Tag Archives: Italy

“Triumphs and Laments: A Procession Across Time”—An Interview with William Kentridge

by Maria Pia Masella | Nov 23, 2016

“Triumphs and Laments: A Procession Across Time”—An Interview with William Kentridge

by Maria Pia Masella | Nov 23, 2016

Artist William Kentridge discusses the inspiration behind his 500-meter-long frieze along the banks of the Tiber River, “Triumphs and Laments.”

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!

On View Now

On View Now | Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings and the “Joy of Color”

by Max Weintraub | Feb 2, 2012

On View Now

On View Now | Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings and the “Joy of Color”

by Max Weintraub | Feb 2, 2012

Max Weintraub argues that Gagosian Gallery’s exhibition provides convincing evidence that Damien Hirst is indeed an extraordinary colorist.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Newbie

by Chiara Galimberti | Dec 14, 2011

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Newbie

by Chiara Galimberti | Dec 14, 2011

New Open Enrollment blogger Chiara Galimberti writes about the challenges she faces pursuing an MFA degree in painting while raising two young daughters.

VeniceЯUs

by Alex Freedman | Jun 9, 2011

VeniceЯUs

by Alex Freedman | Jun 9, 2011

Walking into the Venice Biennale is like traversing into an art-induced headlock set in a labyrinthian wonderland. Slather on enough Vaperetto excursions and optical trickery, and you’ve got a fabricated …

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Senators with No Talent

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 9, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking at Los Angeles: Senators with No Talent

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 9, 2010

I woke up Wednesday morning to news of fracas at the opera. The La Scala opera house in Milan had just hosted its annual gala, the sort of event heads …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Pesce Khete

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 29, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Pesce Khete

by Georgia Kotretsos | Oct 29, 2010

Pesce Khete is an Italian painter based primarily in Rome, Italy.  He has studied at the Classical Studies Department at the Liceo Ginnasio Torquato Tasso, later on at the Istituto …
Jenny Holtzer

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 2, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 2, 2010

Soon after last week’s roundup went live, I discovered a Jenny Holzer event happening in my backyard.  In this week’s roundup, CNN shows William Kentridge drawing apartheid, Scotland shows William …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about a retrospective in the Golden State, a pack of wolves in Singapore, a dreamy gift in Berlin, de-monumentalisation in Italy, Oprah culture the …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 8, 2010

A tribute to a great artist, a series of German faces, a big film of tiny things, some drawing restraint, and a bunch more in this week’s roundup: The Emilio …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | May 28, 2010

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes

by Kelly Shindler | May 28, 2010

The Italian “artist-provocateurs” Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.org, are no strangers to this site. Our very first guest bloggers back in 2008, when they blogged about their Influencers festival …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 24, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 24, 2010

In today’s roundup: football art for South Africa, an overgrown baby in Los Angeles, an origami ship from London, body tissue in Bristol, humans behaving like pigs in Milan, flashing lights …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 5, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 5, 2010

One artist in Rome, four artists in San Francisco, three artist talks from the U.S. to the U.K., and more in this week’s roundup: On April 9, Gagosian Gallery Rome …

Letter from London

Letter from London: To The Manner Born

by Ben Street | Feb 15, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: To The Manner Born

by Ben Street | Feb 15, 2010

It’s good, useless fun to pre-emptively define the times you live in. Nicholas Bourriaud’s confusingly limned term “Altermodern,” used to define works in last year’s Tate Triennial and, by extension, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 25, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 25, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about Tasmanian wolves, patented patterns, cartoon anthropomorphism, ancient mythology, portico projections, and a big gift: Bestiarium, a large-scale survey exhibition of watercolor paintings by …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

The Ethics of Dust: A Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos

by Richard McCoy | Dec 15, 2009

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

The Ethics of Dust: A Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos

by Richard McCoy | Dec 15, 2009

IMA art conservator Richard McCoy discusses the installation “The Ethics of Dust” with Columbia University professor & architect Jorge Otero-Pailos.

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 19, 2009

New photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) are on view at Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco through October 31. Sugimoto’s latest body of work titled Lightning Fields depicts electricity. To …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Doublecrossed

by Ben Street | Aug 10, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Doublecrossed

by Ben Street | Aug 10, 2009

News of artists famous in one field crossing over into another is very often met with public derision. Bruce Willis, one of the most talented pub-rockers of the late 1980s …

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 7, 2009

What's Cookin': The Art21ndex

What’s Cookin at the Art21 Blog: A Weekly Index

by Mary Cook | Aug 7, 2009

Famished for some art? It’s Friday and we’re back with this week’s Index. Do you know what was sizzling here this past week? Put on your thinking caps — there’s …

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Flash Points

Summer Travelogue

by Daniel Fuller | Aug 6, 2009

Upon arriving in Athens, several curious and helpful people gave me every warning to stay far away from the Kerameikos and Metaxourgeio neighborhoods, which was exactly where I was headed, …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dearth in Venice

by Ben Street | Jul 13, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Dearth in Venice

by Ben Street | Jul 13, 2009

There’s a school of thought that claims that any large-scale survey of art conducted in any year in history will have its share of peaks and troughs, but holding the …

Wodiczko Perforates Polish Pavilion with “Guests”

by Lily Simonson | Jul 10, 2009

Wodiczko Perforates Polish Pavilion with “Guests”

by Lily Simonson | Jul 10, 2009

Entitled Goście / Guests, Krzysztof Wodiczko’s exhibition greets visitors to the Venice Biennale’s Polish Pavilion with the words of political theorist Hannah Arendt: “Refugees driven from country to country represent …

Biennale Breaks New Ground: Inaugurating the Internet Pavilion

by Lily Simonson | Jul 6, 2009

Biennale Breaks New Ground: Inaugurating the Internet Pavilion

by Lily Simonson | Jul 6, 2009

There is no question that the Internet is transforming the way we experience art. A few weeks ago, Art21 tweeted that data released by the NEA indicates that visits to …

Nathalie Djurberg and Paul Chan: Making Weird Worlds at Birnbaum’s Biennale

by Lily Simonson | Jun 16, 2009

Nathalie Djurberg and Paul Chan: Making Weird Worlds at Birnbaum’s Biennale

by Lily Simonson | Jun 16, 2009

Daniel Birnbaum’s poetic theme of the 53rd Venice Biennale, Making Worlds, is, in some sense, an anti-theme, emphasizing the plurality of art today. Birnbaum’s explanation that “we now live in …

Pride: Golden Lion Awarded to Bruce Nauman’s “Topological Gardens”

by Lily Simonson | Jun 10, 2009

Pride: Golden Lion Awarded to Bruce Nauman’s “Topological Gardens”

by Lily Simonson | Jun 10, 2009

I have never thought of myself as susceptible to patriotism, but for the second time this year, I’ve felt proud to be an American.  The first incident of pride stemmed …

Notes from a Novice in Venice

by Lily Simonson | Jun 9, 2009

Notes from a Novice in Venice

by Lily Simonson | Jun 9, 2009

Exclusive to the blog this week are the chronicles of artist Lily Simonson’s visit to the 53rd annual Venice Biennale, which opened to the public this past Sunday. Stay tuned …

Rome on a Roman Holiday

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 10, 2009

Rome on a Roman Holiday

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 10, 2009

In the depths of a seemingly endless New York winter, my mind is already thinking toward late spring days on the Adriatic and the 53rd International Art Exhibition at la …

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 …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Yes We (Vati) Can!

by Ben Street | Jan 19, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Yes We (Vati) Can!

by Ben Street | Jan 19, 2009

Holy neo-conceptualism! The Vatican has issued a press statement announcing that it will be participating in the Venice Biennale this summer, which will make this year’s event one of the most refreshingly …

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

Matthew Ritchie Venice Video

by Wesley Miller | Oct 2, 2008

On Matthew Ritchie’s The Evening Line project at the Bienniale Architecture in Venice, via MINI Space blog: It’s not just about architecture here in Venice. Matthew Ritchie is an artist …

MANIFESTA 7

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 18, 2008

MANIFESTA 7

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 18, 2008

Dubbed “The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, ” Manifesta 7 begins on July 19 and runs through November 2. The exhibition occurs in a different city every two years, but this is the first time Manifesta will take place …

Bruce Nauman selected for 2009 Venice Biennale

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 25, 2008

Bruce Nauman selected for 2009 Venice Biennale

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 25, 2008

Season 1 artist Bruce Nauman, a pioneer of Post Minimalist video and performance art, will represent the United States at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The Philadelphia Museum of Art was …

Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Reveal in Italy

by Ana Otero | Jan 22, 2008

Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Reveal in Italy

by Ana Otero | Jan 22, 2008

Reveal is Season 2 artist Trenton Doyle Hancock‘s first solo show in a European gallery. Opening this Friday, January 24 and hosted by Galleria Marabari in Bologna, Italy, Reveal presents …