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Spend Five Fridays with Art21 and American Masters on PBS

Tune in to PBS at 9:00 p.m. tonight (check local listings) for the first of five consecutive Friday nights of visual arts programming presented by Art21 and American Masters.

Opening with the American Masters “Artists Flight” and culminating with Art21’s latest season of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series, the five weeks will together feature 16 innovators in the field of visual art.


Programming Schedule

Friday, August 31
American Masters: Eva Hesse
9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Friday, September 7
American Masters: Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray
9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

American Masters: Wyeth
10:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Friday, September 14
American Masters — Basquiat: Rage to Riches
9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Friday, September 21
Art21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century: “Johannesburg”
9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Featuring David Goldblatt, Nicholas Hlobo, Zanele Muholi, and Robin Rhode

Art21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century: “Berlin”
10:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Featuring Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Olafur Eliasson, Hiwa K, and Susan Philipsz

Friday, September 28
Art21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century: “San Francisco Bay Area”
9:00 p.m. (check local listings)

Featuring Creative Growth Art Center, Katy Grannan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Stephanie Syjuco


Watch Online

All films will be available to stream on Art21.org (Art in the Twenty-First Century), PBS.org/americanmasters (American Masters), and PBS streaming platforms on the days following each film’s broadcast television premiere.


Photo Credits: Marion Busch. All Jean-Michel Basquiat works (c) Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat used with permission of Artestar, NYC.

Production still from the “Johannesburg” episode of Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 9. © Art21, Inc. 2018.

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