Type: TV series
Genre: Fine Art
Director: Thomas Deshays
Presenters: Anjan Chatterjee, Serge Guilbaut
Year: 2015

Explore the systems, ideas, and social forces that shape contemporary art. Why does it often leave people confused by a blank wall, or a banana taped to a telephone? Rather than treating art only as beauty, the episode looks at the way contemporary works engage politics, activism, identity, institutions, and audience response. Modern artists use unconventional materials, public spaces, social issues, and conceptual strategies to challenge what art can be and to present a living conversation.