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Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and ...

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 ...

Robert Ryman talks about his approach to painting, and the influence of music in his work. ART21: How do you approach making a painting? RYMAN: My approach tends to be from experiments. I need the ...

Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing, China in 1957. An outspoken human rights activist, Ai was arrested by Chinese authorities in April 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. Upon his release, he was ...

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 ...

Barry McGee talks about his interest in the history of graffiti, and how he approaches installing his graffiti-style paintings in a gallery space. ART21: You seem to be very interested in the history ...

Mel Chin was born in 1951 in Houston, Texas, and currently lives and works in North Carolina. He received a BA from Peabody College in 1975. Chin uses technology, collage, sculpture, and large-scale ...

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Jurrell Lewis – Some of the materials you use are very specific to Fall River, where you live. Could you talk about the way you use these materials, and the relationship between your work and Fall ...