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“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

“Mira Lehr: High Water Mark”Mannello Museum of American Art What the museum says: “A ‘high water mark’ indicates a literal measurement for the highest point the water level reaches in a given area at a particular time. However, alternate meanings of the term suggest maximum value in various other sectors of life. It seems fitting, […] More

“Now Olowu turns his cosmopolitan eye to Chicago. Drawing from the city’s public and private art collections, including works in the MCA’s collection, Olowu curates a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Moving away from traditional exhibition formats, Olowu combines photographs, paintings, sculptures, and films in dense and […] More