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Roy Lichtenstein | Look Mickey
Season 11
By the 1960s Roy Lichtenstein was intrigued by the ideas of pop art and began dabbling in the style. Of course, if you want fresh new ideas, the best…
11 months, 1 week ago
Banksy | Girl with Balloon
Season 11
In 2018, Banksy's painting, Girl with Balloon went up for auction. As the gavel sounded to announce a winning bid of about $1 million, everyone in th…
11 months, 1 week ago
Yayoi Kusama | Narcissus Garden
Season 11
Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular contemporary artists with her infinity rooms drawing massive crowds wherever they are installed. In the infin…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Bridget Riley | Movement in Squares
Season 11
Bridget Riley, born in London in 1931, is a prominent figure in the Op Art movement. Early life experiences, including wartime evacuation to Cornwall…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Frida Kahlo | The Two Fridas
Season 11
Frida Kahlo was a painter in the early 20th century associated with the Surrealist movement. While she had some moderate success as a painter during …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Auguste Rodin | The Burghers of Calais
Season 11
Today's mini-episode is about Auguste Rodin and his sculpture of The Burghers of Calais. The story behind the piece is an inspiring tale that defines…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Aztec Sun Stone or The Calendar Stone
Season 11
The Aztec Sun Stone, also known as the Calendar Stone, is a large, round stone carving that represents Aztec mythology and cosmology. It depicts the …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Jean-Michel Basquiat | Horn Players
Season 11
Jean-Michel Basquiat has created some of the most highly valued American paintings ever to go on auction. Basquiat sought to remake art history in hi…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | The Judgment of Hunefer
Season 11
This mini episode is about The Book of the Dead, a collection of funerary texts from ancient Egypt. To better understand the collection as well as th…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Claude Monet | The Gare Saint Lazare
Season 11
Claude Monet loved his garden and made about 250 paintings of water lilies. He and his Impressionist contemporaries were focused on color, light, and…
11 months, 3 weeks ago