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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we answer your questions from our art hotline* and talk about the distinction between art and craft (if any), art world pretension, the proliferation of images, imposter syndrome, and more. Keep the calls coming - leave us a message at 901-602-ARTY!
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RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ART ONLINE:
Watch our video How to Learn about Contemporary Art: https://youtu.be/An3L7hQdkOg
Google these and explore their websites:
Artsy
Art21
Tate Museums
Hyperallergic
Creative Time Reports
Art F City
BLOUINARTINFO
Smart History
Art Babble
Modern Art Notes (podcast)
Bad At Sports (podcast)
E-Flux
Artnet
Museum of Modern Art
Artforum Guide (and Diary is fun, too)

You can also follow and check in on organizations that commission and produce projects and stage events like Creative Time, Artangel, Art Production Fund, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), and others.

These are really excellent print publications that also feature good content online: Frieze,
BOMB magazine, Esopus, Cabinet, ArtAsiaPacific, Parkett, ArtReview, Afterall, Flash Art, Art Papers, ARTnews, and Art in America.

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For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was shocking then and it still upsets and confounds today. How are we supposed to deal with art completely removed from recognizable objects? And why should we? This is the case for Abstraction.


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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single art trip video, so this time we decided to focus on the abundant public art around the city.

Featuring:
Madison Square Park
- Teresita Fernandez: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar
- Orly Genger: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar
- Jaume Plensa: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/mad-sq-art/jaume
- Martin Puryear: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar

City Hall Park
- Claudia Comte & Chris Watson: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/610

The High Line
- Nari Ward: http://art.thehighline.org/project/nariward/
- Barbara Kruger: http://art.thehighline.org/project/barbarakruger/
- Kathryn Andrews: http://art.thehighline.org/project/kathrynandrews/
- Tony Matelli: http://art.thehighline.org/project/wanderlust/

Grand Army Plaza
- David Shrigley: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/611

Socrates Sculpture Park
- Meg Webster: http://socratessculpturepark.o....rg/artist/megwebster

Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Mary Mattingly: http://www.swaleny.org/
- Pier 6: http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/pier-6
- Martin Creed: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/610

Public Art Fund: https://www.publicartfund.org/

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we're reunited with Oliver Blank, who shares his thoughts on the incredible response to his assignment and announces some exciting plans for the messages you left to the one who got away.

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Do you question your ability to talk about art in a coherent way? Here are tips for how to sound like you understand art, even if you've never taken a class or set foot in a museum. And please take the PBS Digital Studios survey here!: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/AA_YTvideo.
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In which Jace Clayton, aka DJ /Rupture, challenges you to take a walk from where you live and find the quietest place. Once you're there, take it in for a moment and then make a short video or take some photos there.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Go outside and walk in the direction that is the quietest

2. Continue until you're in the quietest place possible

3. Take a moment to absorb it. Then document it through photography or video.

4. Upload it using #theartassignment

4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Jace's work here: http://www.jaceclayton.com/

And hear him talk about his work here: https://vimeo.com/74155229

Artworks mentioned include John Cage's 4'33" (1952/53) and Charles Baudelaire's essay The Painter of Modern Life (1863).

Thanks to all of our participants!:

- Hank Green: @hankgreen, http://www.hankgreen.com

- Hannah Hart: @harto, http://www.helloharto.com/‎

- Brian DeGraw: http://www.beedeegee.com/

- Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi:
@ransomriggs, http://www.ransomriggs.com
@TaherehMafi, http://www.taherehbooks.com

- The Gregory Brothers @gregorybrothers, http://www.thegregorybrothers.com/

Jace was in town as an artist in residence with the organization
We Are City: http://www.wearecity.us/

This episode was filmed in Indianapolis at Indy Reads Books: http://www.indyreadsbooks.org/

There is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood and represented in the history of art. We look at a few examples that show us gender is a concept that has never been fixed: Hermaphroditos by the ancient Greeks, Titian's Venus of Urbino, Baule portrait masks, the photographs of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and Maya stone carvings.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h On this international art trip, we travel to Tijuana to meet with Ghana Think Tank and Torolab, explore the city, and visit artist Hugo Crosthwaite's studio.

Ghana Think Tank: http://www.ghanathinktank.org/
Torolab: http://www.torolab.org/
Hugo Crosthwaite:http://www.hugocrosthwaite.com/

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We addressed the myth, and now it's time for the truth of the tortured artist. Some art is born of pain and suffering, and reflects the darkest side of human experience. We like that about it. If you need help with mental and/or substance use disorders, contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or go to https://www.samhsa.gov/.

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Corrections:
2:22 is not Roberto Matta but Nicolas Carone in his Rome studio, 1950
3:41 this list originated with Sister Corita Kent!: https://www.brainpickings.org/....2012/08/10/10-rules-

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This week we tackle the intersection of art and our changing climate. Throughout history, art has helped reveal the climate around us and highlight our fragile relationship to it. We look at navigational charts from the Marshall Islands, Katsushika Hokusai’s "Under the Wave off Kanagawa", Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s "Hunters in the Snow", Mali's Great Mosque of Djenné, the Ise Shrine in Japan, steadily sinking Venice, the cave paintings of Lascaux, and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, among others.

Check out Hot Mess to learn about how we can create a better future for our planet and ourselves!: https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12f

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Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers, and she wants you to do this, too! She gives us the challenge of finding little known family members and making their photographic portrait.

Sarah also discusses photography as an artistic medium and highlights a specific theory in Roland Barthes' book, CAMERA LUCIDA.

INSTRUCTIONS - RELATIVE STRANGERS
1. Find a family member who you haven't seen in a while or have never met
2. Take their portrait
3. Upload it to your social media platform of choice using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

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In which The Art Assignment visits artist David Brooks in his Brooklyn studio and receives the fascinating assignment of articulating something that you know exists, but that you've never seen and probably never will.

INSTRUCTIONS - Never Seen, Never Will

1. Think of something that exists that you've never seen, and probably never will

2. Articulate it (any medium will do)

3. Upload it using #theartassignment

4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about David's work through his gallery American Contemporary: http://americancontemporary.bi....z/artists/david-broo

And watch these fantastic videos of him made by Art21:
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http://youtu.be/ACd7kz2E2kM

Fluxus was a network of artists who thought anything could be art, and anyone could be an artist. This video explores the food-related work of George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, and Alison Knowles, et al. Vote for your favorite novel here!: https://to.pbs.org/2Jes2X5

And learn more about PBS's The Great American Read: https://to.pbs.org/2IXQuZE.

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Gordon Matta-Clark (1943 - 1978) was one of the most influential artists of his generation, and was also the brainchild behind the infamous BONE MEAL in 1971 at the artist-run Food restaurant in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. He served numerous bone-intensive dishes to the guests and then returned their leftover bones to the as necklaces.

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Collaborators:
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Allison Ford: www.studioamfdesign.com

Thanks to our Grandmaster of the Arts Indianapolis Homes Realty, and all of our patrons, especially Lynn Gordon, Patrick Hanna, and Constance Urist.

Recipes:
Insanely Good Oxtail Stew: https://www.jamieoliver.com/re....cipes/beef-recipes/i
Roasted Marrow Bones: https://cooking.nytimes.com/re....cipes/9896-roasted-m
Stuffed Marrow Bones: https://www.marthastewart.com/....316006/stuffed-marro
Sautéed Frogs' Legs: https://www.saveur.com/article..../Recipes/Sauteacutee

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h In which we go to The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and give you some pointers on how to visit an art museum. Seems easy enough, but there are ways to maximize your experience. What are your museum tricks and tips? Let's talk about it in the comments!

Many thanks to The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art for giving us access to their wonderful institution. Their admission is free, but they can only do this because of donations and memberships. So while we joke that you should always find a way to get in for free, you should also consider supporting your local institutions whenever you can and in whatever way you can. This can be through membership, donations, attending events, or volunteering your time. (And if you happen to have an amazing art collection of your own, you should will it to a museum. Really. Your grandchildren won't appreciate it nearly as much as an entire city will for many generations to come.)

Learn more about the Kemper: www.kemperart.org.
And find out ways to support it: https://www.kemperart.org/involved/index.asp.

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For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair. We saw a lot of art! Almost too much. (Definitely too much.)

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THE LONDON ITINERARY:
1) Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, ft. David Shrifley: https://www.london.gov.uk/what....-we-do/arts-and-cult
2) National Portrait Gallery, London: http://www.npg.org.uk/
3) Royal Academy of Arts: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
4) Courtauld Gallery: http://courtauld.ac.uk/
5) Whitechapel Gallery: http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/
6) Hauser & Wirth London: http://www.hauserwirth.com/
7) Serpentine Galleries: http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/
8) Tate Modern: http://www.tate.org.uk/
9) Frieze London: https://frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london

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Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin? There’s a reason. Here we present you with a brief history of performance art and attempt to sway you to its potential charms. Let us know if you buy it.

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In which we explore Washington, DC's vast and diverse collection of landmarks, museums, and galleries - ranging from institutions like the Hirshhorn to the art-worthy metro system. Let's take a trip through Washington, DC.

Featuring the Renwick Gallery, American University Museum, Phillips Collection, Freer & Sackler Galleries, National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Hemphill Fine Arts, Adamson Gallery, Transformer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Hirshhorn Museum.

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