Art Explained Through Rabbits | Art Decoder Ep. 1

What even is contemporary art?

Why is a 42-minute video moving at the speed of continental drift? Why are dead rabbits everywhere? What does Fruit Slop have to do with medieval allegories? What’s the scariest artwork ever made? And who accidentally invented liminal art centuries before the internet?

Welcome to Art Decoder — a show for everyone who’s ever felt personally attacked by a gallery wall text. In our pilot episode we’re using one surprisingly overworked animal — the humble rabbit — to speedrun hundreds of years of art history. From Albrecht Dürer to Katarzyna Kozyra, from Marc Chagall to Joseph Beuys, we follow a single motif as it mutates through art history. 

Whether you’ve never stepped into a gallery or already spend weekends at biennales, Art Decoder is here to make contemporary art feel less intimidating — and a lot more fun.