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Kerry James Marshall: The Artist in the Studio

In his latest series of paintings and drawings, Kerry James Marshall Marshall reflects on how portrayals of artists in their studios influence perceptions of who is an artist.

Recorded on 5.22.2010
Andrea Zittel: Studio as Testing Ground

The renowned artist speaks about her work and describes how her studio serves as a space for exploration and for crafting and presenting materials and ideas.

Recorded on 4.5.2010
American Theater: Writing for Change

Members of a new generation of playrights discuss writing about identity and politics, and how creative works make us aware of clichés, distortions, and absurdities in our lives.

Recorded on 3.23.2010
Art as Event

Since the start of the 20th century, artists have created works that might best be described as events. Recently, event-based artworks and actions have proliferated.

Recorded on 3.13.2010
Trajectories of the Studio After The Factory

In the 1960, tape recorders, film cameras, and reproduction machines of all kinds entered the studio. Noted art historian Caroline Jones traces this development.

Recorded on 2.16.2010
Studio Myths Artists Panel: Nikhil Chopra, John Neff, and Amanda Ross-Ho

Transformation, mediation, gesture, embodiment. The artist is both performer and observer in the studio, and the protagonist of the myths that surround this space.

Recorded on 2.6.2010
Guerrilla Girls: Feminist Masked Avengers

The Guerrilla Girls have dedicated themselves to exposing sexism, racism, and corruption in the art world, the film industry, and popular culture .

Recorded on 11.10.2009
Liam Gillick and Jeremy Deller with Dominic Molon in Conversation

Born in the 1960s in England, artists Jeremy Deller and Liam Gillick have engaged economic, cultural and political conditions in markedly different ways.

Recorded on 10.10.2009
Micro-Symposium: Art/Science/Spectacle

How do immersive artworks, such as those created by Olafur Eliasson, play upon our attraction to the spectacular and a fascination with the mechanics of how things work?

Recorded on 9.12.2009
Discussion: Diversity and Contemporary Art

What does diversity mean today? What are the implications for museums, artists, and their audiences? And what hard work still lies ahead?

Recorded on 9.9.2009
People Who Shape Our World: Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson’s installations, sculptures and photographs call for nothing less than a complete transformation of our understanding of art.

Recorded on 4.28.2009
Carmen: New Renderings

The story of Carmen has provided interpretive fodder for many great thinkers and artists. Listen in to a discussion of why this piece continues to fuel artistic development in film, music and theater.

Recorded on 4.20.2009
Kate Stohr on Architecture for Humanity

Kate Stohr is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity (AFH), a non-profit volunteer organization that promotes architecture and design solutions to global social and humanitarian crises.

Recorded on 3.31.2009
Growing Up: Buckminster Fuller

Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her experience growing up with her father, Buckminster Fuller. She also talks about the people who influenced his work and his legacy as a visionary and great teacher.

Recorded on 3.14.2009
New America

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word poet, and renowned writer Jeff Chang come together for a public conversation about the power of hip-hop to reshape the American and global cultural landscape.

Recorded on 2.28.2009
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