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Watch each of the thirteen full segments from Season 6 of Art21’s Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century series.

Season 6 of “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

Watch each of the thirteen full segments from Season 6 of Art21’s Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century series.

Timely and timeless, global and local, beautiful and provocative, contemporary art challenges us to look at our world in new ways. Contemporary artists grapple with the complex issues of our time, ask tough questions, and make works that delight, amaze and sometimes unsettle audiences worldwide. Season 6 includes 13 profiles of artists from five continents. Spanning the globe from Nigeria to New York City, from Beijing to Brazil, the episodes reveal the artists at work and speaking in their own words as they demonstrate the power of art to alter perception, challenge convention, and change how we see the world around us.

Season 6 premiered in May 2012 on PBS.

by Art21January 30, 2024 12 videos • 3:57:00 total runtime

How do we bridge the time and distance between some of the places beyond our own immediate region—beyond our own knowledge, lives, and experiences?

Teaching with Global/Local Connections

How do we bridge the time and distance between some of the places beyond our own immediate region—beyond our own knowledge, lives, and experiences? How can we find connections to the urban toxicity, the pollution of rivers and streams, and the stories of community resilience? 

This playlist shapes the contours of a range of questions about the world and ‘International Community-ism.’ It comes from my interest in connecting the global with the local, and I can use these videos to introduce global studies content in my classroom. These videos offer a range of possibilities for unpacking intersections of aesthetics and ecologies in multiple localities. 

Read about how Amiko Matsuo teaches with global/local connections in her classroom.

by Amiko MatsuoJune 12, 2023 11 videos • 1:46:58 total runtime

Watch each of the twelve full segments from Season 7 of Art21’s Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century series.

Season 7 of “Art in the Twenty-First Century”

Watch each of the twelve full segments from Season 7 of Art21’s Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century series.

Providing unique access to some of the most compelling artists of our time, Season 7 features a dozen artists from the United States, Europe, and Latin America, transporting viewers to artistic projects across the country and around the world. In locations as diverse as a Bronx public housing project, a military testing facility in the Nevada desert, a jazz festival in Sweden, and an activist neighborhood in Mexico, the artists reveal intimate and personal insights into their lives and creative processes. Season 7 artists create socially and politically engaged art, draw upon the influence of family and youthful experiences, and experiment with both form and medium.

Season 7 premiered in October 2014 on PBS.

by Art21May 23, 2023 12 videos • 3:35:59 total runtime

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