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The Case for Impressionism

The Case for Impressionism

Season 6 Episode 14
12:41
My Top 40 Art Reflections

My Top 40 Art Reflections

Season 6 Episode 15
9:25
Why Do Corporations Buy Art?

Why Do Corporations Buy Art?

Season 6 Episode 16
10:23
Is Instagram Changing Art?

Is Instagram Changing Art?

Season 6 Episode 17
11:16
The $150,000 Banana

The $150,000 Banana

Season 6 Episode 18
11:51
Why Is This Woman in the Jungle?

Why Is This Woman in the Jungle?

Season 6 Episode 19
11:59
Art Therapize Yourself

Art Therapize Yourself

Season 6 Episode 20
12:00
Having a Coke with Frank O'Hara

Having a Coke with Frank O'Hara

Season 6 Episode 21
15:29
The Case for Video Games

The Case for Video Games

Season 6 Episode 22
12:45
What Makes a Masterpiece?

What Makes a Masterpiece?

Season 6 Episode 23
12:35
Creativity is Overrated

Creativity is Overrated

Season 6 Episode 25
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The Art Assignment

How to Sound like you Understand Art

Season 6 Episode 13

Do you question your ability to talk about art in a coherent way? Here are tips for how to sound like you understand art, even if you've never taken a class or set foot in a museum.

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The Case for Land Art
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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
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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE was a groundbreaking artist, but also a serious health food enthusiast.
Better Know the Great Wave
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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
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Better Know the Mona Lisa
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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!
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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
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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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