Arts May 21 Conversation: Isabel Allende "Island Beneath the Sea," by author Isabel Allende, is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time:…
Arts May 18 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Henri Cartier-Bresson French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world for decades capturing people, places and history as a journalist, and in the process, helped define photography as an art form. His legacy is now on display in an exhibit called 'Henri Cartier-Bresson:…
Arts May 14 Conversation: Director Alex Gibney on 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money' It involves casinos, the murder of a Greek tycoon, intrigue in Washington and much more. But the film, "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" is a documentary unwinding the trail of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- once a powerful…
Arts May 06 Picasso Price Helps Paint a Prettier Picture for the Art Market This week, the art market continued to show strong signs of recovery as leading auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's held their Impressionist and Modern art sales, setting records and at least tripling the total brought in by the same auctions…
Arts Apr 30 Conversation: Peter Berg, Creator and Executive Producer of 'Friday Night Lights' NBC's television drama "Friday Night Lights," shows football as the raison d'etre for the small, fictional community of Dillon, Tx., but its residents also learn that life is about much more than touchdowns.