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Beauty

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Beauty.

Video playlists about Beauty

Extraordinary, larger-than-life art

These artists translate imagination and poignant worldviews into monumental, magnificent pieces of art.

The logic of loving yourself

Being at peace with yourself can be hard. Start with these helpful talks that can guide you in embracing who you are, both in and out.

The beauty of strangers

Explore the poetic and unexpected pleasures of embracing the strangers who make fleeting appearances in our lives. <a href="http://go.ted.com/whenstrangersmeet">Learn more about the benefits of talking to strangers.</a>

New ways to think about beauty

These thoughtful talks explore the timeless concept of beauty. How do we decide what — and who — is beautiful? What role does this play in our lives?

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Talks about Beauty

Leo Villareal

How light and code can transform a city

Elise Hu

How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies

Lily Yeh

How art transforms brokenness into beauty

TED Talks Daily

Vibe Check with Elise Hu

Bilawal Sidhu

The AI-powered tools supercharging your imagination

Refik Anadol

How AI art could enhance humanity's collective memory

Ersin Han Ersin

What's it like to be a giant sequoia tree?

How to Be a Better Human

How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of "beauty" (w/ Elise Hu)

Orit Peleg

How fireflies communicate

Lonneke Gordijn

Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete

Michael Middlebrooks

The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs

Susan Cain

The bittersweet joy in longing

Susan Cain

Why bittersweet emotions underscore life's beauty

TED Radio Hour

A playful approach to creating music

Katie Paterson

The mind-bending art of deep time

Sasha Sarago

The (de)colonizing of beauty

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Exclusive articles about Beauty

Crave more stillness in your life? You can find it in beauty

There is great peace to be discovered in beauty, says writer Ryan Holiday. It's all around us in expected places like nature, love and our loved ones but in less-expected ones, too -- the smell of asphalt before the rain, dusty pawprints on a car, the fleeting quiet of an empty inbox.

Posted Oct 2019

A sweet look at some of the small things that make our lives beautiful

Artist Janne Willems has collected more than 11,000 drawings in 30 countries from strangers showing the moments we remember and treasure.

Posted Jan 2018

Gallery: The beauty of a thin film of oil

Artist Fabian Oefner works with everyday materials to create astonishing, unrecognizable images. He shares a look at how he does it.

Posted Oct 2016

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