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Art of America episode 3

Art of America episode 3

Art of America episode 3 takes Andrew Graham-Dixon from the neon blaze of Las Vegas to the wounded skyline of post-9/11 New York, asking one urgent question: what lies beneath the surface of the American Dream? The final part of his United States odyssey charges through six decades of contemporary American art, from Jasper Johns’s subversive White Flag and Andy Warhol’s soup cans to Jeff Koons’s studio and the burnt cityscapes of Matthew Day Jackson. Graham-Dixon opens in Las Vegas, the world’s largest, brightest, brashest neon work of art and a perfect symbol of America’s can-do optimism, an Emerald City […]

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Art of America episode 1

Art of America episode 1 – Amazing Secrets Revealed

In Art of America episode 1 of a series exploring the history of American art, Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on an epic journey from east to west, following in the footsteps of the pioneers who built the foundations of modern America. He also uncovers the paradox at the heart of America: that progress and innovation have come at a tragic price, the destruction of the unique cultural heritage of Native Americans by European settlers. Andrew Graham-Dixon’s journey takes us to the end of the 19th century and the announcement that the era of westward expansion was officially over. The documentary Art

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