Taylor Trabulus talks to the founder of Platform for Pedagogy, a weekly email bulletin containing curated lists of public lectures and forums taking place in NYC.
Taylor Trabulus looks at an artist’s book focusing on the 2002 Beltway Sniper attacks.
Taylor Trabulus talks to Elizabeth Jaeger and Sam Cate-Gumpert of Peradam Publishing Group, which encourages artists to experiment with new materials and formats.
The Art21 Blog’s newest blogger-in-residence is Taylor Trabulus, an artist and curator based in New York.
Brendan Carroll talks to midcareer artist Paula Hayes about how she cultivates a thriving studio practice and re-invests income to fund new work.
Brendan Carroll talks to emerging artist Sam Vernon about how money and earned income inform her aesthetic decisions inside and outside the studio.
Curator and collector Kianga Ellis discusses what she looks for in an artist’s work and her mission to connect artists and collectors via social media platforms.
What remains after the studio is gone? Creativity, possibility, and curiosity, says artist Vidal Centeno, who recently relinquished his studio space to cut expenses.
Brendan Carroll talks to Erin Riley-Lopez, Curator of the Freedman GAllery at Albright College, about how curators weather an uncertain job market during tough economic times.
Brendan Carroll talks to artist Amy Wilson about how she keeps her studio costs low and strives to live within her means.
Brendan Carroll talks to artist Marius Watz about the ramifications of being a digital artist in today’s art market.
Brendan Carroll talks to artist Jen Mazza about the impact that the global financial meltdown has had on both her sales and her studio practice.
Carroll talks to artist Angie Waller about her decision to make open-sourced, non-collectable work, and how she negotiates the dynamic between cost and labor without sacrificing creativity.
Our grateful thanks to Mike HJ Chang for his guest blog series on contemporary art–and contemporary art issues–in Singapore right now. You can keep up with what Mike is …
Mike Chang goes to Pulau Ubin Island to speak with artist Amanda Heng about the early days of Artist Village, a long-running art space and residency program there.
Mike Chang’s fear of the barbershop leads to a realization that artists not only have to know what they want, they need to know how to say it–otherwise, someone else will say it for them.
Former guest blogger Mike Chang, an artist and educator living in Singapore, returns for another stint as the Art21 Blog’s writer-in-residence!
Stephen Lacy winds up his guest blog series with an ode to friendship and to a lost friend, the artist Matt Hanner.
Stephen Lacy continues his guest blog series looking back at his experience as an artist-in-residence at The Good Hatchery in Ireland with a meditation on discipline and the surprising forms it can take.
Recalling his experiences while on residency in Ireland, artist and guest blogger Stephen Lacy muses on the relation of introspection, distance and time.
Artist Stephen Lacy, who recently returned from a residency at The Good Hatchery in Ireland, will reflect on that experience during his two-week blogger-in-residence stint.
Stephen Lacy, an artist who helms Academy Records in Chicago, is the Art21 Blog’s newest writer-in-residence.
Istanbul-based artist Hera Buyuktasciyan’s projects draw on the stories people tell–some tragic, others triumphant–about family, community, and their relation to individual self-worth.
Elizabeth Wolfson talks to Ha Za Vu Zu, an artist collective whose performances play on the thin boundary between performer and audience.
What do Michelangelo’s “David” and a piece of fusilli pasta have in common? Read Elizabeth Wolfson’s interview with Turksih artist Serkan Ozkaya to find out.
During her guest blog run, Elizabeth Wolfson will explore how we use national identity markers in thinking about artistic production in Turkey as well as more generally.
Our newest blogger-in-residence is Elizabeth Wolfson, a former Art21 columnist who is currently a doctoral candidate at Brown University.
Guest blogger Mariana Aguirre looks at the state of contemporary art museums in cities such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Monterrey.
Israel Martínez guest blogs a post surveying the state of contemporary sound art in Mexico.
Part 2 of guest blogger Mariana Aguirre’s conversation with Mexico City-based critic, curator and art historian Cuauhtémoc Medina.
Cuauhtémoc Medina discusses the changing state of contemporary art in Mexico, and the integration of Mexico City’s cultural scene into that of the global art world.
Mariana Aguirre visits the famed Guadalajara workshop whose weavers have created tapestries for artists such as John Currin, Pae White, George Condo and Karen Kilimnik.
Guest blogger Mariana Aguirre looks at the work of three up-and-coming Mexican artists, all under the age of forty.
Our latest blogger-in-residence is arts writer Mariana Aguirre, who pens a monthly column for the Mexican contemporary art magazine Revista Replicante.
Colin Darke wraps up his guest blogging stint with a few closing comments about Detroit, and why its art scene matters.
Establishing new museums, taking over buildings, and painting major city blocks are some of the ways that artists have helped create positive buzz around the city of Detroit.