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Ida Applebroog | Inspiration

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 10, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Ida Applebroog | Inspiration

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 10, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Ida Applebroog discusses her life as an “image scavenger” in her New York studio, while working on her “Photogenetics” series—a blend of …

BOMB in the Building

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An interview with Carrie Mae Weems by Dawoud Bey

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 10, 2009

BOMB in the Building

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An interview with Carrie Mae Weems by Dawoud Bey

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 10, 2009

We’re back! Keep your eye on this column in the months to come as BOMB Magazine highlights Season 5 artists and themes, with excerpts of new and vintage interviews from …

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Carrie Mae Weems

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2009

Meet the Season 5 Artist: Carrie Mae Weems

by Wesley Miller | Jul 9, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Compassion, premiering on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Compassion features three artists — …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

New media tools are a rich addition to an art teacher’s toolbox and the Web is overflowing with opportunities to discover new artists and art forms. Here in San Francisco, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

It’s been quite a year. Quite an academic year, that is. Between the country voicing a collective NO to four more years of the same Bushed policies and Bernie Madoff …

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Arturo Herrera | Powerful Images

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 19, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Powerful Images

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 19, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses his relationship to creating abstract collages and images. Herrera takes the process of abstraction a …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 17, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 17, 2009

Continuing with my column from May 27, I’d like to suggest a few more books related to contemporary art education that you may be inspired to buy, borrow or steal …

Road to Freedom: Interview with Julian Cox

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 3, 2009

Road to Freedom: Interview with Julian Cox

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 3, 2009

Like many museums, traveling shows tend to dominate the exhibition schedule at the High Museum of Art. In contrast, Road to Freedom: Photographs from the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968, organized …

Celebrating Atlanta Photography: Michael David Murphy

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 2, 2009

Celebrating Atlanta Photography: Michael David Murphy

by Victoria Lichtendorf | Jun 2, 2009

Michael David Murphy, 100%. A single frame of film from 01/18/2009 in Washington, DC. Audio from Bloom. © MDM. As part of my quest to learn more about the Atlanta …

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The best is not quite over…

by Daniel Fuller | May 21, 2009

Flash Points

The best is not quite over…

by Daniel Fuller | May 21, 2009

One of the first rules for the nouveau riche is to save a little for a rainy day. Unfortunately, in the doom and gloom that has come with daily announcements …

An Interview with Paul Mpagi Sepuya

by Kemi Ilesanmi | May 20, 2009

An Interview with Paul Mpagi Sepuya

by Kemi Ilesanmi | May 20, 2009

I met the artist Paul Mpagi Sepya when he worked at Creative Capital a couple of years back. I’ve followed his thoughtful, evocative, and beautiful photo portrait work ever since. …

Concerning “newMedia” as one word

by Nicholas O'Brien | Apr 25, 2009

Concerning “newMedia” as one word

by Nicholas O'Brien | Apr 25, 2009

For my last guest post and in response to Kelly’s question, I thought I’d address the way that I spell newMedia and my intentions behind doing so. As I mentioned …

Emulsion To Emulsion

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 20, 2009

Emulsion To Emulsion

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 20, 2009

The term “emulsion to emulsion” has somehow stuck in my head from my undergraduate days, taking courses in photography.  It is the phrase meant to remind you of the placement …

Art, Work, Power

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 17, 2009

Art, Work, Power

by Tim Ridlen | Mar 17, 2009

Just last month I made the move that many young artists make.  I left Chicago for New York City in what must seem like horribly bad timing given the many …

I Have Decided to Love Contemporary Art

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 20, 2009

I Have Decided to Love Contemporary Art

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 20, 2009

Days have passed since St. Valentine’s Day and the flowers are giving off a sweet waft of imminent mortality, which may make them a dubious token of love. But I …

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“Imperfect Moments: Mapplethorpe & Censorship Twenty Years Later” at ICA in Philadelphia

by Hrag Vartanian | Feb 18, 2009

Flash Points

“Imperfect Moments: Mapplethorpe & Censorship Twenty Years Later” at ICA in Philadelphia

by Hrag Vartanian | Feb 18, 2009

Last week, people from far and wide gathered for a special conference titled “Imperfect Moments: Mapplethorpe and Censorship Twenty Years Later,” which was co-presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art …

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Il a chaud au Cul

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 12, 2009

Flash Points

Il a chaud au Cul

by Naomi Beckwith | Feb 12, 2009

Not at all surprisingly for a corporate entity, the Associated Press recently established ownership of a photograph of Barack Obama taken at a 2006 National Press Club event by photographer …

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International Geographic: Interview with Nato Thompson

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 31, 2009

Flash Points

International Geographic: Interview with Nato Thompson

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 31, 2009

* Revised February 4, 2009. Lize Mogel, Mappa Mundi, digital print, 2008. Courtesy Melville House and iCI. Melville House and iCI recently co-published the exhibition catalogue for Experimental Geography, an …

Artiste Avec Des Frontières

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 29, 2009

Artiste Avec Des Frontières

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 29, 2009

On February 5, the New York University Hospital Library will host Interior Life, an exhibition of Ana Blohm’s photographs. They consist of geometrically organized shots of spare interiors, typically with …

Hunting with Mark Dion

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2009

Hunting with Mark Dion

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 28, 2009

Concerning Hunting, an exhibition of work by Season 4 artist Mark Dion, opens at Galleria Civica di Modena’s Palazzo Santa Margherita in Modena, Italy on February 1. The traveling exhibition expresses Dion’s interest in …

Dogs in Dusseldorf

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 22, 2009

Dogs in Dusseldorf

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 22, 2009

  Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer in Dusseldorf presents a series of new photographic works by Season 1 artist William Wegman in the exhibition Dogs on Rocks – in the Woods – at the Seaside. The color …

Back to “reality”

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 22, 2009

Back to “reality”

by Daniel Quiles | Jan 22, 2009

Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography, curated by Mia Fineman, is currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it seems intended to …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Since this column gets posted on Wednesdays (and believe me, I didn’t arrange it this way), it’s been my pleasure to contribute posts directly after the November 4th election (see …

Schorr in Weird Beauty

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 16, 2009

Schorr in Weird Beauty

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 16, 2009

Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now is on view at the International Center for Photography (ICP) from January 16 through May 3, 2009. Organized by Vince Aletti and Carol Squiers, the exhibition …

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The shock of the unseen.

by C-Monster | Jan 16, 2009

Flash Points

The shock of the unseen.

by C-Monster | Jan 16, 2009

“Looking eternity in the eye.” (All photos by Luodanli.) Almost four years ago, in the course of my web wanderings, I stumbled on the photographs of an Army serviceman  who …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Interview with Eleanor Antin Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 15, 2009

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Interview with Eleanor Antin Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 15, 2009

 Following is the second part of my conversation with Eleanor Antin, continued from Part 1 yesterday… JF: One thing that has been important in my own work with students and …

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Using contemporary art to help open conversations

by Carolyn Sutton | Jan 8, 2009

Flash Points

Using contemporary art to help open conversations

by Carolyn Sutton | Jan 8, 2009

What’s the place of contemporary art in schools?  What’s the place of “controversial” contemporary art in schools? And what’s our responsibility as teachers? The very best contemporary art speaks a …

Migration Patterns

by Elijah Burgher | Jan 4, 2009

Migration Patterns

by Elijah Burgher | Jan 4, 2009

Each year the tide of the art world carries hundreds of young artists into Chicago’s several art schools to earn their MFAs. And each year the tide also carries a …

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Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Light

by Wesley Miller | Jan 1, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams in his Oregon home. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of wilderness and …

What’s so great about…

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 14, 2008

What’s so great about…

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 14, 2008

Hello again and goodbye for now, Art21 blogging community. As a guest blogger for the past couple of weeks, I’ve loved sharing thoughts on contemporary art in New York City …

24th Street Showdown: Cindy Sherman v. Richard Prince

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

24th Street Showdown: Cindy Sherman v. Richard Prince

by Merrily Kerr | Dec 9, 2008

Score a victory for female artists in Chelsea galleries this month. Women are still routinely underrepresented in museum collections (see Jerry Saltz’s debate-sparking tally of MoMA’s permanent collection), but not …

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Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Robert Adams | Working Along Freeways

by Wesley Miller | Dec 4, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Adams with photographs in his Oregon studio. Robert Adams’s black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of …

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Gabriel Orozco | On Photography

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Gabriel Orozco | On Photography

by Wesley Miller | Nov 20, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Orozco discusses recent photographs taken in Mexico and Ecuador in 2007, and the role photography plays in his broader artistic practice. Gabriel Orozco’s sculptures and photographs disrupt conventional …

An-My Lê on Michael Heizer tonight at Dia

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 10, 2008

An-My Lê on Michael Heizer tonight at Dia

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 10, 2008

As part of Dia’s Artists on Artists lecture series, Season 4 artist An-My Lê will lecture on Michael Heizer tonight at 6:30. Trap Rock, Lê’s 2006-2007 series of color photographs, …

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 …

Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art Opens This Weekend

by Hrag Vartanian | Nov 7, 2008

Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art Opens This Weekend

by Hrag Vartanian | Nov 7, 2008

I had the good fortune of being in Roanoke, Virginia and seeing the impressive new Taubman Museum of Art (formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia). A welcome addition to …