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Season 7 of ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Now Online 

New ART21 Exclusive, Artist to Artist, and New York Close Up videos

Upcoming ART21 Education Events

Access '14 Screenings Near You

Highlights from the ART21 Magazine 

Support ART21 in the Year Ahead

Shop ART21 




Banner: Production still from the ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7. Episode: Investigation.  Segment: Leonardo Drew. © ART21, Inc. 2014. LeftProduction stills from the ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7. © ART21, Inc. 2014. 
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Watch all four episodes of ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7 online.


 
Graciela IturbideLeonardo Drew, and Thomas Hirschhorn use their practices as tools for personal and intellectual discovery, simultaneously documenting and producing new realities in the process.


Arlene Shechet, Elliott Hundley, and Trevor Paglen share some of the secrets that are intrinsic to their work.


Abraham Cruzvillegas
Tania Bruguera, and Wolfgang Laib use life experiences and family heritage to explore new aesthetic terrain.

 

Joan Jonas, Katharina Grosse, and Omer Fast explore the virtues of ambiguity, mix genres, and merge aesthetic disciplines to discern not simply what stories mean, but how and why they come to have meaning.

Top to bottom: Production stills from ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7. © ART21, Inc. 2014

videoNew Videos from ART21 Exclusive, Artist to Artist, and New York Close Up

 
From the Exclusive series
Joan Jonas draws in her Manhattan studio, and on stage at the Umeå Jazz Festival in Sweden. "Drawing is like practicing the piano," says Jonas.


From the Artist to Artist series

Artist Kerry James Marshall travels to the Prospect.3 biennial in New Orleans, Louisiana and speaks with five fellow artists and one collective.



From the New York Close Up series

In a new film artist Bryan Zanisnik hikes through the New Jersey Meadowlands landscape and exhibits his work Meadowlands Picaresque at the Brooklyn Museum.

 
From the ART21 Archive

In this 2011 interview Opie discusses her style of documentary photography; influential artists and techniques; her interest in religion; and the idea of America as the great democracy.


Keep up with the Exclusive series on Art21.org, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). Keep up with the New York Close Up series at the project website. Explore all featured artists on Art21.org, and join our communities on FacebookTwitter, and Tumblr for regular updates.
 Upcoming ART21 Education Events
 Creative Chemistries: Radical Practices for Art + Education

February 20-21 at the 
Park Avenue Armory, NY

ART21's first-ever education forum will bring artists and educators together to explore innovative practices. Learn more about Creative Chemistries and register via the event website.


 Leonardo Drew and Arlene Shechet at Joan Mitchell Foundation


To register, email education@art21.org with the subject line "JMF."


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 Highlights from the ART21 Magazine
 In the "Revolution" issue:


Left: Rokni Haerizadeh. Subversive Salami in a Ragged Briefcase, 2014. Gesso, watercolor, and ink on printed paper; 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai.

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accessAccess '14 Screenings Near You

ART21 Access '14 is a global effort to provide access to contemporary art and artists through hundreds of free public screenings and events. 

Visit art21.org to become a host venue or to find a screening near you.



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Support Art21
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Your donations provide national and international publics with access to contemporary art and artists; allow our materials to reach classrooms across the globe, and support the continuation of ART21's extraordinary legacy.

Please make a donation today. Thank you for being a part of ART21's extended family of supporters.  

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ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7
Purchase the new Season 7 DVD through ShopPBS.org and enjoy four hours of programming, featuring profiles of twelve leading contemporary artists.

ART21 William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
This Peabody Award-winning feature film provides an in-depth look at South African artist William Kentridge as he creates new works, including his staging of Shostakovich's The Nose at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. ART21 William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible is available on DVD from ShopPBS.org and other retailers.

Companion Books
The ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with the featured artists, high-quality images, and essays from ART21 founder Susan Sollins.

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