Description
Art21 proudly presents an artist segment featuring Josh Kline from the "Human Nature" episode in the twelfth season of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series.
"Human Nature" premiered in June 2026 on PBS.
Josh Kline was born in 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in New York City, New York. Learn more about the artist: https://art21.org/joshkline/
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CREDITS
Director: Ian Forster
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Series Producer: Nick Ravich
Producer: Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung
Editor: Sebastián Díaz
Director of Photography: Jane Macedo Yang
Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Design & Animation: Momentist, Inc.
Composer: Andrew Orkin
Artwork Courtesy: Josh Kline & Lisson Gallery.
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees, Frank Benson, Andrew Cannon.
Series Created By: Susan Dowling & Susan Sollins.
Full credits available at: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s12/josh-kline-in-human-nature
© 2026 Art21, Inc.
Art in the Twenty-First Century is made possible with original production funding provided by The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, Melony and Adam Lewis, National Endowment for the Arts, Teiger Foundation, Sarah Arison, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Dealer Tire, Arts, Equity, & Education Fund™, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Elyse and Lawrence B. Benenson, Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation.
TRANSLATIONS
Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community.
Visit our translation team at Amara for the full list of contributors: https://amara.org/teams/art21/
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00:00-02:02 Introduction
02:02-03:07 2009-14 works at the Whitney Museum
03:07-04:52 Portraits of service workers
04:52-06:08 Virus of AI and unemployment
06:08-08:16 Creating 3D printed sculptures of Josh
08:16-10:04 “Social Media” at Lisson Gallery
10:04-12:59 “Climate Change” at LACMA
12:59-13:40 Humanism + outro
13:40-14:07 Credits