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Bruce Nauman. Partial installation view of "One Hundred Fish Fountain," 2005. Courtesy the artist and Donald Young Gallery.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Bruce Nauman, Andrea Zittell, Kerry James Marshall and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | El Anatsui: Studio Process

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | El Anatsui: Studio Process

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

Kara Walker. Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta. Courtesy of Kara Walker and the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has the latest news on Kara Walker, Cindy Sherman, Robert Adams and many other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | “David Brooks Tears the Roof Off”

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | “David Brooks Tears the Roof Off”

Watch artist David Brooks and a team of fabricators construct “Desert Rooftops” (2011–12), an Art Production Fund commission for the last undeveloped lot in Manhattan’s Times Square neighborhood.

Credit: William Kentridge. Pages from notebooks for The Refusal of Time (2012). Image courtesy the artist and Hatje Cantz.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on William Kentridge, John Baldessari, Cindy Sherman and many other artists featured in Art21 films and programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication

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.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dennis Greenwell and Salem Robert Limpert

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dennis Greenwell and Salem Robert Limpert

Art21 Educators introduces Dennis Greenwell, a high school art teacher in Murfreesboro, TN, and Salem Robert Limpert, a language arts/English literature teacher in Smyrna, TN.

Julie Mehretu. "Untitled," 2012. Courtesy the artist and Salon 94.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s Roundup has the latest news on Julie Mehretu, Janine Antoni, Mark Bradford and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | “Liz Magic Laser Feeeeeeeeeeeeels Your Pain”

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | “Liz Magic Laser Feeeeeeeeeeeeels Your Pain”

Our latest New York Close Up is now live! Watch Liz Magic Laser direct the premiere of “I Feel Your Pain” at the SVA Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan.

Alfredo Jaar. An Aesthetics of Resistance, 1992. Image courtesy the artist and Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has the latest news on Alfredo Jaar, Jeff Koons, Martha Colburn, and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

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

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen

In our latest installment of Year Four Art21 Educators Introductions, meet Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen, who teach in Brooklyn, NY and Seattle, Washington, respectively.

Marina Abramović. The Artist Is Present (2012). Courtesy Show of Force LLC and Mudpuppy Flims Inc. Photo by Marco Anelli © 2010.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Marina Abramović, Barry McGee, Fred Wilson and other Art21 artists.

Art21 New York Close Up

Eddie Martinez Is Ready For His New York Close Up

Art21 New York Close Up

Eddie Martinez Is Ready For His New York Close Up

Hot off the Mac Pro tower (well, hot off the Mac Pro tower yesterday), our latest film: “Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works.” I have to admit–shooting the material that …

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works

Watch as Eddie Martinez starts a new, seven-by-ten foot canvas, advancing on and retreating from the composition in a process he likens to boxing.

avaf + art21 comboworks: A Collaboration with assume vivid astro focus, Art21, and You

avaf + art21 comboworks: A Collaboration with assume vivid astro focus, Art21, and You

Introducing a new interactive and collaborative online artist project with artist collective, assume vivid astro focus.

Doris Salcedo. A Flor de Piel 2011 - 2012. Image courtesy the artist and White Cube

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Doris Salcedo, Do Ho Suh, Paul McCarthy and other artists featured in Art21’s programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Judy Pfaff: Making & Feeling

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.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza

Year Four Art21 Educators | Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza

This week in our Year Four Art21 Educator series, we profile Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza, who teach at the Aaron School in New York City.

Jessica Stockholder. Color Jam at State & Adams (2012). Image courtesy avoision.com.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s Roundup has news on Jessica Stockholder, Pepón Osorio, Richard Tuttle, and other artists featured in Art21’s programs.

Art21 New York Close Up

Double Premiere Friday! Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler cast all shapes & sizes

Art21 New York Close Up

Double Premiere Friday! Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler cast all shapes & sizes

As promised this Friday’s release is a double premiere—it’s the first film featuring one of New York Close Up’s eight new artists as well as the first film featuring artist …

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler Wanna Make You Sweat

Art21 New York Close Up

NYCU | Mika Rottenberg & Jon Kessler Wanna Make You Sweat

Our latest New York Close Up is now live! Watch Mika Rottenberg discuss SEVEN, her 2011 performance collaboration with Jon Kessler commissioned for the Performa biennial.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | assume vivid astro focus: Masks

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | assume vivid astro focus: Masks

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.

Art21 New York Close Up

Watch Our Trailer: Eight New Artists To Be Featured in New York Close Up!

Art21 New York Close Up

Watch Our Trailer: Eight New Artists To Be Featured in New York Close Up!

Watch the new trailer previewing the eight new artists to be featured in New York Close Up!

Kiki Smith. Chorus at The Last Lot. Photo courtesy Billy Farrell Agency/bfanyc.com.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This Memorial Day Weekly Roundup includes news on Kiki Smith, John Baldessari, and other artists featured in Art21’s television and online programs.

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles | In Search of Eve Babitz

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles | In Search of Eve Babitz

Eve Babitz is more than just the nude woman famously photographed playing chess with Duchamp; she is an influential writer whose books are now much-coveted items.

Year Four Art21 Educators: Don Ball and Tricia Fitzpatrick

Year Four Art21 Educators: Don Ball and Tricia Fitzpatrick

In the second installment of Art21 Educators introductions, we bring you Tricia Fitzpatrick and Don Ball, our first participants from Canada!

Arturo Herrera. Detail from Chicago (2012). ©Arturo Herrera, courtesy Corbett vs. Dempsey.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has the latest news on Arturo Herrera, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 Extended Play

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

Art21 Extended Play

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

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

Announcing the New Teachers for Year Four of Art21 Educators

Announcing the New Teachers for Year Four of Art21 Educators

We’re pleased to introduce our new cohort of Art21 Educators! Today, meet Shannah Burton and Linda Churchwell-Vega of the New City School in St. Louis, MO.

Martin Puryear. Night Watch (2012). Courtesy of the artist and McKee Gallery, New York

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Kiki Smith and other artists featured on Art21 programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion

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

Ai Weiwei on Skype for the Richard. J. Massey Award for Arts and Humanity, at the White Box Spring Benefit 2012. Photo by Chris Reed.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup contains the latest news on Ai Weiwei, Barry McGee, Catherine Sullivan and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

The Art21 Telethon Is This Sunday, May 6!

The Art21 Telethon Is This Sunday, May 6!

Come to the Art21 Telethon this Sunday, May 6 at Algus Greenspon Gallery in NYC!

Maya Lin, Dew Point 18 (detail), 2007, blown glass; © Maya Lin Studio, Inc., courtesy The Pace Gallery; Photo courtesy The Pace Gallery.

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

This week’s roundup has news on Maya Lin, Alfredo Jaar, Pepón Osorio and many other artists featured on Art21 programs.

A Few Of Our Favorite Artists Are Throwing Us A Telethon!!

A Few Of Our Favorite Artists Are Throwing Us A Telethon!!

Join us for an Art21 Telethon on May 6th, 3-11pm, at Algus Greenspon Gallery in NYC for musical acts, animal talents, interviews and more!