Monthly Archives: January 2012

Occupy a Living Wage

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 11, 2012

Occupy a Living Wage

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 11, 2012

Is it time for artists to start unionizing? Christy Roberts is one of many who thinks it is, and tells us why now is the perfect moment.

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Dirt and Blankets

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 10, 2012

Anna Mayer shows how protest encampments are themselves a form of embodied activism that puts basic human needs front and center.

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

Centerfield | Ideas as Medium: An Interview with Laurie Palmer

by Caroline Picard | Jan 10, 2012

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

Centerfield | Ideas as Medium: An Interview with Laurie Palmer

by Caroline Picard | Jan 10, 2012

Caroline Picard talks to Chicago artist Laurie Palmer about collaborative practices, political action, and how we might save the world.

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

#OccupyOccupyArt21

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 9, 2012

No matter where you live, you can Occupy. Conceptual artist Mikal Czech offers a series of proposals to get you started.

Laurie Simmons. "First Bathroom/Woman Standing" from "Interiors," 1978. Cibachrome print, 3 1/2 x 5 in. Courtesy the artist.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 9, 2012

This week’s roundup features news on Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems and more.

Art21 Extended Play

Laurie Simmons: Actress Meryl Streep

by Claudine Isé | Jan 6, 2012

Laurie Simmons: Actress Meryl Streep

by Claudine Isé | Jan 6, 2012

Our latest “Exclusive” video short has just gone live! Watch photographer Laurie Simmons as she directs scenes for her 2007 film, which starred Meryl Streep.

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Octupy Los Angeles

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 6, 2012

Teresa Carmody talks with Owen Driggs about the making of a giant Octopus puppet, which stands as a visual metaphor for corporate reach as well as leaderless organization.

On View Now

On View Now | Experience Required: Carsten Höller at the New Museum

by Max Weintraub | Jan 5, 2012

On View Now | Experience Required: Carsten Höller at the New Museum

by Max Weintraub | Jan 5, 2012

Höller’s provocative exhibition turns the art-going experience into an extreme sport.

We Are

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 5, 2012

We Are

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 5, 2012

Mathew Timmons constructs concrete poetry out of collective pronouns, all culled from #Occupy-related social media streams.

Announcing Season Six of “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 4, 2012

Announcing Season Six of “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

by Jonathan Munar | Jan 4, 2012

The Peabody Award-winning television series, “Art in the Twenty-First Century,” returns to PBS in April for a sixth season.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Working with memory presents challenges, like many themes and ideas we choose to teach with, that are terribly difficult to get rolling without an organized, broad and juicy introduction. This week’s column explores how looking back can help with planning forward for better introductions to thematic units.

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Radical Receptivities

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 4, 2012

Can listening more actively spur radical change? Elana Mann and Juliana Snapper on The People’s Mic and the power of attentive voices.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | A Community of Engaged Amateurs

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Jan 4, 2012

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | A Community of Engaged Amateurs

by Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson | Jan 4, 2012

In grad school, the inspiration that our fellow students provide can be the greatest learning experience of all.

Open Enrollment

New Open Enrollment Blogger: Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson

by Claudine Isé | Jan 4, 2012

Open Enrollment

New Open Enrollment Blogger: Kelsey Elisabeth Nelson

by Claudine Isé | Jan 4, 2012

Meet our newest Open Enrollment blogger, a second-year grad student in the Art Education program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Bedfellows | Blackout

by Victoria Gannon | Jan 3, 2012

Bedfellows: Art and Visual Culture

Bedfellows | Blackout

by Victoria Gannon | Jan 3, 2012

Can a photograph stand in for an experience we had, but don’t recall? Victoria Gannon on the aesthetics of intoxication.

Bound: The Printed Object in Context

Bound | Art Talk AM on the Radio

by Meg Onli | Jan 3, 2012

Bound: The Printed Object in Context

Bound | Art Talk AM on the Radio

by Meg Onli | Jan 3, 2012

Meg Onli reviews a volume archiving the radio conversations held between artists and a student at Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice program.

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Human Pyramids and the Capitalist System

by #OccupyArt21 #LosAngeles | Jan 3, 2012

Robby Herbst discusses his grandfather’s 1930s-era amateur acrobatic troupe, whose stunts symbolically enacted the power and pleasure of united workers.

Monthly Archives: January 2012

Occupy a Living Wage

Dirt and Blankets

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

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

Centerfield | Ideas as Medium: An Interview with Laurie Palmer

#OccupyOccupyArt21