More Art Upstairs

Four blue chip artists venture beyond Manhattan’s insular art world to spend a month in the Midwest explaining their work to the public at ArtPrize — a quirky art contest that’s a mash up of Art Basel and American Idol.

$500,000 in prize money is at stake. Half is awarded by public vote and half by art experts. Part classy game show, part engaging art exploration, MORE ART UPSTAIRS captures the debates ArtPrize has triggered: Can culture be democratized? Do artists need or want to connect with audiences? And is the canonical art establishment on its way out?

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