Art Beat

Levine Named Next U.S. Poet Laureate

The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that Philip Levine will be the 18th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2011-2012. Levine, 83, succeeds W.S. Merwin.

Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, an artist who wanted to paint infinity has died.

Tuesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the stock of more than 150 independent record labels was destroyed Monday night after rioters in London set fire to a warehouse.

Weekly Poem: ‘Elegy VII (Last Moment)’

Jason Schneiderman is the author of "Striking Surface," winner of the Richard Snyder prize from Ashland Poetry Press, and "Sublimation Point" (Four Way Books). He directs the Writing Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, Congress and Kennedy Center officials are being blamed for extensive budget and staff cuts to VSA, the nation's leading arts education organization for the disabled.

Pulitzer-winning ‘Clybourne Park’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth With Story of Race

By Tom LeGro

Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Shalwitz, artistic director and co-founder of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, about Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Clybourne Park."…

Corcoran Gallery of Art Recalls Influence of the Washington Color School

An exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Washington Color and Light," examines the methodology and breadth of the Washington Color School.

Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a nine-ton statue of a pharaoh is en route to New York's Met via ship from Germany.

Q&A: Norwegian Poet Cathrine Grondahl

Art Beat talk to Norwegian poet Cathrine Grondahl, the author of four books of poetry, about the July 22 attacks.

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, comedian Jerry Lewis is no longer serving as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and won't be appearing on this year's Labor Day telethon.