This talk is a series of discussions between Biennale collaborators, including gymnast Dave Durante, choreographer Rebecca Davis, composer Jonathan Bailey, and IMA staff members. The IMA has recently acquired Body in Flight (Delta) by the artists Allora & Calzadilla, one of the six new works featured in the U.S. Pavilion during the Venice Biennale. The sculpture will be placed in Efroymson for six weeks and will serve as the site for regularly scheduled performances by local gymnasts.

John Chamberlain: Choices
February 24–May 13, 2012

John Chamberlain: Choices presents the work of the late artist, exploring his vibrant and prolific sixty-year career, with a focus on his guiding principles: “fit” and “choice.” Within this video, Guggenheim curator Susan Davidson offers an in-depth look into John Chamberlain’s early life, his emergence into the New York art scene, and his involvement with the Abstract Expressionist movement. For more information about the exhibition, visit guggenheim.org/chamberlain.

Often referred to as the Olympics of contemporary art, the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) has, for over a century, been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Since its founding in 1895, it has promoted contemporary culture, new ideas, and artistic trends through major international exhibitions. The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale took place June 4 – November 27, 2011.

What makes a documentary radical? In this film, artist LaToya Ruby Frazier reveals the personal story behind a series of videos and photographs of her family in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a selection of which were exhibited in "Video Studio: Changing Same" at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Employing and upending documentary traditions as a means to disrupt media stereotypes, Frazier collaborates with her mother and grandmother as fellow artists, giving them agency in depictions of themselves, their family, and the broader community.

Filmed in 2006 at Industria Studios, New York, photographer Laurie Simmons directs scenes for her first film, "The Music of Regret," starring Meryl Streep. A longtime friend of Simmons and married to a sculptor herself, Streep conveys the difficulties and advantages of leaving a solitary studio practice to work with dozens of crew and collaborators on a motion picture.

Get to know Louise Bourgeois, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).

The artist Rossin discusses his portrait of civil rights leader Andrew Young. The portrait is on view in the "The Struggle for Justice" exhibition on the second floor.

Rossin was interviewed by the National Portrait Gallery's Warren Perry on April 29, 2011.

For more on Andrew Young, visit the NPG's blog at: http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2011/04/

Also, view an in-depth interview with Andrew Young at: http://youtu.be/TZR7r3ROzJ0

Get to know Fernand Léger, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).