On View

“Dorthea Lange: Words & Pictures“Museum of Modern Art What the museum says: “Toward the end of her life, Dorothea Lange remarked, ‘All photographs—not only those that are so-called ‘documentary,’ and every photograph really is documentary and belongs in some place, has a place in history—can be fortified by words.’ Organized loosely chronologically and spanning her career, […] More

The South African-born artist Zanele Muholi is not a fan of boundaries. As a self-proclaimed “visual activist,” Muholi, who uses the pronoun “they,” refuses to be pigeonholed by sexual orientation, gender, or profession, though all of those things are integral aspects of Muholi’s identity. Britain’s Tate Modern museum was planning to open a major survey of […] More

When Klaus Biesenbach took the corner office as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, he gave up most of the trappings of his former life as a curator, swapping checklists for checkbooks. But there was one part of the job he couldn’t let go: studio visits. Now, even as the museum […] More

“Where does the work end, and I begin?” Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg asks in an exclusive new interview as part of Art21’s Extended Play series. “It’s so hard to differentiate,” she says, laughing, and a beat later, she groans: “that sounded so cheesy… even though it’s true!” Although the fair-haired artist, who appears in the […] More

“BLACK VOICES / BLACK MICROCOSMS”CFHILL Art SpaceStockholm, Sweden What the curator says: “There isn’t so much of a ‘theme’ for the show; the common threads are the links, cultural or otherwise, that we find throughout the African diaspora, ways in which we connect and differ, or come together to bridge gaps,” says curator Destinee Ross. “The […] More

“Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945”Whitney Museum of American Art What the museum says: “Mexico underwent a radical cultural transformation at the end of its revolution in 1920. A new relationship between art and the public was established, giving rise to art that spoke directly to the people about social justice and national […] More

“Outside Looking In: John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, and Wright Morris“Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University What the museum says: “This exhibition presents work by three American photographers in the Capital Group Foundation Photography Collection at Stanford University who used the camera to observe the public lives and, occasionally, the private spaces of others. German-born John Gutmann […] More

Artists are often thought of as solitary workers. But some, like the Canadian-born artist Marcel Dzama, are drawn to collaboration. “I enjoy working alone for about a month, and then after that I really need to be around other artists,” he said in an exclusive 2019 interview with Art21 for the “Extended Play” series (not […] More