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Up Close

Overview

In this video series featuring The Broad's curators Ed Schad and Sarah Loyer, we take a deeper look at works in the Broad collection, which is notable for the exceptional depth of its holdings and dedication to the full arc of artists' careers.

In this series

Installation photo of Charline von Heyl's Story of a Panic

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Pepe Karmel on Charline von Heyl

Associate Professor of Art history at New York University Pepe Karmel discusses Broad collection artist Charline von Heyl’s Story of a Panic, 2013.
Installation view from Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life at The Broad by Ben Gibbs

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Cindy Sherman

Curator Sarah Loyer discusses Broad collection artist Cindy Sherman.
Installation photo of Mark Bradford's Corner of Desire and Piety (2008)

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Mark Bradford

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Mark Bradford's Corner of Desire and Piety (2008).
installation photo of Ross Bleckner's Unknown Quantities of Light (Part IV) at The Broad

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Ross Bleckner

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Ross Bleckner's painting Unknown Quantities of Light (Part IV) (1988).
installation photo of Roy Lichtenstein gallery at The Broad by Joshua White

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Roy Lichtenstein

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Roy Lichtenstein's painting Rouen Cathedral, Set 3 (1968–69).
David Hammons, African-American Flag, 1990

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Dr. Todd Boyd on David Hammons

Dr. Todd Boyd reflects on Broad collection artist David Hammons’s African-American Flag (1990) on the occasion of the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
Installation view of Kara Walker's The White Power 'Gin I Machine to Harvest the Nativist Instinct for Beneficial Uses to Border Crossers Everywhere (2019) at The Broad

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Kara Walker

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses Broad collection artist Kara Walker.
Detail of Jean-Michel Basquiat's With Strings Two

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Jean-Michel Basquiat's With Strings Two

Curator Ed Schad discusses Broad collection artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's With Strings Two (1983), which specifically refers to Charlie Parker.
Installation view of Oscar Murillo's tamawuj

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Oscar Murillo

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses Broad collection artist Oscar Murillo, whose projects often address the effect of global power imbalances and global economies on people.
Nathaniel Mary Quinn

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Nathaniel Mary Quinn

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Broad collection artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s artistic practice and themes of memory, loss, and trauma.
Mike Kelley Infinite Expansion

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Mike Kelley

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses Mike Kelley’s Infinite Expansion (1983), which explores the concept of the sublime, an awe-inspiring emotion created by an encounter with greatness of incalculable scale.
Keith Haring's Untitled (1984)

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Keith Haring

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses Keith Haring’s tarp painting, Untitled (1984), his murals and subway drawings, and The Pop Shop.
Devendra Banhart in the Cy Twombly gallery at The Broad museum

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Cy Twombly

Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart discusses Cy Twombly’s work and its inspiration for his own creative process.
installation view of Julie Mehretu's Cairo at The Broad

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Julie Mehretu

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses revolution, history, and uncertainty in the work of Julie Mehretu.
Thomas Houseago Cyclops

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Thomas Houseago

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Thomas Houseago’s imposing 14-foot-high sculpture, Giant Figure (Cyclops) (2011).
John Baldessari installation shot

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: John Baldessari

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses works by John Baldessari, who tested the structures of art, images, and language. 
David Hammons African-American Flag

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: David Hammons

The Broad's associate curator Sarah Loyer discusses David Hammons’s African-American Flag (1990), which takes on the complex topic of American identity and ideals.
Jasper Johns

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Jasper Johns

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses Jasper Johns’s lifelong preoccupation with the meanings behind familiar symbols, objects, and images.
Andy Warhol Two Marilyns

Artist Spotlight

Up Close: Andy Warhol

The Broad's curator Ed Schad discusses the celebrity and iconography as seen in the work of Andy Warhol.