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Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler

Conversations with Artists - April 09, 2015 13:00 - 2 days
April 9, 2015 Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler have been working collaboratively in video, photography, and sculpture since 1990. Their work invites suggestive, open-ended reflections on memory, place, and cinema. Both are graduate faculty members at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the...

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Johan Grimonprez

Conversations with Artists - February 26, 2015 23:30 - 1 hour
February 26, 2015 Johan Grimonprez is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator whose works critique mass produced contemporary and historical imagery. He achieved international acclaim with his film essay Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997). Grimonprez divides his time between Brussels and New...

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Paul Pfeiffer

Conversations with Artists - February 18, 2015 23:30 - 1 hour
February 18, 2015 Winner of the Whitney Museum’s first Bucksbaum Award in 2000, Paul Pfeiffer creates groundbreaking video, sculpture, and photography that reflect on collective psychological states related to the history of image production. In conversation with Alexander Dumbadze, Associate P...

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Jesper Just

Conversations with Artists - December 11, 2014 23:30 - 37 minutes
December 11, 2014 The Danish-born, Brooklyn-based artist known for his immersive cinematography and emotionally-pitched soundtracks reflects on notions of space, memory, and cultural displacement. In Conversation with Klaus Ottmann, Director for the Center of the Study of Modern Art and Curator...

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Dinh Q. Lê

Conversations with Artists - October 30, 2014 13:00 - 2 days
October 30, 2014 Conceptual artist Dinh Q. Lê uses documentary video, animation, and photography to explore the history and people of his native Vietnam, usually set against impressions and representations from the United States, where he lived in his youth. He returned to live and work in Ho C...

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Peter Hutton

Conversations with Artists - October 16, 2014 22:30 - 45 minutes
October 16, 2014 Peter Hutton’s cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes evoke early films and traditions of painting and still photography. In 2008, the Bard College professor’s work was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In conversation with Alexander Du...

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Zarina Bhimji

Conversations with Artists - April 24, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour
April 24, 2014 Ugandan-born London-based multimedia artist Zarina Bhimji uses photography, film, and sound installations to explore topics like history and memory, particularly as it relates to post-colonial Africa and Europe. Her work features hauntingly sparse landscapes and ethereal soundtra...

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Zoё Charlton

Conversations with Artists - April 10, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour
April 10, 2014 Zoё Charlton creates drawings, videos, and sculptures that examine issues of gender and race. She is best known for her large-scale drawings of sexualized bodies of black women or nude white male figures that explore the ironies of contemporary social and racial politics. Charlto...

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Katrín Sigurđardóttir

Conversations with Artists - March 27, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour
March 27, 2014 The work of Icelandic sculptor Katrín Sigurđardóttir examines the embodiment of distance and memory in architecture, cartography, and traditional landscapes. Her works cross the boundary between perceived and physical space, forcing viewers to create new spatial relationships. In...

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Hassan Khan

Conversations with Artists - February 21, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour
February 20, 2014 The work of British-born Egyptian multimedia artist, musician, and writer Hassan Khan is informed by history and culture. Khan interprets personal and communal experiences through experimental video, digital animation, sculpture, text, photography, and sound. In conversation w...

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Catherine Sullivan

Conversations with Artists - January 24, 2014 00:00 - 50 minutes
January 23, 2014 Originally trained as an actress, Catherine Sullivan stages elaborate filmed and live performances that use historical references to address societal structures. In conversation with Klaus Ottmann, Director of the Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large. In coll...

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A Closer Look: Van Gogh the Artist

Videos from the Phillips - December 12, 2013 20:00 - 2 minutes - Video
Art Historian Cornelia Homburg explains the myth of van Gogh as “mad genius”

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A Closer Look: Van Gogh and Gauguin

Videos from the Phillips - December 12, 2013 20:00 - 3 minutes - Video
Art Historian Cornelia Homburg discusses the artists’ friendship and rivalry

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Wade Guyton

Conversations with Artists - November 22, 2013 00:00 - 1 hour
November 21, 2013 New York-based painter Wade Guyton uses everyday digital technologies such as desktop computers, scanners, and inkjet printers to explore traditional forms of art. In conversation with Klaus Ottmann, Director of the Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large. In c...

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Points, Lines, and Colors in Succession by John F. Simon Jr. / Intersections Art Projects

Videos from the Phillips - November 15, 2013 22:00 - 1 minute - Video
Intersections artist John F. Simon Jr. discusses his installation at the Phillips, Points, Lines, and Colors in Succession, on view October 17, 2013 through February 9, 2014. Inspired by the progression of movement in the natural world, Simon's four-part installation in the Phillips house stair...

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Points, Lines, and Colors in Succession by John F. Simon Jr.

Intersections Contemporary Art Projects - November 15, 2013 22:00 - 1 minute - Video
Intersections artist John F. Simon Jr. discusses his installation at the Phillips, Points, Lines, and Colors in Succession, on view October 17, 2013 through February 9, 2014. Inspired by the progression of movement in the natural world, Simon's four-part installation in the Phillips house stair...

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Van Gogh Repetitions / Exhibition Videos

Videos from the Phillips - October 30, 2013 13:00 - 3 minutes - Video
Exhibition curator Eliza Rathbone gives an introduction to Van Gogh Repetitions. In the first Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) exhibition in DC in 15 years, the Phillips brings together 35 of his celebrated portraits and landscapes from some of the world’s most renowned collections. It features res...

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Van Gogh Repetitions

Exhibition Videos - October 30, 2013 13:00 - 3 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Exhibition curator Eliza Rathbone gives an introduction to Van Gogh Repetitions. In the first Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) exhibition in DC in 15 years, the Phillips brings together 35 of his celebrated portraits and landscapes from some of the world’s most renowned collections. It features res...

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Pakistani Voices: In Conversation with The Migration Series

Exhibition Videos - October 24, 2013 13:00 - 2 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In April 2013, the Phillips partnered with the US Department of State to conduct a series of workshops in Pakistan focusing on art and social change. Using Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series (1940–41) as a catalyst for conversation about the power of storytelling through art, emerging artists,...

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Pakistani Voices: In Conversation with The Migration Series / Exhibition Videos

Videos from the Phillips - October 24, 2013 13:00 - 2 minutes - Video
In April 2013, the Phillips partnered with the US Department of State to conduct a series of workshops in Pakistan focusing on art and social change. Using Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series (1940–41) as a catalyst for conversation about the power of storytelling through art, emerging artists,...

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The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) (1889)

Van Gogh Repetitions Audio Tour - October 03, 2013 13:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stop 1 Curator Eliza Rathbone discusses the differences and variations in The Road Menders and The Large Plane Trees.

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Portrait of Camille Roulin (1888)

Van Gogh Repetitions Audio Tour - October 03, 2013 13:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stop 4 Head of Conservation Elizabeth Steele discusses both of van Goghís portraits of Camille Roulin.

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Lullaby: Madame Augustine Rouline Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse) (1889)

Van Gogh Repetitions Audio Tour - October 03, 2013 13:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stop 5 Eliza Rathbone discusses van Gogh's La Berceuse series.

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Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin (1888)

Van Gogh Repetitions Audio Tour - October 03, 2013 13:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stop 2 Eliza Rathbone discusses van Gogh's The Postman Joseph Roulin, in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur.

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The Bedroom in Arles (1889)

Van Gogh Repetitions Audio Tour - October 03, 2013 13:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Stop 3 Eliza Rathbone discusses van Gogh's bedroom at Arles, and the artist's depictions of it.

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Yve-Alain Bois

Duncan Phillips Lectures - September 19, 2013 23:00 - 46 minutes
Sep 19, 2013 Yve-Alain Bois, the author of Kelly’s catalogue raisonné, discusses Kelly’s works. Bois, a prominent scholar of 20th-century European and American art, is professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.

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A Closer Look: The Washstand (1944)

Videos from the Phillips - August 01, 2013 13:00 - 3 minutes - Video
In this video, the painting The Washstand (1944) is examined in specular light, a form of raking light viewed from an angle.

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A Closer Look: The Round Table (1929)

Videos from the Phillips - August 01, 2013 13:00 - 2 minutes - Video
In this video, the painting The Round Table (1929) is examined in visible, raking, and ultraviolet light.

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A Closer Look: Introduction

Videos from the Phillips - August 01, 2013 13:00 - 1 minute - Video
Most examinations began with a careful inspection in good overall lighting to get a general sense of the painting. Other techniques exploit different types of electromagnetic radiation, such as ultraviolet, infrared, and x-rays. This collection of videos focuses on the study of four paintings by ...

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A Closer Look: Pewter Pot and Plate of Fruit (1944)

Videos from the Phillips - August 01, 2013 13:00 - Video
In this video, the paint surface of Pewter Pot and Plate of Fruit (1944) is examined with the stereomicroscope.