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Follow Dr. Albert Barnes’ rise from a working-class neighborhood to the top of the modern art world. 8/3/2012 Continue
PBS NewsHour
Antoinio "Shades" Agee always knew he wanted to paint, fascinated early on by oils and canvas but frustrated by its "tedious" pace. A classmate showed up one day with a can of spray paint, and he was hooked. Continue
Next Avenue
See it! Hear it! Read it! Do it! The best of movies, TV, music, books and cultural events you don't want to miss. Continue
Bill Moyers
In this special performance edition of Bill Moyers Journal acclaimed actor Sam Waterston and historian Harold Holzer explore Lincoln's legacy and legend in the poetry and prose by great American writers across the decades who have wrestled to define the true Lincoln through the lens of their own times. Continue
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers speaks with one of America's leading educators and author of The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is the first African American woman in the history of Harvard to have an endowed professorship named in her honor. And, photographic artist Chris Jordan turns the statistics of consumerism into palpable images. Continue
Bill Moyers
Citizen action in Iowa, Jim Hightower on Populism and writer Barry Lopez. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
Find out what the future held for some of the treasures ROADSHOW corralled in Houston in 1998. 7/2/2012 Continue
Washington Week
Looking for some good summer reading? Check out the books Gwen and the Washington Week panelists recommend for the beach, the car, the plane or the pool. From fiction to politics, history to biography, there is something for everybody. The smartest reporters in Washington, D.C. bring you their suggestions for the summer's best reads. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
In this ANTIQUES ROADSHOW bonus footage, host Mark Walberg gets a step-by-step lesson in making paperweights from a master glassmaker at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center outside Atlantic City. Continue
ART:21
This episode features artists whose works explore the distinctions between balance and imbalance, and demonstrate that the smallest change in a line, a formal element, or a structure can be a radical proposition. Featuring artists Rackstraw Downes, Robert Mangold, and Sarah Sze. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
A pair of paintings by John F. Kensett; a dazzling yellow diamond ring; and a trio of autographed baseballs. 7/30/2012 Continue
Next Avenue
Road trip! Discover the thriving art scene in these out-of-the-way cities and towns in Alabama, Arkansas and Texas Continue
Next Avenue
For three decades, Timothy White has been a pre-eminent chronicler of Hollywood and the music industry. But his most passionate photographic work focuses on two people you’ve never heard of: Joseph and Mary White, his 93-year-old parents. Continue
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers gets a reality check from Public Agenda's Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, co-authors of Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis. Susan Jacoby, author of THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON, And photographer Lori Grinker takes viewers to Amman, Jordan for a devastating look at the fate of Iraqi refugees displaced by the conflict. Continue
Bill Moyers
He's played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children's author John Lithgow - best known as Dick Solomon from 3rd Rock from the Sun - reveals a new side of himself: poetry lover. The award-winning stage and screen star Lithgow shares his favorite poems, insights into acting and thoughts on art. Continue
A Capitol Fourth
Do you watch A Capitol Fourth every year? Download the official 2012 poster featuring the US Capitol amidst a magnificent fireworks display for your collection. Continue
American Masters
American Masters wins a Peabody for its documentary, 'Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect & the Painter.' Watch and listen as director Jason Cohn accepts the award. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
An 1863 Ulysses S. Grant letter; a circa 1950 Charles Shulz Li'l Folks original cartoon; and two paintings - one by Victor Higgins, the other by Spencer - purchased together for $5, but valued considerably higher. 5/21/2012 Continue
PBS NewsHour
The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is indeed a national treasure, but it's one that is in some disrepair. The Trust for the National Mall has just held a competition to design three new sections in oft-neglected areas on the Mall. The winners were announced Thursday. Continue
ART:21
View the works and techniques of artists Rackstraw Downes, Robert Mangold and Sarah Sze. 5/4/2012 Continue
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Art Sinsabaugh made his artistic breakthrough in the early 1960s with panoramic landscapes of the midwest that were unprecedented in both form and subject matter.
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