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On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Julie Mehretu & the Problem of Shooting Big

by Nick Ravich | Jan 8, 2010

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Julie Mehretu & the Problem of Shooting Big

by Nick Ravich | Jan 8, 2010

In our new column, On Location, Art21 Director of Production Nick Ravich breaks his silence and gives you the scoop on Art21’s production comings and goings including, among other things, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

This week Art21 artists illustrate NASA’s history, depict child’s play, map the Black Atlantic, render galaxies in glass, leave their mark on the last decade, and reflect on our future: …

New guest blogger: Joel Holmberg

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 4, 2010

New guest blogger: Joel Holmberg

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 4, 2010

Thanks to Nova Benway for her series of posts on artists employing earnestness in their work. Up next is Joel Holmberg. Joel (b. 1982, Maryland, USA) creates artwork with computers and …
Georgia Kotresos

Art21 Guest Blog Year 2

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 29, 2009

Art21 Guest Blog Year 2

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 29, 2009

This being the last week of 2009, it is time for our annual year in review. 2 weeks ago, we gave you a sneak preview with a guide to our …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 29, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 29, 2009

The new year and decade are right around the corner and art spaces are gearing up for their first shows of 2010. This week’s roundup lists new and upcoming exhibitions …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

This week in Art21 artist news we have two tapestry makers, a silk archway, the master of Cremaster, an artist who likes to do laundry, a magical sound installation, environmental issues, creative …

New guest blogger: Nova Benway

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 21, 2009

New guest blogger: Nova Benway

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 21, 2009

Thanks for Kelly Rakowski for digging in archives from the world over to find unusual patterns in everyday life. Read future posts back on her own blog, Nothing is New, …

Art21 Extended Play

Cindy Sherman | Mannequins & Masks

by Wesley Miller | Dec 18, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Cindy Sherman | Mannequins & Masks

by Wesley Miller | Dec 18, 2009

Surveying some of the props she’s used over the years, including masks and mannequin parts, artist Cindy Sherman demonstrates how she uses stand-ins to gauge the focus and composition of …

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 2

by Wesley Miller | Dec 15, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 “Exclusive” Video, Year 2

by Wesley Miller | Dec 15, 2009

What a year it’s been! We’re taking a look back at the 42 Exclusive videos that premiered here on the Art21 Blog, and subsequently on YouTube and iTunes. We hope …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 14, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 14, 2009

Making this week’s roundup are an upside down glass house, a floral puppy, fused bicycles and an empty white shoe box, a TV-inspired installation, two exhibitions focusing on American society, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Dec 12, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Dec 12, 2009

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE — Doris Salcedo | Third World Identity New Guest Blogger: Kelly Rakowski, a graphic designer and Head of the Book Department at Todd Oldham Studio. Check out this …

Art21 Extended Play

Doris Salcedo | Third World Identity

by Wesley Miller | Dec 11, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Doris Salcedo | Third World Identity

by Wesley Miller | Dec 11, 2009

In her Bogotá studio, artist Doris Salcedo discusses the stereotypes she faces as a citizen of a Third World country and how she embraces these first-hand experiences of discrimination to …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 7, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 7, 2009

In this week’s roundup of Art21 artist news you’ll read about a forty-million dollar art collection in Las Vegas, a major exhibition of work by Korean and Korean American artists, …

New guest blogger: Kelly Rakowski

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2009

New guest blogger: Kelly Rakowski

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2009

Thanks to Nicole Sansone for her engaging and inventive series of posts exploring the difference between systems and networks. Up next is graphic designer Kelly Rakowski. As Head of the …

Art21 Extended Play

Kimsooja | “A Beggar Woman” & “A Homeless Woman”

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Kimsooja | “A Beggar Woman” & “A Homeless Woman”

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Artist Kimsooja reflects on her series of videotaped performances — A Beggar Woman and A Homeless Woman (both 2000-01) — realized in cities …

Art21 Extended Play

Yinka Shonibare MBE | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Dec 1, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Yinka Shonibare MBE | Being an Artist

by Wesley Miller | Dec 1, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS In his London studio, artist Yinka Shonibare MBE reflects on what it means for him to be an artist, how he views his …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

In this week’s roundup, Art21 artists play with fire, sign new books, design stained glass, collage basketballs, create new films, and pop up in Miami Beach exhibitions: Carl Solway Gallery …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

From the west to the east coast and over to Taiwan, Art21 artists are involved in a number of new and large-scale exhibitions: Works by Barry McGee (Season 1) and …

New guest blogger: Nicole Sansone

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 23, 2009

New guest blogger: Nicole Sansone

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 23, 2009

Thanks to Maria Stenina for her fabulous posts. Up next is Nicole Sansone, an arts writer and yoga instructor based outside of New York City. She is a contributor for …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Nov 21, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Nov 21, 2009

It’s a cage that went in search of a bird…Sreshta Rit Premnath explores the ocean as a territory that lies outside the realm of governmentality. Nicole rounds them up! From …

Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | “Piccadilly Circus”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Paul McCarthy | “Piccadilly Circus”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Artist Paul McCarthy describes the improvisational process and performances behind the video work Piccadilly Circus (2003). Filmed at an unoccupied London bank before …

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-6wMlaVTc] In my last post as your guest blogger, I want to indulge a bit and quickly acknowledge my un-quenchable lust for the artist’s book. No, I don’t mean the …

The Real Story: Laurie Simmons Interviews Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins

by Marc Mayer | Nov 19, 2009

The Real Story: Laurie Simmons Interviews Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins

by Marc Mayer | Nov 19, 2009

Season 4 artist Laurie Simmons recently sat down with Art21’s Executive Director Susan Sollins to uncover the story of how Art21 began and the experience of filming 86 of today’s …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

International Design Conservation: A Discussion with Tim Bechthold

by Richard McCoy | Nov 18, 2009

IMA art conservator Richard McCoy talks with Die Neue Sammlung conservator Tim Bechthold about conserving design arts.

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | “Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

John Baldessari | “Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads”

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS During the installation of his exhibition Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads (2009) at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York, artist John Baldessari discusses his …

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Hello Art:21 interweb world! I hope to do you justice with my musings and bits and pieces of contemporary art knick-knacks. I think as an artist and designer working today, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Where in the world are Art21 artists? In Germany — where the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today — a new suite of paintings by Season 5 artist Julie …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Nov 8, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Nov 8, 2009

Water, water, everywhere! Ever-changing and ever-constant, see a glimpse into Roni Horn’s vast exploration of this traveling landscape in this weeks Art:21 Video Exclusive. Her art was suffused with [a] …

Art21 Extended Play

Roni Horn | Water

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Roni Horn | Water

by Wesley Miller | Nov 6, 2009

Artist Roni Horn discusses the paradoxical identity and dependency of water, paired with scenes of Icelandic landscapes. Water and Iceland serve as both subjects and metaphors in the artist’s work, …

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

The Art21 Guide to PERFORMA 09

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

If you’re lucky enough to be in New York City during Performa 09 this month, there are a number of events featuring Art21 artists that are not to be missed! …

Ask Art21 a Question

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 4, 2009

Ask Art21 a Question

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 4, 2009

Filming Mary Heilmann in Bridgehampton, NY, 2008. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2009. © Art21, Inc. 2009. Why are there only 4 episodes a season, and 1 season …

Flash Points

New Flash Points Editor, Rachel Craft

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 2, 2009

Flash Points

New Flash Points Editor, Rachel Craft

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 2, 2009

Art21 is pleased to introduce our new Flash Points editor, Rachel Craft. Rachel is the Communications and Web Manager for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.  In addition to managing …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

White Snow, a solo exhibition of work by Season 5 artist Paul McCarthy, opens at Hauser & Wirth, New York on November 5. The gallery will debut pieces from a …

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons | Versailles

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jeff Koons | Versailles

by Jonathan Munar | Oct 30, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: From his studio in New York City, Jeff Koons discusses his 2008 exhibition at the Château de Versailles in France. Koons explores …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside The Artist’s Studio: Joulia Strauss

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 30, 2009

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside The Artist’s Studio: Joulia Strauss

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 30, 2009

It would be an oversimplification to introduce Joulia Strauss to you as a Russian visual artist who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Joulia is a Mari, from the Mari …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) will host a talk with Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie and brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner (of indie rock band The National) on Saturday, …