The Last Refuge...?
Clip: Season 2 | 8m 9s
Unconditional love of country can be blinding. But artists find ways to express patriotism with eyes wide open.
Aired: 12/05/17
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The Havana Lyceum Orchestra is proof of classical music’s resonance in Cuba.
Rum, Cigars, and Mozart
Floriography: Saying It With Flowers
In the Victorian era, the language of flowers was boundless.
Floriography: Saying It With Flowers
Elizabeth Turk: The Edge of Gravity
Elizabeth Turk's sculptures test the limits of her medium's fragility.
Elizabeth Turk: The Edge of Gravity
The Staying Power of Peter Shire
Shire is an alumnus of the Italian avant-garde movement, The Memphis School.
The Staying Power of Peter Shire
The Care and Feeding of Michelle Cuevas
The characters in Michelle Cuevas’s children’s books leap off the page.
The Care and Feeding of Michelle Cuevas
Mason Bates: Classical Disrupter
Mason Bates challenges existing notions of what belongs in the concert hall.
Mason Bates: Classical Disrupter
Joan Shelley: Not Over By Half
The anthropological perspective of singer-songwriter Joan Shelley.
Joan Shelley: Not Over By Half
Kenny Scharf’s exuberant cartoons infuse daily life with a dose of whimsy.
Kenny Scharf: Here to Stay
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indefatigable Spirit
Buffy Sainte-Marie's 1960s protest songs made her the subject of FBI attention.
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indefatigable Spirit
Allora & Calzadilla: Displacement and Defamiliarization
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Allora & Calzadilla: Displacement and Defamiliarization
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Michelle Cuevas/Mason Bates/Antonio Martorell/Joan Shelley
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Kenny Scharf, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Refuge?
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Kenny Scharf, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Refuge?
Allora & Calzadilla, Balliett, Stevens, Levitin
Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Doug Balliett, Veruschka Stevens, Daniel Levitin
Allora & Calzadilla, Balliett, Stevens, Levitin
Christian Scott Adjuah, Tommy Pico, Ron Nagle, Sidney Hutter
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Christian Scott Adjuah, Tommy Pico, Ron Nagle, Sidney Hutter
Kyle Abraham, Maggie Nelson, Ruth Slenczynska, Saya Woofalk
Kyle Abraham, Maggie Nelson, Ruth Slenczynska, Saya Woofalk
Kyle Abraham, Maggie Nelson, Ruth Slenczynska, Saya Woofalk
Mark Mothersbaugh, Liz Casella, Greg Dunn
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Mark Mothersbaugh, Liz Casella, Greg Dunn
Reuben Margolin, Jennifer Higdon, Chemi Rosado, Sara Rahbar
Reuben Margolin, Jennifer Higdon, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Sara Rahbar.
Reuben Margolin, Jennifer Higdon, Chemi Rosado, Sara Rahbar
Gene Yang, Luke Spiller, RIP Romance
Gene Yang: Drawing on Knowledge. Luke Spiller Struts. RIP Romance.
Gene Yang, Luke Spiller, RIP Romance
Ian Brennan, Nina Berman, Leroy Johnson
Producer Ian Brennan, photographer Nina Berman, artist Leroy Johnson.
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Janet Echelman, Arturo Rios, Death, Justin Bettman
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Janet Echelman, Arturo Rios, Death, Justin Bettman
Daniel Handler, Lisa Hannigan, Nina Chanel
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