New Mexico State Fair ribbon quilt now on display in Smithsonian
Ribbons are a big deal. Carol Johnson has won hundreds and hundreds of them over the past 43 years. “My father was an alcoholic and I heard all the time,…
The OLDEST SURVIVING Animated Feature Film | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Long before Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, director Lotte Reiniger created a breathtaking silhouette-animated fantasy inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. In this video, we explore the…
THE ART & ILLUSTRATION OF EILEEN MAYO
Dame Eileen Rosemary Mayo DBE (11 September 1906 – 4 January 1994) was a British artist and designer who worked in England, Australia and New Zealand in almost every available…
What the Art World Doesn’t Want You to Know About Yayoi Kusama
It’s worth considering that perhaps Kanye, and also Kusama, might somehow be off-limits from criticism because of their well-publicized mental illnesses. It’s certainly been enough to have put an asterisk…
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…
Artist France-Lise McGurn on Making Painting Less Precious
France-Lise McGurn was born in Glasgow in 1983. She studied her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee, in 2005, her MA at the Royal College of Art, London, and her…
Artist Sheila Hicks: We’re Crying for Softness
In this personal interview, Sheila Hicks reflects upon her life, her accidental but formative meeting with Josef Albers at Yale University, and her discovery of the world of textiles.
The radical art of Mary Cassatt
Explore Mary Cassatt’s life and work, from her contributions to the French Impressionist movement to her bold experimentation in painting, pastels, and printmaking. Through interviews with experts, archival footage and…
Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies
Anaïs Nin, the author of works such as Delta of Venus and House of Incest, is the patron saint of taboo-breaking pop culture sexual iconoclasts. Not only is she an…
Ruth Asawa: documentary on an artist who worked every minute
Discover Ruth Asawa, one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century, and the enduring legacy of her radical and unflagging experiments with materials and form. We visit Asawa’s…