Art and September 11th

September 11, 2021 at 2:37 am

Artists, critics, and architects are discussing how culture responded and continues to respond to 9/11.

  • ARTnews has a story of how an immigrant from Korea uses intricate abstract works as a response.
  • There is a write-up in the Village Voice on how the Tribute in Light memorial came to be.
  • The architect of the transportation hub at Ground Zero tells Architectural Digest about how he conceived the design and how the city has changed.
  • A piece in The New York Times looks at how art and artists struggle to contend with the horrors of that day.
  • And, finally, a writer with the Art Newspaper spoke with artists about their memories of the event and how they responded.


“I wouldn’t say that the attacks had a big effect on my thinking so much as the amorphous and ambiguous war on terror and the authorization of military force giving the president unlimited power to wage war.”