Art21’s Fall Program to Feature New Documentaries, Screenings, Artist Talks and Launch of Season 12 of its Acclaimed Broadcast Series “Art in the Twenty-First Century” featuring Lucy Raven and Josh Kline
15 July 2025
Art21 announces its Fall 2025 season of programs including broadcast and digital premieres, film screenings, artist conversations, and in-person events spotlighting the most impactful artists working today, featuring Lucy Raven and Josh Kline.
Curated by Tina Kukielski, Art21’s Susan Sollins Executive Director and Chief Curator, and Jurrell Lewis, Associate Curator, the fall lineup amplifies the voices of emerging and established artists, including Anne Imhof, Sophie Calle, Dyani White Hawk, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Ragnar Kjartansson, Josh Kline, and Delcy Morelos, among others. The fall also marks the 25th anniversary and 12th season of Art21’s acclaimed broadcast series Art in the Twenty-First Century, which launched on PBS in 2001 and remains the only series dedicated exclusively to contemporary visual art on public television.
Peabody Award-winning series Art in the Twenty-First Century returns for Season 12, offering three new one-hour episodes. Human Nature spotlights how artists Lenka Clayton, Josh Kline, Delcy Morelos, and Sin Wai Kin explore what it means to be human, looking at our collective responsibilities, our influence on the built and natural environment, and our ways of being. Scenes move from the former Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas, now an arts center in Seville, Spain; the countryside outside of Bogotá, Colombia; and the Troy Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Art21 debuts short films year-round across online channels, offering timely, intimate portraits of individual artists and collectives in a concise format. Traveling across the United States with artist Lucy Raven, this film offers a meditation on Raven’s trilogy, The Drumfire, where she filmically investigates the intertwined histories of image and industry in the mythmaking of the American West. Weaving together scenes that capture the beauty of the natural world, intimate looks at Raven’s filmmaking process, and the artist’s reflections on a body of work that spans over five years, this new film is a profound reflection on centuries of human impact on the western landscape.
“Our fall season boldly moves Art21 forward, weaving together a range of perspectives and practices that speak to the nuances of our contemporary moment,” said Tina Kukielski, Susan Sollins Executive Director and Chief Curator. “We are always guided by the artists we work with—their questions, their provocations, and their visions for what art can do. Their words and works serve as a guidepost, especially in times of crisis and change.”
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Shown here: Production still from upcoming Extended Play film featuring Lucy Raven. © Art21, 2025; Production still featuring Josh Kline from the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 12 episode “Human Nature.” © Art21, Inc. 2025.
