Tag Archives: Installation

The Influencers: Santi Cirugeda

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

The Influencers: Santi Cirugeda

by Eva and Franco Mattes | Feb 20, 2008

From The Influencers festival, today’s guest is Santi Cirugeda. The atypical and utopian works of Santiago Cirugeda may be described as procedures for singling out empty areas in urban space …

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe at the Guggenheim in NYC

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 20, 2008

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe at the Guggenheim in NYC

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 20, 2008

On view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City from Friday, February 22 until May 28, Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe surveys the innovative body of work of …

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. …

Do-Ho Suh interviewed by DesignBoom

by Ana Otero | Feb 11, 2008

Do-Ho Suh interviewed by DesignBoom

by Ana Otero | Feb 11, 2008

The online magazine designboom features an interview with Season 2 artist Do-Ho Suh. In this interview, conducted in Seoul last December, Suh talks about his childhood, the influence of Korea …

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 …

Photos from Ursula von Rydingsvard/Martin Friedman at NYPL

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 6, 2008

Photos from Ursula von Rydingsvard/Martin Friedman at NYPL

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 6, 2008

Monday night’s screening of Ecology and discussion with Season 4 artist Ursula von Rydingsvard and Martin Friedman at the Mid-Manhattan Library drew over 100 people! Many thanks to the library …

TONIGHT: Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at NY Public Library!

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 4, 2008

TONIGHT: Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at NY Public Library!

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 4, 2008

Art21 and the Mid-Manhattan Library present a film screening and conversation Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode Ecology. After the screening Martin Friedman, Curator, Writer, and Director Emeritus …

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 …

Jenny Holzer: DETAINED opens in London

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 31, 2008

Jenny Holzer: DETAINED opens in London

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 31, 2008

Monika Sprueth Philomene Magers gallery in London presents DETAINED, an installation by Jenny Holzer that opens tonight and runs through March 15. Beginning with her 2004 exhibition at the Kunsthaus …

Gabriel Orozco speaks January 30 at MoMA (sold out)

by Ana Otero | Jan 29, 2008

Gabriel Orozco speaks January 30 at MoMA (sold out)

by Ana Otero | Jan 29, 2008

Tomorrow at 6:30pm, Glenn Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art will moderate a talk with Art21-featured artist Gabriel Orozco (Season 2). Orozco’s sculptures, photographs, drawings, installations, and videos …

Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at NYPL Feb. 4

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 28, 2008

Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at NYPL Feb. 4

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 28, 2008

Art21 and the Mid-Manhattan Library present a film screening and conversation Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode Ecology. After the screening Martin Friedman, Curator, Writer, and Director Emeritus …

Podcast: Mark Dion lecture in Toronto

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 28, 2008

Podcast: Mark Dion lecture in Toronto

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 28, 2008

Learn more about Season 4 artist Mark Dion in an audiocast of a talk Dion gave the inaugural 2008 Canadian Art International Lecture Series on January 18 at the Royal …

James Turrell talk tonight at Mississippi State University

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 23, 2008

James Turrell talk tonight at Mississippi State University

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 23, 2008

A rare chance to listen to Season 1 artist James Turrell speak about his work. If you live in the area, this event is not to be missed! [via Crap …

Mark Dion talk in Toronto tonight

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 18, 2008

Mark Dion talk in Toronto tonight

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 18, 2008

The work of Season 4 artist Mark Dion blurs the boundaries of art, science and natural history. Playing off the human impulse to classify and order phenomena, he frequently creates …

Save the date: Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at New York Public Library

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 15, 2008

Save the date: Ursula von Rydingsvard with Martin Friedman at New York Public Library

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 15, 2008

Art21 and the Mid-Manhattan Library present a video screening and conversation Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century Season 4: “Ecology” with Ursula von Rydingsvard interviewed by Martin Friedman Monday, February 4th, …

Mark Bradford in New York

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 14, 2008

Mark Bradford in New York

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 14, 2008

Beginning later this week, Season 4 artist Mark Bradford will be featured in two upcoming exhibitions in New York City. The first is a solo show at Sikkema Jenkins & …

Barry McGee interview in SWINDLE

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 14, 2008

Barry McGee interview in SWINDLE

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 14, 2008

The current issue of SWINDLE magazine features an extensive rare interview with Season 1 artist Barry McGee. In it, Barry talks about surfing, getting his start as an artist, and …

Video: TateShots on Louise Bourgeois

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2008

Video: TateShots on Louise Bourgeois

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 11, 2008

In Issue 9 of the TateShots online video series, Tate curator Frances Morris presents an overview of Season 1 artist Louise Bourgeois current Tate retrospective (on view until January 20) …

More video: Do-Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

More video: Do-Ho Suh at Lehmann Maupin

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Just posted at Vernissage is a new video of Season 2 artist Do-Ho Suh‘s concurrent shows at Lehmann Maupin‘s Chelsea gallery and new space on the Lower East Side in …

Video: Ann Hamilton’s Tower on SPARK*

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Video: Ann Hamilton’s Tower on SPARK*

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 8, 2008

Our friends at SPARK*, KQED‘s arts program in San Francisco, recently made a wonderful film about the construction of Season 1 artist Ann Hamilton‘s tower at Oliver Ranch. Art21 filmed …

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 …

Trenton Doyle Hancock wins Artist Prize

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 2, 2008

Trenton Doyle Hancock wins Artist Prize

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 2, 2008

Recently, the Studio Museum in Harlem selected Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2) as recipient of the 2007 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, established by musician and philanthropist George Wein in …

Gabriel Orozco at Dallas Museum of Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 20, 2007

Gabriel Orozco at Dallas Museum of Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 20, 2007

The Dallas Museum of Art presently hosts an installation by Season 2 artist Gabriel Orozco. Gabriel Orozco: Inner Circles of the Wall premieres one of his sculptural installations from 1999. …

New installation by James Turrell at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

by Ana Otero | Dec 18, 2007

New installation by James Turrell at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

by Ana Otero | Dec 18, 2007

My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light – it is the record of seeing. My …

Serra, Celmins, Puryear, and Walker top TIME’s Top 10 Exhibitions of 2007

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 13, 2007

Serra, Celmins, Puryear, and Walker top TIME’s Top 10 Exhibitions of 2007

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 13, 2007

Major exhibitions of work by Richard Serra (Season 1), Vija Celmins, Martin Puryear, and Kara Walker (all Season 2) all made it onto TIME Magazine‚Äôs annual Top 10 Exhibitions list. …

Shahzia Sikander and Tim Hawkinson at MCA Sydney; Art21 videos on view

by Ana Otero | Dec 12, 2007

Shahzia Sikander and Tim Hawkinson at MCA Sydney; Art21 videos on view

by Ana Otero | Dec 12, 2007

On view at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, Australia are two major exhibitions by Art21-featured artists: Shahzia Sikander and Tim Hawkinson. In conjunction with both of these …

Jenny Holzer’s Projections on live feed

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

Jenny Holzer’s Projections on live feed

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 11, 2007

More from MASS MoCA: Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer has new projections on view and you can view a live feed from the gallery on the museum’s site. These light …

More video: Ann Hamilton’s Corpus at MASS MoCA

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

More video: Ann Hamilton’s Corpus at MASS MoCA

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

Watch video documentation of Ann Hamilton‘s Corpus, installed at MASS MoCA from December 2002 – October 2004. Hamilton was featured in Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1. View the …

Martin Puryear exhibition videos at www.MoMA.org

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

Martin Puryear exhibition videos at www.MoMA.org

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 10, 2007

MoMA features two videos of its current Martin Puryear show on the exhibition’s companion website. The first is a walk-through of the finished show, and the other provides a glimpse …

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 …

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 …

Roden Crater from the outside-in

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 6, 2007

Roden Crater from the outside-in

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 6, 2007

The unknown opening date of Roden Crater, the lifelong art project of Season 1 artist James Turrell, has inspired a few intrepid devotees to make some clandestine pilgimages of their …

Jessica Stockholder announced winner of contemporary artist award

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Jessica Stockholder announced winner of contemporary artist award

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 21, 2007

Jessica Stockholder, who was a featured artist in Season Three of Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century has been announced the seventh annual winner of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art‚Äôs …

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 …

Martin Puryear Retrospective Now at MoMA

by Ana Otero | Nov 20, 2007

Martin Puryear Retrospective Now at MoMA

by Ana Otero | Nov 20, 2007

A major exhibition of work by the artist Martin Puryear opened this month at MoMA. The retrospective features approximately forty-five sculptures following the development of Puryear’s artistic career over the …