The Art History of the Selfie

Artists have been taking selfies since the dawn of photography. Cameras allowed people to capture their own image in a way that had never been possible in all of human history, and today most of us carry these magical devices in our pockets, taking self portraits everywhere we go.

Season 3 Episode 16 Length 08:00 Premiere: 06/02/16

Recent Episodes

Make a Book with Meat (or other atypical materials)

S6 E32 Length 05:25 Premiere Date 08/06/20

The Definition of Art

S6 E31 Length 13:04 Premiere Date 07/23/20

Art That Was Never Finished

S6 E29 Length 09:32 Premiere Date 06/25/20

Make a Cut-Out with Cécile McLorin Salvant

S6 E28 Length 06:50 Premiere Date 06/11/20

Art Made in Adversity

S6 E27 Length 06:14 Premiere Date 05/21/20

Art That Brings Me Comfort

S6 E26 Length 11:38 Premiere Date 05/07/20

Specials

Public Art Trip: New York City

Length 07:38 Premiere Date 03/06/17

Five Favorite Works of Art with Mike Rugnetta

Length 08:23 Premiere Date 03/01/17

Self Shape - Tschabalala Self

Length 07:10 Premiere Date 02/23/17

The Case for Ai Weiwei

Length 05:53 Premiere Date 02/16/17

Combinatory Play - Pablo Helguera

Length 10:05 Premiere Date 02/09/17

The Case for Performance Art

Length 09:09 Premiere Date 02/02/17

Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft

Length 05:28 Premiere Date 01/27/17

Exquisite Corpse - Hugo Crosthwaite

Length 09:33 Premiere Date 01/13/17

Embarrassing Object Empathy

Length 11:20 Premiere Date 01/06/17

Season 3 Episodes

Show Episodes

Show Clips & Previews

Artline Bling 3: Art World Pretension, Etc.

S3 E69 Length 10:52 Premiere Date 06/30/16

The Case For Kanye

S3 E66 Length 04:42 Premiere Date 08/11/16

We Love PBS | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

S3 E47 Length 03:07 Premiere Date 04/10/17

Look What We've Done

S3 E46 Length 03:21 Premiere Date 02/23/17

Whitescapes - Odili Donald Odita | The Art Assignment | PBS

S3 E45 Length 10:56 Premiere Date 02/16/17

Art Trip: Indianapolis

S3 E44 Length 12:36 Premiere Date 02/09/17

Imaginary Friend - JooYoung Choi

S3 E43 Length 10:31 Premiere Date 02/02/17

Art Trip: Houston

S3 E42 Length 14:04 Premiere Date 01/26/17

Brain Sounds - Jamal Cyrus

S3 E41 Length 09:08 Premiere Date 01/19/17

The End of Art Assignments

S3 E40 Length 04:26 Premiere Date 01/12/17

Landscape Archaeology with Mariam Ghani and Erin Ellen Kelly.

S3 E39 Length 08:48 Premiere Date 12/22/16

Cases for Political Art

S3 E38 Length 12:07 Premiere Date 12/15/16

Peter Liversidge - Proposals

S3 E37 Length 08:12 Premiere Date 12/02/16

Art Trip: London

S3 E36 Length 12:31 Premiere Date 11/17/16

The Guerrilla Girls Get Shut Out At Frieze Art Fair

S3 E35 Length 03:00 Premiere Date 11/11/16

The Art of Complaining - The Guerrilla Girls

S3 E34 Length 08:55 Premiere Date 11/04/16

Public Art Trip: New York City

S3 E33 Length 07:39 Premiere Date 10/27/16

Five Favorite Works of Art with Mike Rugnetta

S3 E32 Length 08:24 Premiere Date 10/20/16

Self Shape - Tschabalala Self

S3 E31 Length 07:20 Premiere Date 10/13/16

The Case for Ai Weiwei

S3 E30 Length 05:53 Premiere Date 10/06/16

Combinatory Play - Pablo Helguera

S3 E29 Length 10:06 Premiere Date 09/15/16

The Case for Performance Art

S3 E28 Length 09:09 Premiere Date 09/08/16

Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft

S3 E27 Length 05:39 Premiere Date 08/25/16

Exquisite Corpse - Hugo Crosthwaite

S3 E25 Length 09:34 Premiere Date 08/11/16

Embarrassing Object Empathy

S3 E24 Length 11:21 Premiere Date 08/04/16

The Case for Abstraction

S3 E23 Length 09:17 Premiere Date 07/28/16

What's Your Problem? - Ghana Think Tank

S3 E22 Length 09:27 Premiere Date 07/21/16

Art Trip: Tijuana

S3 E21 Length 13:08 Premiere Date 07/14/16

Art Happens at VidCon

S3 E20 Length 07:51 Premiere Date 07/07/16

Art is Pretentious

S3 E19 Length 08:40 Premiere Date 06/30/16

Vehicular Palette - Jesse Sugarmann

S3 E18 Length 10:49 Premiere Date 06/16/16

Art Trip: Los Angeles

S3 E17 Length 08:52 Premiere Date 06/09/16