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Doha Tower - Doha, Qatar

Doha Tower - Doha, Qatar

Sheikh Saud bin Mohammad Al Thani had met Jean Nouvel on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the work of the architect at the Centre Pompidou in 2002 and invited him to design a tower to fit into the vision for the development of Doha. The Tower is a cylindrical volume that measures 45 metres in diameter.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Friendship Center - Gaibandha, Bangladesh

Friendship Center - Gaibandha, Bangladesh

The Centre was created to train staff of an NGO working with people inhabiting nearby chars, or riverine islands. Offices, a library, meeting rooms, and prayer and tea rooms are included in pavilion-like buildings surrounded by courts and pools. The Centre is also rented out for meetings, training, and conferences for income generation.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Guelmim School of Technology - Guelmim, Morocco

Guelmim School of Technology - Guelmim, Morocco

Situated in Guelmim, 200 kilometers south of Agadir and known as the Door of the Sahara, the School was conceived in line with a policy of decentralization and making education more accessible to those living in remote areas. Comprising a 250-seat lecture hall, classrooms, laboratories, study rooms, library, offices, sports grounds and staff accommodation.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Nasrid Tower Restoration - Huercal-Overa, Spain

Nasrid Tower Restoration - Huercal-Overa, Spain

The project explores the dichotomy between the solid, ageless construction of the existing 13th century Nasrid Tower, made by anonymous craftsmen, and the provisional, light, degradable nature of the contemporary. The additions to the original building are conceived as future ruins, removable, temporary objects placed directly onto the ground without foundations and made with contrasting materials.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

King Fahad National Library - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

King Fahad National Library - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The cuboid shape of the new building surrounds the old 1980s library building on all sides, thus giving the National Library a new appearance in the cityscape. It is clad by lozenge-shaped textile awnings, which playfully combine revelation and concealment. White membranes, supported by a three-dimensional, tensile-stressed steel cable structure, act as sunshades and reinterpret the Arabian tent structure tradition in a low-energy way.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Gilbert & George | Drinking Pieces and Video Sculptures | Galerie Ropac London

Gilbert & George | Drinking Pieces and Video Sculptures | Galerie Ropac London

After selling their first work of art in 1970, Gilbert & George celebrated by getting drunk at Balls Brothers Wine Bar in Bethnal Green, London, and recorded their experience in a series of black and white pictures. Video by Nikolai Saoulski In this series, referred to as Drinking Pieces, the distorted and blurred images evoke a feeling of inebriation.

Duration : 0s
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Jules de Balincourt | There Are More Eyes Than Leaves on the Trees

Jules de Balincourt | There Are More Eyes Than Leaves on the Trees

This latest series of abstract landscapes, initiated over a year ago and finalised during the first half of 2020, express a desire for both physical and emotional escape. Mixing intimate and large formats, many of these paintings convey the soothing presence of nature and manifest the need for a shelter far from the world we live in.

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SEAN SCULLY

SEAN SCULLY

Scully at work in his studio

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DAVID FINCHER: A Man of Two Colors

DAVID FINCHER: A Man of Two Colors

There’s something very special about the visual storytelling of movie director David Fincher and his Netflix show Mindhunter is no exception. But what makes Fincher’s work so visually appealing? And how is his technique linked to one of the most mysterious artists of all time, Hercules Segers?

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Could POVERTY Inspire Art?

Could POVERTY Inspire Art?

Artists throughout the ages have always been interested in capturing the lives of the poor. And so this raises the question: is there beauty in poverty?

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Where do WITCHES Come From?

Where do WITCHES Come From?

Where does the image of the witch come from? In this Halloween special of Is ’This Art?’ We will dive into the visual origins of the witch.

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This Is Why Dragon Ball Z Looks The Way It Does

This Is Why Dragon Ball Z Looks The Way It Does

Have you ever wondered why Anime and Manga look the way they do? And whether or not certain elements can be traced back to traditional Japanese art? Well, wait no longer, because we’re about to break it all down for you in this episode.

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How Disney Turns Dark Fairytales Around

How Disney Turns Dark Fairytales Around

Did you know that the Disney fairy tales you grew up with as a kid, often have very dark origins? In this episode we will take the plunge into the story of Ariel, the Little Mermaid to find out how and why Disney turned these stories into happy endings. You can also find us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rijksmuseum Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rijksmuseum Twitter: https://twitter.com/rijksmuseum Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.com Concept by Maak Amsterdam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This episode of ’Is This Art?’ is created for educational purpose. Since we love to give credit where credit is due we collected the sources used in this video (seen or otherwise) and listed them in the document below: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mn4wby60im0... If you notice that we used work that is not credited in the document above, please feel free to contact us via: [email protected]

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What is Art?

What is Art?

For over 22 episodes we’ve been asking you guys one of the most fundamental questions in art. Whether or not something is actually art. So, it only seems fair to dive a little deeper into this question. And what role do museums play in all of this?

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Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

Where does inspiration stop, and plagiarism start?

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Is This Art? - Trailer

Is This Art? - Trailer

Welcome to ’Is This Art?’ Where we take a closer look at pop-culture and ask you the age-old question: Is This Art?

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Something interesting about Marvel’s Movie Posters

Something interesting about Marvel’s Movie Posters

The Avengers, to some just a successful movie for others a marvelous cinematic universe. But what do The Avengers Infinity War poster and a famous 17th-century painting have in common?

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Are MEMES Art?

Are MEMES Art?

Memes have become a staple of online communication and media. In 2017, the first-ever meme exhibition was held in LA. This raises the question: are memes art?

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How to make MONEY with Star Wars figures

How to make MONEY with Star Wars figures

These modern collectibles are a multi-million dollar industry. With very rare, or special individual toys sometimes selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. What makes toys so special? So desirable that people want to collect them and pay huge amounts of money for them?

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The Deeper Meaning behind Facetats

The Deeper Meaning behind Facetats

Tattoos have been around for ages, yet slowly becoming more and more popular in western culture over the last decades. An interesting development in this is the sudden rise of facial tattoos in recent years... But what do Japanese prints have to do with that?

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Does IKEA Make BILLIONS Selling ART?

Does IKEA Make BILLIONS Selling ART?

IKEA is, quite literally, a household name, pretty much everywhere across the world. However, most people probably wouldn’t rate IKEA’s furniture as museum-worthy. They just sell furniture, not art. But is that fair?

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Is Mumble Rap Art?

Is Mumble Rap Art?

Welcome to ’Is This Art?’ Where we take a closer look at pop culture and ask you the age-old question: ’Is This Art?’

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The Blurred Lines Between Art and P*rn

The Blurred Lines Between Art and P*rn

What is your view on people that post some half-naked pictures on Instagram? Is it tasteful? Or inappropriate? And what about, say, the music video of Blurred Lines? There is a very fine, sometimes blurred line between nude as art and nude as.. nude. But who decides where to draw that line? Facebook? Google? Or us?

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How David Attenborough and BBC Earth Paint us a Perfect Picture

How David Attenborough and BBC Earth Paint us a Perfect Picture

In the year 2050, two thirds of the global population will live in an urban area or city. Yet, we humans are drawn towards nature ever since we left it behind. How has our obsession with nature inspired visual artists throughout?

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