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To Abstract

8:43

To Abstract

Amy Sillman

June 12, 2024

A Place Other than Here

6:43

A Place Other than Here

Naudline Pierre

May 15, 2024

Drake Carr's Favorite Thing

10:40

Drake Carr's Favorite Thing

April 24, 2024

9:47

"Now and Forever"

Kerry James Marshall

December 6, 2023

Esteban Cabeza de Baca's Time Travels

10:14

Esteban Cabeza de Baca's Time Travels

September 20, 2023

Painting from Life

13:58

Painting from Life

Aliza Nisenbaum

August 2, 2023

Tauba Auerbach in “Bodies of Knowledge”

13:55

Tauba Auerbach in “Bodies of Knowledge”

June 23, 2023

Emotional Time

7:31

Emotional Time

Sarah Sze

June 7, 2023

Amy Sherald in “Everyday Icons”

14:49

Amy Sherald in “Everyday Icons”

April 7, 2023

Systems & Structures

10:40

Systems & Structures

Charles Gaines

December 14, 2022

Drifting Free

4:47

Drifting Free

Nicholas Hlobo

April 6, 2022

Azikiwe Mohammed is a Guy Who Makes Stuff

9:38

Azikiwe Mohammed is a Guy Who Makes Stuff

March 23, 2022

Salman Toor's Emerald Green

8:00

Salman Toor's Emerald Green

November 17, 2021

Between the Earth and the Sky

14:42

Between the Earth and the Sky

Wangechi Mutu

July 21, 2021

Rachel Rossin's Digital Homes

6:45

Rachel Rossin's Digital Homes

May 5, 2021

Loie Hollowell's Transcendent Bodies

8:28

Loie Hollowell's Transcendent Bodies

April 14, 2021

An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound

8:07

An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound

Firelei Báez

February 10, 2021

Xu Bing in

14:16

Xu Bing in "Beijing"

September 25, 2020

Liu Xiaodong in

11:50

Liu Xiaodong in "Beijing"

September 25, 2020

Phyllida Barlow in

13:53

Phyllida Barlow in "London"

September 18, 2020

Bryan Zanisnik's Big Pivot

7:16

Bryan Zanisnik's Big Pivot

April 15, 2020

Maryam Hoseini's Every Day Abstractions

5:34

Maryam Hoseini's Every Day Abstractions

October 30, 2019

Drawing with Raymond Pettibon

5:22

Drawing with Raymond Pettibon

Marcel Dzama

September 4, 2019

Here I Am

10:42

Here I Am

Luchita Hurtado

June 26, 2019

Organizing Chaos

7:53

Organizing Chaos

Marcel Dzama

November 14, 2018

Lynn Hershman Leeson in

14:40

Lynn Hershman Leeson in "San Francisco Bay Area"

September 28, 2018

Creative Growth Art Center in

13:36

Creative Growth Art Center in "San Francisco Bay Area"

September 28, 2018

Robin Rhode in

14:32

Robin Rhode in "Johannesburg"

September 21, 2018

Material / Immaterial

6:42

Material / Immaterial

Valeska Soares

May 2, 2018

An Artist's Life

9:19

An Artist's Life

Jack Whitten

March 21, 2018

Jordan Casteel Stays in the Moment

7:19

Jordan Casteel Stays in the Moment

November 17, 2017

Sketchbooks

4:01

Sketchbooks

Tala Madani

November 3, 2017

Jamian Juliano-Villani Gets to Work

6:08

Jamian Juliano-Villani Gets to Work

October 6, 2017

Politicized Landscapes

9:43

Politicized Landscapes

Julie Mehretu

September 13, 2017

Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community

9:41

Jordan Casteel Paints Her Community

June 16, 2017

Jamian Juliano-Villani’s Field Work

6:10

Jamian Juliano-Villani’s Field Work

March 17, 2017

Tala Madani in

11:24

Tala Madani in "Los Angeles"

September 23, 2016

Minerva Cuevas in

13:14

Minerva Cuevas in "Mexico City"

September 16, 2016

Marela Zacarías's Great Expectations

6:58

Marela Zacarías's Great Expectations

March 2, 2016

Making a Projection Painting

3:54

Making a Projection Painting

Josiah McElheny

February 12, 2016

Paintings

3:38

Paintings

Josiah McElheny

October 23, 2015

Jamian Juliano-Villani's Painting Compulsion

6:01

Jamian Juliano-Villani's Painting Compulsion

June 30, 2015

Evoking Emotions

4:55

Evoking Emotions

Elliott Hundley

June 5, 2015

Painting with Color

4:40

Painting with Color

Katharina Grosse

April 17, 2015

Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool

6:53

Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool

April 3, 2015

Yun-Fei Ji with Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3

1:48

Yun-Fei Ji with Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3

December 12, 2014

Katharina Grosse in

19:36

Katharina Grosse in "Fiction"

November 14, 2014

Elliott Hundley in

18:59

Elliott Hundley in "Secrets"

October 31, 2014

Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home

8:59

Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home

July 18, 2014

Learning to Paint

6:46

Learning to Paint

assume vivid astro focus

June 27, 2014

Spontaneity & Concentration

5:40

Spontaneity & Concentration

assume vivid astro focus

June 4, 2014

Layers of Meaning

2:53

Layers of Meaning

Glenn Ligon

April 18, 2014

Cutting

3:14

Cutting

Ellen Gallagher

February 21, 2014

5:09

"The Former and the Ladder or Ascension and a Cinchin'"

Trenton Doyle Hancock

November 1, 2013

Texas Hills

3:10

Texas Hills

Rackstraw Downes

August 23, 2013

Retrospective

4:36

Retrospective

Barry McGee

August 9, 2013

Marela Zacarías's Work Finds A Good Home

8:15

Marela Zacarías's Work Finds A Good Home

June 26, 2013

Laleh Khorramian's Epic Animations

8:11

Laleh Khorramian's Epic Animations

June 21, 2013

Real Biography

5:08

Real Biography

Trenton Doyle Hancock

June 14, 2013

Eddie Martinez's Risky Business

7:05

Eddie Martinez's Risky Business

June 7, 2013

Sol LeWitt & MoMA

2:41

Sol LeWitt & MoMA

Robert Mangold

May 31, 2013

Tagging

4:19

Tagging

Barry McGee

April 5, 2013

4:00

"Bop"

Elizabeth Murray

March 22, 2013

Josephine Halvorson Is on the Clock

8:43

Josephine Halvorson Is on the Clock

March 15, 2013

Heroines

6:08

Heroines

Margaret Kilgallen

March 8, 2013

Town & Country

4:33

Town & Country

Robert Mangold

November 5, 2012

Some Painters

3:07

Some Painters

Rackstraw Downes

October 19, 2012

Close Encounters with Josephine Halvorson

6:06

Close Encounters with Josephine Halvorson

August 17, 2012

Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works

6:40

Eddie Martinez Whistles While He Works

June 15, 2012

Rackstraw Downes in

17:35

Rackstraw Downes in "Balance"

May 5, 2012

Robert Mangold in

16:41

Robert Mangold in "Balance"

May 5, 2012

Glenn Ligon in

21:02

Glenn Ligon in "History"

April 28, 2012

assume vivid astro focus in

13:10

assume vivid astro focus in "Boundaries"

April 21, 2012

Audience

3:23

Audience

Lari Pittman

February 17, 2012

Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude

6:02

Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude

August 26, 2011

Rashid Johnson Trades Art with Angel Otero

4:58

Rashid Johnson Trades Art with Angel Otero

July 22, 2011

Keltie Ferris Has a Show

6:34

Keltie Ferris Has a Show

June 20, 2011

Abstract Painting

1:59

Abstract Painting

Mary Heilmann

July 30, 2010

5:12

"Mural"

Julie Mehretu

May 14, 2010

Bruce & the Studio

4:16

Bruce & the Studio

Susan Rothenberg

May 7, 2010

Home & Studio

3:10

Home & Studio

Mary Heilmann

April 16, 2010

Painting Conservator Luca Bonetti

6:30

Painting Conservator Luca Bonetti

Julie Mehretu

April 9, 2010

Emotions

3:46

Emotions

Susan Rothenberg

March 26, 2010

Studio Assistants

4:50

Studio Assistants

Julie Mehretu

March 12, 2010

Recycling Images

1:57

Recycling Images

John Baldessari

February 12, 2010

Workday

2:08

Workday

Julie Mehretu

February 5, 2010

2:42

"Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads"

John Baldessari

November 12, 2009

Julie Mehretu in

13:52

Julie Mehretu in "Systems"

October 28, 2009

John Baldessari in

15:04

John Baldessari in "Systems"

October 28, 2009

Inspiration

2:47

Inspiration

Mary Heilmann

October 23, 2009

Jeff Koons in

14:35

Jeff Koons in "Fantasy"

October 14, 2009

Mary Heilmann in

12:54

Mary Heilmann in "Fantasy"

October 14, 2009

Failure

2:01

Failure

Arturo Herrera

September 25, 2009

Meaning

2:58

Meaning

Laylah Ali

September 17, 2009

City & Country

1:54

City & Country

Ida Applebroog

September 10, 2009

Television

1:54

Television

Laylah Ali

July 30, 2009

Inspiration

1:35

Inspiration

Ida Applebroog

July 9, 2009

Collecting

1:46

Collecting

Ida Applebroog

May 28, 2009

Music

2:22

Music

Arturo Herrera

May 7, 2009

Possibilities

1:14

Possibilities

Robert Ryman

January 14, 2009

Teaching

1:28

Teaching

Lari Pittman

December 17, 2008

2:26

"Samurai Tree"

Gabriel Orozco

November 6, 2008

Aesthetics

1:18

Aesthetics

Lari Pittman

October 23, 2008

On Museums

2:09

On Museums

Kerry James Marshall

September 25, 2008

Casta Paintings

1:27

Casta Paintings

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

July 16, 2008

Being an Artist

1:32

Being an Artist

Kerry James Marshall

July 3, 2008

2:02

"Black Romantic"

Kerry James Marshall

June 26, 2008

Craft

1:47

Craft

Lari Pittman

May 8, 2008

Robert Ryman in

13:58

Robert Ryman in "Paradox"

November 18, 2007

Nancy Spero in

13:43

Nancy Spero in "Protest"

November 4, 2007

Lari Pittman in

12:52

Lari Pittman in "Romance"

October 28, 2007

Ellen Gallagher in

12:29

Ellen Gallagher in "Play"

October 7, 2005

Arturo Herrera in

12:49

Arturo Herrera in "Play"

October 7, 2005

Matthew Ritchie in

12:51

Matthew Ritchie in "Structures"

September 30, 2005

Susan Rothenberg in

12:18

Susan Rothenberg in "Memory"

September 23, 2005

Laylah Ali in

12:44

Laylah Ali in "Power"

September 16, 2005

Ida Applebroog in

10:10

Ida Applebroog in "Power"

September 16, 2005

Raymond Pettibon in

13:20

Raymond Pettibon in "Humor"

October 1, 2003

Elizabeth Murray in

12:59

Elizabeth Murray in "Humor"

October 1, 2003

Walton Ford in

11:11

Walton Ford in "Humor"

October 1, 2003

Vija Celmins in

12:27

Vija Celmins in "Time"

September 17, 2003

Gabriel Orozco in

15:13

Gabriel Orozco in "Loss & Desire"

September 10, 2003

Trenton Doyle Hancock in

11:59

Trenton Doyle Hancock in "Stories"

September 9, 2003

Kerry James Marshall in

13:26

Kerry James Marshall in "Identity"

September 28, 2001

Louise Bourgeois in

12:22

Louise Bourgeois in "Identity"

September 28, 2001

Michael Ray Charles in

14:00

Michael Ray Charles in "Consumption"

September 28, 2001

Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen in

13:53

Barry McGee & Margaret Kilgallen in "Place"

September 21, 2001

Shahzia Sikander in

12:29

Shahzia Sikander in "Spirituality"

September 21, 2001

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