Film & Video

Spotlight on Paradox: Allora & Calzadilla

Spotlight on Paradox: Allora & Calzadilla

Jennifer Allora was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1974. Guillermo Calzadilla was born in 1972 in Havana, Cuba. Allora received a BA from the University of Richmond in Virginia (1996) …

Spotlight on Paradox: Mark Bradford

Spotlight on Paradox: Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961. He received a BFA (1995) and MFA (1997) from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. Bradford transforms materials …

Spotlight on Ecology: Ursula von Rydingsvard

Spotlight on Ecology: Ursula von Rydingsvard

Ursula von Rydingsvard was born in Deensen, Germany in 1942. She received a BA and an MA from the University of Miami, Coral Gables (1965), an MFA from Columbia University …

Spotlight on Ecology: Mark Dion

Spotlight on Ecology: Mark Dion

Mark Dion was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1961. He received a BFA (1986) and an honorary doctorate (2003) from the University of Hartford School of Art, Connecticut. Dion’s …

Spotlight on Ecology: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Spotlight on Ecology: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle was born in Madrid, Spain in 1961, and was raised in Bogotá, Colombia and Chicago, Illinois. He earned a BA in art and art history, and a BA …

Spotlight on Ecology: Robert Adams

Spotlight on Ecology: Robert Adams

Robert Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1937. His refined black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West of the past four decades, revealing the impact of human …

Spotlight on Protest: Nancy Spero

Spotlight on Protest: Nancy Spero

Nancy Spero was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1926. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1949), and honorary doctorates from the School of …

Spotlight on Protest: Alfredo Jaar

Spotlight on Protest: Alfredo Jaar

Alfredo Jaar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1956. He estudied at the Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago (1979) and Universidad de Chile, Santiago (1981). In installations, photographs, film, and …

Spotlight on Protest: An-My Lê

Spotlight on Protest: An-My Lê

This is the first in a series of spotlights on Season 4 artists published the week of their broadcast episode. Episode 2: Protest premieres this Sunday at 10pm on PBS …

Art21 Access ‘07 in New York: Paradox at El Museo Tonight!

Art21 Access ‘07 in New York: Paradox at El Museo Tonight!

El Museo del Barrio Thursday, October 11, 6:30 p.m. Screening of Episode 4: Paradox Heckscher Building, 1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street, Manhattan Free. For advance registration email [email protected] Join …

Art21 Access ’07 in New York: Judy Pfaff at SculptureCenter Tonight!

Art21 Access ’07 in New York: Judy Pfaff at SculptureCenter Tonight!

Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 p.m. Art21 Presents: Romance at SculptureCenter Featuring Judy Pfaff in Discussion with Mary CerutiSculptureCenter 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, Queens Free. No reservations required https://www.sculpture-center.org …

Art:21 Preview – Catherine Sullivan

Art:21 Preview – Catherine Sullivan

From the forthcoming Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4. Premieres on PBS Sunday, November 18, 2007, at 10:00 p.m. ET. (Check your local PBS station for details) Catherine Sullivan‘s …

Also opening in LA tonight: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects

Also opening in LA tonight: Lari Pittman at Regen Projects

Tonight, Regen Projects in Los Angeles unveils an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Season 4 artist Lari Pittman. This show presents seven large-scale paintings, three mid-size …

Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 Trailer

Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 Trailer

Check out the new trailer for Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4, courtesy of our YouTube site. Season 4 premieres October 28 at 10 p.m. (ET) on PBS. Check …

The Return of Laurie Anderson’s Big Science

The Return of Laurie Anderson’s Big Science

Laurie Anderson‚Äôs landmark debut album from 1981, Big Science, gets a second life courtesy of the new 25th-anniversary reissue from Nonesuch Records. Along with a remastered version of Anderson‚Äôs chart …

Josiah McElheny at Donald Young Gallery in Chicago

Josiah McElheny at Donald Young Gallery in Chicago

Through August 17, 2007, Donald Young Gallery in Chicago presents a solo show by Season 3 featured artist Josiah McElheny. Cosmology, Design and Landscape‚ÄîPart Two features four new sculptures by …

Three Art21 Artists in Automatic Update exhibition at MoMA

Three Art21 Artists in Automatic Update exhibition at MoMA

MoMA‚Äôs new media exhibition, Automatic Update, features work by Art21 artists Laurie Anderson (Season 1), Paul Pfeiffer (Season 2), and Pierre Huyghe (Season 4). Laurie Anderson‚Äôs short film about cloning …

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s Phantom Truck at Documenta 12

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s Phantom Truck at Documenta 12

Season Four featured artist, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, has a new installation on view at Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany. Manglano-Ovalle, a MacArthur Fellow from 2001 through 2005, presents Phantom Truck, a …

Collier Schorr’s Cinderella Motel film on New York Times Magazine Web Site

Collier Schorr’s Cinderella Motel film on New York Times Magazine Web Site

Cinderella Motel, a new short film by Season Two featured artist Collier Schorr, is currently playing on the New York Times Magazine‚Äôs video channel. The film depicts a group of …

Video: Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses at MoMA

Video: Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses at MoMA

Video walkthrough of Richard Serra‚Äôs sculptures Torqued Torus Inversion (2006) and Sequence (2006), on display at MoMA as part of the exhibition Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years. The exhibition is …