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Teaching with Contemporary Art
Moving Pictures
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Moving Pictures
Chalkboards are disappearing everywhere and interactive whiteboards are taking their place (or, in some cases, chalkboards are disappearing as interactive whiteboards are simply being pasted, nailed and everything short of …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Marwencol / An Interview with “Marwencol” filmmaker Jeff Malmberg
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Marwencol / An Interview with “Marwencol” filmmaker Jeff Malmberg
Sadly, this is Nick’s last post for the foreseeable future. At least we know he’s not able to contribute for good reasons. Season 6 production has started to seriously heat …
Open Enrollment
Calling graduate student writers: deadline extended to Oct. 31
Open Enrollment
Calling graduate student writers: deadline extended to Oct. 31
We are currently seeking graduate student writers to join our Open Enrollment column beginning in January 2011. See the full announcement here. The deadline has been extended to October 31.
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Limitations of Twitter-Based Art: An Interview with Performance Artist Nate Hill
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Limitations of Twitter-Based Art: An Interview with Performance Artist Nate Hill
Earlier this summer, performance artist Nate Hill made an announcement: Following on the heels of Death Bear (RIP), Mr. Dropout is an unexpected continuation on detachment. While Death Bear aided …
Flash Points
Experience at the Mattress Factory
Flash Points
Experience at the Mattress Factory
As an institution that exhibits contemporary, site-specific installation art through a fully supported artist residency program, we only ever get to experience exhibitions for a few months and then they …
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Berlin’s Fair Weather
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Berlin’s Fair Weather
To use a very versatile phrase, “It’s that time of year again.” In this case, we mean: it’s art fair-season in Berlin. With the 15th anniversary of the somewhat-confusingly-named Art …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Teaching with William Kentridge
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Teaching with William Kentridge
There are many reasons to teach with the art of William Kentridge, and as we get closer to the premiere of Art21’s new film, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, airing …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink: New Transparency for the Tamarind Institute
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink: New Transparency for the Tamarind Institute
Printmaking is a vital and significant aspect of contemporary art, yet there is currently very little discussion or media coverage of this medium in the press. When Art on Paper announced …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Introducing new column: Ink
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Introducing new column: Ink
With the advent of October, we are pleased to announce the latest column on the blog. Ink is a specialized medium-based column that will complement this site’s current content by …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Four for Fall
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Four for Fall
Traditionally, fall is the time when galleries launch their new slate of exhibitions after a relatively slow-paced couple of summer months. Galleries tend to highlight some of the most prominent …
Looking at Los Angeles
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection
Looking at Los Angeles
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection
Last week, Art21 treated Angelenos to the very first preview screening of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible at the Hammer Museum‘s Billy Wilder Theater. As Art21’s executive director Susan Sollins …
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell
IMA Conservator Richard McCoy finds out what John Campbell has been up to at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea
Every art student (and I mean EVERY art student- K-12, undergrad, graduate, adult education, private lessons, you name it) has had one or more situations when an initial idea for …
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