ART21 News
November 25, 2015
IMAGE: Artist Louise Despont in her Tribeca studio, New York, 2015. Production still from the ART21 New York Close Up film Louise Despont According to the Universe. © ART21, Inc. 2015.
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In this issue of ART21 News:

New Videos Featuring Louise Despont, Graciela Iturbide, and Kimsooja

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 Videos Featuring Louise Despont, Graciela Iturbide, and Kimsooja
VIDEO_ Louise Despont According to the Universe
From the series, ART21 New York Close Up
Louise Despont peruses her vast reference library of collected images from which she continues to find inspiration for her drawing-based work.
Premiered on November 13, 2015

VIDEO_ Graciela Iturbide_ Photographing Mexico
From the series, ART21 Exclusive
Graciela Iturbide discusses her personal and artistic relationship to politics and inequality in Mexico.
Premiered on November 6, 2015

VIDEO_ Kimsooja_ Collaboration on Campus_Nanotechnology _ Contemporary Art
An ART21-produced special feature
Kimsooja collaborates with scientists and nanotechnologists to create an iridescent steel and polymer sculpture for the Cornell University campus.
Premiered on November 10, 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_ Richard Serra_ Tools _ Strategies
From the series, ART21 Exclusive
"What's interesting about artists is that they constantly come up with ways of informing themselves by inventing tools or techniques or processes that allow them to see into a material manifestation in the way that would not be possible if you dealt with standardized or academic ways of thinking." --Richard Serra
Premiered on January 11, 2013

VIDEO_ Laleh Khorramian_s Epic Animations
From the series, ART21 New York Close Up
"I like epic stories. There's the epic in just about everything. There's an epic story somewhere in everyone's realities, even when we think nothing interesting is happening." --Laleh Khorramian
Premiered on June 21, 2013

VIDEO_ Ellen Gallagher in _quot_Play_quot_
From the series, ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century
"This idea of repetition and revision is central to my working process--this idea of stacking and layering and building up densities and recoveries." --Ellen Gallagher
Premiered on February 10, 2012



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Highlights from the ART21 Magazine
From the November/December "Revolution Part II" issue:
ART21 Digital Content Editor Lindsey Davis revisits the "revolution" theme with a playlist of ten artists who are using their work to challenge institutional racism, homelessness, war, sexism, climate change, xenophobia, and more.

IMAGE: Detail of Nancy Spero's Maypole / Take No Prisoners (2007) installed in the artist's studio, New York, 2006. Production still from the ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 4 episode, Protest, 2007. © ART21, Inc. 2007.

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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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Why give to the ART21 Annual Fund?
  • You are inspired by contemporary artists
  • You are curious about artists' processes and ideas
  • You believe that contemporary art should be part of every child's education
A gift today ensures the production of new ART21 films and educational resources that will be accessible to broad audiences free of charge. Every gift helps: Donate now.


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Shop ART21
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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