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The Art Assignment
The Case for Surrealism
Season 4
Episode 1
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. But what IS it? Or what WAS it? Today we delve into the history of Surrealism, as it formed in post-World War I Europe and as it has infiltrated our wider culture up to today. Here's our case for what Surrealism is, and why you should care about it.
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Surrealist artist Salvador Dali is well known, but what about his 1973 cookbook?
20:17
We take a trip to LA and look at the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
9:31
When art is generated by Artificial Intelligence, what or who can we call the artist?
15:23
The brainchild behind the infamous 1971 BONE MEAL at the artist-run NYC Food restaurant.
8:26
We met Hannah Hart in her studio to talk about everything from painting to poetry.
20:15
Called the "olympics of the art world," behold the 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition.