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How can we help our students develop the ability to hold genuine, face-to-face conversations? In a world dominated by digital and increasingly shortened communication methods and quick exchanges, ...

Art21 is excited to announce its selection into a cohort of 200 nonprofit cultural organizations from across the U.S. and U.K. to participate in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator ...

Alfredo Jaar discusses his works Rwanda Rwanda and The Silence of Nduwayezu, both part of the artist’s six-year Rwanda Project. JAAR: It was my most difficult project. That’s why The Rwanda Project ...

Artist An-My Lê discusses her process of aestheticizing war, and the thinking behind her choice of black and white photography. ART21: There must be a fine line between making a representation of war ...

Artist Vija Celmins discusses her upbringing and early influences on her work. ART21: I’m curious about this old painting you have in the studio. Have you been thinking about its qualities, in terms ...

Josiah McElheny discusses how he began working with glass, and his work’s relation to memory and history. ART21: How did you decide to start working with glass? MCELHENY: The way that I am is somewhat ...

Mark Bradford was born in 1961 in Los Angeles, CA, where he lives and works. In 1997, Bradford graduated with a BFA and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. Bradford is a ...

Artist Jenny Holzer and poet Henri Cole discuss how their collaboration began, and the ways in which their work together has evolved since. ART21: How did the collaboration between you two start? COLE ...