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Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a heat wave calls for extra precautions for performers in the Washington area.

Lucian Freud, Innovative Painter of the Intimate, Dead at 88

Lucian Freud, the British painter who helped redefine modern portraiture and figurative painting, died Wednesday night at the age of 88 at his home in London.

It’s the End for Borders, but How Are Independent Bookstores Faring?

When Borders established itself as a major chain in the 1990s, it became, along with Barnes & Noble, and later, online retailers like Amazon, a main competitor of small, independent bookstores around the country. Today, having outlived Borders, small stores…

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, authorities recover a war criminal and a stolen painting in one blow.

Around the Nation

Here are some recent arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.

Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the Philadelphia Orchestra is trying to negotiate a cheaper rent.

New Exhibit Proves Pen Is Mighty Beautiful

Now at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., an exhibit called "Art of the Writing Instrument from Paris to Persia" looks at the pretty pens and other tools that stood as status symbols for their owners or helped turn…

Tuesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, Egypt struggles to find a new antiquities chief.

Weekly Poem: ‘Morning, and as sun is born’

By Tom LeGro

Joan Houlihan has published three books, including "The Us" (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University's low-residency M.F.A.

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a vandal at London's National Gallery did not "adore" two paintings by Poussin.