Sep 15 Senate bill would speed recovery of art lost to Nazi looting By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Heirs trying to recover artwork lost to Nazi looting during World War II could get some help under a bill approved by a Senate panel on Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch The man who mows grass masterpieces By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour shares moment of the day, Roger Baker creates his art using an unusual tool: a lawnmower. He started with the Statue of Liberty but since then has mowed Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix, a purple heart and now,… Continue watching
May 28 Spanish police arrest 7 suspects in Francis Bacon painting heist By Kamala Kelkar Spanish police said Saturday they have arrested seven people in connection to the theft of five paintings by renowned artist Francis Bacon worth more than $27.8 million from a home in Spain almost one year ago. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 10:11 70 years on, the search continues for artwork looted by the Nazis By Phil Hirschkorn For many Jewish families whose artwork was stolen by the Nazis during World War II, the theft was compounded by murder in concentration camps. For the children and grandchildren of survivors, finding the missing art can be an international decades-long… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 6:32 Artist Theaster Gates turns Chicago’s empty spaces into incubators for culture By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 5:53 Surrounded by violence, Syrians seek solace in art By PBS News Hour As the fighting in Syria approaches a fifth year, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and displaced, the nation’s artists have sought ways to respond to the destruction of their homeland. Some try to tell the stories of their fellow Syrians,… Continue watching
Dec 28 Ellsworth Kelly, acclaimed abstract artist, dies at 92 By Corinne Segal Ellsworth Kelly, who helped pioneer postwar American abstract art, died Sunday at 92 in his home in Spencertown, New York. Continue reading
Nov 18 ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ set its trap and first captured readers 30 years ago By Justin Scuiletti On Nov. 18, 1985, Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" made its debut in newspapers across the country. The syndicated comic strip first introduced readers to mischievous six-year-old Calvin, excitedly explaining to his dad about his tiger trap, and Calvin's tiger… Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 3:33 Boston art exhibit captures dynamic Dutch society in changing times A new art exhibit is being heralded as the first show ever to look at the Dutch masterworks for how the painters viewed society. The exhibit, “Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer," recently opened at… Continue watching
Oct 06 French publisher names artwork stolen by Nazi leader Hermann Göring By Gretchen Frazee A French publisher has released the first complete list of artwork Nazi leader Hermann Göring seized during World War II, which some say could help return the art to its rightful owners. Continue reading