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The Truth of the Tortured Artist

The Truth of the Tortured Artist

Season 5 Episode 23
7:59
Artists in Love

Artists in Love

Season 5 Episode 24
7:59
These Farmers Weren't Farmers

These Farmers Weren't Farmers

Season 5 Episode 25
8:21
Art + Life Rules from a Nun

Art + Life Rules from a Nun

Season 5 Episode 26
13:12
Art Cooking

Eat Like Andy Warhol

Season 6 Episode 1
17:26
Art About Migration

Art About Migration

Season 6 Episode 2
16:33
Should Art Be Publicly Funded?

Should Art Be Publicly Funded?

Season 6 Episode 3
11:51
What Art tells us about Gender

What Art tells us about Gender

Season 6 Episode 4
14:38
A Video Game about Art?

A Video Game about Art?

Season 6 Episode 5
15:05
What Does Resistance Look Like?

What Does Resistance Look Like?

Season 6 Episode 6
14:02
Art We Launched Into Space

Art We Launched Into Space

Season 6 Episode 7
14:08
How Climate Changes Art

How Climate Changes Art

Season 6 Episode 8
15:40
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The Art Assignment

The Case for Video Art

Season 5 Episode 22

What is video art? How is it any different from all the other moving pictures that are apparently not-art? Let's explore its history and present.

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The Case for Land Art
8:55
Look at what it means to make art out in nature and in the world from the 1960s to today.
Art Cooking: Georgia O'Keeffe
9:19
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE was a groundbreaking artist, but also a serious health food enthusiast.
Better Know the Great Wave
6:58
Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced.
The Case for Copying
10:16
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing.
Art Cooking: Futurist Meat Sculpture
8:57
Exploring the intersection of art and food, we prepare two dishes from the 1930s devised b
Better Know the Mona Lisa
5:24
She's probably the most famous artwork of all time, but what do you know about her?
The Future of The Art Assignment: Extra Credit! T-Shirts!
4:55
Subscribe for new episodes of The Art Assignment every other Thursday!
The Case for Surrealism
10:17
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory.
We Love PBS | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
3:07
Tell us what you love about public media using #IlovePBS
Look What We've Done
3:21
Over the past 3 years, 60 artists have offered art assignments, and thousands of artworks
Whitescapes - Odili Donald Odita | The Art Assignment | PBS
10:56
What is white? What is any color?
Art Trip: Indianapolis
12:36
We figured it was time to come back home and try being tourists in our own town.
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