Video & Audio

The US is facing a profound democratic crisis. Whether it will emerge from this crisis with the basic framework of democracy intact remains unknown.

Jeff Wall discusses his artistic practice, influences, and the evolving role of photography in contemporary art.

Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf argues that global power is moving decisively from the West toward the East and especially to China.

Stephen Hinton explores how architecture and music converged in 1963, when both the Berlin Philharmonic and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony were enlisted as symbols of a newly imagined democracy.

Dawoud Bey has been making work that engages the American landscape and its history in relation to the African American past.

Catherine Opie reflects on her artistic practice, the development of her work, and the social questions that continue to inform her practice today.

Rachel Cohen’s illustrated talk allows viewers to see close up the remarkable reverberations among three artists at work.

Set primarily in 1930s Berlin, Maaza Mengiste’s novel-in-progress, "A Brief Portrait of Small Deaths," reimagines the lives of some of Berlin’s marginalized populations as the Nazis came to power.

Derek Penslar is writing a book on global reactions to the 1947 UN debates about Palestine.

Jessika Kenney is developing a new vocal performance practice, composing new works, and creating an electro-acoustic instrument for a collaborative concert.