Arts Nov 18 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened Nov. 11 in Bentonville, Ark. The collection was amassed by Alice Walton of the Wal-Mart fortune and includes Asher Durand's landscape "Kindred Spirits," and iconic images, such as Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the…
Arts Nov 18 Crystal Bridges: a New Home to American Art The Crystal Bridges Museum opened last week in Bentonville, Ark. The building was designed by Moshe Safdie, and the collection was amassed by Alice Walton of the Wal-Mart fortune.
Arts Nov 17 Clyfford Still Museum Opens in Denver He may be the biggest name in American art history that you've never heard of, but a new museum in Denver is hoping to change that. Clyfford Still was one of the country's leading abstract expressionists of the 20th century,…
Arts Nov 15 Tuesday on the NewsHour: ‘Midnight Rising’ Tony Horwitz reads from his book, "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War."…
Arts Nov 11 Conversation: Stephen Mitchell, Author of the New Translation of Homer’s ‘The Iliad’ Stephen Mitchell is a poet and one of the preeminent translators and interpreters of ancient and modern classics. His works include "Gilgamesh," "Tao Te Ching," "The Book of Job," "The Gospel According to Jesus" and "The Selected Poetry of Rainer…
Arts Nov 08 Conversation: Julian Barnes, Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize The Man Booker Prizeis given annually to a novel by an author in Britain, Ireland or one of the Commonwealth nations. It is highly prestigious, as well as often highly contentious and controversial. This year was no exception. This year's…
Arts Nov 07 Around the World in ‘100 Objects’ In this extended conversation, Jeffrey Brown talks to Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum and author of "A History of the World in 100 Objects," about the 16th century double-headed, serpent turquoise mosaic and what it's like to run…
Arts Nov 05 From ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’ Originally presented as a BBC radio series and now a book published in America, "A History of the World in 100 Objects" tells the story of humanity using artifacts selected from the British Museum.
Arts Nov 04 Omar Offendum, Hip-Hop and the Arab Spring Born in Saudi Arabia to Syrian parents and raised in America, hip-hop artist Omar Offendum uses his lyrical talents to bridge his Middle Eastern roots to his Western upbringing.
Arts Nov 01 Conversation: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Grant $50 Million to Artists Last month, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced a major new program to assist artists. The Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will provide $50 million in grants to 200 artists in jazz, theater and contemporary dance -- the largest allocation…