In a new film from our Extended Play digital series, Barbara Kasten reflects on the significance of the early cyanotypes she created in the 1970s. Under the impression that the works were too beautiful for their time, Kasten didn’t show her cyanotypes for years—but they serve as a foundational element in her practice. Filmed while […]

Kiki Smith trusts her intuition “Basically, I think art is just a way to think,” says Kiki Smith in our “Stories” episode. “It’s like standing in the wind and letting it pull you in whatever direction it wants to go.” Adept in bronze, wax, textiles, and printmaking, Smith explores a diversity of narrative subjects including […]