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.

Filmed in 2006 at Industria Studios, New York, photographer Laurie Simmons directs scenes for her first film, "The Music of Regret," starring Meryl Streep. A longtime friend of Simmons and married to a sculptor herself, Streep conveys the difficulties and advantages of leaving a solitary studio practice to work with dozens of crew and collaborators on a motion picture.

Artist Tony Conrad provides an impromptu explanation of "Yellow Movie 2/28/73." Featured in the exhibition, The Language of Less (Then and Now), Conrad candidly describes the conceptual development and artistic process behind his response to the art of film making.

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the installation of Teresita Fernández's exhibition "Blind Landscape" at MOCA Cleveland. The video shows many images of this process and includes interviews of students from Case Western Reserve University, the Mary Schiller Meyers School of Art at the University of Akron, and Oberlin College. These students helped install the works in this exhibition over the period of several weeks. For more information, visit www.mocacleveland.org.

Artist Zhang Chun Hong discusses her work in "Asian American Portraits of Encounter." The exhibition is on view from August 12, 2011 to October 14, 2012. http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/encounter

Through the groundbreaking work of seven talented artists from across the country and around the world, "Asian American Portraits of Encounter" offers provocative renditions of the Asian American experience. Their portraits of encounter offer representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have long obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.

In this preview from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 6 episode, "Change," artist Catherine Opie discusses her on-going series, "Girlfriends," during a photo shoot for the series with swimmer Diana Nyad in her Los Angeles studio.

"Change" premieres Friday, April 13, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

For more information on Catherine Opie, please visit:
http://www.art21.org/artists/catherine-opie

In this preview from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 6 episode, "Change," artist Ai Weiwei discusses "Untitled" (2011)—an outdoor installation at Harvard University—and the accompanying sound piece, "Remembrance" (2010).

"Change" premieres Friday, April 13, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).

For more information on Ai Weiwei, please visit:
http://www.art21.org/artists/ai-weiwei

De Wain Valentine was an artist active in Southern California in the 1960s and 70s, famous for his use of resin in his monumental sculptures.