Tag Archives: Nancy Spero

This Week in Art 7.3-7.9: Nick Cave’s “Here Hear” Coming to Chicago This Fall

by Lindsey Davis | Jul 3, 2017

This Week in Art 7.3-7.9: Nick Cave’s “Here Hear” Coming to Chicago This Fall

by Lindsey Davis | Jul 3, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including the latest commission of Nick Cave’s collaborative community performance “Here Hear,” and events and exhibitions from Santa Fe to Seoul.

This Week in Art 4.24-4.30: Kerry James Marshall Makes “Time” 100 List

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 24, 2017

This Week in Art 4.24-4.30: Kerry James Marshall Makes “Time” 100 List

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 24, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including Kerry James Marshall being named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and events and exhibitions everywhere from Dallas to Dublin.

Unapologetic: Women Artists and Power through Vulnerability

by Rachel Gagnon | Aug 31, 2016

Unapologetic: Women Artists and Power through Vulnerability

by Rachel Gagnon | Aug 31, 2016

A selection of quotes and artworks from ART21-featured women artists proving that vulnerability and weakness are by no means synonymous.

Flashback

Ten (More) Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Art21 | Nov 18, 2015

Flashback

Ten (More) Artists on Radicalism and Resistance

by Art21 | Nov 18, 2015

In last year’s November/December issue we investigated ideas of unrest and revolution, and the ways art can and has innovated in the name of change. The months that followed saw huge …

Art21 Extended Play

“Exclusive” Curated (Part 2 of 3)

by Art21 | Mar 19, 2014

Art21 Extended Play

“Exclusive” Curated (Part 2 of 3)

by Art21 | Mar 19, 2014

In today’s Exclusive playlist—the second part of a three-part series—a conservationist, a musician, an educator, and others share their favorite Exclusive episodes.

Flashback

Six Artists on Becoming Artists

by Art21 | Nov 5, 2013

Flashback

Six Artists on Becoming Artists

by Art21 | Nov 5, 2013

A roundup of Exclusive films in which Art21 artists talk about becoming or being artists.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 8, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jul 8, 2013

Mel Chin presents work post-residency, Doris Salcedo makes a flower offering, Alfredo Jaar gives a post-Pavilion interview…

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 14, 2013

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 14, 2013

This week, John Baldessari’s artwork covers L.A. buses; Kara Walker and Yinka Shonibare MBE say it loud and proud in Florida, and lots more.
Ann Hamilton. "the event of a thread," 2012. Photo by Kemi Ilesanmi.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 17, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Dec 17, 2012

This week’s roundup has news on Ann Hamilton, Pierre Huyghe, Martin Puryear and other artists featured in Art21’s programs and documentaries.
Allora & Calzadilla, Stop, repair, prepare: Variations on 'Ode to joy', No 1 (installation view, Gladstone Gallery, New York), 2008, © Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla. Photo Kaldor Public Art Project.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 20, 2012

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 20, 2012

This week’s roundup has news on Allora & Calzadilla, Kiki Smith, Fred Wilson and other artists featured in Art21 programs.

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

by Claudine Isé | Jun 22, 2012

Art21 Extended Play

Exclusive | Nancy Spero: Collaboration

by Claudine Isé | Jun 22, 2012

Watch Nancy Spero (1926-2009) discuss how collaborations with other artists activated her work in our latest Exclusive video.
Charles Atlas. Views on Video (2005). Image courtesy the artist.

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 26, 2012

Art21 New York Close Up

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 26, 2012

This week’s roundup has news on Charles Atlas, Elizabeth Murray, William Kentridge and other artists featured on Art21 programs.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transformation and Distortion

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 1, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transformation and Distortion

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 1, 2012

Two of my classes begin a new unit where students are asked to work with the themes of distortion and transformation. Especially for teens, the idea of transformation- of the self, objects, symbols, even the meaning of words- is an attractive proposal. Add the multiple implications associated with distortion and it becomes the kind of field day you really want in a classroom.
Do Ho Suh

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 24, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 24, 2011

In this week’s roundup Cao Fei holds up half the sky, Carrie Mae Weems speaks at the Corcoran, Janine Antoni draws with her hair, Kiki Smith and Nancy Spero present …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 28, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 28, 2011

One of the students in my advanced classes is taking on the theme of “looking vs. seeing” for her first semester portfolio. She wants to explore the things people tend …

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Lexicon of Tomorrow: Print-Based Installation

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Apr 8, 2011

Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print

Ink | The Lexicon of Tomorrow: Print-Based Installation

by Sarah Kirk Hanley | Apr 8, 2011

With the onset of spring, renewal is in the air.  In the world of contemporary prints, a fresh format that seems to be popping up everywhere is print-based installation.  In …
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 …
RMB Opera

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 21, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Feb 21, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Cao Fei puts avatars on stage, Laurie Anderson to be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Barbara Kruger looks back in Dazed & Confused, Laylah Ali …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 2, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 2, 2011

It seems like a good time for Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith. Artists whose work incorporate storytelling, pointed statements and using the female body to do so, Nancy Spero and …
Cindy Sherman

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 18, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 18, 2011

In this week’s roundup, Ellen Gallagher engages the empirical, Cindy Sherman breaks out of the frame, Nancy Spero is honored, Cao Fei employs virtuality and more. Ellen Gallagher‘s latest work …
William Kentridge

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 19, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 19, 2010

In this week’s roundup: William Kentridge makes several appearances, Mark Dion renovates Walden, Nancy Spero is celebrated, Louise Bourgeois draws on fabric, Kiki Smith debuts a stained glass window, Maya …
Elizabeth Murray

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 11, 2010

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 11, 2010

In this week’s roundup Elizabeth Murray lands, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and Jessica Stockholder speak, Mark Bradford and Paul McCarthy highlight L.A., and more. Don’t forget to mark your calendars to view …

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 …

Flash Points

Nancy Spero’s Torture of Women

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 16, 2010

Flash Points

Nancy Spero’s Torture of Women

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 16, 2010

“In our day, [when] we came back from war,” said Seymour Hersh to Bill O’Reilly in 2004, “We would take our pictures and hide them behind the socks in the drawer 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. …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Within the first few pages of the season 5 Educators’ Guide, readers are asked to think about the power and influence of juxtaposing images in order to give the viewer …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2010

With 19 bits and bites below, this week’s roundup is a whopper: Five Themes, the traveling survey exhibition of work by Season 5 artist William Kentridge, has landed at the …
Ida Appelbroog, "Group A #9", 1969. Ink on paper, 10 5/8" x 8 1/4". Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 11, 2010

This week Art21 artists depict nether regions, play with light and space, bundle and fuse old toys, mirror the dandy, reimagine rooftops, photograph electricity, and display cookie cutters by the …

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: …

Ever Spero

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

Ever Spero

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 5, 2009

Spero’s art was suffused with [a] very human hope, which she saw as being grounded in the intractability of human struggle. Her work was never crudely utopian—as she told me, …

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, …

In Memoriam: Nancy Spero (1926-2009)

by Marc Mayer | Oct 19, 2009

In Memoriam: Nancy Spero (1926-2009)

by Marc Mayer | Oct 19, 2009

Nancy Spero. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2007. Season 4, Episode: Protest. © Art21, Inc. 2007. This morning, we at Art21 were sad to learn that Nancy Spero …

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 18, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 18, 2009

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography opened this past weekend at the New Orleans Museum of Art.  The show is comprised of over 200 photographs covering …

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, …

Momenting: Our City Dreams

by Mary Cook | Feb 12, 2009

Momenting: Our City Dreams

by Mary Cook | Feb 12, 2009

Chiara Clemente’s documentary Our City Dreams, currently on view at NYC’s Film Forum, gives us a glimpse into the lives of five women artists living in New York City: Swoon, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 4, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 4, 2009

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 …