Whenever I’m filming out in the world, I become hyper-aware of sound. Be it the disruptive dissonance of airplanes and ambulances or the aural ambiance that defines a place or experience, sound carries an immense power to evoke emotion and convey meaning. Today’s new film features London-based artist John Akomfrah and his uninhibited yet highly […]

Last night, at a gala celebrating our 21st anniversary, we announced a new season of our Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering this September on PBS. Continuing the thematic focus introduced in the previous season, the new season draws upon artists’ relationships with the places where they live and work: Berlin, Germany; Johannesburg, […]

Tune in to PBS at 9:00 p.m. tonight (check local listings) for the first of five consecutive Friday nights of visual arts programming presented by Art21 and American Masters. Opening with the American Masters “Artists Flight” and culminating with Art21’s latest season of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series, the five weeks will together […]

A new season of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century series arrives this Friday with back-to-back premiere episodes—”Johannesburg” and “Berlin“—starting at 9:00 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). UPDATE: Full episodes and segments are now available in the Art21 Library. The third and final episode of the season, “San Francisco Bay Area,” premieres […]