14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

The multiple means of making art after the end of illusionism led these artists to create performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture...

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John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

John Hejduk: Builder of Worlds

A poet among architects and an innovator among educators, John Hejduk converses with poet David Shapiro at The Cooper Union about the mystery and...

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The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...

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Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect, proposes an international architecture that he believes can only be conceived by someone Japanese. His...

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Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

"Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete...

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American Art in the 1960s

American Art in the 1960s

During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art...

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: A Environmental Art Duo

Beginning with their small wrapped objects of 1958, this portrait examines the continuously bold and ambitious artistic ventures of the enigmatic...

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The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

The New Modernists: Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era

The New Modernists: Folds, Blobs and Boxes, Architecture in the Digital Era approaches the topic of artistic technological advances, and the modern...

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Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...

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The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

Architect Peter Zumthor lives and works in the remote village of Haldenstein in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden where he can keep the politics of...

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David Hockney's Diaries

David Hockney's Diaries

Renowned English painter, David Hockney, takes us on a visual journey as he shares with us his treasured photo diaries. Consisting of polaroids...

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Empire City

Empire City

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

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Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church...

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Steven Holl: The Body in Space

Steven Holl: The Body in Space

"Steven Holl: The Body in Space" explores the career of the innovative, highly renowned American architect. In this portrait Holl presents some of...

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Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and western modernism to achieve intercultural architecture

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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

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Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

"Permanent Change" looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Capturing both a series of lectures and a panel...

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What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

Featuring notable Minimalist artists such as Bride Marden, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd, What is Minimalism: The American Perspective 1958-1968...

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Brice Marden: 4 Decades

Brice Marden: 4 Decades

"Brice Marden: 4 Decades" follows the renowned abstract artist as he explores his acclaimed 2006 MoMA retrospective with curator Gary Garrels...

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