Jan 15 Not Trending: Nigeria's generous new literature prize boosts African writers By News Desk Here's a story that isn't dominating the headlines, but deserves a close look: Three African authors are nominated for a relatively new fiction literature prize, and the finalist will walk away with £15,000 and a continental book tour. The Etisalat… Continue reading
Jan 15 NewsHour Shares: Who are the women in Gordon Parks' photo from 1956? By Colleen Shalby Do you know who these women are? That’s what New York Times is asking readers in an effort to uncover the identity of the subjects in Gordan Parks’ photo. Continue reading
Jan 15 Twitter Chat: What is the role of satire in modern society? By Nora Daly How important are political cartoons and other forms of satire to contemporary society?… Continue reading
Jan 15 Are this year's Oscar nominations disproportionately white and male? By Ruth Tam Where are the women and artists of color?… Continue reading
Jan 15 POLL: And the Oscar goes to ... (your choice here) By Victoria Fleischer, Laura Santhanam With this morning's announcement of the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards, we want to hear which films, directors and actors you think should take home a gold statuette. Before the big night, we here at Art Beat will… Continue reading
Jan 15 The 2015 Oscar nominations are in By Joshua Barajas, Victoria Fleischer "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" led the pack of Oscar nominations, nabbing nine each, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday morning. Check out the full list of nominations. Continue reading
Jan 13 Indie rockers Allah-Las reinvent that retro California sound By Victoria Fleischer Allah-Las play "Better Than Mine" from their new album "Worship the Sun" in the KEXP studio. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:22 Investing in America's cultural capital By PBS News Hour The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities turn 50 this year. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Jane Chu of the NEA and William “Bro” Adams of the NEH about the contributions artists and humanists make… Continue watching