Tag Archives: Kerry James Marshall

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

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

Weekly Roundup

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

Weekly Roundup

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 …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Filming Art21 Educators in Southern California

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

On Location: Filming Art21 Educators in Southern California

In our new column, On Location, Art21 Director of Production Nick Ravich breaks his silence and gives you the scoop on Art21’s production comings and goings including, among other things, …

Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup

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 …

Flash Points

Flash Points #3: What is the Value of Art?

Flash Points

Flash Points #3: What is the Value of Art?

In the late-1990s I took a graduate seminar on “museums and institutional critique” that focused on artistic and curatorial practices in the 1980s and 90s, and included a series of …

Kerry James Marshall: Visible Means of Support

Kerry James Marshall: Visible Means of Support

Kerry James Marshall, “Visible Means of Support: Mount Vernon”, 2009. Acrylic latex on canvas. Courtesy of the artist; © Kerry James Marshall. Yesterday, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

Contests. Art Shows. Expos. Special Exhibits. Art Festivals. It’s crazy. While they are called by different names, art educators often have a similar reaction: Someone has a big idea and …

Tropic of Miami

Tropic of Miami

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 …

Renaissance Ware

Renaissance Ware

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 …

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | On Museums

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | On Museums

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses his relationship to museums during the installation of the exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, which features five paintings from the artist’s …

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

Kerry James Marshall in Southern California

An exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Kerry James Marshall (Season 1) is on view at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, California through October 24, 2008. PORTRAITS, PIN-UPS And Wistful …

Gwangju Biennale

Gwangju Biennale

Opening events are underway for Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions, the 7th Gwangju Biennale. Under the artistic direction of Okwui Enwezor, (and co-curated by Hyunjin Kim and Ranjit Hoskote) …

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | Being an Artist

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | Being an Artist

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses three recent paintings, all Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The exhibition is on view …

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

Art21 Extended Play

Kerry James Marshall | “Black Romantic”

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry James Marshall discusses two recent paintings, both Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The exhibition is on view …

Kerry James Marshall at Jack Shainman Gallery

Kerry James Marshall at Jack Shainman Gallery

Recent paintings by Art21 artist Kerry James Marshall (Season 1) are on view May 22 through July 3, 2008 at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. The exhibition, titled Black …

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

Catherine Sullivan in BOMB Magazine

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 …

Walker, Puryear, and Marshall featured in Corcoran show

Walker, Puryear, and Marshall featured in Corcoran show

Those in the Washington D.C. area should take a moment to check out The American Evolution, an expansive show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on view through July 27. …

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

Whitney Biennial Model Tees

The Whitney Museum has collaborated with the Gap on a series of t-shirts designed by past Whitney Biennial artists, including Art21 artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger (her design is pictured …

Kerry James Marshall: Every Beat of My Heart exhibitions/performances at Wexner Center

Kerry James Marshall: Every Beat of My Heart exhibitions/performances at Wexner Center

Every Beat of My Heart is the culmination of Season 1 artist Kerry James Marshall‘s Wexner Center Residency Award. The work grows out of his Rythm Mastr series, an expansive …

2007: a brief recap

2007: a brief recap

2007 was a landmark year for many Art21 artists. Apart from the accolades and prizes bestowed upon such artists as Kara Walker, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Jessica Stockholder, Kerry James Marshall, …

Kerry James Marshall lands Wexner Residency

Kerry James Marshall lands Wexner Residency

The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus OH, just announced their 2007-08 Residency Awards, and Season 1 featured artist Kerry James Marshall is the recipient of the visual arts …