While some artists may intentionally create works that respond to political circumstances, others may do so by default. Protesting policy, war, or social norms, artists challenge the status quo and ...

“When will we stop working in this class?!” This was a repeated question by a spirited and talented but reluctant artist I ...

At once deeply sincere and totally kidding, artist Hadi Falapishi isn’t afraid to play the clown in his paintings, performances, and sculptures if it gives him permission to share universal truths.

Executive director and chief curator Tina Kukielski delivers a dispatch of Art21’s latest on-goings. Art21 is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent ...

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New York, New York – Art21 is proud to announce the release of a new film “Sincerely Yours, Hadi Falapishi,” premiering Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 p.m. ET on Art21.org and YouTube. This is the ...

New York, New York – Art21 is proud to announce the release of a new film “Sincerely Yours, Hadi Falapishi,” premiering Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 p.m. ET on Art21.org and YouTube. This is the ...

Glenn Ligon was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1960. Ligon’s paintings and sculptures examine cultural and social identity through found sources—literature, Afrocentric coloring books, photographs—to ...

Stan Douglas was born in Vancouver in 1960. He reenacts historical moments of tension that connect local histories to broader social movements of struggle and utopian aspiration. In the artist’s ...

Thomas Hirschhorn was born in 1957 in Bern, Switzerland. Originally trained as a graphic designer, Thomas Hirschhorn shapes public discourse that relates to political discontent, and offers ...

Abigail DeVille was born in 1981 in New York, where she lives and works. Maintaining a long-standing interest in marginalized people and places, DeVille creates site-specific immersive installations ...