Source: https://art21.org/press_release/art21-unveils-2019-programming-leading-with-five-new-films/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 02:39:18+00:00

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(NEW YORK — February 6, 2019) — Art21 announced today its initial programming lineup for 2019, leading off with a wave of five new films across each of its digital series, Extended Play and New York Close Up. The year of programming will include over fifteen new film premieres, growing Art21’s leading digital film collection on contemporary artists. Featured in the first group of films are Kevin Beasley, Doreen Garner, David Goldblatt, Elle Pérez, and Creative Growth Art Center.
The first film, which follows Beasley at work on an ambitious installation currently on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, is available to watch in full today on Art21.org and YouTube. Subsequent films will premiere bi-weekly on Wednesdays through April 3.
Digital films have been a foundational element of Art21 programming since 2008. Beginning with Extended Play and soon followed by New York Close Up, Art21 has since produced over 300 original digital films across both series. Full films from the entire Art21 collection are always on view at Art21.org.
Now entering its eighth year, Art21’s celebrated digital series New York Close Up profiles early career artists living and working in New York City. Since its inaugural film premiere in June 2011, the series has profiled over 30 artists in over 80 films, includingRashid Johnson, Diana Al-Hadid, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jacolby Satterwhite, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Kalup Linzy, Keltie Ferris, Mika Rottenberg, Erin Shirreff, Mika Tajima, and Lucas Blalock, among others.
New York Close Up adds five artists to its series roster in 2019: Jes Fan, Maryam Hoseini, and Dan Herschlein, in addition to Beasley and Pérez. The new films will also include Garner and Aki Sasamoto, both of whom have previously been featured in the series.
Prior to the 2019 class, the series introduced six additional artists to its roster, including Jordan Casteel, Meriem Bennani, Avery Singer, and Raúl de Nieves, as well as Garner and Sasamoto.
Initially introduced as a digital complement to the Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, Extended Play‘s scope and ambitions have since expanded. In 2018, the series achieved a new milestone by introducing an artist to the series roster not previously featured in another Art21 series, Jack Whitten, followed by another two artists, Marcel Dzama and Alex Da Corte. The series also holds the distinction of being granted exclusive access to major works in progress, including Julie Mehretu‘s historic commission for the atrium of the recently-reopened San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Kara Walker‘s monumental 2014 public project at the former site of the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, NY.
Over 100 artists have been featured in the Extended Play series throughout its first ten years, including Barbara Kruger, Sarah Sze, William Kentridge, Do Ho Suh, Cindy Sherman, Nancy Spero, Gabriel Orozco, Jeff Koons, Mike Kelley, Andrea Zittel, and Carrie Mae Weems, among others.
The Art21 film collection features over 60 hours of video content, all available to view around the clock and free of charge at Art21.org and Art21.live.
In addition to full episodes from each of the nine seasons produced to date of the Peabody Award-winning PBS-broadcast series, Art in the Twenty-First Century, the Art21 film collection is rounded out by over 300 films across two digital series, Extended Play and New York Close Up—demonstrating Art21’s ongoing commitment to digital-first video programming, and underscoring the nonprofit organization’s position as the leading producer of films documenting the creative processes of today’s artists.
Art21.org provides an unparalleled year-round, always-on look at working artists, a continuous digital presence for an organization that is widely recognized for a biennial television series. The Art21 film library houses over 60 hours of original video content—over 500 videos all open and free to the public. Reaching audiences of over 5 million a month, Art21’s digital initiatives continue the organization’s long-standing tradition of using the power of digital media to inspire audiences worldwide by exposing them to contemporary artists.
To date, Art21’s digital films have had over 50 film festival acceptances across the world and have been nominated for a Webby Award and won a Cine Golden Eagle.
Art21 programs are made possible through the generosity of The Anna Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; Agnes Gund; PBS; the Lambent Foundation Fund of the Tides Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andreas Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Generous support of New York Close Up is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support for “New York Close Up” is provided by Neil Simpkins and Miyoung Lee; and by individual contributors.
Generous support of Extended Play is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the Art21 Contemporary Council; and by individual contributors.

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