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Better Know the Great Wave

Better Know the Great Wave

Season 4 Episode 6
6:58
Art Cooking: Georgia O'Keeffe

Art Cooking: Georgia O'Keeffe

Season 4 Episode 7
9:19
The Case for Land Art

The Case for Land Art

Season 4 Episode 8
8:55
Art Trip: Marfa

Art Trip: Marfa

Season 4 Episode 10
16:39
Art or Prank?

Art or Prank?

Season 4 Episode 11
8:10
Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo

Art Cooking: Frida Kahlo

Season 4 Episode 12
11:29
Art Trip: Venice Biennale

Art Trip: Venice Biennale

Season 4 Episode 14
20:15
Art Trip: Columbus, Indiana

Art Trip: Columbus, Indiana

Season 4 Episode 16
12:50
Art Cooking: Bone Meal

Art Cooking: Bone Meal

Season 4 Episode 17
15:23
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The Art Assignment

The Case for Copying

Season 4 Episode 5

Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have been copying since time immemorial. We look into the history of the practice, and share our theories of why it is done, and what it can offer us.

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Notes from New Orleans
5:29
We visited New Orleans for the Prospect.3 exhibition.
Encounters / Encuentros - Dignicraft
7:14
Dignicraft gives us the assignment to facilitate an Encounter / Encuentro.
Imprint: Highlights
7:06
We review some of the best responses to the 'Imprint' assignment.
Movement Telephone - Ryan McNamara
9:36
Performance artist Ryan McNamara asks you to play a game of Movement Telephone.
Emotional Furniture - Christoph Niemann
7:01
Christoph Niemann offers a challenge of finding the emotion in furniture.
What's a Curator?
5:33
We ask what the title "curator" really means, both traditionally and as it is used today.
Relative Strangers - Laurel Nakadate
7:21
Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers.
Under the Influence: Highlights
9:07
We review some of the best responses to the 'Under the Influence' assignment.
Expanded Moment - Jan Tichy
7:04
Jan Tichy gives us the assignment to create an Expanded Moment.
Please Do Not Touch
8:48
When is it appropriate to touch art?
The One That Got Away - Oliver Blank
7:17
Artist Oliver Blank explores our sense of time and place through public installations.
Walk On It: Highlights
3:19
We review some of the best responses to the 'Walk On It' assignment.
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