ART21 News
May 31, 2016
IMAGE: Nick Cave. Here Hear, 2015. Courtesy of Cranbrook Art Museum. Production still from the ART21-produced series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 8, 2016.
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In this issue of ART21 News:

Letter from the Executive Director

Announcing Season 8 of ART21's Broadcast Series

Join the ART21 Membership Program

Featured Video from the ART21 Collection

Highlights from the ART21 Magazine

Shop ART21 

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Letter from the Executive Director
We have big news! ART21 announced last week its eighth season on PBS. And with that, word took off about the fantastic group of artists we've been working with for the last year, including Nick Cave, Minerva Cuevas, Diana Thater, and Jeff Wall. Also noteworthy is our new season host: Claire Danes.

On top of all that, ART21 has launched a membership campaign with incredible incentives. Now is your chance to give to make this and all of our programs possible.

Tina Kukielski
Executive Director, ART21
May 31, 2016


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Announcing Season 8 of ART21's Broadcast Series
ART21's flagship series returns to PBS on September 16 with four new one-hour episodes.

For the first time in the show's history, the sixteen featured artists are grouped by their unique and revealing relationships to the places where they live: Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Vancouver.

Featured in the new season are artists Natalia Almada, Edgar Arceneaux, Nick Cave, Minerva Cuevas, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Brian Jungen, Barbara Kasten, Liz Larner, Tala Madani, Liz Magor, Dami�n Ortega, Pedro Reyes, Diana Thater, Jeff Wall, and Chris Ware.

Watch the Season 8 trailer.
Tune In
Episodes from Season 8 will air on two consecutive Fridays, September 16 and September 23, from 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

Full episodes will also be available to watch online (U.S. only) on the days following each episode's national broadcast through ART21.org, PBS.org/art21, and PBS streaming apps.

IMAGE: Diana Thater. The Sympathetic Imagination, 2015. Installation view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles. Production still from the ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 8 episode, Los Angeles, 2016. � ART21, Inc. 2016.

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Join the ART21 Membership Program
ART21 has launched a new membership program to provide customized ways for you to engage with ART21. Invitations to season premieres and special access events, passes to major art fairs, and recognition on ART21.org are just some of the offerings in this new program. Join today!


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Featured Video from the ART21 Collection
From the series, ART21 New York Close Up
"Making these large works, what concerns me the most is how to get you to pay attention to weight and volume and space and interiors and exteriors. I want to make something that seems really improbable."
--Diana Al-Hadid
Premiered on April 12, 2013

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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Highlights from the ART21 Magazine
From the May/June "Illusion" issue:
Director of El Museo del Barrio and "Illusion" Guest Editor Jorge Daniel Veneciano introduces the issue's theme through his latest exhibition The Illusive Eye.
How wild is the wilderness? Writer Rachel Gagnon investigates how our experiences in nature are interpreted by artists and mediated by government agencies.
In a new "Inside the Artist's Studio" interview, Seattle artist Dave Kennedy shares the motivations behind his photographic collages that investigate perceptions of urban space.

IMAGE: Edward Weston. Juniper, Lake Tenaya, 1937. Gelatin silver print. Collection SFMOMA, Gift of Mrs. Drew Chidester; � 1981. Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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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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