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TED, a famous educational or inspiring organization, has couple speeches from artists or scientists about how they feel about the stuff they interested in. With Young-ha Kim's speech "Be an artist, right now", he mentioned couple points we have discussed during the lectures also. He explain his point of view on why being an artist.

JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out. Learn more about his work and learn how you can join in at insideoutproject.net.

JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out. Learn more about his work and learn how you can join in at insideoutproject.net.

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses - and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

As a way to commemorate its "perfect" sneaker title, Jordan Brand and TEDxPortland created a special Air Jordan 1 edition in premium black or white leather. Imprinted with a Rose and PDX graphic on the insoles, the shoe features the word "Perfect" encapsulated with the translucent outsole. Limited to just 230 individually numbered pairs, the TEDxPortland x Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG "Perfect" Edition will be available in only two ways.

Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture - and about the meaning of art itself.