TED Talks
TED: The Encyclopedia of Invisibility — a home for lost stories | Tavares Strachan
Conceptual artist Tavares Strachan creates the kinds of projects that make you stop in your tracks, like a 4.5-ton block of Arctic ice he brought back to his birthplace in the Bahamas or a gold, Egyptian-inspired sculpture he launched...
SciShow
Tracking Plant Genetics Through Art
Just like animals, plants evolve and change over time. And you might think we'd be looking for things like fossils to figure out how they've changed, but some scientists are using a far less traditional resource: art.
TED Talks
TED: Why art thrives at Burning Man | Nora Atkinson
Craft curator Nora Atkinson takes us on a trip to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to see the beautifully designed and participatory art of Burning Man, revealing how she discovered there what's often missing from museums: curiosity and...
TED Talks
Sarah Sze: How we experience time and memory through art
Artist Sarah Sze takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey through her work: immersive installations as tall as buildings, splashed across walls, orbiting through galleries -- blurring the lines between time, memory and space. Explore how we...
TED Talks
Angelo Vermeulen: How to go to space, without having to go to space
"We will start inhabiting outer space," says Angelo Vermeulen, crew commander of a NASA-funded Mars simulation. "It might take 50 years or it might take 500 years, but it's going to happen." In this charming talk, the TED Senior Fellow...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The many meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David - James Earle
We typically experience classic works of art in a museum, stripped of their original contexts, but that serene setting can belie a tumultuous history. Take Michelangelo's statue of David: devised as a religious symbol, adopted as a...
TED Talks
Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes
Children's book author Jarrett Krosoczka shares the origins of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, in which undercover school heroes serve lunch...and justice! His new project, School Lunch Hero Day, reveals how cafeteria lunch staff...
TED Talks
TED: NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art | Elizabeth Strickler
In need of a brief yet illuminating lesson on the obsession with NFTs? Elizabeth Strickler breaks down the acronym and explains the fundamentals of non-fungible tokens, sharing how these digital assets are changing the landscape for...
TED Talks
Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure
Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but...
SciShow
3 Ways Science Can Bust Art Forgeries
Some works of art can be worth thousands, even millions, of dollars. But what if you aren't so sure that Van Gogh you just bought to hang over your toilet is the real deal? Luckily, we can use science to sniff out fakes!
TED Talks
Daniel Lismore: My life as a work of art
Daniel Lismore's closet is probably a bit different than yours -- his clothes are constructed out of materials ranging from beer cans and plastic crystals to diamonds, royal silks and 2,000-year-old Roman rings. In this striking talk,...
Crash Course
Aesthetic Appreciation: Crash Course Philosophy
Today we are talking about art and aesthetic appreciation. What makes something an artwork? Can art really be defined? Is aesthetic value is objective or subjective? Can taste be developed? How?
TED Talks
Hetain Patel: Who am I? Think again
How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent -- and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. A delightful meditation on self, with performer Yuyu Rau, and...
TED Talks
eL Seed: Street art with a message of hope and peace
What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good. In this quietly passionate talk, artist and TED Fellow eL Seed describes his...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Animating zombies
What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet...
Curated Video
Is AI-Generated Art Original? (Authenticity & Originality)
New ReviewWhat’s the line between inspiration and flat-out appropriation? In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we grapple with questions about artistic originality and authenticity that have plagued the art world for hundreds of years. In...
Curated Video
How to Get Album Artwork on an iPod
Howcast - You can easily identify the album of the song you're listening to on your iPod, iPod nano, or iPod touch by adding cover art to your portable music player.
Curated Video
How to Use Intricate Stencils to Custom Paint a Skateboard
Howcast - Learn how to custom paint your skateboard from SHUT Skateboards' Michael A. Cohen in this Howcast video, part three of three.
Curated Video
How to Work with Image Links in Adobe Illustrator
Howcast - Learn how to work with image links in Adobe Illustrator from expert Will "Focus" Dubois in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Move, Lock & View Layers with Adobe Illustrator
Howcast - Learn how to move, lock, and view layers with Adobe Illustrator from expert Will "Focus" Dubois in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Duplicate Layer Content with Adobe Illustrator
Howcast - Learn how to duplicate layer content with Adobe Illustrator from expert Will "Focus" Dubois in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Work with Live Paint in Adobe Illustrator
Howcast - Learn how to work with live paint in Adobe Illustrator from expert Will "Focus" Dubois in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Edit Colors in Artwork with Adobe Illustrator
Howcast - Learn how to edit colors in artwork with Adobe Illustrator from expert Will "Focus" Dubois in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
How to Customize Album Art in iTunes
If you're an obsessive-compulsive with too much time on your hands, you can customize this album art—here's how!