Arts Sep 20 Musicians, Poets, Silversmith Among 2011 MacArthur Fellows Seven of this year's MacArthur grant recipients are artists, musicians, writers or designers.
Arts Sep 09 Conversation: 'Rebirth' Tells Stories of Healing After Attacks From 2002 to 2009, director Jim Whitaker and a film crew chronicled the lives of five people who were directly impacted by the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11 for a new documentary, "Rebirth."…
Arts Aug 26 In 'Salvage the Bones,' Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina "Salvage the Bones," a new novel by Jesmyn Ward, tells the story of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in the U.S. now six years ago this week.
Arts Aug 25 Dave Stewart Gets the Blues for 'Blackbird Diaries' Dave Stewart, best known for the band the Eurythmics, has a new solo album called Blackbird Diaries.His first solo album in nearly 13 years was recorded in Nashville and is heavily influenced by the Blues and Americana music.
Arts Aug 19 Philip Glass Composes New Arts Festival The Days and Nights Festival of the Arts, led by composer Philip Glass, begins its inaugural season this weekend.
Arts Aug 15 Monday on the NewsHour: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh Actress Cate Blanchett came from the theater, and to the theater she's returned. Now artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, she and her husband Andrew Upton have brought a new production of 'Uncle Vanya' to Washington.
Arts Jul 25 Conversation: Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011 A conversation with writer Sophie Heawood about the life and career of Amy Winehouse.
Arts Jul 22 Conversation: Martin Gayford, Friend and Model to Lucian Freud, Remembers Artist The artist Lucian Freud died Wednesday night in London at age 88. Critic Martin Gayford, author of a book about sitting as a model for Freud, discusses the life and work of his friend.
Arts Jun 30 Artist Ai Weiwei's Clashes with the Chinese Government Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested in early April and held for nearly three months. Accused of tax evasion, he was released on June 22 and ordered to pay nearly $2 million. Here are images of the artist detailing…
Arts Jun 24 Brooke Gladstone's Graphic Commentary of Media's 'Influencing Machine' Brooke Gladstone is the long time co-host and managing director of WNYC's On The Media. Her new book about media in society is "The Influencing Machine," a comic book illustrated by Josh Neufeld.