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Booked

Uncaged: Coco Fusco and Planet of the Apes

by Elia Alba | Aug 5, 2014

Booked

Uncaged: Coco Fusco and Planet of the Apes

by Elia Alba | Aug 5, 2014

Artist Elia Alba talks to artist Coco Fusco about taking on the role of Dr. Zira from Planet of the Apes.

It’s Getting Complicated

by Eirik Johnson | Jul 21, 2014

It’s Getting Complicated

by Eirik Johnson | Jul 21, 2014

Photographer Eirik Johnson recounts his travels to the northernmost point of Alaska, the Peruvian Amazon, and Oregon’s Cascade mountains.

Booked

The ART21/CUE Book Club Takes a Wild Ride

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 10, 2014

Booked

The ART21/CUE Book Club Takes a Wild Ride

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 10, 2014

The ART21/CUE Book Club meets again on June 26, 2014.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 5, 2014

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 5, 2014

Trenton Doyle Hancock has a major survey exhibition, Walton Ford exhibits new watercolors, Richard Serra receives an award, and more in this week’s roundup.

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.”

Money: worth more than the paper it’s written on

by Kirby Gookin | Apr 1, 2014

Money: worth more than the paper it’s written on

by Kirby Gookin | Apr 1, 2014

“Like economic value, an artwork’s meaning (its aesthetic value) is derived through a critical judgment that employs comparisons…”

Art21 New York Close Up

Josephine Halvorson Gets the Conversation Going

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 3, 2014

Art21 New York Close Up

Josephine Halvorson Gets the Conversation Going

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 3, 2014

New in New York Close Up, artist Josephine Halvorson guides an undergraduate painting class in a group critique at Cooper Union in Manhattan.

The Feast of Detroit

by Erin Sweeny | Jan 13, 2014

The Feast of Detroit

by Erin Sweeny | Jan 13, 2014

Does Detroit represent a failed system or does the city defy traditional responses to notions of failure?

Letter from the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 1, 2013

Letter from the Editor

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 1, 2013

Art21’s Digital Content Editor introduces the first issue of the Art21 Magazine.

Travelogue Entry No. 3: Singularity and Repetition in Venice

by Natalie Musteata | Jun 21, 2013

Travelogue Entry No. 3: Singularity and Repetition in Venice

by Natalie Musteata | Jun 21, 2013

Continuing her trek through Europe, Natalie Musteata reports on this year’s Venice Biennale and “an almost 1:1 reconstruction” of Harald Szeemann’s landmark exhibition of 1969.

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Heather Mekkelson and the Flood That Never Came

by Caroline Picard | May 28, 2013

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Heather Mekkelson and the Flood That Never Came

by Caroline Picard | May 28, 2013

Columnist Caroline Picard reflects on a 2008 installation by Heather Mekkelson and the stories of disaster conveyed by the artist’s distressed objects.

Art21 Extended Play

Maya Lin reflects on New York’s ecological past and Hurricane Sandy

by Ian Forster | May 3, 2013

Art21 Extended Play

Maya Lin reflects on New York’s ecological past and Hurricane Sandy

by Ian Forster | May 3, 2013

A new “Exclusive” film featuring Maya Lin and her latest exhibition at Pace Gallery.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | New Situationist City

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 29, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | New Situationist City

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 29, 2013

“Considering the search for meaningful engagement in a society that feels increasingly fragmented, certain aspects of Situationist theory are more topical than ever.”

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Lure of the Line

by Erin Sweeny | Mar 28, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Lure of the Line

by Erin Sweeny | Mar 28, 2013

Writing from an artist residency program in Santa Fe, Erin Sweeny contemplates “the natural phenomena” of New Mexico and its “striking horizon lines.”

An Avatar of Self: A Conversation with Mira Schor (Part 2)

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 28, 2013

An Avatar of Self: A Conversation with Mira Schor (Part 2)

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 28, 2013

Amanda Beroza Friedman completes her March blogging residency with this post, the second part of her recent exchange with Mira Schor.

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Centerfield | Embracing the Cliché: An Interview with Michelle Grabner

by Caroline Picard | Mar 26, 2013

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Centerfield | Embracing the Cliché: An Interview with Michelle Grabner

by Caroline Picard | Mar 26, 2013

Caroline Picard interviews Michelle Grabner, artist, writer, and co-curator of the 2014 Whitney Biennial.

Access 100 Artists | Global Dispatch

by Rosanna Flouty | Mar 6, 2013

Access 100 Artists | Global Dispatch

by Rosanna Flouty | Mar 6, 2013

Art21’s Director of Education discusses our International Council and how they “help us gauge the temperature around the reception of our films abroad.”

A Conversation with Jen Schwarting

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 4, 2013

A Conversation with Jen Schwarting

by Amanda Beroza Friedman | Mar 4, 2013

Amanda Beroza Friedman talks with artist and writer Jen Schwarting about Google searching for “drunk girls.”

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | High Time: On Ritual and Duration

by Erin Sweeny | Feb 28, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | High Time: On Ritual and Duration

by Erin Sweeny | Feb 28, 2013

Erin Sweeny explores flexibility and self-imposed structure in the lives of artists and in recent artworks on view at SITE Santa Fe.

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Preserving Digital Art: A Case Study

by Richard McCoy | Feb 26, 2013

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Preserving Digital Art: A Case Study

by Richard McCoy | Feb 26, 2013

What is involved in caring for time-based artworks? Columnist Richard McCoy convenes a group of experts to discuss.

New Bonds and Studio Space Lead to Creative Leaps: Stacia Yeapanis on Chicago’s BOLT Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 25, 2013

New Bonds and Studio Space Lead to Creative Leaps: Stacia Yeapanis on Chicago’s BOLT Residency

by Alicia Eler | Feb 25, 2013

For the penultimate post in her series on artist residencies, Alicia Eler chats with Stacia Yeapanis about a yearlong residency close to home.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Chicken Soup (for Those Who Love Art)

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Feb 14, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | Chicken Soup (for Those Who Love Art)

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Feb 14, 2013

Is there a fundamental difference between the Maker Movement and the kind of hands-on learning that already happens in most museums?

On View Now

On View Now | Cyprien Gaillard: Video in an Age of Doubt

by Max Weintraub | Feb 7, 2013

On View Now

On View Now | Cyprien Gaillard: Video in an Age of Doubt

by Max Weintraub | Feb 7, 2013

Max Weintraub reviews “Cyprien Gaillard: The Crystal World,” now on view at MoMA PS1.

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

How Residencies Change an Artist’s Practice

by Alicia Eler | Feb 1, 2013

Alicia Eler kicks off her blogging residency with some words about the role of residencies in artist’s lives.

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | The World Is Not Flat

by Erin Sweeny | Jan 24, 2013

Praxis Makes Perfect

Praxis Makes Perfect | The World Is Not Flat

by Erin Sweeny | Jan 24, 2013

Open Enrollment’s Erin Sweeny writes eloquently about physical motion in the lives of young artists and the “emotional gravity wrapped up in movement.”

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Life Lessons from a Soon-to-Be Lifelong Arts Manager

by Sarah Merianos | Jan 23, 2013

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | Life Lessons from a Soon-to-Be Lifelong Arts Manager

by Sarah Merianos | Jan 23, 2013

With commencement on the horizon, Open Enrollment’s Sarah Merianos shares some of the important things she’s learned about arts management.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teachable Moments in 2012

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 26, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teachable Moments in 2012

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 26, 2012

Before we continue talking about last week’s “Speak About What’s Unspeakable,” I thought it might be good idea to end the year on a constructive note by looking back at some of the most teachable moments- events, exhibits, chance happenings and other opportunities – that made for uncanny entry points in the classroom…

Flash Points

Art and Aliens: How Would an Artist Represent Humanity to Extraterrestrial Life?

by Colleen Brogan | Dec 20, 2012

Flash Points

Art and Aliens: How Would an Artist Represent Humanity to Extraterrestrial Life?

by Colleen Brogan | Dec 20, 2012

How might a contemporary artist represent humanity to extraterrestrial life? Guest poster Colleen Brogan considers the possibilities.

“Terror and the Narrative Tendency”: A Book by Artist David Roesing

by Taylor Trabulus | Oct 18, 2012

“Terror and the Narrative Tendency”: A Book by Artist David Roesing

by Taylor Trabulus | Oct 18, 2012

Taylor Trabulus looks at an artist’s book focusing on the 2002 Beltway Sniper attacks.

“Why would anyone listen to a derivatives lawyer talk about contemporary art?”

by Brendan Carroll | Oct 2, 2012

“Why would anyone listen to a derivatives lawyer talk about contemporary art?”

by Brendan Carroll | Oct 2, 2012

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.

Internet Forager Shuns Art World; Embraces Open Source

by Brendan Carroll | Sep 24, 2012

Internet Forager Shuns Art World; Embraces Open Source

by Brendan Carroll | Sep 24, 2012

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.

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Supersonic (After Cage)

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 21, 2012

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Supersonic (After Cage)

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 21, 2012

Nicole Caruth on Lisa Myers’ and Autumn Chacon’s sound and video show “Noise Cooking,” now on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

On View Now

On View Now | The New Normal: Photographs from the Traina Collection

by Max Weintraub | Sep 6, 2012

On View Now

On View Now | The New Normal: Photographs from the Traina Collection

by Max Weintraub | Sep 6, 2012

Max Weintraub reviews “Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

ON TO DISCIPLINE (my head is my only house unless it rains*)

by Stephen Lacy | Sep 4, 2012

ON TO DISCIPLINE (my head is my only house unless it rains*)

by Stephen Lacy | Sep 4, 2012

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.

Distances Can Be Deceiving

by Stephen Lacy | Aug 29, 2012

Distances Can Be Deceiving

by Stephen Lacy | Aug 29, 2012

Recalling his experiences while on residency in Ireland, artist and guest blogger Stephen Lacy muses on the relation of introspection, distance and time.

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Doug Ashford

by Thom Donovan | Aug 28, 2012

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Doug Ashford

by Thom Donovan | Aug 28, 2012

Thom Donovan interviews Doug Ashford, who is widely known for his work with Group Material during the period 1983-1996.