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On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement

by Todd Elkin | Nov 25, 2016

Art21 Educator Todd Elkin discusses his students’ reactions to the 2016 presidential election, and how Art21 artists can serve as a model for constructive social engagement.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom

by Jeannine Bardo | Nov 22, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom

by Jeannine Bardo | Nov 22, 2016

Art21 Educator Jeannine Bardo shares how using Art21 films and resources in the classroom has expanded her teaching practice.

This Week in Art: 11.21-11.27

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 21, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including a new designs from James Turrell, and events and exhibitions everywhere from New York to Washington State.

This Week in Art: 11.14-11.20

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 14, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including a new book on Kara Walker, and events and exhibitions everywhere from New Zealand to Dubai.

This Week in Art: 11.7-11.13

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 7, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including Theaster Gates’ latest projects in Chicago, and events and exhibitions everywhere from Chicago to Sydney.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jack Watson

by Art21 | Nov 4, 2016

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jack Watson

by Art21 | Nov 4, 2016

An interview with Art21 Educator Jack Watson on how incorporating contemporary art practices in his classroom has expanded and informed his teaching.

Art21 New York Close Up

SCREENING 11.2.16 | Big Apple Film Festival

by Art21 | Oct 31, 2016

SCREENING 11.2.16 | Big Apple Film Festival

by Art21 | Oct 31, 2016

The “New York Close Up” film “Bryan Zanisnik & Eric Winkler’s Animated Conversation” is screening in New York on Wednesday as part of this year’s Big Apple Film Festival.

Season 8 Screening Society: November 2016

by Lindsey Davis | Oct 31, 2016

Season 8 Screening Society: November 2016

by Lindsey Davis | Oct 31, 2016

Event details for 80+ November screenings of Season 8, happening throughout the U.S. and around the world as part of the ART21 Screening Society.

This Week in Art: 10.31-11.6

by Lindsey Davis | Oct 31, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including the final week of Pedro Reyes’ “Doomocracy,” and events and exhibitions everywhere from Australia to Iceland.

Art21 Artist to Artist

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon

by Ian Forster | Oct 28, 2016

In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.

Staff Pick

Staff Picks: October 2016

by Art21 | Oct 27, 2016

The Art21 staff shares their favorite exhibitions on view now in New York City.

This Week in Art: 10.24-10.30

by Kelly Olshan | Oct 24, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including Mark Bradford’s new logo for the ICA LA, and events and exhibitions everywhere from Paris to Los Angeles.

Art21 Extended Play

Diana Thater’s Animal Activism

by Ian Forster | Oct 21, 2016

Diana Thater’s Animal Activism

by Ian Forster | Oct 21, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive” episode, Diana Thater discusses her interest in improving the lives of both humans and animals through art and activism.

Performance Playground: Whoop Dee Doo at the ART21 Educators Institute

by May Cohan | Oct 20, 2016

Performance Playground: Whoop Dee Doo at the ART21 Educators Institute

by May Cohan | Oct 20, 2016

ART21 Summer Intern May Cohan shares her experience with Whoop Dee Doo and the artist duo’s workshop/performance at the ART21 Educators’ Institute.

This Week in Art: 10.17-10.23

by Lindsey Davis | Oct 17, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including Doris Saledeco’s installation in Bogotá, and events and exhibitions everywhere from London to D.C.

Filmmaking and Todo lo demás: An Interview with Natalia Almada

by Art21 | Oct 14, 2016

Filmmaking and Todo lo demás: An Interview with Natalia Almada

by Art21 | Oct 14, 2016

Season 8 artist Natalia Almada discusses filmmaking as a woman in Mexico and her latest project “Todo lo demás,” with “Mexico City” director Deborah Dickson in a new interview.

PANEL 10.14.16 | Art Institute of Chicago

by Art21 | Oct 12, 2016

PANEL 10.14.16 | Art Institute of Chicago

by Art21 | Oct 12, 2016

Season 8’s Chris Ware will sit down with ART21 executive director Tina Kukielski, artist Gary Panter, and literary scholar Hillary Chute for a panel discussion at the Art Institute of Chicago on Friday.

This Week in Art: 10.10-10.16

by Kelly Olshan | Oct 10, 2016

This Week in Art: 10.10-10.16

by Kelly Olshan | Oct 10, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including Natalia Almada’s film premiere at the New York Film Festival, and events and exhibitions everywhere from Bremen to Belgium.

Art21 Extended Play

Nick Cave’s Thick Skin

by Ian Forster | Oct 7, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Nick Cave’s Thick Skin

by Ian Forster | Oct 7, 2016

In a new ART21 “Exclusive,” Nick Cave discusses the experiences that force him to confront his identity as a black man—including being racially profiled by police—and how they fuel his impulse to create.

SCREENING 10.8.16 | Artecinema

by Art21 | Oct 7, 2016

SCREENING 10.8.16 | Artecinema

by Art21 | Oct 7, 2016

Damián Ortega and Jeff Wall’s segments in “Art in the Twenty-First Century” Season 8 are screening in Naples, Italy this Saturday as part of Artecinema, an international film festival of contemporary art documentaries.

SCREENING 10.8.16 | New Urbanism Film Festival

by Art21 | Oct 6, 2016

SCREENING 10.8.16 | New Urbanism Film Festival

by Art21 | Oct 6, 2016

The “New York Close Up” film “Caroline Woolard Flips the Real Estate Script” is screening in Los Angeles this Saturday as part of this year’s New Urbanism Film Festival.