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Pathways to Interdependence

Pathways to Interdependence

by Petrushka Bazin Larsen | Sep 15, 2014

From Omaha to New York City, artists and arts advocates are starting businesses in areas vulnerable to gentrification while preserving neighborhood cultures.

Looking at Los Angeles

Freeway Flyers: The Olympic Murals

by Carol Cheh | Sep 3, 2014

Freeway Flyers: The Olympic Murals

by Carol Cheh | Sep 3, 2014

In such a liminal arena as the freeway, what role can murals play?

Booked

Moyra Davey: Burn the Diaries

by Risa Puleo | Sep 3, 2014

Moyra Davey: Burn the Diaries, a book and exhibition, travel to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.

Season 7 Preview: Trevor Paglen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 28, 2014

Season 7 Preview: Trevor Paglen

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 28, 2014

In this preview from ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7, artist Trevor Paglen describes the inspiration that he has drawn from early NASA spacecraft.

New Kids on the Block

The Go! Push Pops on Future Feminisms

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Aug 18, 2014

The Go! Push Pops on Future Feminisms

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Aug 18, 2014

Go! Push Pops—a transnational radical queer feminist performance art collective—creates “work that visually represents a future of feminism as a form of healing.”

Writer-in-Residence

The Future of Mapping: An Interview with Clement Valla

by Ben Valentine | Aug 11, 2014

The Future of Mapping: An Interview with Clement Valla

by Ben Valentine | Aug 11, 2014

Ben Valentine talks to new media artist and RISD professor Clement Valla about contemporary mapping technologies.

Booked

Print to Pixels: The Digital Photobook

by Allie Haeusslein | Jul 28, 2014

Print to Pixels: The Digital Photobook

by Allie Haeusslein | Jul 28, 2014

What is the potential of the digital photobook? Guest contributor Allie Haeusslein highlights “thought provoking” models such as Todd Hido’s forthcoming digital publication of Excerpts from Silver Meadows.

Now Playing

Love On Other Planets—A Mixtape for an Uninhabitable World

by Chris Harper | Jul 14, 2014

Now Playing

Love On Other Planets—A Mixtape for an Uninhabitable World

by Chris Harper | Jul 14, 2014

A playlist evoking space, longing, distance, and, in some cases, extraterrestrial themes.

Booked

Books to Read Now About the Future

by Calcagno Cullen | Jun 30, 2014

Booked

Books to Read Now About the Future

by Calcagno Cullen | Jun 30, 2014

A future-focused reading list, courtesy of AdobeBooks and Arts Cooperative, a multidisciplinary hub for arts and culture in San Francisco.

Letter from the Editor

The Future Is Now

by Rachel Gagnon | Jun 4, 2014

Letter from the Editor

The Future Is Now

by Rachel Gagnon | Jun 4, 2014

Guest editor Rachel Craft introduces the summer issue, “Future.”

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

From Mail Art to Tumblr: Making the Future ’Net Work, Part I

by Willa Köerner | Jun 4, 2014

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

From Mail Art to Tumblr: Making the Future ’Net Work, Part I

by Willa Köerner | Jun 4, 2014

Guest contributor Willa Köerner questions if a system where artists can earn money for networked art is at odds with the nature of the Internet itself.

Art21 Extended Play

The Making of Kara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx

by Ian Forster | May 23, 2014

Art21 Extended Play

The Making of Kara Walker’s Sugar Sphinx

by Ian Forster | May 23, 2014

An in-depth look at the creation of Kara Walker’s monumental public project, A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014), at the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, NY.

Creative Intervention and the Dhaka Art Summit

by Bansie Vasvani | May 5, 2014

Creative Intervention and the Dhaka Art Summit

by Bansie Vasvani | May 5, 2014

The second Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh presented art works with “a strong sense of pluralism that welcomes universal aspects.”

Mapping San Francisco

by Laura Mitchell | Apr 1, 2014

Mapping San Francisco

by Laura Mitchell | Apr 1, 2014

With its Google bus wars, start-up fever, and rapid gentrification, San Francisco has become a touchstone in conversations about money. Where do art and creativity fit into the shaping of the city?