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I think of my practice as a form of collage. I’m collaging materials, mediums, and ways of making with ideas. It might feel like I don’t have a signature medium per se, however there are recurring ...

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 ...

Working in a magnet school for the Arts, Don Ball has been teaching with contemporary art since it was modern. He is developing open-minded experimentation in thinking and studio practice, and growing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sensations associated with experiencing art does not come from sight alone. Some works of art are just as much about hearing as they are about seeing.