Art21 specials are single and limited-run features on the artists and communities that bring contemporary art to the fore, broadening the scope of voices and perspectives represented in Art21 films.

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Things Don't Have to Be Like This

Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

11:15
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Things Don't Have to Be Like This

Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

7/2/2025

Material / Immaterial

Valeska Soares

6:42
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Material / Immaterial

Valeska Soares

5/2/2018

Collaboration on Campus—Nanotechnology & Contemporary Art

Kimsooja

15:56
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11/10/2015

Reflections from Curator Philip Tinari

Ai Weiwei

1:54
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3/5/2014

Reflections from Curator Philip Tinari

Cao Fei

2:11
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3/5/2014

Reflections from Curator Philip Tinari

Cai Guo-Qiang

1:51
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3/5/2014

U.S. Department of State Honors Five Art21 Featured Artists

5:54
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11/29/2012

Carrie Mae Weems & David Alan Grier In Conversation

8:54
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6/25/2010