Walkthrough of the Southeast Asia Galleries - Object Rotation (December 2010)

Walkthrough of the Southeast Asia Galleries - Object Rotation (December 2010)

Asian Art Museum Associate Curator of South Asian Art, Natasha Reichle, gives the Asian Art Museum docents a tour of the latest rotation of objects in the museum's Southeast Asia galleries. The galleries feature works of art in the museum's collection from Bali, which complement the exhibition, Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, on view at the Asian Art Museum from February 25-September 11, 2011.

The Dave Project- Chapter 5

The Dave Project- Chapter 5

The Dave Project was born out of To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave the Potter. In To Speculate Darkly, an installation at the Milwaukee Art Museum, contemporary-Chicago artist Theaster Gates celebrated the legacy of Dave the Potter, an African-American slave who made pots on a plantation in ante-bellum South Carolina. Dave’s pot, a 40-gallon storage vessel placed in the center of the installation, proved unexpectedly captivating.

The Dave Project- Chapter 1

The Dave Project- Chapter 1

The Dave Project was born out of To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave the Potter. In To Speculate Darkly, an installation at the Milwaukee Art Museum, contemporary-Chicago artist Theaster Gates celebrated the legacy of Dave the Potter, an African-American slave who made pots on a plantation in ante-bellum South Carolina. Dave’s pot, a 40-gallon storage vessel placed in the center of the installation, proved unexpectedly captivating.

A Closer Look at Titian's "Diana and Callisto" with commentary by Curator David Brenneman

A Closer Look at Titian's "Diana and Callisto" with commentary by Curator David Brenneman

Get an inside look as David Brenneman, Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Francis B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, talks about Titian's "Diana and Callisto," one of the paintings featured in the current exhibition at the High Museum, "Titian & The Golden Age of Venetian Painting."

Xenobia Bailey

Xenobia Bailey

For fiber artist Xenobia Bailey, art is therapeutic exercise - like a trip to the gym for her psyche. Her work is particularly influenced by the African traditions of story-telling.

Beryl Korot: "Babel: the 7 minute scroll"

Beryl Korot: "Babel: the 7 minute scroll"

Exclusive Episode #130: Beryl Korot discusses a recent work — Babel: the 7 minute scroll (2007) — which takes the form as both a large-scale print and an animated digital video. With pictographs that reference ancient Egypt and the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Korot's work investigates the history of tools and technology, language and narrative.

From the Collection of Randi and Bob Fisher

From the Collection of Randi and Bob Fisher

Bob Fisher discusses how he began collecting photography and reveals the interests and ideas that have fueled his collection for nearly 30 years. FROM THE COLLECTION OF RANDI AND BOB FISHER is on view through February 2011 at Pier 24 in San Francisco.

Jorge Méndez Blake

Jorge Méndez Blake

Jorge Méndez Blake talks about the direction of the research for his retrospective on the Museum's collection inside the Museo Tamayo's library and research center, donated by Olga and Rufino Tamayo.