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ART BEAT BLOG | May 23, 2013

ART BEAT BLOG | May 22, 2013

'Black Watch' Is Worth Watching

  • 'Black Watch' Is Worth Watching
  • Have you ever thought of marching, fighting soldiers as ballet dancers? In a play called "Black Watch," a troupe of Scottish actors spends nearly two hours strutting across the stage, choreographed as if they were dancers.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 22, 2013

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  • A little boy looks at art works on the floor and wall by Ugo Rondinone, which are represented at the Art Basel art show in Hong Kong.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 21, 2013

The Tuesday Cutline...a Winner!

  • The Tuesday Cutline...a Winner!
  • Several of you quoted the "Rubber Ducky" song Ernie of Sesame Street so often sings. Others turned the Victoria Harbour into an enormous bathtub. But our winner connected our giant rubber duck with another giant from history.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 21, 2013

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  • A visitor at the Museum of Modern Art in New York experiences an exhibit entitled Rain Room. The room is filled with a field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected, offering visitors the experience of controlling the rain.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 20, 2013

Weekly Poem: 'Things the Doctor Asks'

  • This week's poem comes from Charles Hood. He is the author of "South x South," winner of the 2012 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. His previous books include "Bombing Ploesti" and "Rio de Dios" (Red Hen Press).

ART BEAT BLOG | May 20, 2013

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  • A contortionist performs as a lizard at the Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, England.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 17, 2013

Conversation: The Jazzed Up 'Gatsby'

  • Conversation: The Jazzed Up 'Gatsby'
  • It is--again--a Gatsby/Fitzgerald moment. "The Great Gatsby" is on the big screen now in by Baz Luhrmann's new film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. There are also several new books about the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 17, 2013

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  • A visitor passes the sculpture "1st Body" prior to the opening of the "Kapoor in Berlin," an exhibition by Anish Kapoor, at the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin. Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 16, 2013

Around the Nation

  • Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

ART BEAT BLOG | May 16, 2013

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  • Students of the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design paint Chinese artist Liu Bolin, also known as "The Invisible Man," in front of a wall of magazines in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

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