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Season 8 2016
TV-PG

  • 2016-09-17T01:00:00Z on PBS
  • 1h
  • 4h (4 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Season 8 provides unparalleled access to the most innovative artists of our time, revealing how artists engage the culture around them and how art allows viewers to see the world in new ways. For the first time in the show’s history, the sixteen featured artists are grouped into four one-hour episodes by their unique and revealing relationships to the places in which they live—Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Vancouver.

4 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-09-17T01:00:00Z

8x01 Chicago

Season Premiere

8x01 Chicago

  • 2016-09-17T01:00:00Z1h

The Season 8 premiere spotlights artists in Chicago, including Nick Cave, who creates "Soundsuits"; installation artist Theaster Gates; photography-based, multi-medium artist Barbara Kasten; and Chris Ware, who's known for his New Yorker magazine covers.

2016-09-17T01:00:00Z

8x02 Mexico City

8x02 Mexico City

  • 2016-09-17T01:00:00Z1h

Mexico City artists exit their homes and studios to use the growing megalopolis as their canvas. The artists present everyday materials as artworks, mine recognizable images for their poetic potential, and take their art to the streets.

2016-09-24T01:00:00Z

8x03 Los Angeles

8x03 Los Angeles

  • 2016-09-24T01:00:00Z1h

While sprawling Los Angeles has world-class museums and art schools, artists working in the shadow of the entertainment industry are more "under the radar," affording them the space and time to imagine.

Season Finale

2016-09-24T01:00:00Z

8x04 Vancouver

Season Finale

8x04 Vancouver

  • 2016-09-24T01:00:00Z1h

By recreating historical moments, staging photos of vernacular scenes, and crafting intricate sculptures that trick the eye, artists in Vancouver reveal how everyday images and moments from the past are not always what they seem.

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