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The Art Assignment

The Definition of Art

Season 6 Episode 31

What is art? How do we define art? In this episode, we explore some of the many ways that artists and writers and thinkers have defined and understood this thing we call art.

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Art Trip: London
12:31
For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair.
The Guerrilla Girls Get Shut Out At Frieze Art Fair
3:00
We follow the Guerrilla Girls as they visit Frieze Art Fair in London.
The Art of Complaining - The Guerrilla Girls
8:55
The Guerrilla Girls are asking, nay demanding, that we complain!
Public Art Trip: New York City
7:39
New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single ep
Self Shape - Tschabalala Self
7:20
If you were a shape, what shape would you be? This week we meet with Tschabalala Self.
The Case for Ai Weiwei
5:53
Ai Weiwei has been called an iconoclast, a radical, a voice for the voiceless...
Combinatory Play - Pablo Helguera
10:06
This week we meet Pablo Helguera, an artist, museum educator, and writer.
The Case for Performance Art
9:09
Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin?
Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft
5:39
We interview the remarkable Vanessa Hill, creator of BrainCraft.
Exquisite Corpse - Hugo Crosthwaite
9:34
This week we come to you from Rosarito, Mexico AND Chicago, IL to bring you an assignment
Embarrassing Object Empathy
11:21
This week we share some of your excellent responses to two assignments
The Case for Abstraction
9:17
How are we supposed to deal with art completely removed from recognizable objects?
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