Nov 21 Watch Weekly Poem: 'Radio Crackling, Radio Gone' by Lisa Olstein Lisa Olstein reads "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone."… Continue watching
Nov 21 Weekly Poem: 'Radio Crackling, Radio Gone' Lisa Olstein is the author of the collections, "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone" (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, and "Lost Alphabet" (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). She is associate director of MFA Program for Poets and Writers… Continue reading
Nov 21 The Daily Frame An Egyptian protester paints graffiti reading, "Down with the military rule," on Friday, as tens of thousands rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Photo by: Khaled Desouki /AFP /Getty Images. Continue reading
Nov 18 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art By Tom LeGro The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened Nov. 11 in Bentonville, Ark. The collection was amassed by Alice Walton of the Wal-Mart fortune and includes Asher Durand's landscape "Kindred Spirits," and iconic images, such as Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch For Wisconsin Gov. Walker, Tables Turn as Unions Push Recall Effort The eyes of the nation were on the political firestorm in Wisconsin last winter when Republican Gov. Scott Walker took on the labor union representing the state's public employees. Wisconsin Public Television's Frederica Freyburg explores how the tables have since… Continue watching
Nov 18 Allen Gets 'Masters' Treatment on PBS By Saskia de Melker A new film not by but about Woody Allen is coming to the PBS series, "American Masters." It's called "Woody Allen: A Documentary." It comes in two parts and airs on Nov. 20 and 21. Continue reading
Nov 18 Crystal Bridges: a New Home to American Art By Tom LeGro The Crystal Bridges Museum opened last week in Bentonville, Ark. The building was designed by Moshe Safdie, and the collection was amassed by Alice Walton of the Wal-Mart fortune. Continue reading
Nov 18 The Daily Frame Artists perform during a body paint festival in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday. Neon lights, extravagant costumes, fluorescent paint and video transform the human body during the festival, which opened last night. Fifty artists from 18 countries will present works. Continue reading
Nov 17 Clyfford Still Museum Opens in Denver By Tom LeGro He may be the biggest name in American art history that you've never heard of, but a new museum in Denver is hoping to change that. Clyfford Still was one of the country's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century,… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of… Continue watching