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“Where Are You From?”: Memoirs of a Palestinian-Israeli

by Noah Simblist | Jul 31, 2013

“Where Are You From?”: Memoirs of a Palestinian-Israeli

by Noah Simblist | Jul 31, 2013

Through the work of three artists—Aissa Deebi, Kamal Aljafari, and Dor Guez—Noah Simblist addresses the complexity of Israeli and Palestinian national identity.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Works Well With Others

by Jack Watson | Jul 31, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Works Well With Others

by Jack Watson | Jul 31, 2013

Guest blogger Jack Watson asks what would happen if art teachers stopped showing students “how to work and started modeling how to work with others?”

Word is a Virus

Armchair Travels

by Carol Cheh | Jul 30, 2013

Word is a Virus

Armchair Travels

by Carol Cheh | Jul 30, 2013

Columnist Carol Cheh reminisces on two exhibitions in L.A. that complicate “our reception of myth” and inspire “more nuanced engagement.”

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 29, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 29, 2013

Ai Weiwei’s zodiac heads go to Cleveland, Judy Pfaff explores time, Marina Abramovic turns to crowdsourcing, and more in today’s roundup.

Art21 Extended Play

Kiki Smith’s Printmaking Process

by Ian Forster | Jul 26, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Kiki Smith’s Printmaking Process

by Ian Forster | Jul 26, 2013

Today’s “Exclusive” artist Kiki Smith discusses the challenges and pleasures of printmaking.

Praxis Makes Perfect

On Landlines

by Erin Sweeny | Jul 25, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

On Landlines

by Erin Sweeny | Jul 25, 2013

Columnist Erin Sweeny ponders the “evolving network” engendered by a temporary art space-cum-subway station newsstand.

100 Artists: Cindy Sherman

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 24, 2013

100 Artists: Cindy Sherman

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 24, 2013

100 Artists is a yearlong celebration of the 100 artists who have appeared to date in Art21′s award-winning film series Art in the Twenty-First Century. Throughout 2013, we are dedicating two to three …

Year Five of Art21 Educators: Thomas Dareneau and Domenic Frunzi

by Joseph Klarl | Jul 24, 2013

Year Five of Art21 Educators: Thomas Dareneau and Domenic Frunzi

by Joseph Klarl | Jul 24, 2013

Every other week, we’ve been learning about our newest Art21 Educators. Today, we introduce Thomas Dareneau and Domenic Frunzi.

Two Point Perspective: Akram Zaatari’s “Letter to a Refusing Pilot”

by Noah Simblist | Jul 23, 2013

Two Point Perspective: Akram Zaatari’s “Letter to a Refusing Pilot”

by Noah Simblist | Jul 23, 2013

Blogger-in-Residence Noah Simblist reports on the Lebanese Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale and the “fragmented truths” of Akram Zaatari’s installation.

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Mary Mattingly Owns Up

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 22, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Mary Mattingly Owns Up

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 22, 2013

In a new “New York Close Up” film, artist Mary Mattingly transforms personal belongings into sculptural forms that she later incorporates into photographs and performative actions.
El Anatsui. "Gli (Wall) (detail)," 2010. Aluminum and copper wire, installation at the Brooklyn Museum, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo by Nettrice Gaskins.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 22, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 22, 2013

El Anatsui’s Brooklyn show is extended, Mary Heilmann responds to the work of late artist Blinky Palermo, and more in this week’s roundup.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making the Circle Bigger

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 17, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making the Circle Bigger

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 17, 2013

“After my last post I got to thinking about the kinds of networks teachers create in order to stimulate thinking and their own practice.”

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Pledging Artistic Friendship: “2 of a Kind” at LVL3

by Caroline Picard | Jul 16, 2013

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Pledging Artistic Friendship: “2 of a Kind” at LVL3

by Caroline Picard | Jul 16, 2013

Caroline Picard reviews a Chicago exhibition that she describes as an “invisible network of relationships, historical and contemporary, pragmatic and idealistic, that facilitate artistic production.”
Gabriel Orozco, "Heráldico oro," 2013. Tempera and polished gold leaf on canvas and wood. 40 x 40 x 4 cm. Courtesy Michel Zabé & Omar Luis Olguin. © Gabriel Orozco.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 15, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 15, 2013

Gabriel Orozco’s whale hangs in Austria, Hiroshi Sugimoto makes scarves, Collier Schorr collaborates for VICE…

Art21 Extended Play

Maya Lin Examines Disappearing Bodies of Water

by Ian Forster | Jul 12, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Maya Lin Examines Disappearing Bodies of Water

by Ian Forster | Jul 12, 2013

In today’s “Exclusive,” filmed in late 2012, Maya Lin discusses her marble sculpture series, “Disappearing Bodies of Water.”

Year Five of Art21 Educators: Ryan Schmidt and Erin Shafkind

by Joseph Klarl | Jul 10, 2013

Year Five of Art21 Educators: Ryan Schmidt and Erin Shafkind

by Joseph Klarl | Jul 10, 2013

We’ve already introduced two pairs of this year’s Art21 Educators. Today, let’s say hello to a third: Ryan Schmidt and Erin Shafkind.

Staff Pick

Staff Pick: Doug Aitken’s “Station to Station”

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 9, 2013

Staff Pick

Staff Pick: Doug Aitken’s “Station to Station”

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 9, 2013

Jonathan Munar, Art21’s Director of Digital Media and Strategy, takes a quick look at the forthcoming project from artist Doug Aitken.

Community Action Center on the Road

by Noah Simblist | Jul 9, 2013

Community Action Center on the Road

by Noah Simblist | Jul 9, 2013

Noah Simblist kicks off his blogging residency by writing about a traveling video that “acts like a feedback loop between art and pornography.”

New Kids on the Block

Nails Across America with Breanne Trammell

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jul 8, 2013

New Kids on the Block

Nails Across America with Breanne Trammell

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jul 8, 2013

Columnist Jacquelyn Gleisner steps into a 1968 trailer to get a manicure and talk to artist Breanne Trammell about her traveling project “Nails Across America.”

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 8, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 8, 2013

Mel Chin presents work post-residency, Doris Salcedo makes a flower offering, Alfredo Jaar gives a post-Pavilion interview…

Teaching with Contemporary Art

An Expanding Network

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 3, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

An Expanding Network

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 3, 2013

Perhaps one of the most exciting things about our network of Art21 Educators so far has to do with those teachers who are building momentum and reaching out to other cohorts in order to collaborate. Over time, I can see this network of teachers not only influencing each others practice but also contributing to new national arts standards, helping others to understand the importance of contemporary art in the curriculum, and continuing to facilitate workshops at national and statewide conferences in order to spread the love.

July Blogger-in-Residence: Noah Simblist

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2013

July Blogger-in-Residence: Noah Simblist

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2013

Introducing Noah Simblist, writer, curator, artist and an Associate Professor of Art at Southern Methodist University.

Letter from the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2013

Letter from the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 2, 2013

For the months of July and August, we take the theme “networks” as our focus.
Krzysztof Wodiczko. "Hirshhorn Projection," 1988-2000. Public projection: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 1, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 1, 2013

Paul McCarthy in New York, Richard Serra in Montana, Kerry James Marshall in D.C., Mika Tajima in East Hampton…