Arts Jun 21 Preview: Director Robin Hessman Explores Last Soviet Generation in 'My Perestroika' This week on the NewsHour, "My Perestroika," a documentary that looks at the last Soviet generation, will be airing as part of our partnership with The Economist Film Project. Jeffrey Brown talks to director Robin Hessman.
Arts Jun 09 U.S. Athletes Are Part of the Art at Venice Biennale This year's Venice Biennale features installations by artists Allora and Calzadilla, who recruited U.S. Olympic athletes to become part of the exhibit.
Arts May 13 Conversation: McQueen's 'Savage Beauty' An exhibition of the work of designer Alexander McQueen has just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City.
Arts May 04 Conversation: 2011 Tony Award Nominations Critic Linda Winer of Newsday discusses the 2011 Tony nominations in a year of many strong new productions.
Arts May 03 A Reading List for the Post-9/11 Era A roundup of NewsHour conversations with writers over the last decade about books that address, directly and indirectly, how 9/11, Osama bin Laden and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have influenced how we live today.
Arts Apr 29 Conversation: More Reflections on Writing from Roger Rosenblatt We've invited Roger Rosenblatt, author of 'Unless It Moves The Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing', back to our newsroom to continue a conversation we began in January.
Arts Apr 28 Conversation: PEN World Voices Festival Director Laszlo Jakab Orsos Now in New York until May 1, more than 100 writers from around the world have gathered for the annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Arts Apr 14 Conversation: Mike Daisey's 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' Obsession, lust, a bit of espionage, a lot of laughs, and some serious questions of ethics and working conditions are all questions raised by one man, sitting at a table for an hour-and-a-half monologue titled, "The Agony and the Ecstasy…
Arts Apr 08 Conversation: Marina Abramovic Marina Abramovic is a pioneer of performance art, capped off most recently by her retrospective last year at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 'The Artist Is Present,' which drew widespread acclaim.
Arts Apr 01 Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of 'The Tiger's Wife' Realism and fantasy are part of "The Tiger's Wife," the new, first novel by Tea Obreht, a 25-year-old writer who was born in the former Yugoslavia and came to the United States at age 12.