Mar 31 ‘The History of American Graffiti:’ From Subway Car to Gallery Since its explosion onto city walls and subway cars in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. Continue reading
Mar 31 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a judge considers whether he'll reopen the Barnes Foundation case. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Revisiting the Reagan Assassination Attempt, 30 Years Later Judy Woodruff talks to the surgeon who operated on Reagan and an author of a new book. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch In India, Loan Sharks, Commercialization Cast Pall Over Microfinancing Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the tarnished reputation of small loans in India. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Arming Libya’s Rebels: Overdue Idea or ‘Disaster in the Making’? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. has not yet decided whether to send weapons to Libya's struggling opposition movement. Jim Lehrer discusses the arms issue with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Mansour El-Kikhia… Continue watching
Mar 30 Tea Party Poses a Dilemma for Boehner in Budget Battle EmbedVideo(255, 482, 304); As the clock ticks once again toward the government shutdown deadline - April 8 - the NewsHour asked Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for the Takeaway radio program from Public Radio International and WNYC, to… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of a Crazy World A slide show of art by Maira Kalman, narrated by the artist… Continue watching
Mar 30 Slide Show: Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of Our Crazy World Maira Kalman's words and pictures strip history, politics and the world around her down to their most basic -- and often delightful -- elements. A traveling retrospective of her work is currently on show at the Jewish Museum in New… Continue reading
Mar 30 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Kingdom announces its cuts for arts funding. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Micro Finance Under Fire in India Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the predatory practices of some micro lenders. Continue watching