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Zulu wire art: Marisa Fick-Jordan on TED.com

In this short, image-packed talk, Marisa Fick-Jordan talks about how a village of traditional South African wire weavers built a worldwide m...

Jul 25, 2008
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Collecting stories: Jonathan Harris on TED.com

At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, stra...

Jul 24, 2008
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Sculpture that’s truly moving: Arthur Ganson on TED.com

Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his kinetic art — which explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun (and sur...

May 27, 2008
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Substance vs. style: a cognitive science approach

Fans of Vik Muniz may be interested to learn the results of a recent study which shows that, when we look at a painting, our brains process ...

May 23, 2008
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Is this the face of Leonardo Da Vinci? Siegfried Woldhek’s discovery, on TED.com

Unveiled at TED2008: We all know Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and work — but until now, we have not known what he looked like as a m...

Apr 1, 2008
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The Whale Hunt: New work from Jonathan Harris

Artist Jonathan Harris (watch his TEDTalk) just launched his latest piece, The Whale Hunt. In this visionary, documentary work, Harris joins...

Dec 10, 2007
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Phil Borges Reception in San Francisco

If you happen to be in the Bay Area Wednesday night, November 14, TED2006 Speaker Phil Borges has a gallery reception in San Francisco and y...

Nov 12, 2007
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The illustrated woman: Maira Kalman on TED.com

Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work — from her New Yorker covers to her children’s books to her ne...

Oct 16, 2007
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Simply John Maeda, on TED.com

The MIT Media Lab’s John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art — a place that can get very complicated. Here, he...

Sep 20, 2007
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