Tag Archives: Exhibitions

single strand, forward motion: Andrea Zittel

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 5, 2009

single strand, forward motion: Andrea Zittel

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 5, 2009

single strand, forward motion, an exhibition of new works by Season 1 artist Andrea Zittel, will open at Andrea Rosen Gallery tomorrow, Friday, February 6.  This is the artist’s ninth solo exhibition at …

Laurie Anderson in Cleveland and Manhattan

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 4, 2009

Laurie Anderson in Cleveland and Manhattan

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 4, 2009

This Saturday at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square, Laurie Anderson will be performing Burning Leaves, a retrospective of songs and stories that culls pieces from her acclaimed solo shows …

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International Geographic: Interview with Nato Thompson

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 31, 2009

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International Geographic: Interview with Nato Thompson

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 31, 2009

* Revised February 4, 2009. Lize Mogel, Mappa Mundi, digital print, 2008. Courtesy Melville House and iCI. Melville House and iCI recently co-published the exhibition catalogue for Experimental Geography, an …

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Jenny Holzer | Programming

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

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Jenny Holzer | Programming

by Wesley Miller | Jan 29, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer discusses the programming of her LED sculptures during the installation of the exhibition PROTECT PROTECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include MONUMENT (2008), …

Hunting with Mark Dion

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2009

Hunting with Mark Dion

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2009

Concerning Hunting, an exhibition of work by Season 4 artist Mark Dion, opens at Galleria Civica di Modena’s Palazzo Santa Margherita in Modena, Italy on February 1. The traveling exhibition expresses Dion’s interest in …

Bruce Nauman in St. Louis

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 28, 2009

Bruce Nauman in St. Louis

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 28, 2009

Just opened this week at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is Dead Shot Dan, an exhibition exploring the element of humor in the work of Bruce Nauman. The title …

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Jenny Holzer | Writing & Difficulty

by Wesley Miller | Jan 23, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Jenny Holzer | Writing & Difficulty

by Wesley Miller | Jan 23, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Holzer discusses her difficult relationship to writing during the installation of the exhibition PROTECT PROTECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include Red Yellow Looming …

Dogs in Dusseldorf

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 22, 2009

Dogs in Dusseldorf

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 22, 2009

  Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer in Dusseldorf presents a series of new photographic works by Season 1 artist William Wegman in the exhibition Dogs on Rocks – in the Woods – at the Seaside. The color …

Back to “reality”

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 22, 2009

Back to “reality”

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 22, 2009

Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography, curated by Mia Fineman, is currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it seems intended to …

On the Road Again in San Jose

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 22, 2009

On the Road Again in San Jose

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 22, 2009

With spirits lifting, gas prices lowering and fun-employment escalating, and although it may not be the wisest of economic choices under the sun, the roads nonetheless seem paved with more …

@ EMST in Athens

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jan 18, 2009

@ EMST in Athens

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jan 18, 2009

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) is currently presenting Bia Davou’s A Retrospective and Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries‘ solo exhibition entitled Close your Eyes. Starting with Davou, she was …

Schorr in Weird Beauty

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 16, 2009

Schorr in Weird Beauty

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 16, 2009

Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now is on view at the International Center for Photography (ICP) from January 16 through May 3, 2009. Organized by Vince Aletti and Carol Squiers, the exhibition …

Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 9, 2009

Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 9, 2009

Nancy Spero‘s Un Coup de Dent opened this week at Galerie Lelong, New York. The Season 4 artist exhibits an early body of expressionistic works referred to as the Black …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

All I Want For Christmas

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 24, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

All I Want For Christmas

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 24, 2008

  All I want for Christmas is to catch up. The break between Christmas and the New Year provides teachers a time for catching up with family and friends, but …

Krzysztof Wodiczko to Represent Poland at 2009 Venice Biennale

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 23, 2008

Krzysztof Wodiczko to Represent Poland at 2009 Venice Biennale

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 23, 2008

Krzysztof Wodiczko has been chosen to represent Poland in next year’s Venice Biennale, the 53rd International Art Exhibition.  No stranger to the canals, Wodiczko also participated in the 42nd Venice Biennale in 1986, …

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Crying Wolf

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 23, 2008

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Crying Wolf

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 23, 2008

Here’s one of the biggest problem with controversy in contemporary art: once it sparks, people stop really looking. I didn’t see UCLA’s Wight Biennial this year. LA Times critic Christopher …

Tropic of Miami

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 18, 2008

Tropic of Miami

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 18, 2008

In addition to the fairs themselves, one of the highlights during Art Basel Miami Beach is the bevy of private collections and foundations. This is the kind of thing that …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Controversial Material: “Bodies”

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 17, 2008

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Controversial Material: “Bodies”

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 17, 2008

Illustration by Natasha Russel, Senior, Nyack High School Just a few weeks ago, a colleague and I had the opportunity to take three Advanced Placement Studio Art classes to see …

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Top Billing at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 16, 2008

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Top Billing at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 16, 2008

I’ve been reading a few reviews of the Guggenheim’s anyspacewhatsoever exhibition recently, including Merrily Kerr‘s insightful take a few days ago. Coupled with the launch of Flash Points and its …

What’s so great about…

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 14, 2008

What’s so great about…

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 14, 2008

Hello again and goodbye for now, Art21 blogging community. As a guest blogger for the past couple of weeks, I’ve loved sharing thoughts on contemporary art in New York City …

Color into Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 13, 2008

Color into Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 13, 2008

Color into Light opened today at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). The exhibition of approximately 90 works explores the ways that artists have used color as a “liberating force,” from the …

Trenton Doyle Hancock in Chelsea (with video!)

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 12, 2008

Trenton Doyle Hancock in Chelsea (with video!)

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 12, 2008

At last! An update from Art:21 Season 2 artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Lower Realm has reached us in Chelsea. Hancock recently opened a new chapter in his ongoing saga of the war …

Strange Bodies

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 12, 2008

Strange Bodies

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 12, 2008

Yesterday, the Hirshhorn Museum opened the exhibition Strange Bodies, an installation of more than 40 works highlighting figuration in the Museum’s collection. On view through fall 2009, some pieces will rotate midway through …

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects (Part II)

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 10, 2008

Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects (Part II)

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 10, 2008

Los Angeles’ Regen Projects II will be hosting a new exhibition by artist Raymond Pettibon (Season 2) from December 13, 2008 to January 24, 2009. Entitled Cutting-Room Floor Show, Pettibon’s …

Perfect Strangers – Man or Beast?

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

Perfect Strangers – Man or Beast?

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

Surely one of the stranger sights in the Chelsea galleries this month is the running coyote pack in the window of Claire Oliver Gallery. In sculptor Kate Clark’s first New …

24th Street Showdown: Cindy Sherman v. Richard Prince

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

24th Street Showdown: Cindy Sherman v. Richard Prince

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

Score a victory for female artists in Chelsea galleries this month. Women are still routinely underrepresented in museum collections (see Jerry Saltz’s debate-sparking tally of MoMA’s permanent collection), but not …

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Letter from London

Letter from London: Fifteenth Time Leckey!

by Ben Street | Dec 5, 2008

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Letter from London

Letter from London: Fifteenth Time Leckey!

by Ben Street | Dec 5, 2008

On Monday night, the winner of this year’s Turner Prize was announced—the fifteenth since its inception in 1984. The prize itself has become synonymous with a sort of willful controversy, …

Pettibon’s “I thought California would be different…” in Hollywood

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

Pettibon’s “I thought California would be different…” in Hollywood

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

While we posted about the 2008 California Biennial back in May, I discovered this image via the SuperTouch blog about Raymond Pettibon‘s (Season 2) contribution: Legendary punk artist/Black Flag branding …

The Obamas arrive at the New Museum

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 4, 2008

The Obamas arrive at the New Museum

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 4, 2008

Two big attractions of the season—Carsten Höller’s hotel room and Pipilotti Rist’s video (see my Dec. 2 and 3 posts)—occupy a serious amount of space in their respective museums. A …

Adaptation

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 3, 2008

Adaptation

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 3, 2008

An exhibition examining the use of adaptation in recent video art is currently on view at the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery. Simply titled Adaptation, the show explores questions of fidelity and creativity …

MoMA’s Womb

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 3, 2008

MoMA’s Womb

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 3, 2008

The ‘wow factor’ in Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist’s buzz-generating new video installation in the Museum of Modern Art’s atrium is huge. Featuring fields of flowers, Pour Your Body Out (7534 …

Bedding Down at the Guggenheim

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 2, 2008

Bedding Down at the Guggenheim

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 2, 2008

Spending the night in a museum is a childhood fantasy that would seem to better suit the crowded treasure troves of the Metropolitan Museum of Art than the more Spartan …

Maya Lin & Martin Puryear at the de Young Museum

by Seth Curcio | Dec 2, 2008

Maya Lin & Martin Puryear at the de Young Museum

by Seth Curcio | Dec 2, 2008

Currently on view at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco are two new exhibitions by Art21 artists. The museum is presenting Maya Lin (Season 2) in Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes, …

Public Space and Prop8

by Marc Herbst | Nov 26, 2008

Public Space and Prop8

by Marc Herbst | Nov 26, 2008

Feel Tank Chicago. Image related to their Parade of the Politically Depressed. (It happens on the street on MayDay) No on 8 rally. Weird Space in LA. Photo by Nancy …

Psychedelic at SECCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 24, 2008

Psychedelic at SECCA

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 24, 2008

There is a very interesting film and video exhibition currently up at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Pyschedelic presents animations that are less about products …

Drawing Review at Ronald Feldman

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 21, 2008

Drawing Review at Ronald Feldman

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 21, 2008

Drawing Review: 37 Years of Works on Paper opens tomorrow at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. The more than forty artists in the exhibition were or have been represented by the …