Episode #151:  Filmed in 2010 at Lari Pittman's dual exhibitions "Orangerie" and "New Paintings" at Regen Projects, Los Angeles, the artist discusses the common misconception that his work is preplanned. Though he understands how audiences reach this conclusion, Pittman explains that his paintings result from a series of spontaneous decisions.

Get an inside look at pieces in the High's European Art Collection. Personal insights are from David Brenneman, Curator of European Art. To learn more about European Art @ the High, visit www.High.org/EuropeanArt

The retired heavyweight boxer "Sailor" Tom Sharkey ran "stags," that is, illegal prizefights for all-male audiences, in the cellar of his saloon at Broadway and 65th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. George Bellows's studio was across the street. An all-around athlete at Ohio State University, Bellows parlayed his knowledge of sports into paintings of boxing that displayed a new and unflinching realism. He frequented an informal group of artists, later dubbed the Ashcan School, who painted urban life on the unfashionable side of the street in early 1900s New York City.

The retired heavyweight boxer "Sailor" Tom Sharkey ran "stags," that is, illegal prizefights for all-male audiences, in the cellar of his saloon at Broadway and 65th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. George Bellows's studio was across the street. An all-around athlete at Ohio State University, Bellows parlayed his knowledge of sports into paintings of boxing that displayed a new and unflinching realism. He frequented an informal group of artists, later dubbed the Ashcan School, who painted urban life on the unfashionable side of the street in early 1900s New York City.

Dhruv Malhotra documents the Indian urban predilection for sleeping outside (by choice). In slumber, they create "little capsules of privacy" in public space. Dhruv Malhotra is part of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' exhibition "The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India". • Video by Kai Hsing (proto-kai.com) • Music by YACHT via Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org) • More about the exhibition Dhruy is part of at ybca.org/​matter-within

The Indianapolis Museum of Art will present the first large-scale exhibition of works by Tawara Yūsaku, a contemporary Japanese artist known for his highly energetic brushstroke. Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yūsaku will feature works inspired by Tawara’s belief that the universe is unstable and constantly changing. Executed primarily in ink on paper, his works use the cumulative effect of many brushstrokes to create powerful and expressive works, apparent in even his smallest 3 in. x 5 in. paintings.

In summer 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego installed Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface in the La Jolla location and the two buildings of its downtown campus. This video shows the installation at the 1001 Kettner building at MCASD Downtown.

Videographer/Editor: Bryan Bangerter

©Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2011

In summer 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego installed Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface in the La Jolla location and the two buildings of its downtown campus. This video shows the installation process of artist Larry Bell’s Untitled in the Jacobs Building at MCASD Downtown.

Videographer/Editor: Bryan Bangerter

©Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2011