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The Art Assignment
Art Trip: Marfa
Season 4
Episode 10
The epicenter of the art world is in Marfa, Texas? We visit this small town where Minimalist artist Donald Judd settled in the 70s, and sowed the seeds for its glorious present, worthy of a pilgrimage.
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