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Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Robert Heinecken: Dream/Circles/Cycles opened at Rhona Hoffman Gallery this past Friday. The first gallery show since his death in 2006, this exhibition features work created between 1964-1973, much of which …

This week’s guest blogger: Kat Parker of Rhona Hoffman Gallery/Duchess Gallery

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 10, 2008

This week’s guest blogger: Kat Parker of Rhona Hoffman Gallery/Duchess Gallery

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 10, 2008

Welcome Kat Parker to the Art21 Guest Blog! Kat holds a master’s in art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2004) and currently directs Rhona Hoffman …

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

A huge retrospective of work by dynamic artist duo, Gilbert & George, has landed in San Francisco at the de Young Museum. Organized by the Tate Modern in London, the …

Beautiful Losers at SXSW

by Kristin Farr | Mar 6, 2008

Beautiful Losers at SXSW

by Kristin Farr | Mar 6, 2008

Headed to Austin, Texas this weekend for the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference? Don’t miss the world premier of Beautiful Losers, a film showcasing the work of artists …

Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 5, 2008

Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 5, 2008

Mark Fiore was a featured artist on the Season 6 premiere of Spark. Fiore takes cartooning a step further by creating timely animations for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles …

Trevor Paglen on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 4, 2008

Trevor Paglen on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 4, 2008

Art21 guest bloggers Eva and Franco Mattes recently mentioned San Francisco Bay Area artist, Trevor Paglen. Paglen is a PhD candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley, and a photographer who …

Zhan Wang: On Gold Mountain

by Kristin Farr | Mar 3, 2008

Zhan Wang: On Gold Mountain

by Kristin Farr | Mar 3, 2008

Renowned sculptor Zhan Wang’s newest installation, On Gold Mountain is currently on view at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. Wang spent four days interpreting the cityscape of San Francisco through …

Next guest blogger: Kristin Farr, Spark*

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 2, 2008

Next guest blogger: Kristin Farr, Spark*

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 2, 2008

Thanks to Seth Curcio for all the great posts. Follow his various projects and musings on DailyServing and Redux Art Center‘s site. Up next on the guest blog is Kristin …

Juergen Teller at Lehmann Maupin

by Seth Curcio | Feb 29, 2008

Juergen Teller at Lehmann Maupin

by Seth Curcio | Feb 29, 2008

The Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York City is currently presenting an exhibition by photographer Juergen Teller. The exhibition follows the installation Reflection by Season 2 Art21 artist Do-Ho Suh, …

The Influencers: Trevor Paglen

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 26, 2008

The Influencers: Trevor Paglen

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 26, 2008

From The Influencers festival, our last guest is Trevor Paglen. In a review in the New York Times, Trevor Paglen was defined as ‚Äúa geographer by training, a conspiracy theorist …

Laurie Anderson: Spring Homeland Tour

by Seth Curcio | Feb 25, 2008

Laurie Anderson: Spring Homeland Tour

by Seth Curcio | Feb 25, 2008

Laurie Anderson, Art:21 Season 1 artist, will be conducting a follow-up spring tour for her project Homeland, which traveled throughout Europe last summer. The tour will begin on April 4th …

Art21 Guest Blog week of February 25: Seth Curcio/Redux Art Center

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 24, 2008

Art21 Guest Blog week of February 25: Seth Curcio/Redux Art Center

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 24, 2008

Many thanks to Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.org for their series of informative posts about the participants in this year’s Influencers festival. Stay tuned to their site for regular …

The Influencers: monochrom

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 24, 2008

The Influencers: monochrom

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 24, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is monochrom. monochrom is a worldwide operating collective dealing with technology, art, context hacking and philosophy and was founded in 1993. So to sum …

The Influencers: Laibach

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 23, 2008

The Influencers: Laibach

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 23, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Laibach. Beginning in 1980 as artists, experimental musicians and social agitators, Laibach has been censored since its first public performance. In 1984, Laibach …

The Influencers: Brody Condon

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 22, 2008

The Influencers: Brody Condon

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 22, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Brody Condon. Brody Condon is a pioneer in the use of video games as a starting point for the creation of sculptures, performances, …

The Influencers: Santi Cirugeda

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

The Influencers: Santi Cirugeda

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Santi Cirugeda. The atypical and utopian works of Santiago Cirugeda may be described as procedures for singling out empty areas in urban space …

The Influencers: Alterazioni Video

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

The Influencers: Alterazioni Video

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

From The Influencers festival today’s guest is Alterazioni Video. Alterazioni Video was founded in 2004 as a commercial multimedia production company with the explicit aim of ensuring that the necessary …

The Influencers: Alan Abel

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 19, 2008

The Influencers: Alan Abel

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 19, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Alan Abel. A writer, filmmaker, and actor, Abel is mostly known for being one of the fathers of media falsification, having professionally tricked …

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG and Bani present:THE INFLUENCERSFestival of media action and radical entertainment ————————————————– *February 28-29-1 March 2008* Center of Contemporary Culture Barcelona ————————————————– with ALAN ABEL, …

Art21 Guest Blog starts Monday: Eva + Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

Art21 Guest Blog starts Monday: Eva + Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

Art21 is thrilled to announce the launch of our guest blog on Monday, February 18, featuring new media artists Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.ORG. They will be blogging about …

LA Weekly‘s Pittmania

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 31, 2007

LA Weekly‘s Pittmania

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 31, 2007

Doug Harvey of LA Weekly was dazzled by Season 4 artist Lari Pittman‘s recent show at Regen Projects in Los Angeles. “Pittman‚Äôs work still grabs, holds, orchestrates and choreographs attention …