Sep 10 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, British artists start a campaign to stop culture budget cuts. Continue reading
Sep 09 What You See When You Close Your Eyes: Brion Gysin at the New Museum By Molly Finnegan "Brion Gysin: Dream Machine," the first U.S. retrospective of the artist's work, is currently on view at the New Museum in New York City. Continue reading
Sep 09 Slide Show: The Gulf’s Healing Process By Sarah Clune NEW ORLEANS | AP photographer Gerald Herbert has been documenting the BP oil disaster in the Gulf -- from the land, sea and air -- since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20. In the three months since… Continue reading
Sep 09 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami gets a grand show at the Palace of Versailles. Continue reading
Sep 08 Geithner: Past Policy Choices, Politics Making It Harder to Fix U.S. Economy By News Desk In a newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday afternoon that economic policy decisions made before this administration took office -- and the current political climate -- are teaming up to make it harder to fix… Continue reading
Sep 08 ‘Parallel Currents’ Showcases a Poet’s Collection of Latin American Art By Mike Melia, Tom LeGro Entering Ricardo Pau-Llosa's home in Miami, visitors can't help but feel they've stepped into an art museum. From the kitchen to his high-ceilinged study, nearly every inch of his place is covered with works by contemporary of Latin American artists. Continue reading
Sep 08 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the cultural impact of a mayor's retirement, and the return of some of Iraq's treasures. Continue reading
Sep 07 For Iraqi Refugees, Survival Can Come at a High Price By Haider Hamza I am among the estimated 2 million Iraqi refugees still living far from home more than seven years after the U.S.-led coalition took over Baghdad. This is one story among hundreds of thousands. _pap_embed_custom('news01s431dqf59',482,304,""); In August, I visited my… Continue reading
Sep 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Watching the Towers Go Down’ By Tom LeGro Peter Balakian is the author of many books, including a new volume of poems, "Ziggurat," just published by University of Chicago Press, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000."… Continue reading
Sep 07 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the Kennedy Center names its 2010 honorees, and dance comes to the White House. Continue reading