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Exclusive | Barry McGee: Tagging

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.

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Exclusive | Elizabeth Murray: “Bop”

by Ian Forster | Mar 22, 2013

Exclusive | Elizabeth Murray: “Bop”

by Ian Forster | Mar 22, 2013

Filmed in 2002, this new Exclusive shows the late artist Elizabeth Murray in her Manhattan studio working on the large-scale painting “Bop.”

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Exclusive | Margaret Kilgallen: Heroines

by Ian Forster | Mar 8, 2013

Exclusive | Margaret Kilgallen: Heroines

by Ian Forster | Mar 8, 2013

Read about four extraordinary women in this post from Associate Producer Ian Forster.

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Exclusive | Martin Puryear: Printmaking

by Ian Forster | Feb 22, 2013

Exclusive | Martin Puryear: Printmaking

by Ian Forster | Feb 22, 2013

In today’s Exclusive episode, Martin Puryear creates new prints at Paulson Bott Press in San Francisco, California.

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Exclusive | El Anatsui: “Broken Bridge II”

by Ian Forster | Feb 8, 2013

Exclusive | El Anatsui: “Broken Bridge II”

by Ian Forster | Feb 8, 2013

A new Exclusive episode featuring El Anastui’s largest installation to date, on view along the High Line in New York City.

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Exclusive | Shahzia Sikander: “The Last Post”

by Ian Forster | Jan 25, 2013

Exclusive | Shahzia Sikander: “The Last Post”

by Ian Forster | Jan 25, 2013

Art21’s Associate Producer, Ian Forster, sheds a little light on our latest Exclusive.

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Exclusive | Richard Serra: Tools & Strategies

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 11, 2013

Exclusive | Richard Serra: Tools & Strategies

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 11, 2013

In a new “Exclusive” video, artist Richard Serra describes the various tools and conceptual strategies he has used throughout his career when working with lead and steel.

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Exclusive | David Altmejd: Assistants

by Claudine Isé | Dec 14, 2012

Exclusive | David Altmejd: Assistants

by Claudine Isé | Dec 14, 2012

Filmed in early 2011, two of David Altmejd’s assistants describe the experience of working for the sculptor in his Queens, New York studio.

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Exclusive | Tabaimo: “dolefullhouse”

by Claudine Isé | Nov 30, 2012

Exclusive | Tabaimo: “dolefullhouse”

by Claudine Isé | Nov 30, 2012

Our latest Exclusive video is now live! Watch Tabaimo discuss her 2007 animated video installation “dolefullhouse,” whose disparate elements suggest meaning through their interaction.

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Exclusive | Mary Reid Kelley: “You Make Me Iliad”

by Claudine Isé | Nov 16, 2012

Exclusive | Mary Reid Kelley: “You Make Me Iliad”

by Claudine Isé | Nov 16, 2012

Watch video artist and painter Mary Reid Kelley discuss her work “You Make Me Iliad” (2010), which attempts to reconstitute the experience of women living during the first World War.

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Exclusive | Robert Mangold: Town & Country

by Claudine Isé | Nov 5, 2012

Exclusive | Robert Mangold: Town & Country

by Claudine Isé | Nov 5, 2012

Our latest Exclusive video is now live! Click to watch Robert Mangold: Town & Country on Art21.org. Filmed at Robert Mangold’s upstate New York home and studio in 2011, …

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Exclusive | Rackstraw Downes: Some Painters

by Claudine Isé | Oct 19, 2012

Exclusive | Rackstraw Downes: Some Painters

by Claudine Isé | Oct 19, 2012

Watch Art21’s latest Exclusive video, where Rackstraw Downes describes why he views the work of some long-deceased painters to be relevant to his own contemporary practice.

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Exclusive | El Anatsui: Language & Symbols

by Claudine Isé | Oct 5, 2012

Exclusive | El Anatsui: Language & Symbols

by Claudine Isé | Oct 5, 2012

Our latest Exclusive video features El Anatsui discussing the role of language and symbols in his artwork.

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Exclusive | Lynda Benglis: India

by Claudine Isé | Sep 21, 2012

Exclusive | Lynda Benglis: India

by Claudine Isé | Sep 21, 2012

Watch Lynda Benglis give a tour of the family home of Anand Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India, a city she’s been visiting and working in for over 30 years.

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Exclusive | Catherine Opie: Cleveland Clinic

by Claudine Isé | Sep 10, 2012

Exclusive | Catherine Opie: Cleveland Clinic

by Claudine Isé | Sep 10, 2012

Catherine Opie describes her intentions behind the permanent installation “Somewhere in the Middle” (2011) at Hillcrest Hospital, a branch of Cleveland Clinic, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

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Exclusive | Sarah Sze: Improvisation

by Claudine Isé | Jul 27, 2012

Exclusive | Sarah Sze: Improvisation

by Claudine Isé | Jul 27, 2012

Watch Sarah Sze discuss the importance of improvisation and spontaneity during her installation process, in Art21’s latest Exclusive video.

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Exclusive | El Anatsui: Studio Process

by Claudine Isé | Jul 20, 2012

Exclusive | El Anatsui: Studio Process

by Claudine Isé | Jul 20, 2012

Watch our latest Exclusive video, where El Anatsui describes the collaborative and contemplative setting where his artworks are made.

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Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2012

Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2012

Art21’s latest Exclusive video: in one of his first on-camera interviews following his release from detention in 2011, Ai Weiwei discusses the potential for artists to express themselves online.

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Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

by Claudine Isé | Jun 22, 2012

Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

by Claudine Isé | Jun 22, 2012

Watch Nancy Spero (1926-2009) discuss how collaborations with other artists activated her work in our latest Exclusive video.

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Exclusive | Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling

by Claudine Isé | Jun 8, 2012

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling

by Claudine Isé | Jun 8, 2012

Our latest Exclusive video is now live! “Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling” features the artist discussing her emotional and creative journey while looking back on past installations.

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Exclusive | assume vivid astro focus: Masks

by Claudine Isé | May 31, 2012

Exclusive | assume vivid astro focus: Masks

by Claudine Isé | May 31, 2012

In our latest Exclusive video, Eli Sudbrack of assume vivid astro focus discusses the motivations behind the collective’s use of masks during public events and installations.

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Exclusive | Glenn Ligon: Installing “Warm Broad Glow II”

by Claudine Isé | May 18, 2012

Exclusive | Glenn Ligon: Installing “Warm Broad Glow II”

by Claudine Isé | May 18, 2012

Art21’s latest Exclusive video is now live! Watch “Glenn Ligon: Installing ‘Warm Broad Glow II'” on Art21.org.

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Exclusive | Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion

by Claudine Isé | May 11, 2012

Exclusive | Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion

by Claudine Isé | May 11, 2012

Art21’s latest Exclusive video, “Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion” is now live!

Teaching with Contemporary Art

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Ambiguity and Teaching with the Photography Robert Adams

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 11, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Ambiguity and Teaching with the Photography Robert Adams

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 11, 2012

Teaching with and sharing Robert Adams’ photography with students can allow for a broader understanding of what makes a great picture.

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Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Exclusive | William Kentridge: Meaning

by Claudine Isé | Mar 30, 2012

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Exclusive | William Kentridge: Meaning

by Claudine Isé | Mar 30, 2012

In our latest Exclusive video, William Kentridge discusses how the physical activities of cutting, tearing and collaging generate ideas and infuse his work with meaning.

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Exclusive | Paul McCarthy: Chaos & Debauchery

by Claudine Isé | Mar 16, 2012

Exclusive | Paul McCarthy: Chaos & Debauchery

by Claudine Isé | Mar 16, 2012

In Art21’s latest Exclusive video, two of Paul McCarthy’s longtime assistants describe the process of sculpting, molding, and fabricating the artist’s large-scale works.

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Exclusive | Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt (1992)

by Claudine Isé | Mar 2, 2012

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt (1992)

by Claudine Isé | Mar 2, 2012

In Art21’s latest Exclusive video, Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard discuss what they learned from one another while collaborating on the 1992 work “Zygmunt.”

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Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

by Claudine Isé | Feb 17, 2012

Exclusive | Lari Pittman: Audience

by Claudine Isé | Feb 17, 2012

Our latest web-only Exclusive features Lari Pittman on the role that spontaneity plays in the construction of his paintings.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE | “Black Artists”

by Claudine Isé | Feb 3, 2012

Yinka Shonibare MBE | “Black Artists”

by Claudine Isé | Feb 3, 2012

Our latest Exclusive video features Yinka Shonibare MBE on his motivation and strategies for getting his work into the art system.

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Ursula von Rydingsvard | “Becoming an Artist”

by Claudine Isé | Jan 20, 2012

Ursula von Rydingsvard | “Becoming an Artist”

by Claudine Isé | Jan 20, 2012

Our latest, web-only Exclusive video features Ursula von Rydingsvard discussing her family’s early struggles after WWII and its influence on her studio practice today.

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Laurie Simmons: Actress Meryl Streep

by Claudine Isé | Jan 6, 2012

Laurie Simmons: Actress Meryl Streep

by Claudine Isé | Jan 6, 2012

Our latest “Exclusive” video short has just gone live! Watch photographer Laurie Simmons as she directs scenes for her 2007 film, which starred Meryl Streep.

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An-My Lê’s “Trap Rock”

by Claudine Isé | Dec 16, 2011

Art21’s latest Exclusive video features previously unreleased footage of artist An-My Lê photographing a basalt quarry along the Hudson River.

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SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #143: Commissioned by French Vogue to create a fashion editorial featuring clothes from the Spanish design house Balenciaga, artist …

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Using Art21 Video Exclusives

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 15, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Extended Play

Using Art21 Video Exclusives

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 15, 2011

If you follow the Art21 blog and work with Art21 materials you know full well there are plenty of opportunities to see and share a huge variety of video about …