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Great timeline of modern art movements.

Great timeline of modern art movements.

A 60 minute documentary on Henri Matisse presented by Alastair Sooke. In this episode, Alastair sets out to discover just how much the artist Henri Matisse has influenced our modern lives. He explains why Matisse's art is considered so great and also looks at how Matisse's brilliant use of color and simplification of form continues to inspire illustrators, designers and of course artists today.

A 15 minute video about the making of Ai Weiwei's Sunflower seeds. Ai Weiwei's (艾未未) Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain. Each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. Far from being industrially produced, they are the effort of hundreds of skilled hands. Poured into the interior of the Turbine Hall's vast industrial space, the 100 million seeds form a seemingly infinite landscape. Porcelain is almost synonymous with China and, to make this work, Ai Weiwei has manipulated traditional methods of crafting what has historically been one of China's most prized exports. Sunflower Seeds invites us to look more closely at the 'Made in China' phenomenon and the geo-politics of cultural and economic exchange today. Sunflower Seeds was on display at Tate Modern from 12 October 2010 - 2 May 2011.

Biography and information on Art Spiegelman from Modern History online database

The museum of modern art oral history program transcript of interview with artist Ed Ruscha.

11 minute video of magnum photographer Rene Burri talking about his work. Iconic Swiss photographer takes us on a journey through six images from his archive, photographing figures like Che Guevara chain-smoking in his office in 1963, Pablo Picasso in Cannes in 1957 and American G.I.s being entertained in a brothel in Seoul in 1961. Burri also recalls his iconic 1960 São Paulo photograph 'Men on a Rooftop, 1960', shooting the San Cristobal Stables in Mexico city in 1976 and the reopening of the Suez Canal in 1974, explaining why modern techniques like photoshopping are getting in the way of our pursuit for the truth.

11 minute video of magnum photographer Rene Burri talking about his work. Iconic Swiss photographer takes us on a journey through six images from his archive, photographing figures like Che Guevara chain-smoking in his office in 1963, Pablo Picasso in Cannes in 1957 and American G.I.s being entertained in a brothel in Seoul in 1961. Burri also recalls his iconic 1960 São Paulo photograph 'Men on a Rooftop, 1960', shooting the San Cristobal Stables in Mexico city in 1976 and the reopening of the Suez Canal in 1974, explaining why modern techniques like photoshopping are getting in the way of our pursuit for the truth.

Links to artist's profile, images in exhibitions and catalogues. 2003 Figure/Ground (Zero) has an essay Camouflage by Ian Mclean. 2001 Notes to Basquiat: Modern art has an essay Conspiracy theory: Pollock, Basquiat, Bennett by Ian Mclean.

1 minute video program with Andy Warhol talking about Pop art.

3 1/2 minute video program "Jackson Pollock on his process". This video of Jackson Pollock at work is accompanied by the artist's commentary about this artistic process.

1 1/2 minute video "Jackson Pollock at work". This video shows the Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock in the process of action painting, which involved pouring and splashing paint (rather than applying it with a brush) to achieve a spontaneous effect.

1 minute video program "Frank Stella on Jackson Pollock". Frank Stella talks about the influence of Jackson Pollock's work.

Archive of videos on major American and international artists. Artists include: Robert Rauschenberg, Chuck Close, Cindy Sherman, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Anselm Kiefer, Tina Modotti, Ed Ruscha, Judy Chicago, Piet Mondrian, René Magritte, Jasper Johns, Ansel Adams, Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Frank Stella, Jackson Pollock, Frida Kahlo and many others.

A 2 minute video on the print 'Madonna' by Edvard Munch.

A 9 1/2 minute video on the Impressionist and Post-impressionist artworks in the Courtauld Gallery.