LibGuides: Art: Videos

Video Databases & Libraries

Films on Demand
Streaming video on numerous subjects. Special features allow users to organize and store clips as well as create and share playlists. (Infobase)

PBS Video
Access to select PBS programs, including Frontline, PBS NewsHour, Nature, Nova, and Masterpiece.
TED Talks
Best talks and performances from TED, a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading ideas on nearly every topic.
News Video Libraries
Major network video archives: ABC | CBS | CNN | C-Span | Fox News | NBC | PBS News Hour

Museum Video Channels

!Women Art Revolution: Voices of a Movement Artist, curator, and critic interviews chronicling the feminist art movement in the 1970s.
Art 21 Documentary films about the world's most ground-breaking contemporary artists.
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley.
Guggenheim Museum YouTube Channel Discover videos and documentaries about art and artists worldwide, and go behind the scenes.
Hammer Channel Programming and artist interviews from the Hammer Museum.
Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library The first major digital video library of performance practices in the Americas.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston YouTube Channel Watch interviews with artists and studio visits.
Louisiana Channel Videos on the arts and featuring artists.
The Museum of Contemporary Art YouTube Channel Videos from the Museum of Contemporary Art, including artist video projects and video art.
The Museum of Modern Art YouTube Channel Includes a collection of time-based works ranging from moving images, film installations, video, performances, motion- and sound-based works.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art YouTube Channel SFMOMA Shorts takes you inside the studios, and minds, of a fascinating and diverse range of artists and creators.
Smithsonian American Art Museum YouTube Channel Includes a Meet the Artist series and lecture series.
Studio Museum in Harlem YouTube Channel Includes artist talks and film screenings that celebrate the moving image as a medium and an inspiration.
Tate Gallery YouTube Channel Videos about art and artists around the world. Includes artist interviews and live performances.
UbuWeb This archive site includes Film & Video, presenting thousands of films and videos for educational and non-commercial use.
Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art YouTube Channel Featuring a series of interviews with contemporary artists with English language subtitles.

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