Tag Archives: Film & Video

Save the date: Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano at New York Public Library April 7

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 1, 2008

Save the date: Charles Atlas with Lia Gangitano at New York Public Library April 7

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 1, 2008

Art21, BOMB, & the Mid-Manhattan Library present a film screening and conversation Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode Paradox After the screening Lia Gangitano, Director of Participant Inc., …

Raymond Pettibon solo exhibition at Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 28, 2008

Raymond Pettibon solo exhibition at Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 28, 2008

Berlin-based Contemporary Fine Arts gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Art:21 Season 2 artist Raymond Pettibon. No Title, 2008 includes a large wall drawing in addition to video and …

Art21 Extended Play

Laurie Simmons | Dancer Greg Sinacori

by Wesley Miller | Mar 27, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Laurie Simmons | Dancer Greg Sinacori

by Wesley Miller | Mar 27, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Dancer Greg Sinacori during the making of Laurie Simmons’s The Music of Regret (2006) at the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio, New York. Laurie Simmons stages photographs and films with …

Art21 and Mel Chin at NAEA in New Orleans this week

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 25, 2008

Art21 and Mel Chin at NAEA in New Orleans this week

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 25, 2008

We’re heading down to New Orleans tomorrow to present a few sessions at this week’s National Art Education Association conference at the Morial Convention Center. In addition, Season 1 artist …

Sikander and Barney in concurrent shows at MIT’s List Center

by David Roesing | Mar 25, 2008

Sikander and Barney in concurrent shows at MIT’s List Center

by David Roesing | Mar 25, 2008

Matthew Barney and Shahzia Sikander, both Season 1 artists, currently have exhibitions at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center in Boston. Barney is best known for his work in sculpture and …

“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

“California Video” at the Getty features 4 Art21 artists and many others

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 25, 2008

The Getty Research Institute has amassed one of the largest institutional collections of video art in the world. California Video, on view at the Getty Center through June 18, 2008, …

Allora & Calzadilla in MASS MoCA’s Eastern Standard

by David Roesing | Mar 19, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla in MASS MoCA’s Eastern Standard

by David Roesing | Mar 19, 2008

MASS MoCa’s exhibition Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China, which opened February 2 and will be up for a full year, features a video by Art21 artists Allora & Calzadilla …

Martian Museum show at Barbican features real Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 18, 2008

Martian Museum show at Barbican features real Art21 artists

by David Roesing | Mar 18, 2008

Examining contemporary art from the perspective of an extraterrestrial, the group show Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, which opens this week at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, features the …

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Bradford | Super 8 Movies

by Wesley Miller | Mar 13, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Bradford at his home in Los Angeles, with excerpts from his childhood Super 8 home movies. Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and …

Gordon Matta-Clark at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Gordon Matta-Clark at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

“You Are the Measure,” the first retrospective in twenty years of work by Gordon Matta-Clark (1943 – 1978) curated by Whitney Museum of American Art’s Elizabeth Sussman has come to …

Lilli Carr√®’s The Lagoon

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Lilli Carr√®’s The Lagoon

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Chicago-based filmmaker, illustrator, and comics artist Lilli Carr√® just completed her new book The Lagoon which will be available in October through Fantagraphics. You can view excerpts here. Her comic …

Current gallery exhibitions in Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

Current gallery exhibitions in Chicago

by Kat Parker | Mar 12, 2008

This is gonna take one more night, an exhibition of photographs by Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus has opened at Bucket Rider Gallery. Lazarus’s work has always re-defined notions of self-portraiture …

Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Weekend: Robert Heinecken, Times New Viking, Onibaba

by Kat Parker | Mar 10, 2008

Robert Heinecken: Dream/Circles/Cycles opened at Rhona Hoffman Gallery this past Friday. The first gallery show since his death in 2006, this exhibition features work created between 1964-1973, much of which …

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

A huge retrospective of work by dynamic artist duo, Gilbert & George, has landed in San Francisco at the de Young Museum. Organized by the Tate Modern in London, the …

More Women in the City: installation views

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 5, 2008

More Women in the City: installation views

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 5, 2008

Installation views of West of Rome’s Women in the City project, featuring Art21 artists Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger, as well as Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler. Thanks to For …

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

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

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

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 4, 2008

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 …

Allora & Calzadilla: Nongovernmental Politics

by Seth Curcio | Feb 27, 2008

Allora & Calzadilla: Nongovernmental Politics

by Seth Curcio | Feb 27, 2008

The book Nongovernmental Politics, published in April 2007, contains a collection of scholarly essays that are centered on the challenges and importance of nongovernmental activism in contemporary society. The cover …

Catherine Sullivan and Arturo Herrera in Adaptation in Chicago

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 25, 2008

Catherine Sullivan and Arturo Herrera in Adaptation in Chicago

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 25, 2008

While adaptation is a common practice in popular culture‚Äîfamiliar to moviegoers and booklovers who debate endlessly whether the film version is superior to the novel‚Äîit is perhaps less well known …

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

The Influencers Festival in Barcelona

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 18, 2008

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG and Bani present:THE INFLUENCERSFestival of media action and radical entertainment ————————————————– *February 28-29-1 March 2008* Center of Contemporary Culture Barcelona ————————————————– with ALAN ABEL, …

Art21 Guest Blog starts Monday: Eva + Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

Art21 Guest Blog starts Monday: Eva + Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

Art21 is thrilled to announce the launch of our guest blog on Monday, February 18, featuring new media artists Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.ORG. They will be blogging about …

Alfredo Jaar: Politics of the Image

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

Alfredo Jaar: Politics of the Image

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 15, 2008

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. …

Women in the City: Holzer and Kruger artwork images

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 11, 2008

Women in the City: Holzer and Kruger artwork images

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 11, 2008

Jenny Holzer. Don‚Äôt Talk Down to Me, Selection from Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82. Offset poster. ¬© 2008 Jenny Holzer, Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Jenny Holzer. Destruye, Selection from Inflammatory Essays, …

Kruger and Holzer in Women in the City

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 8, 2008

Kruger and Holzer in Women in the City

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 8, 2008

Women in the City is a viral public art exhibition throughout the streets of Los Angeles that starts today. Timed to coincide with the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art …

Catherine Sullivan’s Triangle of Need Heads to NYC

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 1, 2008

Catherine Sullivan’s Triangle of Need Heads to NYC

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 1, 2008

Nigerian e-mail scams, figure skating and a Neanderthal language all play a part in Catherine Sullivan‚Äôs traveling video work Triangle of Need, opening Thursday at Metro Pictures in New York …

Hubbard and Birchler speak tonight at Vanderbilt University

by Ana Otero | Jan 30, 2008

Hubbard and Birchler speak tonight at Vanderbilt University

by Ana Otero | Jan 30, 2008

More in artists’ talks: Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler (Season 3), the internationally acclaimed video artists, will speak tonight at 7pm at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Hubbard/Birchler began their …

Laurie Simmons at the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday

by Ana Otero | Jan 25, 2008

Laurie Simmons at the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday

by Ana Otero | Jan 25, 2008

THE MUSIC OF REGRET A film by Laurie Simmons Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 3pm The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum The Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for …

The ICA Philadelphia’s Puppet Show

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 17, 2008

The ICA Philadelphia’s Puppet Show

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 17, 2008

Opening tomorrow at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Philadelphia is The Puppet Show, a group exhibition that looks at the imagery of puppets in contemporary art. Bringing together …

AICA names Kara Walker retrospective best of 2007

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 7, 2008

AICA names Kara Walker retrospective best of 2007

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 7, 2008

The International Association of Art Critics (AICA) has announced the winners of its 20th annual round of awards, recognizing the best of the 2006-07 season in the art world. In …

Matthew Barney: Drawings from Guardian of the Veil

by Ana Otero | Dec 13, 2007

Matthew Barney: Drawings from Guardian of the Veil

by Ana Otero | Dec 13, 2007

Opening this Saturday at Los Angeles’ Regen Projects is an exhibition by Season 1 artist Matthew Barney, featuring drawings from his latest work, Guardian of the Veil, as well as …

Beautiful Losers trailer

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Beautiful Losers trailer

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Beautiful Losers, the new film about contemporary art and urban creative culture‚Äîprimarily springing from an East- (NYC) and West-coast (San Francisco/LA) do-it-yourself ethos‚Äîthat follows the book and exhibition by the …

Video: Krzysztof Wodiczko at SculptureCenter 10-29-07

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2007

Video: Krzysztof Wodiczko at SculptureCenter 10-29-07

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 7, 2007

On October 29, Season 3 artist Krzysztof Wodiczko spoke with cultural theorist and Harvard professor Giuliana Bruno as part of ‚ÄúIn the Open: Art in Public Spaces,‚Äù a BOMBLive! event …

MASK: Barney, Tuttle, and Hancock at James Cohan Gallery

by Ana Otero | Dec 7, 2007

MASK: Barney, Tuttle, and Hancock at James Cohan Gallery

by Ana Otero | Dec 7, 2007

On Wednesday, three artists previously featured in Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century take part in a group exhibition at James Cohan Gallery in New York. Entitled MASK, the exhibition explores …

Catherine Sullivan’s Triangle of Need Moves to Miami

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 6, 2007

Catherine Sullivan’s Triangle of Need Moves to Miami

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 6, 2007

First blogged about on this site back in August, Catherine Sullivan‘s Triangle of Need video installation is now on view at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, where part of …

Laurie Simmons interview in Artkrush

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 26, 2007

Laurie Simmons interview in Artkrush

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 26, 2007

Photographer and filmmaker Laurie Simmons has been at the forefront of New York’s contemporary art scene since the late ’70s. One of the featured artists in Season 4 of Art:21 …

Spotlight on Paradox: Catherine Sullivan

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Spotlight on Paradox: Catherine Sullivan

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Catherine Sullivan was born in Los Angeles, California in 1968. She earned a BFA from the California Institute of Arts, Valencia (1992) and an MFA from the Art Center College …

Laurie Simmons showcasing in Madrid

by Ana Otero | Nov 15, 2007

Laurie Simmons showcasing in Madrid

by Ana Otero | Nov 15, 2007

Laurie Simmons is currently exhibiting her recent photographs from the series The Boxes (Ardis Vinklers) as well as her first film The Music of Regret at the Galeria Distrito Cu4tro …