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When art is generated by Artificial Intelligence, what or who can we call the artist? We look to art history to consider the long collaboration between humans and technology.

Behold the 2017 Venice Biennale. Called the "olympics of the art world," the exhibition invades historic (and tourist clogged) Venice, Italy, every two years, and has since 1895. Contemporary art abounds, with installations and...

"Understanding stories involves listening and visualising. In this activity, children aged 3-7 will create sketches based on a story they have heard or read.



Children will then make connections between their story sketches and...

Are artists really more tortured than the rest of us? Let's consider this myth and the studies that assess whether there might be a link between creativity and mental illness.

As the United States became a nation, it also needed to invent a new visual vocabulary in its history paintings. This is the story of how that happened.

Art History of full of amazing artist couples. Let's look at a handful of talented individuals who joined forces either for a lifelong collaboration or a finite but fruitful romance: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Merce Cunningham and...

What is public art? Who funds it, owns it, and shapes it? Who does it serve? And why is it important? We try to answer some of these questions by looking at an example of public art that never came to be - Fred Wilson’s E Pluribus Unum.

In which we feature some of the best and most interesting responses to Robyn O'Neil's Art Assignment to draw a psychological landscape.

This assignment comes to you from Chicago based artist Geof Oppenheimer. Geof's work reflects personal experience and the social and political atmosphere they were created in, and he wants you to make an object that does the same. John...

We discuss mankind's beautiful ability to think abstractly while looking at cave paintings.

Peggy Noland, Garry Noland, and Sarah Urist Green discuss some of their favorite responses to the Under the Influence assignment.

This video explores the artistic heritage of the French Riviera, from the American millionaires who brought patronage to the artists in the 1920s to the modern works of Jean Plensa. The trail of the Riviera's great masters, such as...

Have you seen this sculpture? I came across it many years ago in the Vatican Museum, and it's one of those that stays with you. I never pursued my interest in the sculpture, though, until I came across a reference to it while reading...

Learn about how Rodin became an artist and what happened in 1881.<br/>
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, Part 1

Of course he wasn't the absolute least interesting man in the world, but when compared with those artists who died young, or were never appreciated, or continually struggled with their inner demons, Franz Joseph Haydn certainly didn't...

Artist Lia Chavez talks about the inspiration behind her latest work.

Ozier Muhammad graduated with a B.A., in photography from Columbia College in Chicago. He has been a photojournalist for more than 3 decades. His first job was as a staff photographer at Ebony Magazine. Ozier joined The Charlotte...

In this video, the teacher explains how writers use signal words to show comparisons and contrasts in their writing. They provide examples and guide the viewers through revising a draft to include these signal words. By using signal...

This episode of Art Cooking explores the life, art, and eating habits of the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet. We prepare a menu based on the journals Monet kept during his years in Giverny, France, enjoying the freshest produce...

This week we visit Lenka Clayton, another Pittsburgh based artist whose work finds meaning in ordinary, everyday objects. For her assignment, she asks you to partner with someone and recreate a lost childhood object, using their memory...

Use inspiration from art history, Claude Monet, to learn how to draw with oil pastels. Want the supplies in this video? Visit us at indigoartbox.com.

Martin Kagan is the Director of Cultural Affairs at Pace University.



“Martin Kagan brings to Pace a wealth of experience in presenting and arts management,” said Pace President Stephen J. Friedman. “We look forward to...

The Art Assignment continues its journey through New Orleans with Brandan "BMike" Odums, the mastermind behind "ExhibitBE", a collaborative street art exhibition that transformed an unoccupied apartment building and gave it new life. Now...