Monthly Archives: January 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel

Art21 Extended Play

Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel

by Ian Forster | Jan 30, 2015

“We’ve always tried to help artists find situations to make their work, where it can retain that quality of unknowableness.” —Andrea Zittel Today’s ART21 Exclusive features High Desert Test Sites, …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.26.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 26, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 01.26.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 26, 2015

Antwerp-born painter Luc Tuymans has been convicted of copyright infringment for using photojournalist Katrijn Van Giel’s photo of rightwing Belgian politician Jean-Marie Dedecker as the basis for a painting. Van Giel …

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Social Experiment

by Ian Forster | Jan 23, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Social Experiment

by Ian Forster | Jan 23, 2015

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment—a collection of ”sleeping pods“ installed throughout her property in Joshua Tree, California.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 21, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 21, 2015

The U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program selects a new class of Medal of Arts recipients, Liz Magic Laser creates a fictional TED talk, and work by ART21-featured artists included in exhibitions throughout the world in this week’s roundup.

The Walker Curates the News: 01.19.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 19, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 01.19.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 19, 2015

“Even for the Oscars—even for the Oscars—this is a really, really lot of white people,” writes NPR’s Linda Holmes of the newest slate of nominees (dubbed the “whitest Oscars since 1998“). …

Found Magic

by Stephanie Barber | Jan 19, 2015

Found Magic

by Stephanie Barber | Jan 19, 2015

A slideshow of found photographs on the theme of magic.

Three-dimensional Allegory: Lucia Love’s Reflecting Pool

by Louis Doulas | Jan 19, 2015

Three-dimensional Allegory: Lucia Love’s Reflecting Pool

by Louis Doulas | Jan 19, 2015

Lucia Love’s resistance to reality manifests in her solo exhibition at CUE Art Foundation.

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Desert Designs

by Ian Forster | Jan 16, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Andrea Zittel’s Desert Designs

by Ian Forster | Jan 16, 2015

“You could say that design has power because it actually touches people in a much more concrete way, but I think that art has more wiggle room and more flexibility.” …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.12.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 12, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 01.12.15

by Walker Art Center | Jan 12, 2015

While others at a recent New York rally chanted “Je suis Charlie,” Maus creator Art Spiegelman says he shouted, “Cartoonist lives matter!” Discussing the Charlie Hebdo tragedy and the power …

Writer-in-Residence

Ernst Fischer “18%”

by Brienne Walsh | Jan 7, 2015

Writer-in-Residence

Ernst Fischer “18%”

by Brienne Walsh | Jan 7, 2015

Brienne Walsh provides a preview of Ernst Fischer’s forthcoming exhibition at CUE Art Foundation.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2015

Cindy Sherman has contributed a photograph from her Untitled Film Stills series to adorn a limited-edition porcelain tray designed exclusively for the Sundance Film Festival. Despite the fame of Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, this …