Sep 28 MacArthur Foundation Announces 2010 Class of Genius Grant Winners 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. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch French Expulsion of Gypsies Leads to Tension in Europe The French government's decision to deport Roma immigrants back to Romania and Bulgaria has rankled some of France's European neighbors. Ben Barnier of Global Post reports on the controversial decision. Continue watching
Sep 27 Lehman Art Auctions Better Than Expected As a follow up to Friday's Lehman Brother's art collection video, this video looks at how some of the pieces actually fared on Sotheby's auction block. Overall, the sale went slightly better than expected: while experts were… Continue reading
Sep 27 Weekly Poem: 'Global Warming' Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, Fall 2010). He is editor for Wave Books and teaches in the low residency MFA program at UC… Continue reading
Sep 27 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Lehman Brothers auctions their collection of modern and contemporary art. Continue reading
Sep 24 Art Collection Could Prove Shrewd Investment for Lehman Brothers By Paul Solman Two years to the month after the titan of Wall Street declared bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers' extensive and diverse art collection is headed to the titans of the auction block: Sotheby's of New York and Christie's of London. The art was… Continue reading
Sep 24 Art Collection Could Prove Shrewd Investment for Lehman Brothers Two years to the month after the titan of Wall Street declared bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers’ extensive and diverse art collection is headed to the titans of the auction block: Sotheby’s of New York and Christie’s of London. The art was… Continue reading
Sep 24 Art Collection Could Prove Shrewd Investment for Lehman Brothers By Travis Daub Lehman Brother's extensive and diverse art collection is being auctioned off to help pay back creditors. Art world dealers suspect when the final bids are accepted for the world-renowned collection, the art could be worth $10 million. Continue reading
Sep 24 Conversation: Novelist Per Petterson, Author of 'I Curse the River of Time' By Molly Finnegan The bestselling Norwegian author Per Petterson became known to American readers over the last couple of years after his 2003 novel "Out Stealing Horses" was translated into English. He now has a new novel, "I Curse the River of Time". Continue reading
Sep 24 Gwen's Take: Telling Our Stories Two women I know have recently written terrific books that could easily have never seen the light of day. By complete serendipity, each is a former colleague and friend. Isabel Wilkerson and I were both reporters for the New York… Continue reading