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The Myth of the Tortured Artist

The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Green. We take you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete.

The Myth of the Tortured Artist

Season 5 Episode 15 | 10m 20s | CC

Are artists really more tortured than the rest of us? Let's consider this myth and the studies that assess whether there might be a link between creativity and mental illness.

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