Extended Play
Art21’s Extended Play (formerly known as Exclusive) digital series provides unmediated, behind-the-scenes access to today’s leading artists. Through process-revealing footage and intimate interviews, these curatorially-driven films chronicle a diverse scale of international projects, ranging from major commissions to exploratory sketches. Produced in close collaboration with artists, Extended Play uncovers the provocative ideas, timely cultural influences, and biographical anecdotes that inspire the artists featured throughout the series.
Extended Play is made possible with support from the Every Page Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Henry Nias Foundation.
Latest video
Turn Things Over Sable Elyse Smith
August 5, 2026
This documentary short follows Sable Elyse Smith as she transforms the language and materials of institutional power structures, like the carceral system, into a body of work that highlights systemic harms that are often overlooked.
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“Sable Elyse Smith: Turn Things Over”
New Art21 Film to Premiere August 5, 2026
Art21 announced the premiere of “Sable Elyse Smith: Turn Things Over,” a new documentary film. From her New Jersey studio and BOFFO Fire Island Pines residency to a career-spanning exhibition at The Contemporary Austin, this short follows Smith as she transforms the language and materials of institutional power structures, such as the carceral system, into art that highlights systemic harms.
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Director’s Notes with Adam Golfer | “Camille Henrot: In Movement”
Camille is in perpetual motion, and a lot of the film was trying to learn her rhythms: in the studio, in the editing room, in the foundry. Her interests are wide-ranging, but her ‘hand,’ and her particular way of looking at the world held things together no matter what she was working on.
