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The Art Assignment
Art and Empathy
Season 6
Episode 10
Empathy is a term we hear a lot, but what does it mean and how does it work? Looking back through art history, we find many moments when art has allowed us to share in the feelings of others, from Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to representations of the Buddhist deity Jizō Bosatsu.
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For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair.
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We follow the Guerrilla Girls as they visit Frieze Art Fair in London.
8:55
The Guerrilla Girls are asking, nay demanding, that we complain!
7:39
New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single ep
7:20
If you were a shape, what shape would you be? This week we meet with Tschabalala Self.
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Ai Weiwei has been called an iconoclast, a radical, a voice for the voiceless...
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This week we meet Pablo Helguera, an artist, museum educator, and writer.
9:09
Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin?
5:39
We interview the remarkable Vanessa Hill, creator of BrainCraft.
9:34
This week we come to you from Rosarito, Mexico AND Chicago, IL to bring you an assignment
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This week we share some of your excellent responses to two assignments
9:17
How are we supposed to deal with art completely removed from recognizable objects?