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Art21 Extended Play

Tania Bruguera’s Petition to the Pope

by Ian Forster | Nov 28, 2014

Art21 Extended Play

Tania Bruguera’s Petition to the Pope

by Ian Forster | Nov 28, 2014

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Tania Bruguera collecting signatures as part of her project The Francis Effect.

The Walker Curates the News: 11.24.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 24, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 11.24.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 24, 2014

An artist who has “figured out a way to make the perils of our time accessible,” Paul Chan has won the $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize. Working in video, 2D and …

Art21 Extended Play

Where in the World Is Leonardo Drew?

by Ian Forster | Nov 21, 2014

Art21 Extended Play

Where in the World Is Leonardo Drew?

by Ian Forster | Nov 21, 2014

In today’s ART21 Exclusive artist Leonardo Drew discusses the importance of travel in relationship to his artwork.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 19, 2014

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 19, 2014

Daniel Gordon exhibits new still lifes, Kara Walker deconstructs her sugar sphinx, and more in this week’s roundup.

Flashback

Ten Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 17, 2014

Flashback

Ten Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 17, 2014

ART21 films are doorways into social and political issues of our time. In this roundup ten artists comment on cultural exclusion and resistance, peace and protest, documentary war photography, revolutionary …

The Walker Curates the News: 11.17.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 17, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 11.17.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 17, 2014

Changing realities of the modern family have increased the need for a serious dialogue, as evidenced by the reactions to Gillian Wearing’s A Real Birmingham Family. Commissioned by Ikon Gallery, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 13, 2014

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 13, 2014

Jacolby Satterwhite dances in the cosmos, Carrie Mae Weems goes solo in the UK, Paul McCarthy brings chocolate to France, and more in this week’s roundup.

The Walker Curates the News: 11.10.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 10, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 11.10.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 10, 2014

Created as a tool to foster understanding, Pittsburgh’s Conflict Kitchen, which serves cuisine from countries with which the US is in conflict, has shut down after receiving death threats over …

War: Here, There, and Elsewhere

by Bansie Vasvani | Nov 10, 2014

War: Here, There, and Elsewhere

by Bansie Vasvani | Nov 10, 2014

Guest contributor Bansie Vasvani covers war and revolution in recent exhibitions of contemporary art from the Middle East.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 5, 2014

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 5, 2014

Trevor Paglen uncovers government code names, El Anatsui manipulates newspaper printing plates, David Altmejd has a retrospective in France, and more in this week’s roundup.

Revolutions and Remembrances

by Wesley Miller | Nov 4, 2014

Revolutions and Remembrances

by Wesley Miller | Nov 4, 2014

ART21’s associate curator introduces the “Revolution” issue in remembrance of his mentor, ART21 founder and revolutionary thinker Susan Sollins.

New Kids on the Block

The Demands of Dread Scott

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Nov 4, 2014

New Kids on the Block

The Demands of Dread Scott

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Nov 4, 2014

Twenty-five years after his controversial installation What Is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?, artist Dread Scott talks about art’s ability to change our vision of the world.

Homesteading as Art and Revolution

by Claudine Isé | Nov 4, 2014

Homesteading as Art and Revolution

by Claudine Isé | Nov 4, 2014

Is homesteading still radical? Artist Heidi Norton, her parents, and other generations of their family discuss art, craft, and the back-to-the-land movements.

The Walker Curates the News: 11.03.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 3, 2014

The Walker Curates the News: 11.03.14

by Walker Art Center | Nov 3, 2014

The Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers is calling for the ouster of Museo Reina Sofía director Manuel Borja-Villel over a show it deems “anti-Catholic.” On view through February 9, 2015, …