Columns & Features
Gimme Shelter: Performance Now
Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1
Gimme Shelter: Performance Now
Gimme Shelter | Smash Your Idols: Clifford Owens at MoMA PS1
Perel considers the complex array of issues arising from the exhibition “Clifford Owens: Anthology” on view at MoMA PS1.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Following up on last week’s post, here are a few more shows that flew under the radar in 2011, including Dana Schutz at the Neuberger and Katharina Grosse at Mass MoCA.
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Centerfield | Against Nature: An Interview with Hernan Bas
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Centerfield | Against Nature: An Interview with Hernan Bas
The painter known for his lush, fanciful landscapes discusses the roles that literature, Romanticism and the theatrical play in his work.
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Sreshta Rit Premnath
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Sreshta Rit Premnath
Indian artist Premnath talks about the discourses of art, politics, and philosophy, and how they intersect—or don’t—in his works.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Some excellent shows from 2011 flew a little under the radar, even a few housed in major museums, and they had plenty to offer when it comes to inspiring students and teachers. Part 1 of 2.
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
No Preservatives | The Top Ten U.S. Online Contemporary Conservation Projects from 2011
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
No Preservatives | The Top Ten U.S. Online Contemporary Conservation Projects from 2011
IMA art conservator Richard McCoy lists his top ten U.S. contemporary conservation projects from 2011.
Open Enrollment
Introducing New Open Enrollment Blogger Chiara Galimberti!
Open Enrollment
Introducing New Open Enrollment Blogger Chiara Galimberti!
We’re pleased to introduce Chiara Galimberti, who joins our expanded Open Enrollment team this week with her first post later this morning. Originally from Italy, Chiara is an artist …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast Episode #10
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Centerfield | Fielding Practice Podcast Episode #10
On this episode of Bad at Sports’ Fielding Practice for Centerfield, we have a special podcast on the subject of Ox-Bow, a residency program and artists retreat that is famed …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Tales for Our Time: Amy Cutler’s Prints
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Tales for Our Time: Amy Cutler’s Prints
Fantastical narrative is a guiding principle for many artists who have come to prominence in the past decade; Amy Cutler and Dana Schutz are foremost among these. Both possess …
Praxis Makes Perfect
Praxis Makes Perfect | F for Fre$h: Beverly Fre$h on Artist Grants
Praxis Makes Perfect
Praxis Makes Perfect | F for Fre$h: Beverly Fre$h on Artist Grants
F stands for Fre$h. Beverly Fre$h, that is. Artist, performer, rap star, and former corporate graphic designer, Mr. Fre$h found his first flicker of fame when he was included in …
Open Enrollment
Introducing New Open Enrollment Blogger Sarah Merianos!
Open Enrollment
Introducing New Open Enrollment Blogger Sarah Merianos!
We’re pleased to introduce the Art21 Blog’s readers to our newest Open Enrollment writer, Sarah Merianos, who joins the Open Enrollment team for the upcoming Winter/Spring semester. Sarah’s first …
Bound: The Printed Object in Context
Bound | Municipal de Fútbol
Bound: The Printed Object in Context
Bound | Municipal de Fútbol
During the 1980s and ’90s, the city of Los Angeles saw its public spaces radically re-purposed. When the sun went down, strolling the streets and public parks of certain neighborhoods became …
Bound: The Printed Object in Context
New Column! Introducing “Bound: The Printed Object in Context”
Bound: The Printed Object in Context
New Column! Introducing “Bound: The Printed Object in Context”
We’re pleased to announce our newest column, Bound: The Printed Object in Context, written by “Centerfield” alum Meg Onli. Bound looks at a side of publications that’s rarely discussed: the book’s …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio |Storm Janse van Rensburg
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio |Storm Janse van Rensburg
Storm Janse van Rensburg is a South African curator and Senior Curator of the Goodman Gallery group currently based in Cape Town (CT), South Africa. Van Rensburg began his …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | Talking Shop, Lurking Around Presses
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | Talking Shop, Lurking Around Presses
Is art school relevant? Good question. Are galleries? Museums? The rotary telephone? High heeled shoes? It’s all a matter of perspective, I suppose. There are some people out there with …
Gimme Shelter: Performance Now
Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial
Gimme Shelter: Performance Now
Set Me Free! Performa 2011 Part II: Beyond the Biennial
If moribund is defined as an adjective for that which is approaching death or obsolescence, then perhaps it is the best word to describe my experience of Performa’s last week. This …
Inspired Reading
Inspired Reading | Alena Williams on Nancy Holt
Inspired Reading
Inspired Reading | Alena Williams on Nancy Holt
Nancy Holt, perhaps best known for her Sun Tunnels installed the Utah desert, is currently the subject of a traveling exhibition, Nancy Holt: Sightlines, curated by Alena Williams. The exhibition originated at …
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | ASCO and Activisim in Pacific Standard Time
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | ASCO and Activisim in Pacific Standard Time
When I moved to LA from Northern California, my Bay Area friends accused me of taking up with a city that was historically cultureless and apolitical. If Pacific Standard …
Praxis Makes Perfect
Praxis Makes Perfect | Did You Apply?
Praxis Makes Perfect
Praxis Makes Perfect | Did You Apply?
The other week, my non-sexual digital boyfriend’s laptop crashed. Our nightly online video chats were reduced to boring phone conversations. He said he lost years of writing: pages of journaling, …
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