MOT 1952: THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK: Angled WS Adult students w/ sketch pads entering & leaving room. VS Artists sketching nude in classroom, life class studying basic anatomy, artist George Grosz (1893-1959) working w/...

This week we review some of the best responses to David Brooks's Art Assignment Ep. 4 -- Never Seen, Never Will

Sure, you've seen Vincent Van Gogh's famed painting The Starry Night before. And maybe you know of him as a tortured soul. But let's take a closer look behind this most recognizable work of art.

Susan Eriksson is a geologist and biochemist who draws on her scientific background in creating mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and installations. Her artwork reflects her unique worldview, blending scientific discipline with the...

Frank O'Hara is best known for his poetry, but in this Art Cooking we explore his life as a poet as well as an art curator at MoMA.

We introduce you to the talented and amazing JooYoung Choi, who shares tales of her fictional realm The Cosmic Womb and beckons us to create our own IMAGINARY FRIEND.

This is the story of Route 23, known as the Country Music Highway that stretches across Eastern Kentucky, the home of some of America's greatest Country Music stars

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. What's its story? Let's better know the Great Wave.

Andy Augenblick, president of Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance, along with Doug Woodham,

managing partner of Art Fiduciary Advisors, and independent adviser Lauren Ride
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speak with WSJ Features Editor Mike Miller about the...

Infants in medieval art all have one thing in common: They don't look like babies. Instead, they resemble miniature versions of middle-aged men, sometimes complete with receding hairlines and ripped muscles. Depictions of weird,...

Should art be beautiful? Revisit ancient philosophers' thoughts on beauty and consider why we might be skeptical of beauty today.

In which Sarah and John answer questions about The Art Assignment submitted by viewers. Oh, and we also show a a few Intimate, Indispensable GIFs!

In which we feature responses to The Art Assignment Ep. 2: Stakeout!, given by Chicago-based artist Deb Sokolow.

What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?

Join hosts Sarah Urist Green and John Green as they meet artists Douglas Paulson and Christopher Robbins and receive the first assignment of the series. We begin at Flux Factory in Long Island City, Queens, and follow Doug and Chris as...

Experience Tomorrowland, an annual electronic music festival held in Boom, Belgium. This video highlights the energetic and colorful atmosphere of the festival, showcasing the various stages, DJs, and artists that attendees can expect to...

Artist Henri Rousseau painted The Dream in 1910, and it's imagery of a woman lounging on a sofa in the middle of a jungle was as surreal then as it is today. What is it about this artwork that captivated audiences then and now?

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In which we meet with Indianapolis-based artist Lauren Zoll and are challenged to see what we find when we turn OFF our screens.

Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers, and she wants you to do this, too! She gives us the challenge of finding little known family members and making their photographic portrait. Sarah also discusses photography as an...

In which we meet Florian Rivière & Jim Walker and play What, How, <a href='http://www.whathowandwhere.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Where!</a>f='http://www.whathowandwhere.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Where!

In which The Art Assignment visits New York-based artist Toyin Odutola and receives the challenge to create a GIF! But not just any GIF--it must articulate something intimate that is indispensable to you.

We visit Fritz Haeg at his home and studio in Los Angeles and receive the assignment to make a rag rug! But not just any rag rug--one that you make over time and do something on.