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Art Trip: Utah

Art Trip: Utah

Season 5 Episode 3
11:26
Why You Don't Like Art History

Why You Don't Like Art History

Season 5 Episode 5
8:15
The Case for Nudity

The Case for Nudity

Season 5 Episode 6
7:14
Remake The Met

Remake The Met

Season 5 Episode 7
9:20
BUTTER + EGGS = ART, sometimes

BUTTER + EGGS = ART, sometimes

Season 5 Episode 8
13:23
Trending Artists of the 17th Century

Trending Artists of the 17th Century

Season 5 Episode 9
10:50
The Case for Conceptual Art

The Case for Conceptual Art

Season 5 Episode 10
10:29
Art Cooking: PICASSO

Art Cooking: PICASSO

Season 5 Episode 12
16:23
Love the Art, Hate the Artist

Love the Art, Hate the Artist

Season 5 Episode 13
10:13
The Case for Realism

The Case for Realism

Season 5 Episode 14
11:13
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The Art Assignment

Art + Taxes = The Dirty Truth

Season 5 Episode 2

It's tax season in the United States, and the art market is one of the many ways rich people game the system to save billions of dollars in taxes each year. Here's how it's done.

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Better Know: The Starry Night
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Taking a look at Vincent Van Gogh's famed painting The Starry Night.
Better Know the Mona Lisa
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She's probably the most famous artwork of all time, but what do you know about her?
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Surrealist artist Salvador Dali is well known, but what about his 1973 cookbook?
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We explore the life, evolution, and legacy of Jackson Pollock.
The Case for Surrealism
10:17
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory.
Art Trip: PST: LA/LA
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We take a trip to LA and look at the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
The Art History of the Selfie
8:00
Artists have been taking selfies since the dawn of photography.
Conjure a Studio - Hope Ginsburg
8:51
We meet with Hope Ginsburg, an artist who often works outside of a traditional studio.
Art Assignment Marathon
6:07
How many assignments can we complete in a day?
Fierce Women of Art 2
10:34
This week we talk about Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, and many others.
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