Institution:  Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Artist Tony Conrad provides an impromptu explanation of "Yellow Movie 2/28/73." Featured in the exhibition, The Language of Less (Then and Now), Conrad candidly describes the conceptual development and artistic process behind his response to the art of film making.

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Series:  Conversations With A Curator Institution:  High Museum of Art Get an inside look at pieces in the High's European Art Collection. Personal insights are from David Brenneman, Curator of European Art. To learn more about European Art @ the High, visit www.High.org/EuropeanArt

Series:  "Picasso to Warhol" Get to Know The Modern Masters Institution:  High Museum of Art Get to know Louise Bourgeois, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).

Series:  "Picasso to Warhol" Get to Know The Modern Masters Institution:  High Museum of Art Get to know Joan Miró, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).

Institution:  National Portrait Gallery

Artist Zhang Chun Hong discusses her work in "Asian American Portraits of Encounter." The exhibition is on view from August 12, 2011 to October 14, 2012. http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/encounter

Through the groundbreaking work of seven talented artists from across the country and around the world, "Asian American Portraits of Encounter" offers provocative renditions of the Asian American experience. Their portraits of encounter offer representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have long obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.

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Institution:  National Portrait Gallery

The artist Rossin discusses his portrait of civil rights leader Andrew Young. The portrait is on view in the "The Struggle for Justice" exhibition on the second floor.

Rossin was interviewed by the National Portrait Gallery's Warren Perry on April 29, 2011.

For more on Andrew Young, visit the NPG's blog at: http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2011/04/index.html

Also, view an in-depth interview with Andrew Young at: http://youtu.be/TZR7r3ROzJ0

Series:  Storytellers at the Asian Art Museum Institution:  Asian Art Museum Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a lunar new year story with works of art from the museum's collection.

Series:  "Picasso to Warhol" Get to Know The Modern Masters Institution:  High Museum of Art Get to know Fernand Léger, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).

Series:  "Picasso to Warhol" Get to Know The Modern Masters Institution:  High Museum of Art Get to know Romare Bearden, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).

Series:  "Picasso to Warhol" Get to Know The Modern Masters Institution:  High Museum of Art Get to know Andy Warhol, one of the fourteen modern masters who redefined the very idea of art. "Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters" is on view at the High Museum of Art (October 15, 2011-April 29, 2012) and is part of a multi-year collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA).