Starting April 3, 2025, Art21 invites you to host a free screening of films featuring artists Linda Goode Bryant, Sarah Sze, Josephine Halvorson, Rose B. Simpson, and Michael Rakowitz—celebrating the new book “Artists and the Unknown”
New York, New York (April 3, 2025) – Art21 announces the latest season of Screening Society, a program that welcomes local communities to gather and watch films about art together. By providing free access to documentary films about contemporary artists, Screening Society promotes conversation, inspires creative thinking, and broadens engagement with contemporary art.
Register at art21.org/screeningsociety
In celebration of Art21’s newest book, Artists & the Unknown: Art21 Interviews with Artists, this season of Screening Society provides a selection of films featuring artists who explore how we use randomness, mystery, and unknowability to try to answer some of life’s biggest questions.
Beginning April 3, 2025, any organization or community group—whether a school, university, library, museum, senior center, or beyond—is welcome to host a free public screening of the following films:
Linda Goode Bryant in “Friends and Strangers”
“Sarah Sze: Emotional Time”
Rose B. Simpson in “Everyday Icons”
“Josephine Halvorson is on the Clock”
“Michael Rakowitz: Haunting the West”
Through Screening Society, Art21 provides everything needed to host a public screening—at no cost. Hosts simply sign up online, receive access to the materials, and press play.
Sign up today to bring these compelling artist stories to your community. Learn more and register at art21.org/screeningsociety.
Artists & the Unknown: Art21 Interviews with Artists
Drawn from over two decades of interviews with the leading artists of the 21st century, “Artists & the Unknown” captures engaging, inspiring and stimulating conversations that explore encounters with the unknown. Featuring the works and words of 18 groundbreaking contemporary artists, this collection serves as a guide and a companion in your own encounters with unknowability.
Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Learn more at Art21.org.
