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Conjure a studio. | Hope Ginsburg | The Art Assignment
INSTRUCTIONS 1. CONJURE A STUDIO: REAL OR IMAGINARY - Where do you like to work? - What do you like to do? - If you could do it anywhere (or with anyone), where would it be? 2. MAKE IT HAPPEN - Take over, transform, build a space... -...
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Five Favorite Works of Art with Mike Rugnetta | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week Mike Rugnetta joins us to share five of his favorite works of art. Thanks, Mike!
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Create a vehicular palette. | Jesse Sugarmann | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Jesse Sugarmann, whose artwork considers how the automotive industry shapes the way we live and construct our identities. His assignment asks you to think about the way car consumerism, and the aesthetic choices...
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Bring a sound to life. | Jamal Cyrus | The Art Assignment
We meet up with artist Jamal Cyrus in his hometown of Houston, Texas, where we broach the topic of "postmodernism" and are challenged to summon an impossible sound.
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Art Trip: London | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair. We saw a lot of art! Almost too much.
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Explore a place you see every day. | Assaf Evron | The Art Assignment
We visit Assaf Evron in Chicago to consider how photography can help us see the familiar places we visit everyday differently.
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What's Your Problem? | Ghana Think Tank | The Art Assignment
This week we head to Tijuana, Mexico to talk with John Ewing, Carmen Montoya, and Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank, who are working on a project to encourage communication at the U.S-Mexico border.
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Body in Place | Maria Gaspar | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.
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Art Cooking: Futurist Meat Sculpture | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Exploring the intersection of art and food, we prepare two dishes from the 1930s devised by the pasta-hating Italian Futurists. BEHOLD: 1) MEAT SCULPTURE and 2) LIKE A CLOUD.
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Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We interview the remarkable Vanessa Hill, creator of BrainCraft, a production of PBS Digital Studios, which explores psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
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Sarah Sze's Subway Installation
An analsysis Sarah Sze's public art in the New York City Subway
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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.
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Kehinde Wiley and the Obama Portrait Explained
A history and analysis of Kehinde Wiley's presidential portrait of Barak Obama
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The Truth of the Tortured Artist
We addressed the myth, and now it's time for the truth of the tortured artist. Some art is born of pain and suffering, and reflects the darkest side of human experience. We like that about it.
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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.
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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.
Economics Explained
The Economics Of The Art Market: Why This Painting Isn't Worth $450 Million
In 2017, at Christie’s Auction House in New York, a mysterious #Art buyer bid a record-breaking $450 million dollars for the #SalvatorMundi; a painting by the legendary Leonardo da Vinci. News of the staggering purchase price sent...
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Art and Empathy
Empathy is a term we hear a lot, but what does it mean and how does it work? Looking back through art history, we find many moments when art has allowed us to share in the feelings of others, from Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to...
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Produce an Assembly Line | Bob Snead | The Art Assignment
The Art Assignment furthers their exploration of New Orleans to visit artist Bob Snead. He's the Executive Director of Press Street, an organization that promotes art and literature in the community through events, publications and arts...
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Find the quietest place. | Jace Clayton | The Art Assignment
In which Jace Clayton, aka DJ /Rupture, challenges you to take a walk from where you live and find the quietest place. Once you're there, take it in for a moment and then make a short video or take some photos there.
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Draw a shape that represents you. | Tschabalala Self | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Tschabalala Self, whose work explores ideas surrounding the black female body; and her assignment asks you to consider your own body as a symbol too.
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Copy a Copy a Copy | Molly Springfield | The Art Assignment
This week we meet D.C. based artist Molly Springfield. Molly's graphite drawings transform texts into images, and her assignment for you asks you to consider how repeating a process can turn a copy into an original.
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The Case for Performance Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin? There’s a reason. Here we present you with a brief history of performance art and attempt to sway you to its potential charms.
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The End of Art: Arthur Danto's Influential Art Theory | AmorSciendi
In this video I break down Arthur Danto's belief that Art ended in the 1960's when he saw Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes. He approaches the theory of art through classical philosophy and uses frameworks established by Plato and Hegel, among...