Very cool: When curator and filmmaker Susan Sollins founded the nonprofit Art21 in the late 1990s, her goal was to introduce contemporary artists to a wider audience by bringing documentaries about them to television and, later, to the internet.
Artist Documentary Maker Art21 Launches Searchable Archive of Unseen Footage
Art21 has launched a searchable archive of unseen footage from its acclaimed artist documentaries.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Very cool: When curator and filmmaker Susan Sollins founded the nonprofit Art21 in the late 1990s, her goal was to introduce contemporary artists to a wider audience by bringing documentaries about them to television and, later, to the internet.
Joan Jonas was born in 1936 in New York. A pioneer of performance and video art, Jonas works in video, installation, sculpture, and drawing, often collaborating with musicians and dancers to realize improvisational works that are equally at home in the museum gallery and on the theatrical stage
Joan Jonas — Art21
Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films...
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September 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Joan Jonas was born in 1936 in New York. A pioneer of performance and video art, Jonas works in video, installation, sculpture, and drawing, often collaborating with musicians and dancers to realize improvisational works that are equally at home in the museum gallery and on the theatrical stage
You succeed or fail as an individ not as part of a society. It's not about us helping each other. The great American myth of success.
Could I make art that make us feel something for each other?
--Artist Josh Kline on his installation on refugees of climate change
Source: Art21
Could I make art that make us feel something for each other?
--Artist Josh Kline on his installation on refugees of climate change
Source: Art21
September 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
You succeed or fail as an individ not as part of a society. It's not about us helping each other. The great American myth of success.
Could I make art that make us feel something for each other?
--Artist Josh Kline on his installation on refugees of climate change
Source: Art21
Could I make art that make us feel something for each other?
--Artist Josh Kline on his installation on refugees of climate change
Source: Art21
"After taxes and tips. I'm making $2.60/hour. Less than a third of my customers leave a tip."
-- waitress working for a chain eatery, she has no time off or health insurance.
Artist Josh Kline made a sculpture of her and her life possessions in his art installations.
Source: Art21
-- waitress working for a chain eatery, she has no time off or health insurance.
Artist Josh Kline made a sculpture of her and her life possessions in his art installations.
Source: Art21
September 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"After taxes and tips. I'm making $2.60/hour. Less than a third of my customers leave a tip."
-- waitress working for a chain eatery, she has no time off or health insurance.
Artist Josh Kline made a sculpture of her and her life possessions in his art installations.
Source: Art21
-- waitress working for a chain eatery, she has no time off or health insurance.
Artist Josh Kline made a sculpture of her and her life possessions in his art installations.
Source: Art21
El nuevo archivo de Art21 ofrece acceso a material no visto, ampliando el conocimiento sobre artistas contemporáneos. La disponibilidad digital democratiza el estudio del arte moderno. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Artist Documentary Maker Art21 Launches Searchable Archive of Unseen Footage
Art21 has launched a searchable archive of unseen footage from its acclaimed artist documentaries.
www.artnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:09 PM
El nuevo archivo de Art21 ofrece acceso a material no visto, ampliando el conocimiento sobre artistas contemporáneos. La disponibilidad digital democratiza el estudio del arte moderno. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Lenka Clayton and the beauty of the everyday | Art21
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September 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Lenka Clayton and the beauty of the everyday | Art21
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My PSA today is for ART21 : Everyone should sub to them and take the time to periodically watch them for new experiences in Art.
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25 Years of Art21
YouTube video by Art21
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September 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
My PSA today is for ART21 : Everyone should sub to them and take the time to periodically watch them for new experiences in Art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-Z...
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Art21 created a searchable archive from thousands of hours of artist interviews to preserve and reuse documentary footage.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Art21 created a searchable archive from thousands of hours of artist interviews to preserve and reuse documentary footage.
Art21 created a searchable archive from thousands of hours of artist interviews to preserve and reuse documentary footage.
Save What Matters
Curate Feeds | Make Collections | Customize Email Briefs
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September 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Art21 created a searchable archive from thousands of hours of artist interviews to preserve and reuse documentary footage.
miss bear needs to eat entire pizzas and watch movies and art21 videos and enjoy an edible maybe while having her belly rubbed.
September 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
miss bear needs to eat entire pizzas and watch movies and art21 videos and enjoy an edible maybe while having her belly rubbed.
If you guys like this wait until you hear about Barry McGee (Twist) & Margaret Kilgallen, married artists that wrote on trains in the 90's, taking inspiration from trainhoppers that would sign their names on cars. They were hugely influential in evolving 90's train tagging culture.
September 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If you guys like this wait until you hear about Barry McGee (Twist) & Margaret Kilgallen, married artists that wrote on trains in the 90's, taking inspiration from trainhoppers that would sign their names on cars. They were hugely influential in evolving 90's train tagging culture.
It doesn’t explain the art simply really but I try to watch Art 21 often as they do really good profiles on current artists. It is quite inspiring but can make me feel envious and inadequate as an artist. It’s the whole package! Ha!
m.youtube.com/@art21org
m.youtube.com/@art21org
Art21
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August 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It doesn’t explain the art simply really but I try to watch Art 21 often as they do really good profiles on current artists. It is quite inspiring but can make me feel envious and inadequate as an artist. It’s the whole package! Ha!
m.youtube.com/@art21org
m.youtube.com/@art21org
read this interview with artist kara walker about her 2002 guggenheim show, and look at the photos. then revisit apple's 2003 sillhouette campaign and tell me what you think.
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Projecting Fictions: “Insurrection! Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On” — Art21
Kara Walker discusses her 2002 exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On).
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August 27, 2026 at 11:35 AM
read this interview with artist kara walker about her 2002 guggenheim show, and look at the photos. then revisit apple's 2003 sillhouette campaign and tell me what you think.
art21.org/read/kara-wa...
art21.org/read/kara-wa...
Exploring James Turrell's Roden Crater and Quaker Meeting House | Art21
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Exploring James Turrell's Roden Crater and Quaker Meeting House | Art21
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August 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Exploring James Turrell's Roden Crater and Quaker Meeting House | Art21
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What if women wrote the myths? | Nancy Spero | UNIQLO ARTSPEAKS
& Nancy Spero in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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& Nancy Spero in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx Blog
#VisualArtist #political and #feminist
Birthday Remembrances. Today, Aug 24, 1926 – #NancySpero, American artist (d. 2009) was born.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Spero)
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August 24, 2026 at 9:32 AM
What if women wrote the myths? | Nancy Spero | UNIQLO ARTSPEAKS
& Nancy Spero in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
(🎬 Click the Pic to Watch the Videos)
& Nancy Spero in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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I like these ... Stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_p...
Jordan Strafer’s True Stories | Art21 “New York Close Up”
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August 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I like these ... Stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_p...
Remembering that time Mary Heilmann DJ’ed one of those Art21 trivia nights. She had great taste.
August 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Remembering that time Mary Heilmann DJ’ed one of those Art21 trivia nights. She had great taste.
(386) Ellen Gallagher in “Play” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century" - YouTube
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Ellen Gallagher in “Play” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century"
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August 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
(386) Ellen Gallagher in “Play” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century" - YouTube
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documentary short follows artist Sable Elyse Smith
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The Contemporary Austin, BOFFO Residency Fire Island, Precision Neon
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The Contemporary Austin, BOFFO Residency Fire Island, Precision Neon
The art that actually hurts to look at (Sable Elyse Smith) | Art21
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August 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
documentary short follows artist Sable Elyse Smith
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The Contemporary Austin, BOFFO Residency Fire Island, Precision Neon
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The Contemporary Austin, BOFFO Residency Fire Island, Precision Neon
She turns prison furniture into powerful art (Sable Elyse Smith) | Art21
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Sable Elyse Smith: Turn Things Over | Art21 "Extended Play"
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August 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
She turns prison furniture into powerful art (Sable Elyse Smith) | Art21
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You might want to head over to art21 to set a reminder, in ~27 hours Art21 has a new Episode on Sable Elyse Smith premiering.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzhc...
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Sable Elyse Smith: Turn Things Over | Art21 "Extended Play"
YouTube video by Art21
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August 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You might want to head over to art21 to set a reminder, in ~27 hours Art21 has a new Episode on Sable Elyse Smith premiering.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzhc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzhc...
Artist Rose B. Simpson listens closely art21.org/read/in-the-... @art21org.bsky.social
In the Studio: Rose B. Simpson — Art21
Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films...
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July 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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New from Art21
Precious Okoyomon deconstructs our world to build something new
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Precious Okoyomon deconstructs our world to build something new
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Precious Okoyomon deconstructs our world to build something new
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July 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New from Art21
Precious Okoyomon deconstructs our world to build something new
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc81...
Precious Okoyomon deconstructs our world to build something new
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc81...