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Category Archive
Dancers, Visual Artists Share the Stage at ICA November 9, 2011 |
The Institute of Contemporary Arts/Boston is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To help mark the occasion, the museum opened a centerpiece exhibition called "Dance/Draw," which explores "the dynamic exchange taking place between visual art and dance today."
Olivetti Hit Keys for Success: Good Design October 25, 2011 |
"Olivetti: Innovation & Identity," a small exhibit at the Denver Art Museum tied to a larger show about modern design, examines how an Italian company making typewriters and calculators forged its reputation on the idea that the customer's aesthetic experience matters.
Musicians, Poets, Silversmith Among 2011 MacArthur Fellows September 20, 2011 |
Early Tuesday, the latest class of MacArthur Fellows was announced, an honor that awards $500,000 to leading scholars, thinkers and creatives in the United States. Seven of the fellows are directly involved in the arts.
Around the Nation September 13, 2011 |
A round-up of recent arts and culture videos from public broadcasters around the nation.
Thursday's Art Notes September 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Rodin sculpture is vandalized in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday's Art Notes September 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Iran bans another filmmaker from leaving the country.
Tuesday's Art Notes September 6, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, archaeologists discover a pristine, ancient Chinese tomb.
From New York State to Nagaland, Art, Film and Hospitality Are Common Bonds September 2, 2011 |
Spurred by curiosity, Heather Layton and Brian Bailey set off from Rochester, NY., last December to visit Nagaland, a place around the world about which they knew almost nothing.
Friday's Art Notes September 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a protest disrupted a London concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Around the Nation September 1, 2011 |
Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting that you may have missed
Thursday's Art Notes September 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, art works are still missing after the terrorist attack in Oslo in July.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 30, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Delta Blues singer David Honeyboy Edwards has died.
Monday's Art Notes August 29, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on east coast box offices.
Friday's Art Notes August 26, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, NASA teams up with a publishing company to make science fiction more scientific.
Around the Nation August 24, 2011 |
Here are three arts or performance videos you may have missed from public broadcasters around the nation.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an earthquake Tuesday caused some damage to D.C. landmarks.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 23, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, two great American pop songwriters have died.
Monday's Art Notes August 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the national monument to Martin Luther King Jr. has opened to the public.
Friday's Art Notes August 19, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, five people are dead after the stage collapses at an outdoor music festival.
Thursday's Art Notes August 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Venice considers how to handle a disintegrating landmark.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 17, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle over an iconic 1970s hit may set an important precedent for copyright law.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 16, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, prominent Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud died in a car crash.
Monday's Art Notes August 15, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Rembrandt got swiped from an L.A. hotel.
Friday's Art Notes August 12, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Met will not make a loan to Russia's Kremlin museum.
Around the Nation August 11, 2011 |
A round-up of great arts and culture videos from public broadcasters around the nation.
Thursday's Art Notes August 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an update on the construction of the new Barnes Foundation building.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 10, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an artist who wanted to paint infinity has died.
Friday's Art Notes July 29, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, documentary photographer Jerome Liebling has died.
Thursday's Art Notes July 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the book world prepares for a mysterious release.
Wednesday's Art Notes July 27, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, scientists start a search for Cervantes.
Tuesday's Art Notes July 26, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Los Angeles architectural landmark may face demolition.
Monday's Art Notes July 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, fans and friends mourn the death at 27 of British singer Amy Winehouse.
Friday's Art Notes July 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a heat wave calls for extra precautions for performers in the Washington area.
It's the End for Borders, but How Are Independent Bookstores Faring? July 21, 2011 |
When Borders established itself as a major chain in the 1990s, it became, along with Barnes & Noble, and later, online retailers like Amazon, a main competitor of small, independent bookstores around the country. Today, having outlived Borders, small stores are facing some old challenges (the recession) as well as some new challenges (like e-books).
Thursday's Art Notes July 21, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, authorities recover a war criminal and a stolen painting in one blow.
Wednesday's Art Notes July 20, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Philadelphia Orchestra is trying to negotiate a cheaper rent.
New Exhibit Proves Pen Is Mighty Beautiful July 19, 2011 |
Now at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., an exhibit called "Art of the Writing Instrument from Paris to Persia" looks at the pretty pens and other tools that stood as status symbols for their owners or helped turn the act of writing into a gracious art.
Tuesday's Art Notes July 19, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Egypt struggles to find a new antiquities chief.
Monday's Art Notes July 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a vandal at London's National Gallery did not "adore" two paintings by Poussin.
Conversation: So Long, Harry Potter July 15, 2011 |
The Boy Who Lived is now the movie franchise that has ended.
Friday's Art Notes July 15, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Chicago gets a 26 foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe.
Thursday's Art Notes July 14, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Ai Weiwei accepts a teaching position in Berlin, but doesn't know when he'll actually be able to leave China.
Around the Nation July 13, 2011 |
Masterpiece Mystery! hires a new detective.
Wednesday's Art Notes July 13, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, robust ticket sales to the new National September 11th Memorial crashed its server.
Tuesday's Art Notes July 12, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, multiple rhino heads have been stolen from Belgium museums in the last few months.
Monday's Art Notes July 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral was murdered over the weekend.
Friday's Art Notes July 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, internet companies try a new practice for cracking down on media piracy.
Thursday's Art Notes July 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Boston theater landmark will go dark this weekend.
Wednesday's Art Notes July 6, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Picasso gets pilfered in San Francisco.
Friday's Art Notes July 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Brandeis University promises not to sell the Rose Art collection.
Thursday's Art Notes June 30, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the South Carolina Arts Commission escapes elimination.
Tuesday's Art Notes June 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture notes, the Supreme Court overturns a ban on selling violent video games to children.
Brooke Gladstone's Graphic Commentary of Media's 'Influencing Machine' June 24, 2011 |
Brooke Gladstone is the long time co-host and managing director of WNYC's On The Media. Her new book about media in society is "The Influencing Machine," a comic book illustrated by Josh Neufeld.
Thursday's Art Notes June 23, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a stagehand for "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" died backstage on Wednesday.
Wednesday's Art Notes June 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Ai Weiwei was reportedly freed from prison.
Friday's Art Notes May 27, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the last original Surrealist artist has died.
Around the Nation May 26, 2011 |
Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.
Thursday's Art Notes May 26, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the national trade show for publishers looks ahead to a more e-reading future.
Wednesday's Art Notes May 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Oprah ends her run as a daytime television host.
Tuesday's Art Notes May 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "The Book of Mormon" and "Anything Goes" were the big winners at the Drama Desk Awards.
Monday's Art Notes May 23, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a federal program that grants military families free museum admission has grown to more than 1,300 museums nationwide.
Friday's Art Notes May 20, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Arnold Schwarzenegger will delay his return to acting in order to deal with a personal scandal.
Thursday's Art Notes May 19, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, director Lars von Trier is expelled from the Cannes Film Festival.
Around the Nation May 18, 2011 |
Antiquities trafficking, a Mexican footwear fad and Betty White are some of the recent culture stories from other public broadcasters around the nation.
Wednesday's Art Notes May 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the viability of artist Christo's Colorado project is partially dependent on the welfare of the state's sheep.
Tuesday's Art Notes May 17, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a painting goes on sale that marked another major Mississippi flood.
Friday's Art Notes May 13, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an retrospective of works by Ai Weiwei opens in London.
Thursday's Art Notes May 12, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, 'Spider-Man' will reopen on Broadway after a major effort to revise the show.
Wednesday's Art Notes May 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the original inspiration for the song "Strawberry Fields" will be replaced with a replica.
Tuesday's Art Notes May 10, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, James Cuno is named head of the Getty Center.
Monday's Art Notes May 9, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a famous book editor announces his retirement.
Friday's Art Notes May 6, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture news, heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune make a major gift to an art museum.
Thursday's Art Notes May 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Jackie Cooper, one of Hollywood's original child stars, has died.
Wednesday's Art Notes May 4, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Nations helped organize a concert of world-class musicians in Gaza.
A Reading List for the Post-9/11 Era May 3, 2011 |
A roundup of NewsHour conversations with writers over the last decade about books that address, directly and indirectly, how 9/11, Osama bin Laden and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have influenced how we live today.
Tuesday's Art Notes May 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, 'The Book of Mormon' leads the 2011 Tony nominations.
Monday's Art Notes May 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture news, a ceremony in New York to celebrate the art work of an absent Ai Weiwei is postponed in the light of the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Friday's Art Notes April 29, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an update on an art museum planned for Tripoli.
Thursday's Art Notes April 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a German artist makes art out of prize money (literally).
Wednesday's Art Notes April 27, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, pop star Beyonce gets her groove on in the school cafeteria to fight childhood obesity.
Tuesday's Art Notes April 26, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, archaeologists uncover a massive sculpture of a 14th century B.C. pharaoh.
Friday's Art Notes April 15, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, unsanctioned graffiti appears around MOCA in honor of an opening street art exhibit.
Thursday's Art Notes April 14, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, details are emerging about why the police say they're holding artist Ai Weiwei.
Wednesday's Art Notes April 13, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Philadephia's Orchestra faces serious funding facts.
Live Web Chat with Independent Lens Filmmakers for Artists Month April 12, 2011 |
In honor of Artists Month on Independent Lens, Art Beat and ITVS will present a live chat with some of the filmmakers behind their lineup of documentaries.
Mini Slide Show: Sir Peter Blake's 'World Tour' Stops in New York April 12, 2011 |
Visual artist Sir Peter Blake, 79, has been one of the most famous Pop purveyors in Britain since the 1950s. His recent works will be on show in New York this spring.
Tuesday's Art Notes April 12, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, David Byrne gets an apology for the misuse of one of his songs in a campaign ad.
Monday's Art Notes April 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, director Sidney Lumet died over the weekend.
Friday's Art Notes April 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Chicago art dealer is charged with forging works by famous artists.
Thursday's Art Notes April 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Grammy Awards winnows down some of its categories.
Wednesday's Art Notes April 6, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, archaeologists plan to dig up the remains of a woman who may have been Da Vinci's model for his most famous painting.
Tuesday's Art Notes April 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, foreign governments demand China's release of artist Ai Weiwei.
Monday's Art Notes April 4, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Ai Weiwei has been detained by Chinese authorities.
Friday's Art Notes April 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a roundup of arty April Fools Day jokes.
Thursday's Art Notes March 31, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a judge considers whether he'll reopen the Barnes Foundation case.
Slide Show: Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of Our Crazy World March 30, 2011 |
Maira Kalman's words and pictures strip history, politics and the world around her down to their most basic -- and often delightful -- elements. A traveling retrospective of her work is currently on show at the Jewish Museum in New York.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 30, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Kingdom announces its cuts for arts funding.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 29, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a museum in Vienna acquires the Polaroid collection.
Monday's Art Notes March 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Pritzker Prize is awarded to Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Friday's Art Notes March 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, playwright Lanford Wilson has died.
Thursday's Art Notes March 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Polish authorities puzzle over a Renoir mail mystery
Wednesday's Art Notes March 23, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Elizabeth Taylor has died.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Mississippi Bluesman Pinetop Perkins has died at age 97.
Monday's Art Notes March 21, 2011 |
Today is World Poetry Day.
Friday's Art Notes March 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the House votes to cut funding for NPR.
Thursday's Art Notes March 17, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, UNESCO heads to Egypt to assess threats to cultural sites.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 16, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, one of the last remaining old time actresses of the Yiddish theater has died.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 15, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle has ended over a cache of negatives that a California man claimed were taken by Ansel Adams.
Monday's Art Notes March 14, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a movie that depicts a devastating tsunami is pulled from Japanese theaters.
Friday's Art Notes March 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Bob Dylan gets permission to play in China.
Thursday's Art Notes March 10, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, color photos of the devastation wreaked by the 1906 San Francisco are found by the Smithsonian.
Around the Nation March 9, 2011 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 9, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Spider-Man" shuts down to address significant problems.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 8, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Supreme Court will hear a case about fair use of intellectual property.
Monday's Art Notes March 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Spider-Man" on Broadway was cited again for safety violations.
Friday's Art Notes March 4, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Egyptian culture minister says he's quitting his post.
Thursday's Art Notes March 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an exhibit of ancient Afghan artifacts opens in London and scientists say they could reconstruct a Afghan Buddha statue that was destroyed by the Taliban.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, former Sen. Christopher Dodd will take over as head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
Tuesday's Art Notes March 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, actress Jane Russell has died.
Friday's Art Notes February 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a woman sues the Gagosian Gallery after an incident involving protesters and the police.
Thursday's Art Notes February 24, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, new media and technology for generating Oscar buzz.
Wednesday's Art Notes February 23, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the fight in Michigan over the cost benefit of tax incentives for the film industry.
Tuesday's Art Notes February 22, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra suspends its season.
Roger Rosenblatt Answers Your Questions February 18, 2011 |
Art Beat received hundreds of questions. Unable to answer them all, Roger Rosenblatt sought to address some of the most popular themes with this response.
Friday's Art Notes February 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, musicians of the Detroit Symphony vote on a final contract offer.
Thursday's Art Notes February 17, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, some of the antiquities that were believed to be looted have been located.
Wednesday's Art Notes February 16, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a contemporary art auction turns into arts funding protest.
Tuesday's Art Notes February 15, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Jasper Johns and Yo-Yo Ma are honored at the White House.
Monday's Art Notes February 14, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a roundup of Grammy winners.
Friday's Art Notes February 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, L.A.'s Watts Towers get $500,000 towards restoration efforts.
Thursday's Art Notes February 10, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines...
Wednesday's Art Notes February 9, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, reviewers break their silence on "Spider-Man."
Monday's Art Notes February 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Russian political documentary is stolen before its premiere.
Friday's Art Notes February 4, 2011 |
In Art Notes, artist Jeff Koons drops his claim on a balloon dog bookend.
Thursday's Art Notes February 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, China tells UPenn that they can't show any of the objects slated for an upcoming exhibition.
Wednesday's Art Notes February 2, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Egypt's culture minister says the country's museums are secure.
Mini-Slide Show: Kennedy Center Shows Off VSA Commissions February 1, 2011 |
Three installations, "Diverse Design," "Finding the Way to Balance" and "Sticky Situations," are on show through February 13, 2011 at the Kennedy Center.
Tuesday's Art Notes February 1, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Smithsonian comes up with a new procedure to deal with opposition to their exhibits.
Monday's Art Notes January 31, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the only known film footage of the avant-garde dance group the Ballets Russes turns up in England.
Friday's Art Notes January 28, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the late Dennis Oppenheim left public art projects in process.
Thursday's Art Notes January 27, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Google helps launch a new public digital archive of photos from the Holocaust.
Wednesday's Art Notes January 26, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, scientists say Nabokov's butterfly theory isn't fiction.
Tuesday's Art Notes January 25, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Academy Awards nominees were announced.
Friday's Art Notes January 21, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the GOP releases a proposal for cutting the national budget that would eliminate the NEA, the NEH and the CPB.
Around the Nation January 20, 2011 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation.
Thursday's Art Notes January 20, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Washington National Opera will merge with the Kennedy Center.
Wednesday's Art Notes January 19, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough speaks out about the "A Fire In My Belly" controversy.
Slide Show: A 20th Century Salon That Paired Painters and Poets January 18, 2011 |
"Tibor de Nagy Gallery Painters and Poets" is currently on show through March 5, 2011.
Tuesday's Art Notes January 18, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a university creates the first graduate program in curating performance art.
Monday's Art Notes January 17, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Vermont sculptor sent mini bronzes of Martin Luther King Jr. to the President and others to celebrate the holiday.
Friday's Art Notes January 14, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, experimental theater pioneer Ellen Stewart has passed away at 91.
Thursday's Art Notes January 13, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Swedish takeoff of "The Catcher in the Rye" is banned in Canada and the U.S.
Wednesday's Art Notes January 12, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Ai Weiwei's million dollar Shanghai studio has been torn down by Chinese authorities.
Tuesday's Art Notes January 11, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Dali Museum reopens in a new home.
Monday's Art Notes January 10, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Library of Congress is swingin' for a huge donation of vintage recordings.
Friday's Art Notes January 7, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Asian Art Museum is saved by San Fransisco.
Thursday's Art Notes January 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Hollywood got a little economic boost at the end of 2010.
Wednesday's Art Notes January 5, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Huckleberry Finn is published without some of the original language.
Tuesday's Art Notes January 4, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, will former Gov. Schwarzenegger return to the screen?
Monday's Art Notes January 3, 2011 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, actor Pete Postlewaite has died.
Thursday's Art Notes December 30, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an influential jazz educator, a special effects artist and a von Trapp family singer all died this week.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 29, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, philosopher of aesthetics Denis Dutton has died at age 66.
Tuesday's Art Notes December 28, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the National Film Registry honors 25 new entries.
Monday's Art Notes December 27, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Great White Way may be covered in snow, but the shows are still running.
We the Critics: Undersung Favorites from 2010 December 24, 2010 |
A compilation of favorite works of literature, film, music and art from our readers and the Art Beat staff.
Friday's Art Notes December 24, 2010 |
Merry Christmas from Art Beat!
Thursday's Art Notes December 23, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Spider-Man" on Broadway gets checked out by the Labor Department.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 22, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, visitors to London galleries who come off the city's snowy streets have been tracking in art-harming salt.
Tuesday's Art Notes December 21, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in jail and banned from filmmaking.
Monday's Art Notes December 20, 2010 |
The fountain of Piazza della Repubblica is unusually frozen in Rome. Photo by Andreas Solaro/ Getty Images * The Washington Post profiles a new ice art museum in Russia, that preserves once-ephemeral sculptures by kepping the temperature down all...
Friday's Art Notes December 17, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Blake Edwards, whose decades-long career spanned writing, directing and producing nearly 50 films, died late Wednesday at age 88.
Thursday's Art Notes December 16, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the curators who planned the National Portrait Gallery exhibit "Hide/Seek" speak out.
Tuesday's Art Notes December 14, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, LA MOCA takes down a mural it commissioned.
Monday's Art Notes December 13, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, China cracks down on its political writers and artists.
Friday's Art Notes December 10, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Jim Morrison received a posthumous pardon from Florida's governor.
Thursday's Art Notes December 9, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a lawsuit questions the provenance of a Cezanne at the Met.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 8, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the oldest opera singer in the world has died.
Tuesday's Art Notes December 7, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Susan Philipsz is the winner of this year's Turner Prize.
Monday's Art Notes December 6, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Google launches its latest e-book venture.
Friday's Art Notes December 2, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an Italian shoe tycoon puts up the entire cost of a three year renovation project on the Colosseum.
Thursday's Art Notes December 1, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Eminem leads the Grammy nominations, and a Washington gallery organizes a protest against the removal of an art video from a Smithsonian exhibit.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 1, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the National Portrait Gallery removes a video installation after complaints from a religious organization.
Tuesday's Art Notes November 30, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Miami breaks ground on an art museum.
Monday's Art Notes November 29, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a French man has revealed a collection of almost 300 undocumented art works by Pablo Picasso.
Around the Nation November 24, 2010 |
A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories.
Wednesday's Art Notes November 24, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, music helps seniors practice balance and the Royal Shakespeare Company opens its new theater.
Tuesday's Art Notes November 23, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Yale University agrees to return a collection of Incan artifacts to Peru.
Monday's Art Notes November 22, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, two major museums face financial woes.
Friday's Art Notes November 19, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, some Italian sculptures get re-attachable body parts.
Thursday's Art Notes November 18, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Jasper Johns and Maya Angelou will get presidential honors, and Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon.
Patti Smith, Indie-Published Novel are Rock Stars of 2010 National Book Awards November 18, 2010 |
Known for her poetry and her rock 'n' roll, music legend Patti Smith has now been honored for her prose with a National Book Award, given out Wednesday night in New York.
Wednesday's Art Notes November 17, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, flamenco dancing is honored by UNESCO as an essential cultural tradition and an artist agrees to wire a video camera into the back of his head.
Tuesday's Art Notes November 16, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, visa problems for Lincoln Center and budget problems for the Louisville Orchestra.
Monday's Art Notes November 15, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an American is charged with stealing bird skins from a British museum.
Friday's Art Notes November 12, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture news, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston celebrates a new addition.
Thursday's Art Notes November 11, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture news, film producer Dino De Laurentiis has died at age 91.
Wednesday's Art Notes November 10, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture news, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will return 19 artifacts to Egypt.
Art Is a Laughing Matter at Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum November 9, 2010 |
"What Makes Us Smile?", an exhibit at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum, is a celebration of human joy as seen through an array of funny, happy or goofy drawings, paintings and sculptures, as well as the ever-present, ever-blowing, whoopee cushion bench.
Tuesday's Art Notes November 9, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on a new building expansion.
Monday's Art Notes November 8, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture news, the Pope consecrates the Sagrada Familia and Poland finishes a new, immense Christian landmark.
Friday's Art Notes November 5, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, will Hollywood become more conservative?
Thursday's Art Notes November 4, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Peru's president asks for some special help in retrieving ancient artifacts from Yale University.
Wednesday's Art Notes November 3, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Chinese government plans to destroy Ai Weiwei's Shanghai art studio.
Tuesday's Art Notes November 2, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube.
Wednesday's Art Notes October 20, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Flight of the Bumblebee" is played in record time.
Monday's Art Notes October 18, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, New York's Chelsea Art Museum has lost the deed to its building.
Friday's Art Notes October 15, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture, bed bugs make their (unwelcome) debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
Thursday's Art Notes October 14, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Rome trial over looted antiquities against former Getty curator Marion True has been dismissed.
Wednesday's Art Notes October 13, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Howard Jacobson wins the 2010 Man Booker Prize.
Tuesday's Art Notes October 12, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Man Booker Prize will be announced late on Tuesday.
Monday's Art Notes October 11, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, soul singer Solomon Burke has died at age 70.
Coming Soon to PBS, the History of Art Across Time, Continents and Cultures October 8, 2010 |
Starting Sunday on PBS, a new 13-part educational series for high school and college students explores some of the most commonly recurring themes that come up again and again across the history (and contemporary practice) of art.
Friday's Art Notes October 8, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines,
Wednesday's Art Notes October 6, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, flight attendants use the power of pop to keep their passengers' attention.
Tuesday's Art Notes October 5, 2010 |
Today's arts and culture headlines include two strange robbery stories.
Monday's Art Notes October 4, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra goes on strike.
Friday's Art Notes October 1, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a Tea Party coloring book and a congressional hold on building a National Women's History Museum.
Thursday's Art Notes September 30, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, actor Tony Curtis has passed away at age 85.
Wednesday's Art Notes September 29, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, film director Arthur Penn has died.
MacArthur Foundation Announces 2010 Class of Genius Grant Winners September 28, 2010 |
A jazz pianist, an installation artist and a third-generation stone carver are among the recipients of the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship grants, announced early Tuesday morning.
Monday's Art Notes September 27, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Lehman Brothers auctions their collection of modern and contemporary art.
Friday's Art Notes September 24, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, an previously unknown painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is discovered in Spain.
Thursday's Art Notes September 23, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Art Institute of Chicago sues the engineering company who helped build its Modern wing.
Wednesday's Art Notes September 22, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the KennedyCenter gets a big donation from its chairman.
Tuesday's Art Notes September 21, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, missing Iraqi antiquities turn up at the prime minister's office.
Monday's Art Notes September 20, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, YouTube and the Guggenheim release a shortlist of the best creative video.
Friday's Art Notes September 17, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the movie about Joaquin's downward spiral is a fiction, not a documentary.
Thursday's Art Notes September 16, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, fears from Britain about loaning the Cyrus Cylinder and a real Museum of Innocence for Orhan Pamuk.
Author Per Petterson Reads from Newly Translated Novel "I Curse the River of Time" September 15, 2010 |
Norwegian author Per Petterson reads from his novel "I Curse this River of Time."
Wednesday's Art Notes September 15, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, David Foster Wallace's last, unfinished work will be published next year.
Tuesday's Art Notes September 14, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a photographer who made some of the most famous images of the Civil Rights era was also spying on his subjects.
Monday's Art Notes September 13, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Sofia Coppola won the Gold Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival, and filmmaker Claude Chabrol died Sunday at age 80.
Friday's Art Notes September 10, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, British artists start a campaign to stop culture budget cuts.
Thursday's Art Notes September 9, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami gets a grand show at the Palace of Versailles.
Wednesday's Art Notes September 8, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the cultural impact of a mayor's retirement, and the return of some of Iraq's treasures.
Tuesday's Art Notes September 7, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the Kennedy Center names its 2010 honorees, and dance comes to the White House.
Friday's Art Notes September 3, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the art of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Thursday's Art Notes September 2, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a fire at the Phillips Collection and California passes a new law on stolen art.
Wednesday's Art Notes September 1, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Iraqi artists may participate in next year's Venice Biennale for the first time since 1976.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 31, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, the White House announces the launch of a new dance performance series.
Monday's Art Notes August 30, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, "Modern Family" and "Mad Men" took home Emmys after Sunday's awards show.
Thursday's Art Notes August 26, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, a New York film student is charged with a murder attempt against a Muslim taxi driver and the original Kermit the Frog is donated to the Smithsonian.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 25, 2010 |
In today's arts and culture headlines, Wyclef Jean loses his bid to run for office in Haiti.
Tuesday on the NewsHour: Indianapolis Museum of Art Breaks New Ground August 24, 2010 |
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown goes to Indiana to talk to the curators, artists and patrons involved in the transformation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Tuesday's Art Notes August 24, 2010 |
In today's roundup of arts and culture news, Egypt's culture minister was arrested after the Van Gogh heist, and a songwriter who penned hits for Louis Armstrong and Elvis Presley has died.
Monday's Art Notes August 23, 2010 |
A roundup of the day's art and culture headlines, including a Van Gogh heist in Cairo.
Friday's Art Notes August 20, 2010 |
In today's roundup of arts and culture news, newcomers to the OED, a drop in on-screen smoking, and remembering the piper who played for troops on the beaches of Normandy.
Thursday's Art Notes August 19, 2010 |
In today's roundup of arts and culture news, a look at the new art works vying for a spot on London's fourth plinth and the aesthetic proclivities of extraterrestrials.
Wednesday's Art Notes August 18, 2010 |
In today's daily roundup of arts and culture news, the Metropolitan Opera broke a sales record, archaeologists in Afghanistan find an ancient Buddhist site and a new library honoring Kurt Vonnegut will open in Indianapolis.
Monday's Art Notes August 16, 2010 |
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Around the Nation Roundup July 21, 2010 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation.
Wednesday's Art Notes July 21, 2010 |
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The Hipster in the Age of Online Ridicule June 15, 2010 |
Through several decades of commercial and Internet indoctrination, it's much easier these days to embody the external qualities of hip. Hip isn't only attainable; it's accessible, searchable, and for sale.
Tuesday's Art Notes June 15, 2010 |
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Photo Pioneer Muybridge Froze Time During an Era of Change May 5, 2010 |
Many of the technical and artistic conquests made in the history of photography can be traced back to the breakthroughs of one man. The 19th century British born photographer Eadweard Muybridge spent his lifetime capturing the American spirit, first in the landscapes of the Western frontier, and later in his visualizations of movement stopped in time that seemed to conquer speed with technology, freeze and reveal the un-seeable for every eye.
Wednesday's Art Notes May 5, 2010 |
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Around the Nation Roundup March 10, 2010 |
Here's a selection of art and culture reports from local public broadcasting stations and national producers.
Wednesday's Art Notes March 10, 2010 |
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Monday's Art Notes March 8, 2010 |
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The Fashionable Life of Alexander McQueen February 11, 2010 |
Alexander McQueen, one of the top fashion designers in the world, was found dead at his London home on Thursday after an apparent suicide. He was 40.
Thursday's Art Notes February 11, 2010 |
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Weekly Poem: 'Root' January 18, 2010 |
Terrance Hayes is the author of three books of poems: "Muscular Music" (1999); "Hip Logic" (2002, National Poetry Series winner); and "Wind in a Box" (2006), and the recipient of many awards, including a Pushcart Prize, a Best American Poetry selection and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Monday's Art Notes January 18, 2010 |
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Friday's Art Notes January 15, 2010 |
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An Artist's Favorite Authors Get Some Face Time at the Library January 13, 2010 |
On a personal quest to bring his father's work to a broader audience, Carl Kohler's son Henry (together with his sister Frida) he approached galleries in hopes that someone would embrace the work, but didn't have any luck.
Wednesday's Art Notes January 13, 2010 |
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Tuesday's Art Notes January 12, 2010 |
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Eric Rohmer, 89, Made Intellectual Films About People's Emotional Lives January 11, 2010 |
French director and film critic Eric Rohmer died Monday at the age of 89 in Paris.
Tonight on PBS, Sam Cooke Brings It Home January 11, 2010 |
Tonight on PBS, a look at the velvet-voiced star who helped break the pop music color barrier with his gospel-infused R&B in "Sam Cooke: Crossing Over".
Monday's Art Notes January 11, 2010 |
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Thursday's Art Notes January 7, 2010 |
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Thursday's Art Notes December 31, 2009 |
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Weekly Poem: 'Longing' December 28, 2009 |
Dennis Brutus was a South African poet and activist up until his death on Saturday at the age of 85 at his home in Cape Town.
Monday's Art Notes December 28, 2009 |
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Friday's Art Notes December 25, 2009 |
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Thursday's Art Notes December 24, 2009 |
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Wednesday's Art Notes December 23, 2009 |
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Tim Burton Gets a MoMA 'Retrospooktive' December 22, 2009 |
Late last month, a major retrospective of works by filmmaker and artist Tim Burton opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Art Beat talked to Ron Magliozzi, MoMA's Assistant Curator of Film, about seeing the world through Burton's looking glass.
Tuesday's Art Notes December 22, 2009 |
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Two Exhibits Gaze Upon Man Ray's Afterimage December 16, 2009 |
Art history knows him as Man Ray, the witty surrealist artist who helped legitimize photography as a medium of high art. But two recently-opened exhibits are changing his historical "afterimage," so to speak.
Wednesday's Art Notes December 16, 2009 |
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Around the Nation, Friday Roundup December 11, 2009 |
Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation.
Friday's Art Notes December 11, 2009 |
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The Portrait of Health: An Artist's Perspective on Health Insurance, Part 2 December 3, 2009 |
Christian Benefiel brings out an old bent steering wheel and proudly places it on the floor of the classroom studio. He rolls the lopsided wheel around on the concrete, and it does lazy circles, wobbling hard as it makes a full rotation.
The Portrait of Health: An Artist's Perspective on Health Insurance, Part 1 December 1, 2009 |
Two years ago, when artist and fashion designer Megin Sherry returned from London after an internship at haute fashion house Alexander McQueen, her health care coverage on her parents' plan had lapsed.
Artist Jeanne-Claude Has Died at 74 November 19, 2009 |
Artist Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo, created public art installations around the world, has died. She was 74. Her family said she died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.
The Picture of Health: How Arts Advocates Weigh In on the Health Care Debate November 18, 2009 |
There are at least 2.2 million working artists in America, 300,000 of whom don't have health insurance, according to federal statistics. Some are self-employed and can't afford individual plans. Some work for non-profits or part-time jobs that don't offer insurance plans.
20 Years After the Fall, Nostalgia Builds for East German Design November 9, 2009 |
Nostalgia for the East -- or 'ostalgie,' a portmanteau combining the words ost ('east') and nostalgie ('nostalgia') -- has taken hold in contemporary, unified Germany.
Conversation: Considering Clarice September 16, 2009 |
A major literary celebrity in Brazil, Clarice Lispecter's work ran the gamut from articles in women's magazines to compelling, philosophical novels.
Celebrating a Duchamp Masterwork September 11, 2009 |
During the last two decades of his life, Marcel Duchamp appeared to have given up art for chess, publically claiming he had gone underground. But hidden in his New York apartment was the final, enigmatic piece he had been working on for 20 years: an erotic, sculptural tableau he titled Etant donnes.
Fabrics of Our Lives: Obama's Mother's Collection at the Textile Museum August 18, 2009 |
How do our clothes and other fabrics tell the trajectory of our lives? One woman's answer is now on display in a special two-week exhibit at the Textile Museum.
Open For Business at 'The Work Office' July 24, 2009 |
Think your paycheck is small? Try getting a gig at The Work Office, where New York City artists have contributed to a WPA-style collaborative art project for Depression-era wages.
At the End of the World with Robyn O'Neil July 16, 2009 |
It's a beautiful, hot day in early summer in the Houston suburb where the artist Robyn O'Neil lives and works; only a couple of flinty clouds are in the sky over Texas.
Literary Voices Reflect on Health Care July 14, 2009 |
Some popular writers have turned up in an unexpected place: Health Affairs. The contributions are a part of the 10th anniversary of "Narrative Matters," a feature that maintains that health-policy debate must have room for the experiences of regular people.
For Washington Writers, a Creative Calling June 22, 2009 |
In the backroom of a popular restaurant in Washington, D.C., a group of teenagers are getting ready to take the stage for their first public appearance as published writers.
At Black Rep, Women's Voices are Loud and Clear May 1, 2009 |
"In the Continuum" reaches across continents to track the separate lives of two young women, one African and the other African-American, as they deal with the grave realities of the AIDS epidemic.
Some Like It Hot: Glass Art at Third Degree April 30, 2009 |
Despite the medium's tendency toward transparency, glass blowing has a surprisingly opaque history.
Chuck Berry Still Thrills at Blueberry Hill April 29, 2009 |
Chuck Berry is the type of man to pioneer rock n' roll, give it some of its most iconic anthems, travel the world, and at age 82, still mow his own lawn and drive himself to gigs. He is St. Louis music incarnate: hillbilly sound mixed with the rush of rhythm and blues. And once a month at Blueberry Hill, a nightclub, bar and restaurant in The Loop neighborhood, he can still bring down a full house and make the ladies howl.
St. Louis Arts Help Anchor Neighborhoods April 27, 2009 |
Once upon a time, St. Louis's Delmar Loop used to be a fashionable shopping boulevard accessible by trolley car. But like many other great urban areas in the 1960s, white flight took a heavy toll on many St. Louis neighborhoods: crime went up, and commercial and cultural centers diminished, as did infrastructure such as public transportation.
Art Beat, the NewsHour Visit St. Louis April 24, 2009 |
This week, Art Beat hit the road. Destination: St. Louis. We've spent the last couple of days rounding up stories as part of the NewsHour's special Spotlight City coverage of St. Louis, which starts Monday.
Where the Indigenous and Comics Meet April 7, 2009 |
Until recently, American Indians appeared only as stereotypes in comic books, their real narratives and folklore obscured by generic images of teepees and headdresses.
Poems Spring Up Everywhere April 1, 2009 |
On this first day of April when you're playing practical jokes on your friends or family, do it poetically. Even better, celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month instead.
William Kentridge at SFMOMA March 31, 2009 |
In the catalog for "William Kentridge: Five Themes," a major survey now showing at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the artist writes: "[B]efore the work can begin (the visible finished work of the drawing, film or sculpture), a different, invisible work must be done.
Common Threads March 3, 2009 |
Across the country, resurgent interest in things handmade is redefining craft-making for the 21st century. Quilts are cutting-edge outlets for self-expression, and samplers carry messages of anti-consumerism, environmentalism and feminism.
Academy Awards Update February 23, 2009 |
Over the last several weeks, we spoke with some people who were involved in one way or another in films nominated for an Oscar. We figured we should update you on how they did.
An Eye for Fashion at the ICP February 19, 2009 |
Fashion Week in New York ends Friday, but take a short walk from the big tents (which, face it, you're not going to get into anyway) and you'll see enough models making fierce faces and striking poses to last the whole season.
'Slumdog' Attracts Controversy, Awards February 3, 2009 |
It's been a week of mixed blessings for the makers of "Slumdog Millionaire," a rags-to-riches love story set in Mumbai, India.
Three Gems From a Quiet Sundance January 28, 2009 |
It was a tough time for filmmakers at this year's Sundance Film Festival, that annual nexus for lesser-seen cinema in Park City, Utah. Thanks to the recession, changing technology and an industry struggling to catch up, less than a dozen movies have found distributors, with many high-profile films leaving the festival without a buyer.
The Drawing Power of Presidential Image January 15, 2009 |
Perhaps never in American history has a politician inspired so many artists as President-elect Barack Obama. His face, seen in magazines, in murals and in posters, helped to propel a once unlikely campaign into the fundraising and publicity stratosphere.
Something for Everyone Inauguration Week January 14, 2009 |
In the lead-up to the passing of the keys to the White House, Washington, D.C., is giving entirely new meaning to the "party system." Most hotels have been sold out for months; Craigslist is overstocked with temporary rentals.
Andy Goldsworthy's 'Spire' January 7, 2009 |
"Spire," a major new work by Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco, rises like a steeple out of the earth. Overlooking the bay and Alcatraz Island in the distance, "Spire" grabs the attention of joggers, bikers and sightseers alike.
Elizabeth Peyton: Live Forever at New Museum January 6, 2009 |
In our era of non-stop celebrity gossip and reality-TV shows, painter Elizabeth Peyton makes high art out of high-profile lives. The first full survey exhibit of her work at an American museum contains more than 100 paintings and drawings.
For Arts Funding, 2008 Was a Rough Year December 31, 2008 |
As the clock ticks down on 2008's roller coaster of economic turmoil and time runs out for charitable giving this year, non-profits are under pressures they weren't feeling a year ago and communities are struggling to support art programs during the downturn.
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Dies at Age 70 December 31, 2008 |
Freddie Hubbard, the influential and prolific jazz trumpeter, died Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif., of complications from a heart attack suffered Nov. 28. He was 70.
Architecture for the Masses December 16, 2008 |
Architect Bryan Bell likes to quote a certain statistic: Only 2 percent of homebuyers work with an architect to design a home that fits their needs. In other words, shelter is a necessity, architecture is a luxury.
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