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Season 8 Episode 1
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ART21

Fiction

Season 7 Episode 4

What makes a compelling story? How do artists disrupt everyday reality in the service of revealing subtler truths? This episode features artists who explore the virtues of ambiguity, mix genres, and merge aesthetic disciplines to discern not simply what stories mean, but how and why they come to have meaning.

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Chicago
55:16
Season 8 Episode 1
Chicago
Featuring artists Nick Cave, Theaster Gates, Barbara Kasten, and Chris Ware.
Legacy
54:43
Season 7 Episode 3
Legacy
Featuring artists Wolfgang Laib, Tania Bruguera, and Abraham Cruzvillegas.
Secrets
54:35
Season 7 Episode 2
Secrets
Featuring artists Elliott Hundley, Arlene Shechet, and Trevor Paglen.
Investigation
54:35
Season 7 Episode 1
Investigation
Featuring artists Thomas Hirschhorn, Leonardo Drew, and Graciela Iturbide.
Balance
54:28
Season 6 Episode 4
Balance
Featuring artists Rackstraw Downes, Robert Mangold, and Sarah Sze.
History
54:30
Season 6 Episode 3
History
Featuring artists Glenn Ligon, Mary Reid Kelley, and Marina Abramovi?.
Boundaries
54:56
Season 6 Episode 2
Boundaries
Featuring artists David Altmejd, Tabaimo, assume vivd astro focus, and Lynda Benglis.
Change
54:54
Season 6 Episode 1
Change
Featuring artists Catherine Opie, El Anatsui, and Ai Weiwei.
ART21 Season 5
54:11
Season 5 Episode 4
Systems
Featuring artists Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Kimsooja, and Allan McCollum.
Transformation
54:30
Season 5 Episode 3
Transformation
Featuring artists Yinka Shonibare MBE, Cindy Sherman, and Paul McCarthy.
Fantasy
54:30
Season 5 Episode 2
Fantasy
Featuring artists Jeff Koons, Mary Heilmann, Florian Maier-Aichen, and Cao Fei.
Compassion
54:30
Season 5 Episode 1
Compassion
Featuring artists William Kentridge, Carrie Mae Weems, and Doris Salcedo.
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