion and most recently, Janine Antoni and Oliver Herring, the change is noticeable.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Magical Thinking

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Magical Thinking

Michelle Jubin finds herself at a crossroads, where she must choose between two equally compelling research topics for her Ph.D. dissertation.

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Bedfellows | Random! Jason Fulford and His Many Coincidences

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Bedfellows | Random! Jason Fulford and His Many Coincidences

Victoria Gannon considers the role that randomness plays in the photographs of Jason Fulford, and in her own life.

Serenity Now, Insanely Hot Wings Later

Serenity Now, Insanely Hot Wings Later

Shane McAdams shares his thoughts on a blissful afternoon spent wandering alone through the Chazen Museum at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Sarah Sze. Finding a Home Fixed Points (2012). Mudam Luxembourg, Courtesy of the artist and Victoria Miro Gallery, London@ Photo: Andres Lejona.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Sarah Sze, Cindy Sherman, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and other artists featured in Art21’s programs and documentaries.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt (1992)

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt (1992)

In Art21’s latest Exclusive video, Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard discuss what they learned from one another while collaborating on the 1992 work “Zygmunt.”

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art

Sarah Kirk Hanley reviews a new MoMA exhibition surveying the state of the contemporary print medium.

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Nato Thompson

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Nato Thompson

Georgia Kotretsos talks with Creative Time curator Nato Thompson about the new book “Living as Form: Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011.”

On View Now

On View Now | The Ungovernables: The New Museum’s Triennial Exhibition

On View Now

On View Now | The Ungovernables: The New Museum’s Triennial Exhibition

Max Weintraub looks at highlights from the New Museum’s Triennial exhibition “The Ungovernables.”

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two

Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: Ben Osaghae’s Critical Observations [Part III]

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: Ben Osaghae’s Critical Observations [Part III]

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Artist vs. Manager

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Artist vs. Manager

Artists and arts managers need each other–so why aren’t more students pursuing dual MFA/Arts Management degrees?

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Andrea Geyer

Thom Donovan talks with Andrea Geyer, whose 10-channel video installation “9 Scripts from a Nation at War” is currently on view at MoMA.

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

The Energetic Persistence of Water: An Interview with Mary Jane Jacob

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

The Energetic Persistence of Water: An Interview with Mary Jane Jacob

How might Buddhist frameworks help artists better understand the creative process, and art’s function in society?

Calling from Canada

Calling from Canada | The Audain Collection at Vancouver Art Gallery

Calling from Canada

Calling from Canada | The Audain Collection at Vancouver Art Gallery

An exhibition of works from Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa’s private collection highlights rarely-seen treasures of British Columbian art.

Charles Atlas. The Illusion of Democracy, installation view (2012). Photo courtesy Luhring Augustine Bushwick.

Art21 New York Close Up

The Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

The Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup is chock-full of news about the latest exhibitions and activities of Art21 artists, including Charles Atlas, Jessica Stockholder, Sarah Sze and others.

Inspired Reading

Inspired Reading | Anthony Elms

Inspired Reading

Inspired Reading | Anthony Elms

ICA Philadelphia associate curator Anthony Elms discusses texts that deal with clothing, fashion, and how we project ideas about ourselves into the world.

Springtime of the People..for the People and by the People

Springtime of the People..for the People and by the People

As guest blogger Shane McAdams gears up for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2012 Biennial, he visits the Metropolitan Museum to reflect on this country’s past.

New Guest Blogger: Shane McAdams

New Guest Blogger: Shane McAdams

Meet our newest guest blogger Shane McAdams, an artist, curator, writer and professor who divides his time between Brooklyn, New York and Cedarburg, Wisconsin.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Gimme Shelter | Power Games or Two at the Kitchen

Perel reviews “Wicked Clown Love” and “Counterfeit Scenario,” two performances presented at the Kitchen earlier this month.

Research and Relationality: An Interview with Zach Cahill

Research and Relationality: An Interview with Zach Cahill

Cahill’s “The Orphanage Project” is a sprawling discourse on the parental nation-state, pseudo-propaganda art, and the parallels between the museum and the orphanage.

Cairo in Context: Art and Change in the Middle East

Cairo in Context | Alluring Archives: On Memory, Omission, and Research in an Unstable Region

Cairo in Context: Art and Change in the Middle East

Cairo in Context | Alluring Archives: On Memory, Omission, and Research in an Unstable Region

Researchers working in the Middle East/North Africa region are challenged by a confusing bureaucracy, making access to archives and primary sources difficult.

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles | CAA #ProTips from an Adjunct Pro

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles | CAA #ProTips from an Adjunct Pro

Lily Simonson offers some valuable advice for newbies navigating the annual CAA conference, held this week in Los Angeles.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | When I Was Your Age

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | When I Was Your Age

As Jeffrey Songco wryly reveals, a productive studio day for a social-media-savvy artist doesn’t necessarily involve the making of art.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One

This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | You, Me, and Everything Else We Can’t Contemplate

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | You, Me, and Everything Else We Can’t Contemplate

Jenn Pascoe looks at horror vacui—the compulsion to fill every available inch of compositional space—to better understand her own work.

Reasons to Write Into Art: On Textual Collaboration with Artist Heidi Norton

Reasons to Write Into Art: On Textual Collaboration with Artist Heidi Norton

What happens when a critic and artist collaborate on a work of art?

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria [Part I]

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

No Preservatives | Looking Back to Nigeria [Part I]

In this five-part series, Richard McCoy looks back on his recent trip to Nigeria through the lens of artists working in the area.

John Baldessari, "Brain/Cloud (with Seascape and Palm Tree)," 1250 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA. Photo courtesy of The La Jolla Community Foundation.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Martin Puryear, Walton Ford, Tim Hawkinson and other artists featured in Art21’s programs.

Microscripts and Visual Conversations: “In the Spirit of Robert Walser” at Donald Young Gallery

Microscripts and Visual Conversations: “In the Spirit of Robert Walser” at Donald Young Gallery

How do visual artists and writers engage one another in conversations from within their own mediums?

KAWS (Brian Donnelly). Down Time (2011). Photo courtesy High Museum of Art.

KAWS Passing Through the High Museum of Art

KAWS Passing Through the High Museum of Art

Nettrice Gaskins reports on a recent talk given by the street artist KAWS (Brian Donnelly) at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

Our latest web-only Exclusive features Lari Pittman on the role that spontaneity plays in the construction of his paintings.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Iraqi Cuisine Goes Mobile

Artist Michael Rakowitz’s “Enemy Kitchen (Food Truck)” is a roving eatery where local Iraqi cooks and US veterans of the Iraq war serve meals to the public.

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

Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast #12

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

Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast #12

This month’s podcast looks at the demise of the Next/Art Chicago fair and reviews new exhibitions by photographer Laura Letinsky and painter Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.