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This Week in Art: 3.28-4.3

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 28, 2016

This Week in Art: 3.28-4.3

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 28, 2016

This week we take a look at news exclusively about ART21 artists—the projects they’re working on, where their work is on view, and what’s being said by and about them.

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Desire for Tactility

by Ian Forster | Mar 25, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Sarah Sze’s Desire for Tactility

by Ian Forster | Mar 25, 2016

Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Sarah Sze expressing her desire to have a tactile relationship with materials in a world saturated with digital imagery.

Staff Pick

Staff Picks: March 2016

by Art21 | Mar 21, 2016

Staff Pick

Staff Picks: March 2016

by Art21 | Mar 21, 2016

A selection of films, exhibitions, and public artworks personally recommended by members of the ART21 staff.

This Week in Art: 3.21-3.27

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 21, 2016

This Week in Art: 3.21-3.27

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 21, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including an increase in women represented at Art Dubai, and upcoming exhibitions in NYC and around the world.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Don Ball

by Pauline Noyes | Mar 21, 2016

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Don Ball

by Pauline Noyes | Mar 21, 2016

An interview with Art21 Educator Don Ball, on how the integration of Art21 films in his classroom has expanded and transformed his teaching practice.

Kerri Schlottman-Bright Appointed Deputy Director of ART21

by Art21 | Mar 18, 2016

Kerri Schlottman-Bright Appointed Deputy Director of ART21

by Art21 | Mar 18, 2016

ART21’s Executive Director Tina Kukielski today announced the appointment of Kerri Schlottman-Bright as Deputy Director of the nonprofit contemporary art organization. Schlottman-Bright has served the New York arts community for …

This Week in Art: 3.14-3.20

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 14, 2016

This Week in Art: 3.14-3.20

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 14, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including a new report on the stalling art market and the opening of the Met Breuer.

This Week in Art: 3.7-3.13

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 7, 2016

This Week in Art: 3.7-3.13

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 7, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including the rebuilding of Palmyra and castles drawn on grains of sand.

Art21 Extended Play

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Self-Constructing Identity

by Ian Forster | Mar 4, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Self-Constructing Identity

by Ian Forster | Mar 4, 2016

In today’s ART21 Exclusive, Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas discusses his personal and artistic relationship to the concept of autoconstrucción.

Art21 New York Close Up

Marela Zacarías’s Great Expectations

by Nick Ravich | Mar 2, 2016

Art21 New York Close Up

Marela Zacarías’s Great Expectations

by Nick Ravich | Mar 2, 2016

Artist Marela Zacarías completes a large-scale project while anticipating the arrival of her first child in a new film from the ART21 “New York Close Up” series.

This Week in Art: 2.29-3.6

by Lindsey Davis | Feb 29, 2016

This Week in Art: 2.29-3.6

by Lindsey Davis | Feb 29, 2016

A look at this week’s art news, including the upcoming Armory Show and Google’s first gallery show.

Creative Chemistries Turns One with a New Website!

by Art21 | Feb 29, 2016

Creative Chemistries Turns One with a New Website!

by Art21 | Feb 29, 2016

One year ago, 175 artists, students, educators, and arts administrators gathered at the Park Avenue Armory here in Manhattan for the inaugural edition of Creative Chemistries, a forum and experimental …

Hello world: A letter from ART21’s new director

by Tina Kukielski | Feb 24, 2016

Hello world: A letter from ART21’s new director

by Tina Kukielski | Feb 24, 2016

While my friends and colleagues were spending their winter breaks getting some R&R on sandy beaches in the Caribbean, I was happily watching some of ART21’s more than three hundred …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren

by Ian Forster | Feb 12, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren

by Ian Forster | Feb 12, 2016

“I’m trying to understand this relationship of abstraction and the body.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Josiah McElheny exploring the relationship between abstraction and the body as he …

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Interrupts “Continuity”

by Ian Forster | Jan 29, 2016

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Interrupts “Continuity”

by Ian Forster | Jan 29, 2016

“Those moments are magical in film—when we have a pure linear motion that approaches something and reveals it—but I’m interested in the stuff that gets in the way.” — Omer …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.25.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 25, 2016

The Walker Curates the News: 01.25.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 25, 2016

Examining nudity “in the real world,” performance artist Deborah de Robertis recreated the nude in Edouard Manet’s Olympia in front of the work itself. In a telling parallel with the painting whose nude …

Introducing ART21 Educators: Year 6

by Art21 | Jan 19, 2016

Introducing ART21 Educators: Year 6

by Art21 | Jan 19, 2016

Today ART21 is opening applications to Year 6 of our year-long professional development initiative, ART21 Educators. The program is designed to support K-12 educators interested in bringing contemporary art, artists …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.18.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 18, 2016

The Walker Curates the News: 01.18.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 18, 2016

A recent study has determined that most well-known British artists come from a middle-class background. Critic Ben Davis suggests the same might be the case in the rest of the art …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.11.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 11, 2016

The Walker Curates the News: 01.11.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 11, 2016

“The public nature of a text-based work will always play with the idea of an official sign, or an advertisement, although the product being sold, or the office behind the …

The Walker Curates the News: 01.04.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 4, 2016

The Walker Curates the News: 01.04.16

by Walker Art Center | Jan 4, 2016

Twenty-nine Washington Color School paintings hang in the CIA’s headquarters, but details about them are mysteriously confidential. Despite extensive bureaucratic roadblocks, a lack of images of individuals works, and very …

ART21 Magazine’s Year in Art

by Art21 | Dec 23, 2015

ART21 Magazine’s Year in Art

by Art21 | Dec 23, 2015

Our top articles The best performing posts on ART21 Magazine, determined by the number of views. “The Happy Artist” by Eve Peyser | Sep 8, 2015           Eve shares her steps …

The Walker Curates the News: 12. 21.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 21, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 12. 21.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 21, 2015

With other activists, Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina plans to open a museum in Montenegro. The mantra “for women, by women, about women” will guide the museum’s every move, including the hiring of administrators, …

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Distills Broadcasted Anxiety

by Ian Forster | Dec 18, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Omer Fast Distills Broadcasted Anxiety

by Ian Forster | Dec 18, 2015

“What have we done to deserve this? What could we have done to prevent it from happening? What can we learn?” — CNN Concatenated (2002) Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Omer Fast …

The Walker Curates the News: 12.14.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 14, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 12.14.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 14, 2015

“The work that I do is an invitation to co-produce the future.” Artist-engineer Natalie Jeremijenko is creating nature-oriented, scalable projects: the Farmacy urban-agriculture initiative, “tree offices,” and pencils made from–and …

Art21 New York Close Up

Jaimie Warren Is A Total Character

by Nick Ravich | Dec 14, 2015

Art21 New York Close Up

Jaimie Warren Is A Total Character

by Nick Ravich | Dec 14, 2015

In a new “New York Close Up” film, artist Jaimie Warren as recreates a wild array of pop culture characters for her photographic and video work.

The Walker Curates the News: 12.07.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 7, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 12.07.15

by Walker Art Center | Dec 7, 2015

Among Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers are 21 artists “bound by the belief that art serves a higher purpose,” including Cuban artists Tania Bruguera and María Magdalena Campos-Pons, playwright Suzan-Lori …

The Walker Curates the News: 11.30.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 30, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 11.30.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 30, 2015

“It was an attempt to humiliate and ostracize me.” California-born, Brooklyn-based artist Kameelah Rasheed was questioned by the FBI and ultimately removed from a Lufthansa flight to Turkey the day …

The Walker Curates the News: 11.23.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 23, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 11.23.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 23, 2015

A year after its debut at the Walker, Ralph Lemon’s Scaffold Room sees a short run at the Kitchen this week. New elements have been added since then, but the project is …

The Walker Curates the News: 11.16.2015

by Walker Art Center | Nov 16, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 11.16.2015

by Walker Art Center | Nov 16, 2015

For her contribution to Wonder, the inaugural exhibition of the Smithsonian’s newly renovated Renwick Gallery, Maya Lin has created a likeness of the Chesapeake Bay based on NASA satellite imagery …

Art21 New York Close Up

Louise Despont According to the Universe

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2015

Art21 New York Close Up

Louise Despont According to the Universe

by Wesley Miller | Nov 13, 2015

In a new “New York Close Up” film, artist Louise Despont peruses a vast reference library of collected images in her Tribeca studio.

The Walker Curates the News 11.09.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 9, 2015

The Walker Curates the News 11.09.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 9, 2015

“Art is not neutral.” Tania Canas, arts director of RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees ), raises questions around the ethics of artists using refugees in their  projects. In this 10-point …

Art21 Extended Play

Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs

by Ian Forster | Nov 6, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs

by Ian Forster | Nov 6, 2015

“Politics are already implied when I’m working in Mexico. I don’t have to say ‘Look, what injustice!’ because it would be sensationalized.” — Graciela Iturbide Artist Graciela Iturbide discusses her personal and …

The Walker Curates the News: 11.02.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 2, 2015

The Walker Curates the News: 11.02.15

by Walker Art Center | Nov 2, 2015

“Her gift was to express these really profound things with a kind of playfulness. That was Corita. There was an irony, what we might call a ludic element in her …

The Walker Curates the News 10.26.15

by Walker Art Center | Oct 26, 2015

The Walker Curates the News 10.26.15

by Walker Art Center | Oct 26, 2015

“Everything is awesome!” Or so goes The Lego Movie’s slogan, but Ai Weiwei is finding that’s not quite the case. In September, the Chinese artist was told that the toy …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting

by Ian Forster | Oct 23, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting

by Ian Forster | Oct 23, 2015

“Abstraction – in its potential hopefulness for imagining a different world or imagining a world that’s not absolutely apparent – can tie us together.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features …