Tag Archives: Kara Walker

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 14, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 14, 2009

New works by Season 3 artist Josiah McElheny are on view at Andrea Rosen Gallery through Oct. 17. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an eight-foot tall sculpture based on …

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Weekly Round-Up

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Sep 7, 2009

Happy Labor Day! Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2), Erick Swenson, and Alison Elizabeth will be making their Shanghai debut in a three-person exhibition at James Cohan Gallery.  The three young …

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation + Pop Culture

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 3, 2009

Flash Points

Some Thoughts on Art + Transformation + Pop Culture

by Hrag Vartanian | Sep 3, 2009

Our latest reflection on the theme of art + transformation comes from two popular Philadelphia-based art bloggers, Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof. The founders of TheArtBlog.org, the pair shared some thoughts …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Site-specific installations by Mary Heilmann (Season 5), Tony Oursler, Todd Eberle, and Sabina Streeter are currently on view at the Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan. This is the first group of …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 3, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 3, 2009

On September 23, Hauser & Wirth will open its first gallery in the United States with a reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s 1961 environment Yard by artist William Pope.L. Described as …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 27, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 27, 2009

Currently showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, There Goes the Neighborhood explores the many aspects of community, focusing on the evolution of architecture and landscape as it is …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 20, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 20, 2009

Works by Art21 artists Pepón Osario (Season 1) and Eleanor Antin (Season 2) are currently on view in the exhibition Black&WhiteWorks at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. The show includes painting, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 22, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 22, 2009

Matthew Barney (Season 2) and Elizabeth Peyton have collaborated on a site-specific installation for the Deste Foundation in Hydra, Greece. Blood of Two is on view through September 30 in …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 25, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 25, 2009

The Cincinnati Art Museum has announced an exhibition of prints by Season 2 artist Martin Puryear. The show is scheduled to open December 2009.   Barbara Kruger (Season 1) is …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 11, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 11, 2009

Jessica Stockholder (Season 3) has completed her first outdoor installation in the United States. Flooded Chambers Maid is a site-specific multimedia installation on and around the Oval Lawn at Madison Square Park in …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 27, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 27, 2009

Vernissage TV takes a close look at Let the Priests Tremble…(1998/2008), a large hand-printed wall installation by Season 4 artist Nancy Spero. The piece was included in Spero’s retrospective at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Sevilla, …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Bad Taste Explosion

by Ben Street | Feb 23, 2009

Letter from London

Letter from London: Bad Taste Explosion

by Ben Street | Feb 23, 2009

Sometimes working in or around contemporary art can be a bit embarrassing. When the papers are splashed with the latest case of a work of art being mistaken for rubbish …

The State of the Art of the Church

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 20, 2009

The State of the Art of the Church

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 20, 2009

I for one, am extremely excited by the Vatican’s participation in the upcoming Venice Biennale, as Ben Street mentions in Yes We (Vati) Can! After watching Rick Warren deliver the …

Pulling Strings in Houston

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 17, 2009

Pulling Strings in Houston

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 17, 2009

Opening today at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, The Puppet Show brings together contemporary artworks that explore the imagery of puppets in sculpture, video and photography. The Puppet Show takes …

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 …

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Controversial Material: “Bodies”

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 17, 2008

Flash Points

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 …

Inspired to Dance by Kara Walker: An Interview with Kyle Abraham

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

Inspired to Dance by Kara Walker: An Interview with Kyle Abraham

by Hrag Vartanian | Dec 4, 2008

Emerging choreographer Kyle Abraham is performing two pieces this week at the Dance Theatre Workshop in New York (Dec. 3-6 at 7:30pm). One of the works, a solo piece entitled Brick, …

Renaissance Ware

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 1, 2008

Renaissance Ware

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Dec 1, 2008

Check out all the great limited edition works created specifically for the Renaissance Society.  Founded in 1915 as a cultural program to the University of Chicago, the Society’s nearly 100 …

Flash Points

Introducing Flash Points: Controversy & Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 1, 2008

Flash Points

Introducing Flash Points: Controversy & Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 1, 2008

FLASH POINTS is a monthly conversational series that focuses on issues relevant to the state of the art world at large, contemporary art education, and issues artists face today. You …

SFMOMA’s Explore Modern Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 20, 2008

SFMOMA’s Explore Modern Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 20, 2008

SFMOMA recently launched their redesigned website with the initiative Explore Modern Art, an online learning environment and interactive space that integrates the museum’s collections information, calendar of public programs and …

Sullivan and Walker Awarded USA Fellowship

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 17, 2008

Sullivan and Walker Awarded USA Fellowship

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 17, 2008

United States Artists (USA) is a grant-making organization dedicated to supporting America’s living artists working in a diverse array of disciplines. Catherine Sullivan (Season 4) and Kara Walker (Season 2) have …

Kara Walker at Irish Museum of Modern Art

by Seth Curcio | Nov 10, 2008

Kara Walker at Irish Museum of Modern Art

by Seth Curcio | Nov 10, 2008

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin, Ireland is currently exhibiting In Praise of Shadows, on view from November 5 – January 4, 2009. The exhibition, which is …

There Goes the Neighborhood

by Wesley Miller | Nov 7, 2008

There Goes the Neighborhood

by Wesley Miller | Nov 7, 2008

Artistic interventions in neighborhoods and community-inspired artworks are popping up all around us, from Pierre Huyghe‘s playfully ritualistic Streamside Day (2003) to Mel Chin‘s New Orleans recovery effort SAFEHOUSE (2008). …

Artists Vote for _________.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2008

Artists Vote for _________.

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 22, 2008

On October 8, Gap launched its “Vote for” initiative to coincide with the American election season. Centered on a customizable classic white t-shirt that reads, “Vote for ______.”, the retail chain is encouraging customers to fill …

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

21 at the Brooklyn Museum

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 17, 2008

On September 19, more than forty pieces from the Brooklyn Museum’s expanding collection of contemporary art will go on long-term view in a newly renovated 5,000 square-foot space. 21: Selections of Contemporary Art …

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

Provocative Visions at The Met

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 29, 2008

On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 8, 2009, Provocative Visions: Race and Identity—Selections from the Permanent Collection features acquisitions made from 1992–2007. Many are on view …

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

Remembering to Remember

by Mary Cook | Aug 27, 2008

On view until September 21st at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a collection of J.M.W. Turner’s picturesque paintings of the harrowing sea as well as some ships and their …

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

2008 Lucelia Artist Award Nominees Announced

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 25, 2008

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently announced the nominees for their annual 2008 Lucelia Artist Award. The nominees are: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Dion (both Season 4), Trenton …

Kara Walker in Malaga

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 23, 2008

Kara Walker in Malaga

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 23, 2008

The Black Road, a new installation by Kara Walker (Season 2), is currently on view at the Malaga Contemporary Art Center. Inspired by early cinematography, magic lanterns, and 18th century …

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Closing at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on July 20, The Old, Weird America is the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and history in …

Mark Bradford at Artpace

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 9, 2008

Mark Bradford at Artpace

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 9, 2008

Artpace annually invites nine artists to conceive and create new art projects as part of their International Artist-in-Residence program in San Antonio, TX. Each residency is for a period of two months …

Last Call for Lucelia Award Exhibition

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 17, 2008

Last Call for Lucelia Award Exhibition

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 17, 2008

Last chance to see Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006 before it closes June 22nd. Installed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition features works by each of the …

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

The Puppet Show in Santa Monica

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jun 16, 2008

Taking Alfred Jarry’s 1896 Ubu Roi as its historic point of departure, The Puppet Show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art includes work by 28 artists, including Art:21 alumni …

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 9, 2008

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 9, 2008

In a BOMB Magazine web exclusive, Season 4 artist Catherine Sullivan (pictured top right) and choreographer Meg Stuart discuss mining the history of the avant-garde tradition and emotional overflow in …

Podcast: Kara Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 11, 2008

Podcast: Kara Walker

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 11, 2008

A new podcast featuring Art21 artist Kara Walker is now available¬†through iTunes¬†or¬†KCET.org. Walker discusses her work with Gary Garrels,¬†chief curator¬†at the Hammer Museum,¬†where the artist’s¬†touring survey¬†My Complement, My Enemy, My …

Anderson and Walker Among 85 Weirdest

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 8, 2008

Anderson and Walker Among 85 Weirdest

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 8, 2008

The March/April 85th anniversary issue of Weird Tales magazine is featuring ‚ÄúThe 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.‚Äù Each day since March 26th the Weird Tales website is …