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Open Enrollment

New Internet Meme: Cheers!

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Jun 30, 2010

Open Enrollment

New Internet Meme: Cheers!

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Jun 30, 2010

With my summer break between the first and second year of my graduate studies at San Francisco Art Institute in full force, I’ve taken a few weeks to visit some …

The Present Perfect Participation: Last Call and Weekend Roundup

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 21, 2010

The Present Perfect Participation: Last Call and Weekend Roundup

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 21, 2010

Filming at the Brooklyn Museum, NY, June 19, 2010. Photo by Katherine Payne. Today is your final chance to participate in advance of Wednesday’s live event, The Present Perfect with …

The Persistence of Memory

by Caroline Lagnado | Jun 18, 2010

The Persistence of Memory

by Caroline Lagnado | Jun 18, 2010

With our poor economy and tough times in general, it would be natural for artists to look ahead to happier days. Like the rest of us, they are frustrated, and …

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: BB6

by Ethan Hayes-Chute | Jun 17, 2010

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: BB6

by Ethan Hayes-Chute | Jun 17, 2010

Aligning smoothly with the start of Art Basel for the first time, the 6th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (BB6) opened this past week, two months later than its previous …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 15, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll find two island exhibitions, some curiosities of Monaco, a photographer who pushes buttons, and a group of artists who keep it real: Indianapolis Island, a floating …

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

Come Curious

by Katia Zavistovski | Jun 7, 2010

Flash Points

Come Curious

by Katia Zavistovski | Jun 7, 2010

Good experience, bad experience. Life experience, work experience. First experience, years of experience. Learning experience. Sensory experience. Out-of-body experience. Shared experience. We experience life in innumerable, and oftentimes indescribable, ways. …

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 …

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”

by Claudine Isé | May 25, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”

by Claudine Isé | May 25, 2010

I’ve been reading with great interest some of the posts and friendly debates that have taken place recently on this site concerning the relationship between art and science. As I …

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 …

Mapping our way back

by Liz Sheehan | May 18, 2010

Mapping our way back

by Liz Sheehan | May 18, 2010

Many thanks to all of you who commented on my posts last week, particularly “On teaching art to scientists,” which seems to have resonated strongly with Art21 and PBS readers. …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 17, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 17, 2010

An ancient proposition, a group of Modern women, life-restoring elixir, and more in this week’s roundup: Vancouver Art Gallery has organized Canada’s first solo exhibition of works by Season 1 …
Liz Larner, 2010. Courtesy Regen Projects.

Looking at Los Angeles

Wholeheartedly Real

by Catherine Wagley | May 13, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Wholeheartedly Real

by Catherine Wagley | May 13, 2010

Judith Butler, the always agile theorist responsible for Gender Trouble, often says diplomatically dense things like, “a lesbian is what I have been being since college.” She would not say, …
Sharon Lockhart, "Maja and Elodie" 2003 Image: Artnet.com

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rewind, The Artist’s Studio

by Joe Fusaro | May 5, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rewind, The Artist’s Studio

by Joe Fusaro | May 5, 2010

A recent visit to Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art provided two exhibits that are worth seeing if you are in town…. or within frequent flier miles for that matter. Rewind: …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 3, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 3, 2010

In today’s roundup you’ll read about 800 prints in Los Angeles, 100 acres of art in Indianapolis, 12 Polaroids near the Hudson, a 10-year survey in Ohio, two portrait busts …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Power of Saying Yes

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 28, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Power of Saying Yes

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 28, 2010

Below is a continuation from last week’s column, “Nourishment”, where I began to share excerpts from Carrie Mae Weems’ dialogue with five Baltimore high school students at the most recent …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: On Cake

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2010

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: On Cake

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2010

My love of cake straddles the line between innocent obsession and utter perversion. I tend to think of cakes like my favorite celebrity bodies. Be it big and firm like …

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports: Interview with Jacob Meehan

by Meg Onli | Apr 13, 2010

Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.

Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports: Interview with Jacob Meehan

by Meg Onli | Apr 13, 2010

Art21 is proud to present another new column, Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports. Since 2005, Bad at Sports’s podcast and blog have acted as …

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 …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 29, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 29, 2010

A new video installation by Season 1 artist Barbara Kruger is now on view at the Chelsea location of Mary Boone Gallery. The Globe Shrinks (2010) is a multi-channel piece …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Rachel Moore

by Georgia Kotretsos | Mar 26, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Rachel Moore

by Georgia Kotretsos | Mar 26, 2010

Rachel Moore is an American artist and currently a Fulbright Fellow at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a BFA from Alfred University and an MFA from the …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

In today’s roundup you’ll read about three kids in Switzerland, political defiance, Latin American photography, a map upstate, Opera House sails, the nature of light, and airborne balls: The Family, …

Flash Points

The Process Behind the Portrait

by Rachel Gagnon | Mar 5, 2010

Flash Points

The Process Behind the Portrait

by Rachel Gagnon | Mar 5, 2010

The practice of photographic portraiture is rife with ethical implications – from the subject’s awareness of the project, to the artistic choices made throughout the session, to the work’s resulting …

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 …

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Christa Holka

by Georgia Kotretsos | Feb 26, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Christa Holka

by Georgia Kotretsos | Feb 26, 2010

Christa Holka is an American photographer based in London. She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London, a BFA …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Biennials, cremated canvases, German faces, cashmere sportswear, sculptural tour de force, fashionable shoes, and an iPhone app comprise this week’s roundup: 2010: Whitney Biennial will open at the Whitney Museum …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

This President’s Day roundup begins with a hotly debated exhibition and ends with a divine duo: The New Museum has announced the details of their exhibition Skin Fruit: Selections from …

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 …

Gastro-Vision

The Fruit of Experience

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2010

Gastro-Vision

The Fruit of Experience

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2010

Fallen Fruit Collective formed six years ago through a project by artists David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young for the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest. The trio created a …

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: …
Beyonce and Jay-Z at Art Basel Miami

Top 10 of 2009: Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists

by Lily Simonson | Dec 31, 2009

Top 10 of 2009: Entertainers Who Moonlight as Artists

by Lily Simonson | Dec 31, 2009

In the spirit of my Los Angeles beat, I present to you the most exciting art world interlopers to come out of Hollywood in 2009: 10. Sylvester Stallone is making …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: The Year in Meat

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 30, 2009

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: The Year in Meat

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 30, 2009

Last year’s group exhibition Meat After Meat Joy at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery left a lasting impression on me — I still can’t shake the suffocating, putrid smell of rotting meat. …
Jeff Koons, "Puppy," steel, soil, plants, June 6 - September 5, 2000, at Rockefeller Center

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking At Los Angeles: Against The Deluge

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 30, 2009

Looking at Los Angeles

Looking At Los Angeles: Against The Deluge

by Catherine Wagley | Dec 30, 2009

Looking back before moving forward is such an endearing habit—like brushing your teeth before breakfast—that it’s hard to resent the sweeping, often grandiloquent judgments that accompany the end of each …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Season’s Treatings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 23, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Season’s Treatings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 23, 2009

Before the holidays hit us, I thought I might suggest a few destinations, dates, and stocking stuffers for those who are as late with the shopping as I am. Below …

Political Football

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 22, 2009

Political Football

by Jennifer Doyle | Dec 22, 2009

Flash Points contributor and University of Riverside professor Jennifer Doyle is currently spending 2 weeks in India, traveling with the Indian artist Riyas Komu. Following is the third in a …