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TED Talks to inspire you to make art

Ignite your inner creative with these mesmerizing, colorful and sometimes-curious talks about the world of art (and the artists who make it).

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Vanessa Ruiz

The spellbinding art of human anatomy

11 minutes 13 seconds

Dustin Yellin

A journey through the mind of an artist

7 minutes 22 seconds

Kayla Briët

Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage

5 minutes 46 seconds

Christoph Niemann

You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)

12 minutes 32 seconds

Françoise Mouly

The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers

8 minutes 19 seconds

Wanuri Kahiu

Fun, fierce and fantastical African art

5 minutes 1 second

Janet Echelman

Taking imagination seriously

9 minutes 9 seconds

Nora Atkinson

Why art thrives at Burning Man

10 minutes 11 seconds

Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history?

12 minutes 42 seconds