Modern art is expensive. From completely white canvases to simple, abstract colors, these seemingly basic works can cost you millions. So what makes their price so high, and how can they possibly be worth this much money? Modern art is a...
[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Detroit carries with it a substantial mythology, the glory days of the American automotive industry, the decline of the American automotive industry, Motown, white flight, rebellions or riots, ruins, “Robocop,” bankruptcy, more ruins, and resurgence. The city reached...
[NICHOLAS HLOBO] Even though I come from a culture where men are very important, I grew up in a household where there was no male figure. I was brought up by my maternal grandmother. She was a tough cookie, and I’m...
[Joan Jonas: Drawings] [SOUND OF DOG TOY SQUEAKING] I don’t think that you could ever really capture what it’s like for an artist to be alone working on their work in the studio; I don’t think that’s possible. It’s always a...
This is one of the world’s most famous photographs. It’s commonly known as Migrant Mother, and it was taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, during the Great Depression. In the U.S. Library of Congress, the photograph is labeled as, “Destitute Pea...
I describe myself as an artist living in Johannesburg who makes drawings and sometimes the drawings are filmed and become animated films sometimes there are performers in front of the animated film and then they become theater or opera so it...
