Mar 13 Watch Dissecting Prose and Squid With Biologist, Poet Katherine Larson Dissecting Prose and Squid With Biologist/Poet Katherine Larson… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Roger Rosenblatt Reflects on Love, Grief, Kayaks Author Roger Rosenblatt considers grief, solace, solitude and love in the wake of his daughter's death in his new book "Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief and Small Boats." Jeffrey Brown and Rosenblatt discuss a morning out on the water… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch In 'Pilgrimage,' Leibovitz Explores Portraits Without People Known for portraits of celebrities and musicians, Annie Leibovitz has given herself a new assignment: capture striking landscapes and visit the homes of iconic figures to document significant items from their past. Jeffrey Brown and Leibovitz discuss her "Pilgrimage" book… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch San Francisco's Famed Coit Tower Murals in Peril Due to Fog, Neglect In San Francisco's Coit Tower, historic murals by 25 significant artists depicting life in California in the early 1930s have fallen into disrepair for a variety of reasons, including a lack of security, funding problems and the city's famous fog. Continue watching
Jan 13 New Life Out of Haiti's Litter By Larisa Epatko Haitian artist Jean Herard Celeur uses debris left by the 2010 earthquake to make works of art. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Conversation: Why Do Americans Protest Art? Steven Tepper's "Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest Over Art and Culture in America."… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch Conversation: 'Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane' Conversation: Andrew Graham-Dixon, author of "Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane."… Continue watching
Nov 18 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art By Tom LeGro 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… Continue reading
Nov 17 Clyfford Still Museum Opens in Denver By Tom LeGro 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,… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of… Continue watching