Objects of Desire
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The artist is in
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Painter and sculptor Victor Hugo Zayas shares a moment when an 8-year-old boy answers the question "what is art?". He highlights the value of introducing creativity at an early age to wake up children's curiosity for life.
Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962 (The Museum of Modern Art).
From Smart History Videos.
Beth Harris, Sal Khan and Steven Zucker discuss the Damien Hirst sculpture, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living," and issues of interpretation. From Smart History Videos.
"The photo director for National Geographic David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a Talk filled with glorious images, he discusses how we all use photos to tell our stories."
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Why Art Matters: Dr. Linda F. Nathan
In this talk, Linda Nathan explores the importance of the arts as key to a complete educational experience.
"Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture -- and about the meaning of art itself."
View the complete lesson at TED-Ed.
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"If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis -- from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. -- and gives two breathtaking performances of "B" and "Hiroshima."
