Yearly Archives: 2013

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

Gimme Shelter: Performance Now

Of Consequence: Santiago Sierra’s “Veterans” at Team Gallery

by Marissa Perel | May 9, 2013

Santiago Sierra’s third solo exhibition at Team Gallery, Veterans, displays nine photographs of war veterans standing in corners.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Five Years of Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | May 8, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Five Years of Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | May 8, 2013

When I go back to my first post, I had only a vague idea about how I was going to write on teaching with contemporary art.

Cao Fei. "House of Treasures" 2013. Photo by Laurent Fievet.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 6, 2013

Cao Fei celebrates abundance, Julie Mehretu has two concurrent solo shows, Raymond Pettibon and Judy Pfaff are honored, and much more.

Art21 Extended Play

Maya Lin reflects on New York’s ecological past and Hurricane Sandy

by Ian Forster | May 3, 2013

Maya Lin reflects on New York’s ecological past and Hurricane Sandy

by Ian Forster | May 3, 2013

A new “Exclusive” film featuring Maya Lin and her latest exhibition at Pace Gallery.

Hindsight

by Danielle Sommer | May 3, 2013

Danielle Sommer responds to the current theme on the Art21 Blog: “Hindsight is like an arrow, shot from our own time into another…”

On View Now

Alchemy: Richard Serra’s Early Work

by Max Weintraub | May 2, 2013

Alchemy: Richard Serra’s Early Work

by Max Weintraub | May 2, 2013

David Zwirner Gallery revisits early works by Art21-featured artist Richard Serra. Columnist Max Weintraub says this show is “not to be missed.”

May Blogger-in-Residence | Danielle Sommer

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 2, 2013

May Blogger-in-Residence | Danielle Sommer

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 2, 2013

Danielle Sommer — an L.A.-based writer, curator, and “nostalgist at heart” — joins us for the month of May.

Change Begins with Hindsight: Announcing Art21 Blog Themes

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 1, 2013

Change Begins with Hindsight: Announcing Art21 Blog Themes

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 1, 2013

Art21’s Digital Content Editor announces a change to the Art21 Blog.

100 Artists | Jessica Stockholder

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 30, 2013

100 Artists | Jessica Stockholder

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 30, 2013

For the final post in her 21-day blogging residency, Thea Liberty Nichols interviews Art21-featured artist Jessica Stockholder.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | New Situationist City

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 29, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect | New Situationist City

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 29, 2013

“Considering the search for meaningful engagement in a society that feels increasingly fragmented, certain aspects of Situationist theory are more topical than ever.”

Credit: Jessica Stockholder. "Story of Angle #3," 2013. Graphite and colored pencil on paper. 11" x 14". Courtesy the artist and Barbara Edwards Contemporary.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 29, 2013

Jessica Stockholder explores drawing in multiple dimensions, Richard Serra presents early experiments with nontraditional materials, James Turrell delves into light, and much more.

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Sandrine Wymann

by Georgia Kotretsos | Apr 26, 2013

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Sandrine Wymann

by Georgia Kotretsos | Apr 26, 2013

Georgia Kotretsos interviews Sandrine Wymann, curator and director of La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, a contemporary art center in France.

100 Artists | Paul Pfeiffer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 25, 2013

In conjunction with Art21’s “100 Artists” celebration, a report from Rhizome’s 2013 Seven on Seven Conference where Paul Pfeiffer presented a new collaborative project.

Queer Berlin

Queer Berlin | A Tale of 2 Cities, Queer Berlin vs. Queer New York

by Ali Fitzgerald | Apr 25, 2013

Queer Berlin | A Tale of 2 Cities, Queer Berlin vs. Queer New York

by Ali Fitzgerald | Apr 25, 2013

For her second blog post in the new column “Queer Berlin,” Ali Fitzgerald compares some “pitfalls and successes of queer performance.”

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Drawing with the Lights Out

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 24, 2013

For the longest time I had assumed, wrongly, that students should view a series of images before trying to make sketches inspired by those images.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Where Does the Art Happen?

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Apr 23, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect | Where Does the Art Happen?

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Apr 23, 2013

Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson asks what’s so important about erasure?

Florian Maier-Aichen. "Untitled," 2013. Courtesy the artist and the Gagosian Gallery.

In this week’s roundup Florian Maier-Aichen employs the splatter, Barbara Kruger and Shahzia Sikander discuss their artwork, Matthew Barney presents works on paper, and more. Florian Maier-Aichen is presenting his …

“The only thing I do everyday” | Tavi Gevinson

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 22, 2013

“The only thing I do everyday” | Tavi Gevinson

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 22, 2013

“Rookie” editor Tavi Gevinson speaks with Thea Liberty Nichols abou crossing disciplines, crossing platforms, and being a writer at the end of the day.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ann Hamilton: “the event of a thread”

by Ian Forster | Apr 19, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ann Hamilton: “the event of a thread”

by Ian Forster | Apr 19, 2013

Art21’s Associate Producer sheds light on the paper bags scattered throughout Ann Hamilton’s Park Avenue Armory installation “the event of a thread.”

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Aperture Makes a Great Magazine Even Better

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 17, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Aperture Makes a Great Magazine Even Better

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 17, 2013

Aperture has re-envisioned what was already a high quality magazine and made some beautiful and exciting changes.

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I All About the Blues

by Jessica Lott | Apr 16, 2013

Alchemy of Inspiration

Alchemy of Inspiration I All About the Blues

by Jessica Lott | Apr 16, 2013

Columnist Jessica Lott visits the Whitney Museum’s “Blues for Smoke,” a wide-ranging exhibition exploring the definition of the blues and blues aesthetic.

Word is a Virus

Word is a Virus | Susan Silton Asks, “Who’s in a Name?”

by Carol Cheh | Apr 15, 2013

Word is a Virus

Word is a Virus | Susan Silton Asks, “Who’s in a Name?”

by Carol Cheh | Apr 15, 2013

Columnist Carol Cheh reflects on Susan Stilton’s interventionist artwork “Who’s in a Name?”, a response to John Baldessari’s marquee installation “Your Name in Lights.”

Barry McGee. "Untitled (Crawling Man)," 1999/2012. In private collection. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 15, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 15, 2013

Barry McGee travels with his mid-career survey, Laurie Anderson collaborates with the Kronos Quartet, Kalup Linzy premieres his film in NYC, Ann Hamilton re-installs “phora”…

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Diana Al-Hadid’s Suspended Reality

by Jonathan Munar | Apr 12, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Diana Al-Hadid’s Suspended Reality

by Jonathan Munar | Apr 12, 2013

How does an artist resist reality? Watch the latest film from “New York Close Up” featuring artist Diana Al-Hadid.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Bringing Them Back Home

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 10, 2013

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Bringing Them Back Home

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 10, 2013

Who are some of your standout students from previous years? Where are they today?

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

Next up in our “100 Artists” celebration is Season 5 artist Doris Salcedo and a newly released text interview on war, displacement, and imprisonment.

You Can’t Always Give and You Can’t Always Take | Edie Fake

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 9, 2013

You Can’t Always Give and You Can’t Always Take | Edie Fake

by Thea Liberty Nichols | Apr 9, 2013

“Sharing what we can is how we help each other thrive on this messed up planet. It creates networks, emotional bonds, kinship, thought…”

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block | Summer Wheat on Her Flight Away from “Cowboy Space Gangsters”

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Apr 8, 2013

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block | Summer Wheat on Her Flight Away from “Cowboy Space Gangsters”

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Apr 8, 2013

Columnist Jacquelyn Gleisner traces a painter’s evolution and movement from wholesome Oklahoma City to bohemian Brooklyn.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 8, 2013

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 8, 2013

Lynda Benglis manipulates metal, Julie Mehretu and Matthew Ritchie explore diagrams, Shahzia Sikander flows poetic…

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Barry McGee: Tagging

by Ian Forster | Apr 5, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Barry McGee: Tagging

by Ian Forster | Apr 5, 2013

On the occasion of Barry McGee’s retrospective exhibition at ICA Boston, Associate Producer Ian Forster draws attention to illustrative mannequins included in the show.

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Supporting a Habit: Dieter Roth at MoMA

by Charles Schultz | Apr 5, 2013

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | Supporting a Habit: Dieter Roth at MoMA

by Charles Schultz | Apr 5, 2013

Dieter Roth loved making books and was among the first to radically expand the idea of what a book could be.

On View Now

On View Now | Welcome to the Pleasure Dome: Jon Kessler’s “The Web”

by Max Weintraub | Apr 4, 2013

On View Now

On View Now | Welcome to the Pleasure Dome: Jon Kessler’s “The Web”

by Max Weintraub | Apr 4, 2013

“Kessler turns to contemporary visual culture, and specifically Apple Inc., to examine the impact of popular and commercial imagery and products on society’s desires…”