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This Week in Art

Martin Puryear to Represent the U.S. in Venice, Cuban Artists Speak Out & Doris Salcedo’s “Counter-Monument”

by Anna Burckhardt | Aug 27, 2018

This Week in Art

Martin Puryear to Represent the U.S. in Venice, Cuban Artists Speak Out & Doris Salcedo’s “Counter-Monument”

by Anna Burckhardt | Aug 27, 2018

A look at this week’s art news, including the recent announcement of Martin Puryear as the artist selected to represent the United States in the upcoming 2019 Venice Biennale.

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.

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

Next up in our “100 Artists” celebration is Season 5 artist Doris Salcedo and a newly released text interview on war, displacement, and imprisonment.

Access 100 Artists: Get Involved!

by Rosanna Flouty | Jan 25, 2013

Access 100 Artists: Get Involved!

by Rosanna Flouty | Jan 25, 2013

Art21’s Director of Education, Rosanna Flouty, sends out a call to action. Get involved with our latest initiative, Access 100 Artists, and host a screening!

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy

by Georgia Kotretsos | Mar 30, 2012

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio | Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy

by Georgia Kotretsos | Mar 30, 2012

The Curator of Contemporary Art at Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) talks about the state of contemporary Latin American Art and the role of art institutions today.

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Carlos Motta

by Thom Donovan | Jun 17, 2011

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice

5 Questions for Contemporary Practice with Carlos Motta

by Thom Donovan | Jun 17, 2011

While Carlos Motta’s work exists through a number of different media, I think of it primarily as putting forth a series of socially and politically committed archives. These archives are …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 10, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 10, 2010

Holey maps, pre-natal forms, stuffed animals, and more in today’s roundup: The first exhibition in the United States ever devoted exclusively to the drawings of Season 3 artist Roni Horn …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Confronting History

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 9, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Confronting History

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 9, 2009

Looking through the interviews and essays featured in Art:21- Art in the Twenty- First Century 5, the companion book to season 5, I keep discovering a ton of words to …

Flash Points

Conveying Compassion

by Rachel Gagnon | Jul 20, 2009

Flash Points

Conveying Compassion

by Rachel Gagnon | Jul 20, 2009

When I learned that Doris Salcedo was being featured in Art21’s episode on Compassion, I couldn’t imagine a more appropriate artist to represent this theme. However to me, Salcedo goes …