Beauty

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

Video playlists about Beauty

Objects of desire

12 talks • 2h 45m
An iconic painting. An ancient manuscript. A cylinder with 2600 years of history. Learn about artifacts and images that have intrigued humans for centuries, and why we find them so alluring.

Natural wonder

9 talks • 2h 5m
What is nature? Follow the camera's eye to many stunning places on the planet -- from the African veldt to the Amazon rainforest to the teeming world under the Arctic ice.

Can you believe your eyes?

10 talks • 2h 30m
Magic tricks, optical illusions, death-defying feats, digital lies. Believe it or not.

11 must-see TED Talks

11 talks • 3h 19m
What is TED? This primer of 11 classic TED Talks show you the wide range of topics covered -- and introduce you to beloved speakers like Amy Cuddy, Brené Brown, Sir Ken Robinson and Chimamanda Adichie. Find your next favorite talk ...
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Talks about Beauty

14:14

Walter Hood

How urban spaces can preserve history and build community

Posted Aug 2018
12:42

Christoph Niemann

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

Posted Jul 2018
15:03

Renzo Piano

The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings

Posted Jul 2018
9:01

Steve Boyes

How we're saving one of Earth's last wild places

Posted Jul 2018
14:01

Ian Firth

Bridges should be beautiful

Posted Jun 2018
13:13

Vishaan Chakrabarti

How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

Posted Jun 2018
14:08

Jason B. Rosenthal

The journey through loss and grief

Posted Jun 2018
6:41

tobacco brown

What gardening taught me about life

Posted May 2018
13:23

Iké Udé

The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits

Posted Mar 2018
11:06

Simone Bianco and Tom Zimmerman

The wonderful world of life in a drop of water

Posted Mar 2018
4:54

Walé Oyéjidé

Fashion that celebrates African strength and spirit

Posted Feb 2018
13:07

Washington Wachira

For the love of birds

Posted Nov 2017
10:38

Prumsodun Ok

The magic of Khmer classical dance

Posted Oct 2017
8:50

Laolu Senbanjo

"The Sacred Art of the Ori"

Posted Aug 2017
12:16

David Baron

You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse

Posted Aug 2017
14:47

Anjan Chatterjee

How your brain decides what is beautiful

Posted Aug 2017
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Exclusive articles about Beauty

Gallery: The beauty of a thin film of oil

Artist Fabian Oefner works with everyday materials to create astonishing, unrecognizable images. Here’s a look at how he does it. Where most people would likely see an unassumin...

Why beauty matters

Quick: Make a list of the things you need every day. Your first thought is probably what’s practical: food, a roof over your head, your health. We value these things so much tha...
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