Natchez
Natchez, Mississippi, is famous for its stunning antebellum homes—grand mansions that attract tourists from across the country. But beneath the picturesque façades lies a complex and often contested history. In…
The Poet Who Found Her Voice on Yelp
Poet Cindy Tran creates works that bridge personal memories and shared experiences, reflecting on childhood, parental expectations, and societal stigmas around an Asian-American identity.
Craft in America: HOME
HOME visits craft artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
Craft in America: Science
Nature, space, algorithms, and more serve as inspiration for artists connecting their work to the world around them, from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico to the computer science…
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, “lumière,” the French word for “light,” was also the surname of brothers Auguste and Louis, whose brilliant invention, the cinematograph, helped to…
American Masters: Harper Lee
American Masters: Harper Lee explores the mysterious life of the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960) and the phenomenon behind her iconic novel. One of the most influential American…
Inside a Painter’s Mythical NYC Studio of 55 Years
A self-taught artist, John Willenbecher (b. 1936) initially set out to be an art historian. Born in the Lehigh Valley in Pensylvania, he attended Brown University and then he took…
Art21: Camille Henrot: In Movement
Episode 302: Camille Henrot reflects on our vast visual culture to produce a body of work that uniquely captures the speed, size, and complexity of our current moment. This film…
Koji Yamamura, the Japan side of independent animation
Koji Yamamura is an independent animator known for his short films such as Mount Head, A Country's Doctor or more recently Muybridge's Strings. After visiting his atelier, we will follow…
In the Year of the Pig
In the Year of the Pig is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American involvement in the Vietnam War. It was released in 1968 while the…