Makematic
Abstract Expressionism
By showing people that art can be used to express what we feel, rather than what we see, Abstract Expressionism changed how we define what art is.
Amor Sciendi
Four Darks on Red: Abstract Expressionism
We discuss the importance of Abstract Expressionist art in the 1950's through Rothko's Four Darks on Red.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is abstract expressionism? - Sarah Rosenthal
If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, _My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...
Curated Video
New York: Great Art Cities Explained
Abstract Expressionism would emerge from a post-war mood of anxiety and trauma. These were artists who, like the surrealists before them had a profound interest in the unconscious mind. They produced work that may have been abstract but...
Sotheby's
Richard Dupont Explores Roy Newell’s Abstract Compositions
A friend of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and other great contemporary artists, Roy Newell is firmly rooted in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, but his name is largely unknown today. Ahead of Sotheby’s selling exhibition...
Curated Video
How Art Arrived At Jackson Pollock
Get 10% off your first purchase by going to Squarespace.com/nerdwriter Support Nerdwriter videos: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubNerdwriter Watch the most popular Nerdwriter episodes:...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Jackson Pollock | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock and know of his infamous “drip paintings,” but what is it that you’re supposed to do when you look at his work today? Why did it cause shockwaves in 1947, and what does it mean now? We explore the life,...
ARTiculations
Understanding Minimalism & Colour Field Painting | ARTiculations
What is Color Field painting and how can we better understand it? This episode is inspired by the Art Gallery of Ontario's current (2016) exhibition - "A New Look: 1960s and ’70s Abstract Painting at the AGO." If you'd like to help...
ARTiculations
Why Are Many Modern Artworks "Untitled"? | ARTiculations
Why are modern and contemporary artworks often untitled? I explain the backstory and ideas behind some of them! If you'd like to help support ARTiculations - feel free to leave something in the tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/articulations...
National Gallery of Art
Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape
This documentary, narrated by Ed Harris, was produced by the National Gallery of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape. Joan Miró was passionately committed to his native Catalonia and its struggle for...
ARTiculations
Why Yayoi Kusama Matters Now More Than Ever #InfiniteKusama | ARTiculations
If you'd like to help support ARTiculations - feel free to leave something in the tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/articulations Infinity Mirrors Info: About the Exhibition: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/kusama/the-exhibition/ Art Gallery of...
Tate
Cy Twombly at Tate Modern | TateShots
Tate's Director Nicholas Serota gives us a behind the scenes tour of the Cy Twombly exhibition at Tate Modern, as he makes the final adjustments to the hang just before opening. A long-standing fan, Serota talks about Twombly's...
Sotheby's
How Yayoi Kusama Made it in America
Today, Yayoi Kusama is widely celebrated as a towering figure in contemporary art. But behind this lies a powerful story of a tenacious artist with a compelling vision. In this episode of Expert Voices, take an in-depth look at Kusama’s...
Sotheby's
The Progressive Artists’ Group That Broke Away
Showcasing art from each of the six founding members influenced by cubism and abstract expressionism, our upcoming sale Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art (23 October | London) explores a variety of revolutionary works. In this...
Sotheby's
Enter the Studio of Robert Motherwell
Step inside the studio and home of Robert Motherwell and Renate Ponsold Motherwell to preview their collection offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary Day auction on 19 May in New York. The rare collection includes works by Max Ernst, Cy...
Amor Sciendi
Your Five Year Old Couldn't Paint This
Jackson Pollock's paintings have a fractal quality to them. This video explores the reasons this may be so captivating.
Amor Sciendi
All Art Is Political: Even Rothko
An analsysis of how art can be used for politics focusing on the art work of Mark Rothko
Curated Video
Yayoi Kusama: Great art Explained
Yayoi Kusama lives in a psychiatric institution, which she entered voluntarily in 1977. She is now in her nineties and still works every single day. Known for her repeated dot patterns, her work has been marked with obsessiveness and a...
Sotheby's
Marsden Hartley: The Fanfare Before the Fall
In the winter of 1913, the American artist Marsden Hartley arrived in Berlin. He found unbridled enthusiasm and a spectacle of color in the city’s many military marches. He also found love in the young Prussian officer Karl von Freyburg....
The School of Life
Art/Architecture - Cy Twombly
"What does this work feel like?" Ah, that according to the narrator of The School of Life episode is the question viewers should ask themselves when observing Twombly's paintings and other works of abstract art.
TED-Ed
Could Anyone Make a Jackson Pollock Painting?
Is abstract expressionism art? Or could your cat have created such works? The paintings of Jackson Pollock are used to answer these questions.