ART21 News
October 29, 2015
IMAGE: Artist Josiah McElheny at work in his studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2015. Production still from the ART21 Exclusive episode Josiah McElheny: Paintings. © ART21, Inc. 2015.
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In this issue of ART21 News:

New Video Featuring Josiah McElheny

Featured Videos from the ART21 Collection

Highlights from the ART21 Magazine

For Educators: Download the Learning with ART21 Guide

Support ART21 Films and Programs

Shop ART21 

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New Video Featuring Josiah McElheny
VIDEO_ Josiah McElheny_ Paintings
From the series, ART21 Exclusive
Filmed in 2015, artist Josiah McElheny creates a new series of paintings as "something to see through" from his Brooklyn, NY studio.
Premiered on October 23, 2015

Watch full episodes from the ART21 Exclusive series and the ART21 New York Close Up series on ART21.org. Join our communities on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr to catch new episodes as they premiere.

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Featured Videos from the ART21 Collection
VIDEO_ Martin Puryear_ Printmaking
From the series, ART21 Exclusive
"I try to make work that's about the ideas in the sculpture without making pictures of the sculpture. It's been a little tricky because I'm suddenly going into two dimensions after working and thinking in three." --Martin Puryear
Premiered on February 22, 2013

VIDEO_ Julie Mehretu_ _quot_Mural_quot_
From the series, ART21 Exclusive
"Maybe that's a big reason that I work with abstraction-so that you can't necessarily pinpoint a specific narrative. But, whether it's just a plain square or a more anthropomorphic shape, these all bring up something that means something more subconsciously or poetically within us." --Julie Mehretu
Premiered on May 14, 2010

VIDEO_ LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures
From the series, ART21 New York Close Up
"Our mind sees in images. We imagine ourselves to look a certain way. We imagine ourselves in a certain place. We have dreams of how we want things to be around us. We need a radical documentary work. It's about questioning things and interrogating things." --LaToya Ruby Frazier
Premiered on February 10, 2012



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Highlights from the ART21 Magazine
From the September/October "Happiness" issue:
Alexis Anais Avedisian considers the ways that access to archived digital memories and Internet relationships can be sources of happiness.
Svetlana Kitto looks at the misleading yet sincere cover art of books by author Elena Ferrante.
Alex Huntsberger considers how theatrical tradition has little interest in happiness but instead cherishes the moment of catharsis.
Jacquelyn Gleisner visits artist Saya Woolfalk to discuss the social construction of happiness explored by the artist in a recent exhibition at the Seattle Museum of Art.
Erik Benjamins offers philosophical meanderings about his experience this past summer at the Santa Fe International Folk Museum.

IMAGE: Saya Woolfalk. ChimaTEK Life Products, 2015; installation view, Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, 2015, Seattle Art Museum. © Seattle Art Museum. Photo: Nathaniel Willson.

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For Educators: Download the Learning with ART21 Guide
Download the Learning with ART21 Guide
The Learning with ART21 Guide is a new downloadable resource offering starting points for introducing contemporary art and artists into classroom and community-based learning.

ART21 offers this and additional free resources to spur dialogue, facilitate critical inquiry, support research and exploration, and enhance curricula in a wide range of subject areas.


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Support ART21 Films and Programs
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ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century
Add ART21's PBS-broadcast seasons to your video collection. Seven seasons of ART21's Peabody Award-winning series, featuring over 100 artists across 28 episodes, are available to purchase on DVD through ShopPBS.org and other retailers, and as digital downloads through iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Google Play.

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. Available for Seasons 1 through 6 from ShopPBS.org and other retailers.

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

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