Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/tuesdays-art-notes Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Tuesday’s Art Notes Nation Dec 8, 2009 8:36 AM EDT —A model globe in the shape of a piggy bank is part of an art installation entitled “Cool Globes” at the 12-day Copenhagen climate summit, which opened yesterday. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images) * Richard Wright has won Britain’s Turner Prize for a meticulous, abstract, large-scale wall painting he created using traditional fresco techniques and gold leaf. * As the U.N. meets in Copenhagen to discuss global warming, a three-story installation called ‘The CO2 Cube’ (designed by Los Angeles architect Christophe Cornubet) was unveiled Monday. Cornubet’s concept was to create a structure that would hold one metric ton of carbon dioxide — the amount of CO2 the average person living in an industrialized nation produces in a single month. * David Thomson diagnoses the death of method acting in American cinema. Last year Jeff Brown talked to Thomson about his book “Have You Seen…?” A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now
—A model globe in the shape of a piggy bank is part of an art installation entitled “Cool Globes” at the 12-day Copenhagen climate summit, which opened yesterday. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images) * Richard Wright has won Britain’s Turner Prize for a meticulous, abstract, large-scale wall painting he created using traditional fresco techniques and gold leaf. * As the U.N. meets in Copenhagen to discuss global warming, a three-story installation called ‘The CO2 Cube’ (designed by Los Angeles architect Christophe Cornubet) was unveiled Monday. Cornubet’s concept was to create a structure that would hold one metric ton of carbon dioxide — the amount of CO2 the average person living in an industrialized nation produces in a single month. * David Thomson diagnoses the death of method acting in American cinema. Last year Jeff Brown talked to Thomson about his book “Have You Seen…?” A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now