One man's trash is Ghanaian fiber artist El Anatsui's treasure. 

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Music used: 

Podington Bear, "Down and Around" 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Coronea", "Mercurial Vision", "Stipple", "Our Quiet Company", "Step In Step Out" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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The gospel according to Gauguin is basically an existential hodgepodge that you and I were never supposed to understand. 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Flagger", "Pacing", "Open Flames", "One Quiet Conversation" 

Mathieu Lamontagne & Emmanuel Toledo, "Point de vue" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Welcome to Edward Hopper's specific, yet schematic, love letter to the alienation of the modern American city. 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Lacquer Groove", "In Passage", "Cats Eye", "Tranceless", "Simple Melody", "Flagger" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Dust off your verbs, it's time to make sense out of chaos. 

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Music used: 

Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch" 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Parade Shoes", "Inessential", "City Limits", "Lacquer Groove" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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The darlings, the crown jewels, the moneymakers. Just what the heck is it about these girls?! 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Brass Buttons", "Heliotrope", "Vittoro", "Filing Away" 

Lobo Loco, "White Shapes Beauty" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” 

Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch"

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Think abstraction is totally inaccessible? Pull up a chair. 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Provisions", "A Certain Lightness", "A Rush of Clear Water", "Brass Buttons" 

Lee Rosevere, "Puzzle Pieces" 

Tamar Avishai, "Grid (after Sol LeWitt's Drawing Series)"

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The German Expressionists get hot. Nazis get bothered. 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

David Szeszlay, "Night Surfing" 

Michael Howard, "The Tallest Man in Idaho (Instrumental)" 

Jason Leonard, "Ritual Twelve" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Stilt", "Manele", "The Provisions" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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This big bully is about to give you a lesson in contrasts you won't soon forget. Featuring Dar Williams! 

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Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Turning", "Downhill Racer", "Cloud Line" 

Lee Rosevere, "Reflections" 

Dar Williams and the WASTM Good Times House Choir, "The Water is Wide"

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After centuries in the shadows, it's light's turn to shine. 

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 Music used: 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "The Spinnet", "Lahaina", "Discovery Harbor", "Santre" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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You think your seven-year-old could paint this indecipherable abstract Cubist painting? Well, it's not abstract, it's totally understandable, and... he couldn't. 

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Music used: 

Paolo Pavan, “Blue Night Dance” 

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Balti", "The Rampart", "Steadfast", "Beast on the Soil" 

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” 

Heftone Banjo Orchestra, "Peaceful Henry"

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