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Khan Academy: Josef Herman's Personal Sketches of Wales
A video [7:19] about Josef Herman's archival sketches of Wales in the 1940's.
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Khan Academy: Kurt Schwitters' Archives and Artists in Captivity
A video [5:28] about the archives of Kurt Schwitter and other artists curated by Klaus Hinrichsen while in a British internment camp.
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Khan Academy: Graham Sutherland's Hands on Sketchbooks
A video [5:24] about the archival sketchbooks left by 1930s painter Graham Sutherland.
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Khan Academy: Amrita Sher Gil
A video [4:39] of artist Vivan Sundaram discussing his aunt, famed Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, her legacy, and the international scope of her influence.
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Khan Academy: Contested Terrains, Part 2
A video [3:38] of African artists Kader Attia and Sammy Baloji discussing the importance of the everyday objects used in their works. Part 2 of a 2-part video series.
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Khan Academy: Contested Terrains, Part 1
A video [2:50] of African artists Adolphus Obara and Michael MacGarry discussing the importance of the everyday objects used in their works. Part 1 of a 2-part video series.
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Khan Academy: Why Is Art Important?
Brief information and a video [0:30] asking the question, "Why is art important?"
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Khan Academy: Burke and Norfolk: Photographs From the War in Afghanistan
A video [17:12] of photographer Simon Norfolk discussing his series of photographs in Afghanistan in response to the works of John Burke over a hundred years earlier.
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Khan Academy: Kurt Schwitters' Wartime Portraits
A video [4:09] of German painter, sculptor, typographer, and writer Kurt Schwitters about his experiences capturing portraits during WWII.
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Khan Academy: Conflict, Time, and Photography
A video [3:30] broadcaster and historian Dan Snow introducing a Tate Modern photography exhibition that explores the way photographs capture the lasting effects of conflicts, both in the moments after acts of violence are committed and...
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Khan Academy: Peter Kennard's Political Photomontages
A video [3:47] of artist Peter Kennard discussing his work using photomontages to examine the relationship between power structures and injustice as an open confrontation to political justice.
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Khan Academy: Personal Memory Versus Political History in Eastern Europe
A video [4:11] of Lithuanian artist Deimantas Narkevicius discussing his work with film to examine the relationship between personal memory and political history.
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Khan Academy: Mcqueen, Spring/summer 1999 Collection, 'No. 13'
Met curator Andrew Bolton on extreme fashion in Alexander McQueen's No. 13 [Collection], spring/summer 1999. [2:27]
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Khan Academy: Wine Cup
Met curator Martina Rugiadi on poetic license in Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi's Wine Cup, second half 10th-11th century.
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Khan Academy: Saddle (Gser Sga) From Derge, Tibet
Met curator Donald La Rocca on cultural continuity in Saddle (gser sga) from Derge, Tibet, c. 1942-46. [2:42]