Yearly Archives: 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Bruce Nauman Slows Down Time

by Ian Forster | Dec 27, 2013

In today’s Exclusive, filmed in August 2000, Bruce Nauman discusses his 1994 video Poke in the Eye/Nose/Ear.

Liz Magic Laser, "Flight", production still, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.

Art21 New York Close Up

Liz Magic Laser’s Guerrilla Theater

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 20, 2013

Liz Magic Laser’s Guerrilla Theater

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 20, 2013

New in New York Close Up, artist Liz Magic Laser directs a group of actors performing theatrical scenes in public locations throughout New York City.

Failing Productively: A Crash Course

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 17, 2013

Failing Productively: A Crash Course

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 17, 2013

How can we help students have a healthy understanding of failure?

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 16, 2013

Cai Guo-Qiang gathers 99 wild animals, Bruce Nauman explores optical illusions, and more in this week’s roundup.

Queer Berlin

A Brief Introduction to the ff

by Ali Fitzgerald | Dec 16, 2013

A Brief Introduction to the ff

by Ali Fitzgerald | Dec 16, 2013

A visual profile of a feminist network operating mostly out of Berlin.

Art21 Extended Play

Marina Abramović Learns to Sing

by Ian Forster | Dec 13, 2013

Marina Abramović Learns to Sing

by Ian Forster | Dec 13, 2013

“I really love listening to people sing and I was always jealous of that kind of talent…to open your heart and sing your soul out.” —Marina Abramović In today’s Exclusive, …

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

by Sally Frater | Dec 9, 2013

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

by Sally Frater | Dec 9, 2013

Writer-in-Residence Sally Frater explores Unity Foto Bank, an online project and site-specific installation in Houston, Texas.

Emergency Response

by Alicia Eler | Dec 9, 2013

Alicia Eler speaks with artists Phong Bui and Pinar Yoldas about their individual responses to environmental disasters.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 9, 2013

LaToya Ruby Frazier charters a helicopter, a building is named after John Baldessari, and more in this week’s roundup.

Art21 New York Close Up

Behind the Scenes with Mika Tajima

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 6, 2013

Behind the Scenes with Mika Tajima

by Jonathan Munar | Dec 6, 2013

At her Bushwick Brooklyn studio, artist Mika Tajima discusses the processes and ideas behind her two installational-performative works Today is Not a Dress Rehearsal (2009) and The Pedestrians (2011).

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 3, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 3, 2013

Barbara Kruger has a solo, Laylah Ali talks afrofuturism, several Art21 artists set their sights on Art Basel Miami Beach.

Nuanced Failure and Urban Space

by Michelle Millar Fisher | Dec 2, 2013

Nuanced Failure and Urban Space

by Michelle Millar Fisher | Dec 2, 2013

Urban architecture is no stranger to criticism and failure. Consider the work of Le Corbusier “whose legacy of urban plans…has been mythologized and often maligned.”

I’m a failure. Now what?

by Brendan Carroll | Dec 1, 2013

I’m a failure. Now what?

by Brendan Carroll | Dec 1, 2013

How does the life of a boxer compare to the life of an artist?

Copy That!

Free-Fail

by Joy Garnett | Dec 1, 2013

Copy That!

Free-Fail

by Joy Garnett | Dec 1, 2013

In reassessing the value of failure, consider Princeton computer scientist Ed Felten’s expression “the freedom to tinker.”

From the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 1, 2013

From the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 1, 2013

What does failure mean? Art21’s Digital Content Editor introduces the sophomore issue of the Art21 Magazine.

Art21 Extended Play

Ursula von Rydingsvard Finds Courage in Color

by Ian Forster | Nov 29, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Ursula von Rydingsvard Finds Courage in Color

by Ian Forster | Nov 29, 2013

Ursula von Rydingsvard discusses her large-scale sculpture Ona, which is permanently installed outside of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 25, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 25, 2013

Mariah Robertson explores feelings and monsters, Kerry James Marshall is chosen for a presidential panel, Marina Abramović is the subject of two new productions…

Staff Pick

smARTpower

by Wesley Miller | Nov 19, 2013

Staff Pick

smARTpower

by Wesley Miller | Nov 19, 2013

“smARTpower asks provocative questions about what a good work of art is, what art is good for, and for whom.”

Art21 Extended Play

Kiki Smith Does Her Homework

by Ian Forster | Nov 18, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Kiki Smith Does Her Homework

by Ian Forster | Nov 18, 2013

“I’m good at doing what I can do in my own power, out of my own physicality, and then like a little extension out from that…” —Kiki Smith Filmed in …

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 18, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 18, 2013

Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson invite you to make your mark on the moon, Laylah Ali and Ellen Gallagher exhibit their Afrofuturist aesthetics, Jeff Koons teams up with Lady Gaga, and more.

Art21 New York Close Up

Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 15, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

Alejandro Almanza Pereda Strikes a Balance

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 15, 2013

Installing new work in Brooklyn, New York, and Mexico City, artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda discusses the process and ideas behind his finely balanced sculptural works.