Glenn Ligon: Installing "Warm Broad Glow II" | "Exclusive" | Art21
04:18
May 18, 2012
Episode #156: Filmed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in early 2011, artist Glenn Ligon installs his twenty-foot neon artwork "Warm Broad Glow II" (2011) in the museum'...
Marina Abramović: Embracing Fashion | "Exclusive" | Art21
05:39
May 11, 2012
Episode #155: Filmed at her New York office in 2011, Marina Abramović discusses how her relationship to fashion and femininity have evolved over the course of a 40-year care...
William Kentridge: Meaning | "Exclusive" | Art21
02:09
Mar 30, 2012
Episode #154: Filmed at his Johannesburg studio in 2008, William Kentridge discusses how the physical activities of cutting, tearing and collaging generate ideas and infuse ...
Paul McCarthy: Chaos & Debauchery | "Exclusive" | Art21
04:06
Mar 16, 2012
Episode #153: Filmed in his Los Angeles studio, two of Paul McCarthy's long-time assistants — Thomas Harris and Craig McIntyre — describe the process of sculpting, molding, ...
Judy Pfaff & Ursula von Rydingsvard: "Zygmunt" | "Exclusive" | Art21
02:51
Mar 2, 2012
Episode #152: Filmed at their respective studios in 2006, longtime friends Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard discuss their experience collaborating in 1992 on a large sc...
Lari Pittman: Audience | "Exclusive" | Art21
03:24
Feb 17, 2012
Episode #151: Filmed in 2010 at Lari Pittman's dual exhibitions "Orangerie" and "New Paintings" at Regen Projects, Los Angeles, the artist discusses the common misconception...
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Black Artists | "Exclusive" | Art21
04:25
Feb 3, 2012
Episode #150: As Yinka Shonibare MBE installs his 2008 solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, he discusses his experience as a black artist living...
Ursula von Rydingsvard: "Becoming an Artist" | "Exclusive" | Art21
04:16
Jan 20, 2012
Episode #149: Filmed at her Brooklyn studio, artist Ursula von Rydingsvard recounts her family's journey from German refugee camps during WWII to their difficult early years...
Laurie Simmons: Actress Meryl Streep | "Exclusive" | Art21
03:36
Jan 6, 2012
Filmed in 2006 at Industria Studios, New York, photographer Laurie Simmons directs scenes for her first film, “The Music of Regret” starring Meryl Streep. A longtime friend ...
An-My Lê: "Trap Rock"
05:26
Dec 16, 2011
Exclusive Episode #147: Commissioned by Dia:Beacon, artist An-My Lê makes photographs of the Trap Rock basalt quarry on the Hudson river with her large-format camera. Compar...
Cao Fei: Building "RMB City" | "Exclusive" | Art21
03:45
Dec 2, 2011
Episode #146: In her Beijing studio, Cao Fei discusses the inspirations, process, and challenges behind developing and building a virtual urban environment within the digita...
Paul McCarthy: "Captain Ballsack"
04:03
Nov 11, 2011
Episode #143: Filmed in his Los Angeles studio, artist Paul McCarthy and production manager Amy Baumann describe the nearly decade-long, organic process behind the sculpture...
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