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In this collection, The Art Assignment investigates popular artists and art movements.

What is video art?
What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick?
What's wrong with seeing the unclothed human body? And what is its place in art?
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Artist and designer Ben Denzer shares an assignment to make an ATYPICAL BOOK.
What is art? How do we define art?
She shares an art assignment on creating your own Theme and Variation Cut-Out.
John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks.
What art that brings you comfort right now?
Allison Smith shares her thoughts and books about art made in adverse circumstances.
You don't need to be creative or inspired to make art.
We take a close look at her painting The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas).
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one?
Video Games are fun, but are they art?
Extras
Who is the mysterious woman at the funeral for Alison Wilson's husband?
Understanding eating disorders and anxiety through the eyes of teens and their families.
Barbara Jordan’s voice shook the nation. Discover her story in The Inquisitor.
Librarians across the U.S. examine how the review of library materials is impacting communities.
A professor seeks to prove Arthurian legends have roots in actual British history.
Experts search for evidence that female gladiators once existed in Ancient Rome.
Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night.
Elie Wiesel reunited with his sister in France.
Elie Wiesel vowed to always speak up whenever people were enduring suffering and humiliation.
Before meeting his wife Marion, Elie Wiesel "shunned love" and didn't see himself having children.