Episodes
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Kehinde Wiley - Barack Hussein Obama
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Kehinde Wiley, renowned visual artist known for his vibrant and larger-than-life portraits - that celebrate black and brown individuals; challenging stereotypes, and promoting inclusivity.
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Saturday May 13, 2023
Cecily Brown - The Sleep Around and the Lost and Found
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
Cecily Brown has transfixed viewers with sumptuous color, bold brushwork, and complex narratives that relate to some of Western art history’s grandest and oldest themes.
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Rene Magritte - Son of Man
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Rene Magritte was a Belgian painter who had a way of making poetic images visible. He reimagined painting - as a critical tool that could challenge perception and engage a viewer’s mind.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Judy Bowman - He’s Not Coming Home
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Judy Bowman - she was raised in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, and she sees it as her job to tell stories that are reflective of her coming of age experiences.
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Monday Jan 23, 2023
Bisa Butler - Smart Girls Rock
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Bisa Butler is an award winning African American textile artist. She is known for her vibrantly stunning larger than life sized quilted portraits that captivate viewers around the world.
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Maria Prymachenko - A Dove Has Spread Her Wings
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Maria Prymachenko was a self-taught village folk artist from Ukraine. An inspiration for Picasso and Chagall, her works are now an international symbol of the call for peace.
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Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
M.C Escher - Drawing Hands
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Today MC Escher is one of the world’s most famous graphic artists. Despite wide popular interest… in his day, Escher was dismissed by the art world, but venerated by mathematicians.
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Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Shirley Woodson - Flight Into Egypt
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Shirley Woodson has worked a lifetime to tell stories of the African American experience through her figurative paintings. Beyond that, she is also a tireless arts educator and advocate, whose career spans over 60 years and counting.
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Monday Aug 01, 2022
Hans Holbein - Portrait of Nikolaus Kratzer
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Hans Holbien the Younger is considered one of the finest portraitists of the early Modern Period. He’s perhaps best known for painting the who's who during the height of English society at that time
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Jammie Holmes - The Illusion
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter, whose work tells the story of contemporary life for many black families in the Deep South; primarily focused in Louisiana.
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