Art21 is the organization behind a nationally broadcast, award-winning documentary series and digital platform that offer audiences around the world unparalleled access to the creative process. The organization produces original, hour-long programs, as well as numerous short films and critical texts that serve as important research and educational material for museums, curators, students, artists and the public at large. Art21’s captivating films demystify the art-making process by giving leading contemporary artists the opportunity to talk about their work in their own words. The tenth season of its Peabody Award-winning PBS-broadcast television series Art in the Twenty-First Century, concentrates on Beijing, London, and the American Southwest. Art21 also produces New York Close Up, a series of shorts that highlight the work of early career artists, and Extended Play, a program of behind-the-scenes footage and artist interviews.
Art21
- Location
- New York, NY
- Grant Cycle
- Spring 2019
- Amount
- $100,000
- Type of Grant
- Multi-year Program Support
See Also
1987
On February 22, 1987 Andy Warhol died unexpectedly from complications following routine gallbladder surgery at the age of 58.