Columns & Features
This Week in Art
Rob Pruitt’s “The Church,” Trevor Paglen’s Flag, and Joan Jonas’s Tate Modern Retrospective
This Week in Art
Rob Pruitt’s “The Church,” Trevor Paglen’s Flag, and Joan Jonas’s Tate Modern Retrospective
A look at this week’s art news, including “Rob Pruitt: The Church,” a solo exhibition and space for ongoing community engagement investigating the intersection of religion and public spaces.
This Week in Art
Yinka Shonibare’s Central Park Sculpture, “Word on the Street” in Times Square & LA’s Giant Neon Uterus
This Week in Art
Yinka Shonibare’s Central Park Sculpture, “Word on the Street” in Times Square & LA’s Giant Neon Uterus
A look at this week’s art news, including Yinka Shonibare’s new public installation, “Wind Sculpture (SG) I,” near the 59th Street entrance of Central Park.
This Week in Art
Doreen Garner at “Invisible Man Tattoo,” Diana Al-Hadid at Madison Square Park, & Tania Bruguera at Turbine Hall
This Week in Art
Doreen Garner at “Invisible Man Tattoo,” Diana Al-Hadid at Madison Square Park, & Tania Bruguera at Turbine Hall
A look at this week’s art news, including Doreen Garner’s tattoo project, “Invisible Man Tattoo,” Diana Al-Hadid’s upcoming public installation in Madison Square Park, and Tania Bruguera’s 2018 commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
Strategies & Resources
Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces
Strategies & Resources
Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces
Educator-in-Residence Nick Kozak details his unit on street art, in which students critically examine the anonymous artists creating work in their neighborhoods.
Strategies & Resources
Below the Surface: Creating Hope through Portraiture
Strategies & Resources
Below the Surface: Creating Hope through Portraiture
Educator-in-Residence Joseph Iacona’s students embark on a project of self-discovery, inspiring them to feel hopeful about themselves and their future while protecting their identities.
Letter from the Editor
Living in an Age of Empathy
Letter from the Editor
Living in an Age of Empathy
Curator Yvette Mutumba discusses how biased empathy can be problematic, but when understood as a means of inclusive human solidarity, empathy can lead to a greater understanding of the issues troubling the world today.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin reflects on the ways in which his classroom embodies the concept of “scenius,” in which creative inventions emerge from social contexts, as the students working near each other riff off one another’s strategies and ideas.
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology
The director of the Knight Foundation’s Technology Innovation program, Chris Barr, shares the details of a new collaborative initiative between its arts and technology teams.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin explains the origins of his experimental curriculum “Assessment as Dialogue,” which upends the traditional power dynamics in a classroom and asks students and teachers to collaborate on the most effective methods of learning.
Roundup
Art21 News Roundup: Julie Mehretu Recontextualizes the History of American Landscape Painting
Roundup
Art21 News Roundup: Julie Mehretu Recontextualizes the History of American Landscape Painting
In September, Art21 released the a new “Extended Play” film documenting Julie Mehretu’s monumental commission for the new SFMOMA.
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