Feb 28 Stolen Picasso painting recovered by New Jersey officials By Carey Reed Authorities alleged the person who sent the package falsely completed the customs declaration, labeling the item a holiday "art craft" worth 30 euros and including a cheeky message: "Joyeux Noel" (Merry Christmas). Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 8:00 What Islamic State gains by destroying antiquities in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Continue watching
Feb 27 That dress isn't blue or gold because color doesn't exist By Jenny Marder Color scientists already have a word for it: Dressgate. No surprise to those of us whose minds were collectively blown by the dress that’s blue and black to some, and white and gold to others (though frankly kind of ugly… Continue reading
Feb 27 Leonard Nimoy, best remembered as Mr. Spock on 'Star Trek,' dies at 83 By Laura Santhanam, Justin Scuiletti For decades on both the "Star Trek" television series and movie franchise, Nimoy played the character of Mr. Spock, a Vulcan, or half-alien who operated under a rigid adherence to logic that guided the crew of Starship Enterprise through the… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 6:32 Black journalist Ethel Payne changed the national agenda with coverage of civil rights By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:18 African captives rise up against slavery in Talladega murals By PBS News Hour In 1938, the historically black Talladega College commissioned artist Hale Woodruff to create a series of paintings telling the story of the Amistad, when 53 Africans revolted on a Spanish ship carrying them to slavery one century earlier. A traveling… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 7:44 Art empowers and preserves Houston community By PBS News Hour Two decades ago, Houston’s Third Ward was struggling with crime, drugs and abandoned homes. Back then, Rick Lowe was one of many artists who bought and transformed area row houses into spaces for work, exhibition and as art itself, bringing… Continue watching
Feb 25 Painter immortalizes last meals of 600 prisoners put to death By Anya van Wagtendonk While living in Oklahoma, Julie Green learned about the final meals for inmates on death row. Deeply affected, she began painting those meals onto second-hand porcelain plates. To date, Green has completed 600 plates, which will be on display this… Continue reading
Feb 24 In her unromantic memoir, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon leaves her breakups behind By Joshua Barajas After their final show in Brazil in 2011, Sonic Youth was no more. And so was the 27-year marriage between the band's co-founders, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. Continue reading
Feb 24 Time-lapse artist shows us his vivid California dreams By KVIE Sacramento photographer Justin Majeczky has a knack for capturing beautiful scenes in and around his city. Continue reading