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Press Releases

Two images on top of each other, showing two different angles of Trey Abdella sculpting a large, textured pink surface using his hands to sculpts and tools. He is wearing black clothes and blue gloves in an indoor workshop.

December 8, 2025

“Trey Abdella’s Miserable Dream” New Art21 Film to Premiere Online on December 10, 2025

September 24, 2025

Art21 and CHANEL Culture Fund Introduce an Original Series of Documentary Shorts Designed for Social Media Platforms

September 10, 2025

“Lucy Raven: Pressure & Release” New Art21 Film to Premiere Online on September 17, 2025

Anne Imhof holding her head in her hand looking forward, with a piano next to her.

August 18, 2025

“Anne Imhof: DOOM” New Art21 Film to Premiere Online on August 20, 2025

A collage of four photos: a woman looking at papers, a man riding a scooter, a person measuring wood, and a man sitting at a desk with art supplies.

August 13, 2025

New Season of Art21’s Art in the Twenty-First Century to Premiere With First Episode on October 17

Four images of artists engaged in different activities: a woman working at a desk, a man using a power tool, a woman gesturing at an art piece, and a woman speaking in an interview setting.

July 14, 2025

Art21’s Fall Program to Feature New Documentaries, Screenings, Artist Talks, and Launch of Season 12 of its Acclaimed Broadcast Series “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

Three people are having a conversation indoors, shown in a split-screen format; each person is looking at someone off camera.

June 16, 2025

Art21 and Ford Foundation Debut Film “Things Don’t Have to Be Like This: A Conversation About Digital Technology & Contemporary Art” Exploring Creativity in the Digital Age

A diverse group of seven people, some using wheelchairs, sit in a semicircle outside against a plain concrete wall, engaged in conversation.

June 11, 2025

Art21 Debuts New Documentary Short “I Wanna Be With You Everywhere”

Arthur Jafa with gray braided hair and a beard sits in an art studio, wearing a black sweatshirt.

April 17, 2025

“Arthur Jafa: Sequencing the Notes” New Art21 Film to Premiere on April 30

Blue promotional graphic for “Screening Society” featuring a book titled “Artists & the Unknown,” a film camera illustration, and the Art21 logo. Text invites event registration.

April 3, 2025

Art21 Invites Organizations to Host Free Screenings of Documentary Films About Contemporary Artists

Hyeree Ro with long dark hair closely observes small sculpted objects displayed on a transparent surface supported by a wooden frame.

March 27, 2025

Art21 to Release new film: “Hyeree Ro’s Precise Ambiguity”

Amy Sherald with curly hair and glasses smiling, seated next to an open laptop.

March 6, 2025

Art21 to Release New Film: “Amy Sherald: Singular Moments”

Guadalupe Maravilla stands in front of a white wall with a white horse statue on top, a blue building in the background.

February 13, 2025

Art21 to Release new film: “Guadalupe Maravilla’s ‘Mariposa Relámpago'”

Miranda July with curly hair smiling, wearing a light blue button-up shirt. Bookshelves with various colored books are in the background.

January 30, 2025

Art21 to Release New Film: “Miranda July: What Else Might You Do?”

Books titled "Artists & the Unknown" in blue text displayed on shelves, arranged in a rows.

November 19, 2024

Art21 to Release Artists & the Unknown—Exclusive Interviews with Icons Like Miranda July, Amy Sillman, and Anish Kapoor

Two images side by side. On the left a man wearing a hat sits holding glasses in a room with framed pictures. On the right, he is crouched painting on a large canvas depicting two standing figures.

November 14, 2024

New Art21 Film To Have World Premiere at DOC NYC: “Salah Elmur: Fixing Time”

November 13, 2024

Art21 to Release new film: “Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle”

Hadi Falapishi looks up at a large, painted ceramic with animal and hand designs in a dimly lit space.

October 15, 2024

Art21 to Release New Digital Film: “Sincerely Yours, Hadi Falapishi”

Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo with long hair stands behind a glass panel in a room with green lighting, wearing a white shirt. There are jars on a shelf in the background.

September 19, 2024

Art21 to Release new film: “Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo): Radical Transparency”

August 28, 2024

Art21 to Release New Film: “Ilana Harris-Babou’s Guide to Health & Happiness”

May 8, 2024

Art21 to Release New Film: “Naudline Pierre: A Place Other Than Here”

April 11, 2024

Art21 to Release New Film: “Drake Carr’s Favorite Thing”

March 28, 2024

Art21 Partners with Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair 2024

Rose B. Simpson hands clasped sitting in front of the wooden walls of her installation, "Dream House."

March 21, 2024

Art21 Set to Release New Film, “Rose B. Simpson: ‘Dream House’”

March 14, 2024

Art21 Partners with EXPO CHICAGO 2024

February 29, 2024

Art21 to Release New Film: “Xin Liu’s Inward Expeditions”

February 9, 2024

Art21 to Release New Film: “Hannah Levy’s Adaptive Structures”

January 25, 2024

Art21 to Release First Film of 2024: “Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Politics of Listening”

November 27, 2023

Art21 to Release final film of 2023 “Kerry James Marshall: ‘Now and Forever'”

October 31, 2023

Art21 Launches “Art21 for Everyone,” an Artist-Driven Campaign Committed to Expanding Access to Contemporary Art

October 6, 2023

Art21 to Release Season Finale of “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

September 28, 2023

Art21 Welcomes Dynamic New Board Members from Art, Film, Media, Non-Profit Leadership and Law

September 26, 2023

Art21 to Release Two New Films in October: “Paul Pfeiffer: Interrupting the Broadcast” and “Wong Ping: The Freedom of Animation”

September 18, 2023

Art21 to Release New Film: “Esteban Cabeza de Baca’s Time Travels”

August 24, 2023

Art21 Hosts Its Inaugural “Art21 at the Movies” A Fusion of Film and Contemporary Art