Extended Sneak Peek | 'Bodies of Knowledge' from Season 11 of 'Art in the Twenty-First Century'

Enjoy this never-before-seen Extended Sneak Peek of "Bodies of Knowledge." The full episode premieres Friday, June 23, 2023 on PBS and online at 10PM ET (Check local listings).

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“Bodies of Knowledge” from Season 11 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" documents the work and processes of Guerrilla Girls, Anicka Yi, Tauba Auerbach, and Hank Willis Thomas. The artists in this hour pilot new ways to understand ourselves and the world at a time when a belief in truth and the historical record is fast eroding.

Viewers will have the opportunity to experience an in-the-moment Guerrilla Girls intervention staged in front of major New York City museums; the creative process behind Hank Willis Thomas’ new public sculpture, The Embrace; Anicka Yi’s flying, AI-controlled “aerobe” machines at the Tate’s Turbine Hall in London; and Tauba Auerbach’s two-person, interdependent pump organ, Auerglass. The artist investigators of “Bodies of Knowledge” shed light on little-known truths about society and its workings, taking deep dives into subjects like the exclusion of women and artists of color from fine art institutions and the hidden math underlying centuries of visual patterning.

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