Sep 09 Biographer on newly discovered Van Gogh painting By News Desk "He is coming to terms with his insanity. This is before he cut his ear off, but he is coming to terms with his severe medical problems..."… Continue reading
Sep 08 Art for Art’s Sake: A Conversation with Michael Chabon By Elisabeth Ponsot // Celebrated author Michael Chabon speaks with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about the artists colony community in Peterborough, N.H. The first time author Michael Chabon came to the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H., it was 1996 and he was the… Continue reading
Aug 30 Nobel Laureate, World Famous Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 By Margaret Myers Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who garnered critical acclaim while harvesting… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Harper, Musselwhite Show Off ‘Different Shades of Blues’ in New Collaboration Harper, Musselwhite Show Off 'Different Shades of Blues' in New Collaboration… Continue watching
Aug 16 Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite Create ‘All-Purpose Blues’ By Elisabeth Ponsot // Blues musicians Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite performed the acoustic guitar-harmonica duet, "You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend)" for Art Beat at the Gibson showroom in Washington, D.C. The song is off the duo's recent album, "… Continue reading
Aug 13 The Russian Entrepreneur Who Hired Picasso, Stravinsky and Balanchine to Revolutionize the Ballet By Molly Finnegan, Ellen Rolfes Under the direction and mentorship of Serge Diaghilev, the visual artists, composers and choreographers that worked with the Ballets Russes transformed ballet into an avant-garde art form, breaking with tradition and looking for something new, something that reflected the modernity… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Mandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach Outside the Box Mandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach Outside the Box… Continue watching
Aug 05 Monday on the NewsHour: Chris Thile Makes Plucky Move From Bluegrass to Bach By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks // Musician Chris Thile performed for the PBS NewsHour at the Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan. Here he plays the final movement of Bach Sonata #1 in G-minor. Chris Thile is a musician… Continue reading
Jul 29 On the Road, Photographers Revisit the American Landscape By Tom LeGro “Autolandscape, Utah,” photo by Elaine Mayes, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. View a slide show with more photographs from the exhibit, “Landscapes in Passing.” Elaine Mayes drove from San Francisco to Massachusetts in 1971 to document the… Continue reading
Jul 29 Passing Impressions of the American Road By Ellen Rolfes While the 19th century vision of America was as untrammeled wilderness -- overwhelming, majestic and sublime -- a new exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows a grittier 20th century America, altered by its inhabitants. "Landscapes in Passing" features… Continue reading