Indigo Artbox
Wassily Kandinsky 60 Second Art History Lesson - MENA
Did you know Kandinsky had synesthesia and painted the colors that heard while he listened to music? Learn about Kandinsky and the time in which he created art.
Indigo Artbox
Paul Cezanne: 6 Minute Art History Video
Learn about Paul Cezanne, one of the greatest painters of our time.
The Art Assignment
Make It, then Break It. | Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani | The Art Assignment
We went to ArtPrize and met up with Minneapolis based artists Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani. Their exhibit this year invited the audience to destroy the large-scale handmade piñatas that they had spent hours constructing. And now it’s...
Curated Video
Discovering the Beauty and Culture of Oslo
Join us on a captivating virtual tour of Oslo, one of the world's largest capital cities, as we uncover its hidden gems and showcase its unique blend of natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. With only 20% of the area developed, Oslo...
Amor Sciendi
Bouguereau Vs. Renoir
Why are some artists popular in their time, but are forgotten later? We discuss this question by looking at Bouguereau and Renoir, two artists from the 1880's, and compare their styles set against the backdrop of the culture in which...
Amor Sciendi
Perceiving Women: a Couple paintings by Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt is a great American Experessinist painting who lived in France. This is the story of how she played with the tropes of female representation in her work.
The Wall Street Journal
Inside the Work of Urs Fischer
Artist Urs Fischer talks about how he uses his sculptures to explore ideas about memory, scale and optical illusion.
The Art Assignment
Find the quietest place. - Responses | The Art Assignment
In which we search for the quietest places within your quietest places.
Curated Video
New York: Great Art Cities Explained
Abstract Expressionism would emerge from a post-war mood of anxiety and trauma. These were artists who, like the surrealists before them had a profound interest in the unconscious mind. They produced work that may have been abstract but...
Amor Sciendi
Sarah Sze's Subway Installation
An analsysis Sarah Sze's public art in the New York City Subway
The Art Assignment
The Case for Copying | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have been copying since time immemorial. We look into the history of the practice, and share our theories of why it is done, and what it can offer us.
Curated Video
Great Art Cities Explained: Paris
In the second of a new series, James Payne and Joanne Shurvell combine their love of Art and Travel, as they look at less well known museums in cities around the world. In "Great Art Cities Explained: Paris", we look at three small...
Curated Video
South by Southwest: The Ultimate Music, Film, and Technology Festival
South by Southwest started as a weekend music festival, but it has grown to become a 10-day event. Learn about it has evolved into a multi-faceted event featuring conferences, panels, workshops, film screenings, and performances by both...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Conceptual Art
Sometimes art is paintings, and sometimes it's a chair. Why? Let's learn about "Conceptual Art," where the idea is more important than the form.
The March of Time
1952: CORPORATE PATRONS: Container Corporation Chairman Walter Paepcke (1896-1960) sitting at desk SOT saying they don't believe in 'Ivory Tower' approach to art, mutual advantage for artists in ads, invite for assignment, don't tell them how to do it
MOT 1952: CORPORATE PATRONS: Container Corporation Chairman Walter Paepcke (1896-1960) sitting at desk SOT saying they don't believe in 'Ivory Tower' approach to art, mutual advantage for artists in ads, invite for assignment, don't tell...
Curated Video
Photorealism: The Art of Reproducing Reality
This video explores the art style of photorealism, where artists aim to recreate images and subjects in a way that appears incredibly realistic. It discusses the origins of photorealism and explains the techniques used by artists to...
The Art Assignment
Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We explore the recipes of artist Frida Kahlo, whose work celebrated Mexico's history, vivid colors, and it's FOOD. On the menu: 1) Chiles Stuffed with Cheese aka Chiles Rellenos 2) White Rice with Plantains 3) Nopales Salad 4) Tequila.
Curated Video
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled (Skull)': Great Art Explained
In 1982 at the age of just 22 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat would produce this painting. A powerful and dazzling image that mixes text, colour, symbolism and mark-making in a raw and uncensored explosion. In a single painting, he would...
The Art Assignment
Love the Art, Hate the Artist
Can you separate the art from the artist? This one's In honor of all the art you used to love, and it's creators who ruined it by behaving badly. We talk Picasso, Nanette, cats out of bags, and much more.
Curated Video
Italy, City of Florence
The clip looks at the beauty, culture and art locations of the city, Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has...
Curated Video
Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson: Great Art Explained
You could say Land art existed thousands of years even before oil painting, but it would take a group of American artists to bring it back to the public gaze in the 1960s and 70s. Artists like Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, and Nancy...
Curated Video
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century born on the 20th March 1915 in Arkansas, U.S. She was a talented singer, songwriter, and recording artist who attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s...
The Art Assignment
Trending Artists of the 17th Century
Have you heard of Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentilschi? Find out why her popularity, and that of other artists, has risen dramatically since the 1970s.