The American flag is a potent symbol that has different meanings for different viewers. Icon and irony: Jasper Johns, Flag by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Hyperreal paintings like “Betty” are just one part of Richter’s practice, which resists stylistic classification. Gerhard Richter, Betty by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Haacke documents the provenance of a Seurat sketch held in a bank vault to lay bare the commodification of art. Hans Haacke, Seurat’s “Les Poseuses” (small version), ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
By putting this in the museum, we see this as art. But what if it weren’t there? A-Level: Why is this art? Andy Warhol, ... by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Which of these paintings do you like better? Watch this video before you decide. A-level: Art and Context—Monet’s Cliff Walk at ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
Art on the edge of perception—Ad Reinhardt works with the biology of human sight and rewards close looking. Ad Reinhardt, Abstract Painting by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Hyperreal paintings like “Betty” are just one part of Richter’s practice, which resists stylistic classification. Gerhard Richter, Betty by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Dalí wages war on the rational in this naturalistic landscape populated by strange objects. Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Picasso represents a guitar in three dimensions, but he doesn’t actually make one. Pablo Picasso, Guitar by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
Painting was a performative act for Pollock, who moved around and through the unstretched and unprimed canvas. Why is that important? Looking at Jackson ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Haacke documents the provenance of a Seurat sketch held in a bank vault to lay bare the commodification of art. Hans Haacke, Seurat’s “Les Poseuses” (small version), ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Which of these paintings do you like better? Watch this video before you decide. Art and context: Monet’s Cliff Walk at ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
For this snow shovel, the road from the garage to the gallery was paved with the ruins of art as we knew it. Art as concept: Marcel Duchamp, In Advance ... by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker
What’s “heroic” about a painting that looks like a craft project on HGTV? This comparison suggests an answer. Representation and abstraction: looking at Millais and ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Though this looks like an exhibit in a natural history museum, Hirst’s subject comes straight from art history. Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death ... by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
By putting this in the museum, we see this as art. But what if it weren’t there? Why is this art? Andy Warhol, Campbell’s ... by Sal Khan and Dr. Steven Zucker