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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …

SIDE X SIDE

SIDE X SIDE

Art and activism have been intimately engaged throughout contemporary art history, reiterating the notion that the personal is political. In 2007, Art:21’s Season 4 addressed activist strategies (in particular, the …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

This past Sunday, the New York Times ran an article about Billy Joel. The article focused on the fact that, despite not making a new recording in 15 years, Billy …

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

Cancelled, Erased & Removed at Sean Kelly Gallery

On view at Sean Kelly Gallery through August 1, 2008, Cancelled, Erased and Removed explores the conceptual and formal practice of contemporary artists canceling, erasing and removing elements from their work. …

Day 6 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

Day 6 – Art21 Online Fundraising Drive

As I write, Art21’s founder and executive director, Susan Sollins, is attending the 37th Annual George Foster Peabody Award ceremony to accept the award being given to the Protest episode …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Expanding the Definition(s): Some Days Are Easier Than Others

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Expanding the Definition(s): Some Days Are Easier Than Others

Many thanks to those who have helped get the Teaching with Contemporary Art column off to a smooth start! Recently, a few friends and colleagues have mentioned (even e-mailed) about …

MATRIX/REDUX at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

MATRIX/REDUX at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the MATRIX exhibition program with a year-long series of events, beginning with MATRIX/REDUX (on view through …

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, a group show which opened on March 15 at the High Museum in Atlanta features work from three Art21 artists. Alfredo Jaar, Inigo …

Art:21 Wins Prestigious 2007 Peabody Award!

Art:21 Wins Prestigious 2007 Peabody Award!

Season Four of Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century has been honored with a George Foster Peabody Award – the premiere international prize in electronic media – in the 67th Annual …

“It is Difficult”: documentation of Alfredo Jaar lecture at MIT

“It is Difficult”: documentation of Alfredo Jaar lecture at MIT

Kicking off MIT’s Zones of Emergency series on Monday, February 25, 2008, Season 4 artist Alfredo Jaar presented a selection of works that focused on his practice in zones of …

Alfredo Jaar: Politics of the Image

Alfredo Jaar: Politics of the Image

For his forthcoming solo show Politics of the Image, opening tomorrow at South London Gallery, Season 4 artist Alfredo Jaar presents six works born of his enduring interest in Africa. …

Spotlight on Protest: Alfredo Jaar

Spotlight on Protest: Alfredo Jaar

Alfredo Jaar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1956. He estudied at the Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago (1979) and Universidad de Chile, Santiago (1981). In installations, photographs, film, and …

Art:21 Season 4 – PROTEST premieres Sunday, November 4 on PBS!

Art:21 Season 4 – PROTEST premieres Sunday, November 4 on PBS!

Season 2 Protest premieres Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 10 p.m. Check local listings How does contemporary art engage politics, inequality, and the many conflicts that besiege the world today? …

Simply Alfredo Jaar

Simply Alfredo Jaar

Alfredo Jaar, an eponymous solo show by the Season 4 featured artist, opens this Friday September 14 at The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. …

Alfredo Jaar retrospective opens in Switzerland

Alfredo Jaar retrospective opens in Switzerland

The Mus√©e Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland, is hosting a major retrospective of the work of Alfredo Jaar, a Chilean artist based in New York City and featured in …