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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Alchemy in the Making

by Jocelyn Salaz | Feb 25, 2015

Alchemy in the Making

by Jocelyn Salaz | Feb 25, 2015

What questions arise when an artist encounters new materials?

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 25, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 25, 2015

New and recent work on view by Mel Chin, John Baldessari, and Ai Weiwei, as well as news featuring Pierre Huyghe, Carrie Mae Weems, and other ART21-featured artists, all in this week’s roundup.

The Walker Curates the News: 02.24.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 24, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 02.24.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 24, 2015

“Serious patrons of the arts” can at last get a chance to visit James Turrell’s Roden Crater, the “naked eye observatory” the artist began working on in Arizona 38 years …

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 19, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 19, 2015

New and recent work on view by Mark Bradford, Mariah Robertson, Alfredo Jaar, and other ART21-featured artists, featured in this week’s roundup.

Writer-in-Residence

The Ghosts Unearthed in the Films of Bill Morrison

by Brienne Walsh | Feb 18, 2015

Writer-in-Residence

The Ghosts Unearthed in the Films of Bill Morrison

by Brienne Walsh | Feb 18, 2015

Writer-in-Residence Brienne Walsh looks at the contemporary digital narratives of filmmaker Bill Morrison.

Asher Hartman’s Ritualistic Marathons

by Alicia Eler | Feb 11, 2015

Asher Hartman’s Ritualistic Marathons

by Alicia Eler | Feb 11, 2015

For twenty years, the Los Angeles–based artist and performer Asher Hartman has created spaces that foster deeply psychic intuition and allow audiences to create as a group.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 11, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 11, 2015

New and recent work on view by David Altmejd, Maya Lin, Judy Pfaff, and additional ART21-featured artists, included in this week’s roundup.

The Walker Curates the News: 02.09.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 9, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 02.09.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 9, 2015

A visit to the Guggenheim’s On Kawara survey prompts Ben Davis to consider how ahead of his time the conceptual artist was: “He was making art about the ‘quantified self’—the …

Art21 New York Close Up

Daniel Gordon & Ruby Sky Stiler Take Baby Steps

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2015

Art21 New York Close Up

Daniel Gordon & Ruby Sky Stiler Take Baby Steps

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2015

In a new “New York Close Up” film, married artists Daniel Gordon and Ruby Sky Stiler candidly discuss the complex professional and personal dynamics of bringing a baby into their already busy lives.

New Kids on the Block

The Absurd Magic of Vincent Como

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Feb 5, 2015

New Kids on the Block

The Absurd Magic of Vincent Como

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Feb 5, 2015

Vincent Como would never describe his work as magical, yet his work is rife with mysticism.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 5, 2015

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 5, 2015

Lynda Benglis in the UK, Gabriel Orozco in Tokyo, Trenton Doyle Hancock in Indianapolis, and more work by ART21-featured artists on view throughout the world in this week’s roundup.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Feb 5, 2015

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Feb 5, 2015

When artists and educators get together, extraordinary things can happen.

The Walker Curates the News: 02.02.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 2, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 02.02.15

by Walker Art Center | Feb 2, 2015

After decades of photographing dolls, Laurie Simmons is now shooting real people—only with dollish eyes painted on their eyelids. “This interruption,” she acknowledges, “is so subtle people miss it at …