Feb 29 Watch 9:22 Palestinian American’s art exhibition in Indiana canceled after criticizing Gaza bombings By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Casey Kuhn, Alison Thoet As with universities around the country, some arts institutions have been roiled by tensions in the ongoing war in the Middle East. One controversy has unfolded at the Art Museum of Indiana University where an internationally prominent Palestinian American artist… Continue watching
Feb 14 Climate activists again target art, this time Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ By Associated Press Under a new law, the protesters risk up to six months of jail time. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 8:00 Jeffrey Wright on his Oscar-nominated performance in ‘American Fiction’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Jeffrey Wright has had one of the most varied and distinguished acting careers of any American actor in recent decades. While best known in supporting roles, he’s now received his first Oscar nomination as the lead in “American Fiction.” The… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 5:38 How a social media creator matches modern sports images with classic works of art By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Murrey Jacobson, Shoshana Dubnow More than 100 million viewers in the U.S. will tune into the Super Bowl this Sunday. These days, major live sports events are often a two-screen experience. But one fan puts a different lens on the moment, exploring the symmetry… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:47 Iranian American writer discusses new novel about struggling with survivor’s guilt By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet, Alexa Gold In 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. military accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial passenger jet, killing all 290 people aboard. That real-life tragedy sets in motion the fictional events in the new novel “Martyr!” a young Iranian American… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 7:34 New book ‘Madness’ documents the racism of a Jim Crow-era mental health facility By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold Crownsville Hospital in Maryland was one of the last segregated mental asylums in the country. Thousands of Black patients came through the overcrowded, understaffed hospital and many died there. NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton began looking into the facility a… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:14 Pakistani artist finds success painting what he’s lived, felt and feared By Jared Bowen, GBH Pakistani-born artist Salman Toor saw his career take off after he made a sudden shift to painting what he’s lived, felt and sometimes even feared. He gave special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston a tour of his ongoing exhibit… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 7:21 Artist reflects on the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest with a knife and paper By Cat Wise Paper cutting is an art form that possibly dates back to the invention of paper itself in China around 2,000 years ago. Since then, many cultures have developed their own unique styles. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited an artist whose… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 5:30 Why Google transformed a quantum computing lab into an artistic oasis By Mike Cerre Advance technology labs are not places where you're likely to find much creative artistic expression, let alone color. But a scientist and an artist have joined forces to help inspire the development of the next generation of computing at Google’s… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 2:35 Remembering the art and energy of tap dance legend Maurice Hines By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Maurice Hines, a legend of tap dance for seven decades, has died. He gained fame with his brother Gregory as the Hines Brothers, delighting audiences on stage, television and film. Jeffrey Brown has this remembrance for our arts and culture… Continue watching