Jan / Feb 2017 Issue
“Momentum”

Saying Yes

by Ann Marie Nafziger | Feb 23, 2017

Saying Yes

by Ann Marie Nafziger | Feb 23, 2017

Painter Ann Marie Nafziger recounts her experience at Standing Rock, just days after the 2016 presidential election.

Booked

Flickering Memoirs and Surveys: An Interview with Bill Burns

by Caroline Picard | Feb 21, 2017

Booked

Flickering Memoirs and Surveys: An Interview with Bill Burns

by Caroline Picard | Feb 21, 2017

Caroline Picard interviews artist Bill Burns about his new book, “Hans Ulrich Obrist Hear Us,” both a memoir and an artistic survey that questions notions of cultural capital.

On View Now

Meriem Bennani’s Holiday Headscarf

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Feb 17, 2017

On View Now

Meriem Bennani’s Holiday Headscarf

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Feb 17, 2017

Playing on the Barclays Center’s “Oculus” screen through March 5 as part of the Public Art Fund’s “Commercial Break” series, Meriem Bennani’s 30-second video piece “Your Year by Fardaous Funjab,” features an ‘advertisement’ for the artist’s fictional hijab design.

Memory at the Seams: Doris Salcedo’s Sumando Ausencias

by Anna Burckhardt | Feb 15, 2017

Memory at the Seams: Doris Salcedo’s Sumando Ausencias

by Anna Burckhardt | Feb 15, 2017

In Doris Salcedo’s public-art installation “Sumando Ausencias,” thousands of volunteers blanketed Bolívar Square with cloth containing the names of the victims of Colombia’s decades-long conflict.

Moonwork, or the art of revaluing

by A-lan Holt | Feb 13, 2017

Moonwork, or the art of revaluing

by A-lan Holt | Feb 13, 2017

A-lan Holt shares five love poems from her debut book, “Moonwork.”

Lili Reynaud-Dewar’s Teeth Gums Machines Future Society

by Rachel Valinsky | Feb 9, 2017

Lili Reynaud-Dewar’s Teeth Gums Machines Future Society

by Rachel Valinsky | Feb 9, 2017

Writer-in-Residence Rachel Valinsky reviews Lili Reynaud-Dewar’s recent exhibition “Teeth Gums Machines Future Society,” a techno-futurist take on the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Nick Cave’s Until, Until Conversations Emerge

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 7, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Nick Cave’s Until, Until Conversations Emerge

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 7, 2017

Art21 Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro discusses how Nick Cave’s immersive installation “Until” can serve as a conversation starter for difficult subjects like racism and violence.

On View Now

ICP’s Momentous and Magnificent Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change

by Rachel Heidenry | Feb 2, 2017

On View Now

ICP’s Momentous and Magnificent Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change

by Rachel Heidenry | Feb 2, 2017

Rachel Heidenry reviews the exhibition “Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change” at the International Center of Photography, on view through May 7, 2017.

African American Artists Reconstruct the Pastoral

by Anthony Merino | Jan 31, 2017

African American Artists Reconstruct the Pastoral

by Anthony Merino | Jan 31, 2017

Anthony Merino details the necessary overhaul of art historical traditions predicated on prejudice and exclusion.

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

The Role of Online Archives in Contemporary Art and Activism

by Rachel Heidenry | Jan 24, 2017

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

The Role of Online Archives in Contemporary Art and Activism

by Rachel Heidenry | Jan 24, 2017

Rachel Heidenry shares the significance and recent resurgence of utilizing online archives as a method for activism and engagement.

My Mom and I: Mothers & Daughters at the Women’s March on Washington

by Danielle Brock | Jan 23, 2017

My Mom and I: Mothers & Daughters at the Women’s March on Washington

by Danielle Brock | Jan 23, 2017

Art21 Office Coordinator Danielle Brock shares her experience at the Women’s March on Washington.

Writer-in-Residence

“The Visible Hand”

by Rachel Valinsky | Jan 20, 2017

Writer-in-Residence

“The Visible Hand”

by Rachel Valinsky | Jan 20, 2017

Writer-in-Residence Rachel Valinsky uncovers the diversification of artistic production explored in the exhibition “The Visible Hand,” on view through February 15, 2017 at CUE Art Foundation.

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Nettrice Gaskins examines the ongoing crisis of representation in cultural institutions, ultimately arriving at what she sees as a “polyculturalist” future for art, in which it moves away from dialectical identity politics to a sphere of fluid identities.

“Is There Racism in Heaven?”—An Interview with Nick Cave

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 17, 2017

“Is There Racism in Heaven?”—An Interview with Nick Cave

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 17, 2017

Jacquelyn Gleisner speaks with artist Nick Cave about his immersive installation “Until,” on view at MASS MoCA through September 2017.

Letter from the Editor

On the Power of Art and Challenging Cultural Inequity

by Favianna Rodriguez | Jan 17, 2017

Letter from the Editor

On the Power of Art and Challenging Cultural Inequity

by Favianna Rodriguez | Jan 17, 2017

Artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez introduces the “Momentum” issue with a call to action: end cultural inequity by challenging the art world’s existing power structures.