Tate
An Introduction to Performance Art | TateShots
Performance art relates to artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted. In the 1960s, performance was seen as fundamentally different...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Finding Your Voice by Bertil Nilsson
Can art help you find your voice? In the latest from The Art of Change Shorts series, Bertil Nilsson meets three of the Barbican Young Creatives, Leon, Cleo and Georgia, to find out how creating art has helped them define their...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change: Community // DYSTOPIA by Richard Dixon Wheatley
In response to the idea of ‘Community’, Richard Dixon Wheatley presents a short film, DYSTOPIA, featuring spoken word artist Jolade Olusanya, exploring the issues that face the sprawling communities of London – shining a light on issues...
Curated Video
FACT: Liverpool's New Home for Moving Image Art
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is a state-of-the-art art center in Liverpool, UK, dedicated to moving image art and creative technology. With three cinemas, interactive exhibitions, and a media lounge, it provides a...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: DIY with Figs in Wigs
We’re moving to the margins in a documentary short to explore ‘DIY’ as we meet performance collective, Figs in Wigs in their home. An ex-morgue. Throughout 2018, we’re working with The Smalls to present twelve new short films directed by...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Feminism // A Prickly Subject by Helen Plumb
'This is a film about female body hair.' This month, Helen Plumb's film follows the account of a woman who is grappling with the decision of whether or not she should embrace her body hair in public - a prickly subject... Throughout...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Disability // What's the worst that could happen? by Jenny Jokela
This month, illustrator and animator Jenny Jokela shares the story of paraclimber, Anoushé Husain as she talks about the concept of difference, confidence and resilience. Anoushé Husain was born missing her right arm below the elbow, is...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Climate Change by Sois de Traca
In the latest from The Art of Change Shorts series, Manchester-based duo Sois de Traca create an alternative reality to tackle the theme of climate change Meet the filmmakers: https://bit.ly/2JiIUMp Throughout 2018, we’re working with...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Law & the Arts / Ivor Braka & The Gunton Arms - Kate Cox
Ivor Braka discusses censorship and collecting and displaying controversial artworks in our latest film from The Art of Change Shorts, as director Kate Cox pays a visit to The Gunton Arms. Throughout 2018, we’re working with The Smalls...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Censorship // Squareface by Amanda Eliasson
In the first of a series of short films, produced in collaboration with The Smalls, we invite London-based illustrator Amanda Eliasson to explore the theme - Censorship. Part of #TheArtofChange, our 2018 annual theme which explores how...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: LGBTQ+ - Lexi Kiddo
With a riot of colour - and a stunning portrait of the Barbican - filmmaker Lexi Kiddo responds to this month's theme, LGBTQ+, through dance and poetry. Meet the filmmaker: https://bit.ly/2O4U5qW Throughout 2018, we’re working with The...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Globalisation // Kindred by Samona Olanipekun
In his directorial debut, Samona Olanipekun explores the concept of home, identity and belonging, taking his starting point from the theme of 'Globalisation'. Meet the filmmaker https://bit.ly/2Qe2j1A Throughout 2018, we’re working with...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Identity / Like Me by Jessica Bishopp
Can you create an identity on Instagram? Director Jessica Bishopp meets young women who use Instagram as a platform to present themselves and their creativity - but also face the challenge of curating their identity for strangers and the...
Barbican Centre
The Art of Change Shorts: Social Action / Knives Down, Bikes Up by Matt Dempsey
Director Matt Dempsey presents a beautiful and poignant film in response to the knife violence epidemic that has been crippling London. Meet some of the young men who have been personally affected by knife crime and created a grassroots...
12tone
Eye Heart Music: The Score As A Work Of Art
We don't talk a lot about notation, because notation isn't always all that interesting, but in this case, it's well worth a second look. Eye music is the practice of turning a written score into a work of visual art, something that the...
Curated Video
Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History
Europe was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look...
TED Talks
TED: How we'll find life on other planets | Aomawa Shields
Astronomer Aomawa Shields searches for clues that life might exist elsewhere in the universe by examining the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. When she isn't exploring the heavens, the classically trained actor (and TED Fellow) looks...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Gyotaku: The ancient Japanese art of printing fish - K. Erica Dodge
How did fishermen record their trophy catches before the invention of photography? In 19th century Japan, fishing boats were equipped with rice paper, sumi-e ink, and brushes in order to create gyotaku: elaborate rubbings of freshly...
The Art Assignment
Explore a physical boundary. | Zarouhie Abdalian | The Art Assignment
We come to you from San Francisco's Exploratorium, where we met with artist-in-residence Zarouhie Abdalian. For her assignment, she wants you to focus on boundaries and the relationships between the spaces they separate. Sarah Green then...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Negative Space Painting | Mixed Media | Art Project Idea
This tutorial will show you a mixed media technique that can be used in a variety of ways! First, I create a watercolor underpainting. Next, I draw a floral motif over the most interesting areas of the watercolor underpainting using...
Curated Video
Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained
"Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes us indifferent to its power" - Forbes Magazine, 9 July 2020
Curated Video
Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained
"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter 12 December 2020 "Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes...
Curated Video
Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals: Great Art Explained
"Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes us indifferent to its power" - Forbes Magazine, 9 July 2020
The Art Assignment
I Could Do That | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
So you look at a work of art and think to yourself, I could have done that. And maybe you really could have, but the issue here is more complex than that -- why didn't you? Why did the artist? And why does it have an audience? We delve...
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