Tag Archives: Kara Walker

Kara Walker. Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta. Courtesy of Kara Walker and the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 16, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 16, 2012

This week’s roundup has the latest news on Kara Walker, Cindy Sherman, Robert Adams and many other artists featured in Art21 programs.
Martin Puryear. Night Watch (2012). Courtesy of the artist and McKee Gallery, New York

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 14, 2012

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | May 14, 2012

This week’s roundup has news on Martin Puryear, James Turrell, Kiki Smith and other artists featured on Art21 programs.
Rashid Johnson. Triple Consciousness (2009). Courtesy MCA Chicago. Collection of Dr. Daniel S. Berger, Chicago.

Art21 New York Close Up

The Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 16, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

The Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 16, 2012

This week’s roundup has the latest news on Rashid Johnson, Lynda Benglis, Kalup Linzy and other Art21 artists.

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Mar 2, 2012

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Mar 2, 2012

Sarah Kirk Hanley reviews a new MoMA exhibition surveying the state of the contemporary print medium.

Andrea Zittel. A-Z Wagon Station customized by Caroline Castano at A-Z West (2005). Photo courtesy the artist.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 13, 2012

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 13, 2012

This week’s roundup contains the latest news on Andrea Zittel, Ann Hamilton, Collier Schorr and other Art21 artists.
Mike Kelley: 1954-2012. Kandor 10 A (Grotto) at Gagosian Gallery (2011). Photo courtesy Fredrik Nilsen, Gagosian Gallery.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 6, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 6, 2012

In this week’s roundup we remember Mike Kelley, and get the latest news on Bruce Nauman, Eleanor Antin, Judy Pfaff and other Art21 artists.
Beryl Korot. "Video — Text/Weave/Line," 2011. Photo courtesy of the artist and Jaffe-Friede Gallery.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 10, 2011

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 10, 2011

In this week’s roundup Beryl Korot prints and weaves video, Jenny Holzer is honored, artists explore being American, several others celebrate creating art in Los Angeles, and more. Beryl Korot‘s exhibition, Video — Text/Weave/Line, …
Collier Schorr. Andrej Pejic for Dossier, 2011.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 18, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 18, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Collier Schorr’s cover photo buzz, Ida Applebroog’s art talk, Kara Walker’s giddy embrace, Alfredo Jaar’s Marxist table, and more. Collier Schorr‘s black-and-white photo of the androgynous …
Janine Antoni, Caryatid

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 14, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 14, 2011

In this roundup (with a few exceptions), it’s a week to honor women with exhibitions, events, and articles highlighting the work of several female artists. Janine Antoni, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, among …

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 7, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 7, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Kerry James Marshall and others explore black identity, Mark Dion has a ship in a bottle, Barbara Kruger makes art from chess, and more. Martin Puryear, …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | “Remembering so as not to forget the past is still not over”: Selected Meditations on Black History

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Feb 4, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | “Remembering so as not to forget the past is still not over”: Selected Meditations on Black History

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Feb 4, 2011

In celebration of National African American History month, this issue of Ink is focused on selected prints by Art21 artists that react to and re-interpret African-American history.  Ellen Gallagher, Kerry …
Peter

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 1, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 1, 2011

With Inspire Your Heart With Art Day in mind, this week’s roundup finds the New Museum rethinking contemporary art through several Art21 artists’ works, Arturo Herrera exploring abstraction in two …
Kara Walker

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 4, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 4, 2011

In the first weekly roundup of 2011: a Cai Guo Qiang New Year’s celebration in Taipei, Barry McGee in Brazil, two artists make art “scherenschnitte,” Richard Serra is ready for TV, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 10, 2010

In the New York Times last week, Nicholas Kristof reported that the richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of the income, up from 9 percent …
Gabriel Orozco

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 9, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Nov 9, 2010

In this week’s roundup: Gabriel Orozco is on view in Seoul, Cindy Sherman imagines the social, several artists are honored for their contributions, and more. Gabriel Orozco: Selected Works which is on …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Teaching with William Kentridge

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 6, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Teaching with William Kentridge

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 6, 2010

There are many reasons to teach with the art of William Kentridge, and as we get closer to the premiere of Art21’s new film, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, airing …
James Turrell

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 27, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 27, 2010

In this week’s roundup, abstraction is the theme, with James Turrrell on view in Brussels, Sally Mann preparing to push boundaries, while Allan McCollum’s work is on view as Jessica …
Monica Majoli. Hanging Rubberman #1, 2006. Watercolor and gouache on paper. 123 x 51 in. Photo: Brian Forrest. Image via hammer.ucla.edu

Looking at Los Angeles

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection

by Lily Simonson | Sep 23, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Dark Undercurrents in the Hammer Contemporary Collection

by Lily Simonson | Sep 23, 2010

Last week, Art21 treated Angelenos to the very first preview screening of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible at the Hammer Museum‘s Billy Wilder Theater.  As Art21’s executive director Susan Sollins …
Arts in Ed

Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Did you know that this week, September 12-18, is Arts in Education Week? On July 26, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 275, a resolution that seeks to “support …
Barbara Kruger

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

This week in the roundup … Barbara Kruger gets a celebration started, Cao Fei has her eyes on a prize, Cai Guo-Qiang goes in with a bang, Raymond Pettibon is into …
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 …
BMW Art Car, Jeff Koons

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 13, 2010

Back after a two-week hiatus Art21 blogger Nettrice R. Gaskins takes the Weekly Roundup baton, so to speak.  In this week’s roundup you’ll read about Cindy Sherman wall decals, crying, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 21, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 21, 2010

7,000 t-shirts, 22 paintings, two awards, a powerful pair, and one big open studio in this week’s roundup: Mel Chin (Season 1) has been named a finalist of the first …

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 …

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Better Than Ketchup and Vaseline

by Joe Fusaro | May 12, 2010

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Better Than Ketchup and Vaseline

by Joe Fusaro | May 12, 2010

Twice recently I have been contacted by teachers who have run into some trouble sharing Art21 videos with their classes. In both cases these teachers were called by parents (and …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 12, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 12, 2010

This week’s roundup is dedicated to the ladies: On Sunday, April 18, a public commemoration will be held for Season 4 artist Nancy Spero (1926-2009) in Cooper Union’s Great Hall. …

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 …

First Impression: Skin Fruit (Part 1)

by Kevin McGarry | Mar 2, 2010

First Impression: Skin Fruit (Part 1)

by Kevin McGarry | Mar 2, 2010

This morning I previewed the hotly anticipated exhibition at the New Museum of Greek collector Dakis Joannou’s art holdings, impishly titled Skin Fruit and curated by Jeff Koons. I’ve been …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 8, 2010

Greek tragedy, cross dressing, cooking shows, needlework, rowdy teens, storytelling, nighttime walks, and a few mystery plays in this week’s roundup: Virtuoso Illusion: Cross Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about two anniversary exhibitions, 6,000 shapes upstate, masterworks in the Midwest, some road trip souvenirs, a whole lotta prints, and a sale you won’t …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 18, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 18, 2010

Sports, the human body and Gap t-shirts come together in this MLK day weekly roundup: Sports and masculinity are central themes of Hard Targets, an exhibition at Ohio State University’s …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

This week Art21 artists illustrate NASA’s history, depict child’s play, map the Black Atlantic, render galaxies in glass, leave their mark on the last decade, and reflect on our future: …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

This week in Art21 artist news we have two tapestry makers, a silk archway, the master of Cremaster, an artist who likes to do laundry, a magical sound installation, environmental issues, creative …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) will host a talk with Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie and brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner (of indie rock band The National) on Saturday, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 5, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 5, 2009

Vital Signals: Japanese and American Video Art from the 1960s and 70s is a three-part screening program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Presented in collaboration with Electronic …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 28, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 28, 2009

Season 4 artist Mark Bradford has been awarded the 2009 MacArthur “Genius” Award. The MacArthur Fellows Program, as it is also known, awards unrestricted fellowships to individuals who have shown …