Whitney Museum of American Art’s Videos
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Conserving Nam June Paik’s "Fin de Siècle II," 1989
03:23Take a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation of Nam June Paik’s "Fin de Siècle II," a dramatic work in the Whitney's permanent collection. For the first time since…
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Conserving Nam June Paik’s "Fin de Siècle II," 1989
03:23Take a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation of Nam June Paik’s "Fin de Siècle II," a dramatic work in the Whitney's permanent collection. For the first time since…
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Whitney Stories: Dread Scott on Badlands Unlimited
02:37Publisher Badlands Unlimited and artist Paul Chan produced The New No's in response to the 2016 election. Here, Dread Scott discusses why he thinks of the work as a beacon for other artists to…
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Lyle Ashton Harris: Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs
01:29:02To celebrate the publication of Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs, a book of Lyle Ashton Harris’s Ektachrome archive, Harris is joined by an intergenerational group of artists and writers…
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Walter Annenberg Lecture: Catherine Opie
01:15:22For over thirty years, Catherine Opie has used photography to make iconic images of people and places that are often overlooked. For the 2017 Walter Annenberg Lecture, Opie speaks about her practice…
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Youth Insights Introductions: A Free Teen Program for English Language Learners
02:47Youth Insights Introductions is a free summer program for high school students who are English Language Learners. Read more: http://whitney.org/Education/Teens/GetInvolved
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Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World | In the Galleries
00:43Move through the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, from Durham's site-specific sculpture in the Whitney's stairwell to his enormous new work, THE FREE AND THE BRAVE,…
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Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World | Textures and Materials
00:19Experience the rich range of materials and textures on display in Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, and watch the artist take a stone to all manner of objects in clips from his 2004 video,…
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Beyond Jimmie Durham: Contemporary Native American Art and Identity
01:25:23The exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World has triggered critical conversations about who is defined as a Native artist. While these debates have recently entered the mainstream art…
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Pope.L in Conversation with Christopher Y. Lew
54:58Pope.L’s socially engaged practice, spanning performance, theater, installation, video, and painting has interrogated conceptions of class, community, language, and race for over forty years.…
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Words for Water: Stories and Songs of Strength by Native Women
01:54:44Indigenous women poets, writers, and musicians explore the power of language, story, and song in today’s fight for environmental and cultural justice. With a focus on the Standing Rock Resistance,…
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