This page provides links to sample videos in Educate.Today’s Art in Exhibition video series.

Engaging and insightful videos offer tours of artwork in exhibition with guidance from curators and/or artists.

To see each sample video, click on the hyperlinked title below or click on the thumbnail image to the right.

Art in Exhibition:  Kehinde Wiley Commemorates the People of St. Louis
Kehinde Wiley rose to stard­­om as the master painter behind President Barrack Obama’s portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C..  In this video, Mr. Wiley and the exhibit curator speak about Wiley’s artistic style and influences and a new series of artwork painted for the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Art in Exhibition:  The Saint Louis Art Museum Reveals the Work Behind Preserving the Past
The moving panorama served as an early form of cinema during the 19th century where it would be taken from town to town and played before a crowd, accompanied by lectures, storytelling, and music.  The Saint Louis Art Museum has turned the laborious task of restoring the very large “Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley” into an exhibition all its own.

Art in Exhibition:  The Pulitzer Arts Foundation Celebrates Renowned Artist Terry Adkins
“Terry Adkins: Resounding” explores a rich body of work rooted in a love of American history and music.  Through sculpture, painting, video, and personal objects, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation examines the inspiration and brilliance of Adkins and his lasting impact.

Art in Exhibition:  Exhibit Explores Culture of Nature and Collecting
Laumeier Sculpture Park presents “Mark Dion: Follies.”  Mark Dion has fashioned a world-wide reputation as an innovative sculptor and installation artist whose points of departure include the intersections of the historical and the contemporary, as well as the man-made and natural worlds.  In this video, the artists discusses the architectural works in the exhibit, ranging from hunting blinds and storage sheds to mobile carts and shacks.  These structures serve as fictitious bases for the enjoyment of nature and the study of natural specimens by scientists, botanists and naturalists.  Visitors also experience “The Memory Box”, a shed filled with dozens of keepsake objects stored in individual containers.

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