May 28 Viewers Take their Time for Olafur Eliasson Artist Olafur Eliasson's exhibitions are about you. Continue reading
May 18 Watch Curtain Closes on Amato Opera’s Final Performance After 61 seasons, New York City's Amato Opera is staging its last performance on May 31 as its 88-year-old director, Tony Amato, retires. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
May 13 Watch New ‘New Deal’ May Help Boost the Arts In partnership with KQED in San Francisco, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the prospect for a new "New Deal" for the arts amid the economic downturn. Continue watching
May 12 Watch Architect Maya Lin Reflects on the Art of the Landscape Architect Maya Lin is best known for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which she designed as a 21-year-old college student. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Lin about her recent work on display at the Corcoran… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch Dayton Arts Community Faces Struggle to Stay Afloat The arts scene in Dayton, Ohio, has been feeling a financial pinch as the troubles of the "Big Three" U.S. automakers and other economic woes ripple through its community. Jeffrey Brown reports on Dayton arts organizations' struggle to survive. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Rescue Efforts Underway in Italy After Major Earthquake Italian officials and international aid groups continue to struggle to help the injured and recover the victims from Monday morning's earthquake that measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. Following an update from the field, a geological expert analyzes the event. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch From Lebanon’s Marcel Khalife, Songs of Strife and Love In another in our series about the Kennedy Center's Arabesque art festival, Jeffrey Brown profiles Lebanese folk singer Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife, politics and injustice. Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch Arabesque Festival Brings Arab Arts to Kennedy Center An ambitious, three-week festival called "Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World" opens at the Kennedy Center in Washington Monday. Jeffrey Brown offers the first in a series of broadcast and online reports around the festival and the artists it is… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Arts Funding Feels Squeeze of Economic Downturn Many arts organizations that depend on endowments and both individual and corporate donations are struggling to cope with budget shortfalls in the midst of the economic downturn. Analysts discuss the recession's impact on arts and cultural organizations. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Online NewsHour Launches Art Beat Blog The Online NewsHour has created a blog devoted to arts news from around the world. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown explains what kinds of information viewers can find on the blog. Continue watching