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Picasso’s Guernica: Great Art Explained
Guernica is the most famous anti-war painting in history, and Picasso’s best-known work. It has gone from a piece that was created in protest at the horrific bombing of a small village in northern Spain, to an icon and a universal symbol...
Food Farmer Earth
Alan Kapuler: Scientist, Organic Seed Breeder and Modern Artist
For those who know or know of him, there's another facet to Alan Kapuler's aka Mushroom — life. He's been painting modern art that reflects the major challenges of our times for almost 50 years. A brief summary of his background in...
Espresso Media
In the Footsteps of Cezanne: Exploring Provence and the Impressionist Movement
This video follows the footsteps of artist Paul Cezanne in his beloved Provence, exploring the landscapes and locations that inspired his famous works. From the iconic mountain of Sainte-Victoire to the limestone quarries of Bibemus,...
The Art Assignment
What this painting tells us about Frida Kahlo
The artist Frida Kahlo is a larger-than-life icon, known for the masterful self-portraits she made during her turbulent life (1907 - 1954). We take a close look at her painting The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas), and consider what it tells...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Jackson Pollock | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock and know of his infamous “drip paintings,” but what is it that you’re supposed to do when you look at his work today? Why did it cause shockwaves in 1947, and what does it mean now? We explore the life,...
Amor Sciendi
Guernica: War and Art
We discuss Picasso's great image of Guernica with help from a Subscriber, Andy Hess.
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Graffiti: Street Art or Vandalism?
Do you see Graffiti or Street Art? Explore the "pioneering era" of graffiti that took place during the years 1969 through 1974, as well as its enduring appeal today.
The Art Assignment
Art or Prank? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
A pair of glasses on an art gallery floor. Art? Or prank? What about a urinal? We compare recent pranks in art museums to art that uses some of the same strategies.
Indigo Artbox
Paul Cezanne | 60 Second Art History Lesson - MENA
Did you know Paul Cezanne was rejected by the Academy of Art and Paris Salon during his time? Many now consider Cezanne the grandfather of modern art.
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Exhibition charting development of Nigerian Modernism opens at London's Tate Modern
New ReviewThe first UK exhibition on the development of Nigeria’s modern art movement is opening in London.
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From Hopper to Rothko: America’s Road to Modern Art
A colourful look back at American art from the 20th century is on show at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam close to Berlin. On display the early works of US American impressionists though inter-war realism to the post war abstract...
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Iran's treasure trove of Western art
The collection held at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is perhaps the greatest outside the West, and yet rarely gets shown in Iran.
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‘Thick Time’ a new William Kentridge exhibition at Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
‘Thick Time’ is the title of a new exhibition of the works of William Kentridge. It’s on show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, south of Copenhagen in Denmark. The South African artist best known for confronting dark themes,...
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Van Gogh book of drawings slammed as fake
An extraordinary row has broken out over a new book that claims to contain previously unpublished drawings by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh. ‘The Lost Arles Sketchbook’, collated by Canadian art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, shows...
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The Shchukin Collection,Modigliani and film festivals in Seville and Minsk
Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, France. Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the exhibition Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection from 22 October 2016, to 20 February 2017. FondationLV...
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Visit Louise Bourgeois’ cells in Denmark
Visitors to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art near Copenhagen are being invited to take a trip inside the mind of Louise Bourgeois. The exhibit features a number of installations which Bourgeois called ‘cells’, playing on all the...
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This is not an exhibition René Magritte at the Pompidou in Paris
The Pompidou Centre in Paris presents an new exhibition of the work of Belgian surrealist René Magritte. The show explores Magritte’s interest in philosophy and the relationship between words and images. ‘The Treachery of Images,’ one of...
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Hockney exhibition offers intimate snapshot of the Los Angeles art world
British artist David Hockney has returned to the Royal Academy of Arts in London with a new exhibition titled Eighty-two Portraits and One Still-life. This new body of work sees the artist revisiting the genre of portraiture which has...
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Twisting and turning into the future – Tate Modern extension unveiled
A towering extension has opened at the Tate Modern museum in London. The newly-opened Switch House building, which cost 260 million pounds (around 330 million euros), is a ten-storey twisted pyramid structure that sits next to the Tate...
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Christo’s oil-barrel Mastaba dreams materialise in France
For 30 years, Bulgarian-born artist Christo has wanted to build a monumental ‘Mastaba’ – a type of ancient Egyptian tomb – out of oil barrels in the desert of Abu Dhabi. His project has just materialised on a smaller yet still impressive...
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Inside New York’s newest art museum
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new venue for contemporary art and performances: the Met Breuer opens its doors to the public on March 18, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Madison Avenue building designed by Marcel Breuer...
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'Living and breathing' giant sculptures takeover Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof Museum
The enormous exhibition hall of Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof Museum is an imposing space to fill but one that has allowed Eva Fabregas to let her imagination run wild. And the result is incredibly impressive.
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War-torn Iraq's precious modern art-works saved by local collectors
Many masterpieces by Iraqi painters were destroyed during the years of conflict, but now the country's artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking.
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Changes at the top: What to expect from this month's Art Basel
Art Basel, which opens today, is one of the world's most important art buyer's market. Millions of euros are expected to change hands as the fair also takes on new challenges and opportunities presented by AI and digital art.