What is Art for?
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What is Art For? 5 Reasons it Helps Us
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30-01-2016

What is art for? This often unasked question is asked giving us 5 reasons it helps us in this 5 minute video created by The School of Life with Mad Adam Films. The aesthetic and comforting factors of how art affects us is wonderfully explained. Art has a place in our lives and reminds us …

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Your Forest(s) in the City Collection by Milly Martionou
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Art World News: Christie’s 7 Hot Trends for 2016
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22-01-2016

Art World News with Christie’s article titled Antenna: 7 Hot Trends for 2016. It leads with “The decline of the art fair, growing interest in women artists and the emergence of treasures from the sea — Meredith Etherington-Smith looks into her crystal ball for the year ahead.” Arts, Artists, Artwork was saddened by the possibility that one trend would …

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How to Photograph Your Art
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17-12-2015

Tyler Stalman of SaatchiOnline video guide to taking the best possible photos of your artwork, using simple lighting and camera techniques.
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Jessie Parsons asks Models about Posing for Artists
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14-12-2015

Jessie Parsons short video documentary on Vimeo asks models about posing for artists. Titled Mirror Doesn’t Love You Like This, it is a look inside sitting naked and what each model embraces as they view their work. From physical discomfort to contemplating thoughts while sitting quietly. A sense of time. A sense of space. A …

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What Is Art? Follow-Up: What Is Porn? with Stephen Colbert
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14-12-2015

Stephen Colbert hilariously demonstrates censorship issues faced by network television in the United States. Facebook faced the fury of the art community when censoring – removal – nudity in artwork images shared on their popular social media platform. Now artists can share their artwork without fear of censorship on social media. Television in the US, …

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Art Essay: What a Juror is Looking For in Your Art
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05-12-2015

Being a juror of an art exhibit is always humbling, a learning experience, an avenue to give encouragement, and without doubt, an honor. The first thing that a mindful juror will do – whether he or she is jurying artists as members into an organization, jurying artwork into an exhibit, or jurying for awards – …

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Winter & the Cultural Holidays Theme
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04-12-2015

What does this time of the year represent for you, your culture, your family, or religion? Winter & the Cultural Holidays  covers a vast range of subjects from Christmas, Hanukkah, Santa Claus, and other variations on the time of year like snow, wildlife, landscape, etc. It also naturally works across many platforms in all media. …

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The Pretentious Show - Alexander Devenport
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The Pretentious Show: Modern art is bullshit?
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17-11-2015

Featuring: Alexander Devenport, The Pretentious Show A very entertaining and informative presentation helping us examine the notion that Modern Art is Bullshit!! Enjoy the show The age old question, ‘is modern art ‘bullshit’ There have been many accusations and arguments against contemporary art, in this video I have attempted to tackle all of them, or …

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