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Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century: Season 8

Art in the Twenty-First Century

Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century: Season 8

ART21 (2016)
AppleTV / iTunes
US - TV-PG
TV Series | Art | Art History | Artists | Contemporary Art | Documentary | Graffiti Art | Land Art | Painting | Performance Art | Photography | Sculpture | Television Show
USA | English | Color |

Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century is a PBS series, educational resource, archive, and history of contemporary art. It premiered in 2001, and is now broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide. Premiering a new season every two years, Art:21 is the only series on United States television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists.


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1 Chicago 56 min | Sep 16, 2016

Chicago is a city rooted in industry and towering architecture, and artists in Chicago are disrupting urban experience through experimentation.

2 Mexico City 56 min | Sep 16, 2016

Mexico City artists exit their homes and studios to use the growing megalopolis as their canvas. The artists present everyday materials as artworks, mine recognizable images for their poetic potential, and take their art to the streets.

3 Los Angeles 56 min | Sep 23, 2016

While sprawling Los Angeles has world-class museums and art schools, artists working in the shadow of the entertainment industry are more "under the radar," affording them the space and time to imagine.

4 Vancouver 56 min | Sep 23, 2016

By recreating historical moments, staging photos of vernacular scenes, and crafting intricate sculptures that trick the eye, artists in Vancouver reveal how everyday images and moments from the past are not always what they seem.