Hosts, Mame and Charley, explore great American art and architecture from San Diego to Las Vegas. Highlights include visiting the Salk Institute, and the sculpture garden Queen Califia's Magic Circle.
The tour continues as hosts Mame and Charlie seek out art and architecture from the Chinati Foundation in Texas, to the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver.
The tour continues as hosts Mame and Charlie seek out art and architecture beginning with Carhenge in Nebraska, and ending at the Walker Arts Centre in Minneapolis.
In this leg of the tour, our hosts, Mame and Charlie, go to several American artistic and architectural treasures: St. John's Monastery in Minneapolis, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Chicago's skyscrapers and Millennium Park.
This episode features the collection of modern architecture in the town of Columbus, Indiana, and a fascinating look into the archive, of photographer Teenie Harris, who documented Black life in Pittsburgh from the 1930s to the 1960s.
On this leg, a side trip into Canada looks at new architecture in Toronto. Also the hosts visit two of the great new contemporary art spaces in the United States: MassMOCA and DIA Beacon.
The last week begins in Boston with some stunning architecture on the MIT campus and with the nearby Museum of Bad Art. For a final flourish the host take a chopper across to the tiny island of Vinalhaven to meet artist Robert Indiana.
Hosts, Mame and Charlie, look back over some of the extraordinary architectural sights of America, including: Fallingwater, The Farnsworth House, Salk, The St. Louis Arch, Arcosanti, and Trinity Church.
Hosts, Mame and Charlie, review the top 12 collections visited this season. Collections include: Dia Beacon, The Walker Art Center, The Chianti Foundation, The Museum of Bad Art, and The Des Moines Art Center.
In their cross-country drive, Charlie and Mame have seen things that can only be found in America. This week they revisit all the road-side attractions and oddball wonders that define Americana.
Mame and Charlie relive some of their most interesting, challenging and informative interviews with artists John Chamberlain, Alex Soth, Jason Rhoades, Robert Indiana and Tammy Garcia.
