New Video: Jes Fan Treads Between Beauty and Grotesque

In a new film from our “New York Close Up” series, Jes Fan walks the fine line between the beautiful and the grotesque, creating sculptures which simultaneously attract and repulse.

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Event: Film Premiere and Conversation with Jes Fan

Join us from home for the world premiere of the latest film from our New York Close Up series, featuring artist Jes Fan.

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New Video: Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg Channel Their Emotions

In a new film from our “Extended Play” series, creative duo Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg discuss the feelings of shame, desire, happiness, and despair that go into making their clay-animation films and sculptures.

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New Video: Bryan Zanisnik Makes A Big Pivot

In a new film from our “New York Close Up” series, artist and storyteller Bryan Zanisnik comically chronicles the highs and lows of life as an artist.

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New Video: Krzysztof Wodiczko Amplifies the Voices of Refugees

In a new film from our “Extended Play” series, Krzysztof Wodiczko describes his 2020 site-specific commission for Madison Square Park in New York City, “Monument.”

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From the Executive Director: Meriem Bennani Mixes Humor and Politics, Sculpture and Film

Executive director and chief curator Tina Kukielski delivers a dispatch of Art21’s latest on-goings.

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New Video: Hiwa K Has an Affair with Knowledge

In a new film from our Extended Play series, Hiwa K discusses his desire to make artwork that is understandable to a wide audience.

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Five New Films Headline Art21’s Winter 2020 Programming Season

Five new films are featured in Art21’s winter 2020 programming season, starting with a new release available to watch today. New films will premiere bi-weekly on Wednesdays through April 1.

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New Video: Louise Despont Draws from Experiences in Bali

In a new film from our “New York Close Up” series, Louise Despont, a New York-born artist now working in Bali, shares how her adopted island home shapes her intensive practice, informing the devotional, meditative, and fragile elements of her drawings.

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New Video: Stephanie Syjuco Navigates Tropes of American History

In a new film from our “Extended Play” series, Stephanie Syjuco navigates the deeply embedded visual tropes of American history applied in her practice.

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