Art Beat

Weekly Poem: 'Hammer Is the Prayer'

Christian Wiman is the editor of Poetry magazine and the author of three collections of poems: "Every Riven Thing" (2010), "Hard Night" (2005) and "The Long Home" (1998).

Monday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a French man has revealed a collection of almost 300 undocumented art works by Pablo Picasso.

Around the Nation

A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories.

Wednesday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, music helps seniors practice balance and the Royal Shakespeare Company opens its new theater.

Conversation: Poet Nikki Giovanni

By Tom LeGro

Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently, "Bicycles: Love Poems." She is a professor at Virginia Tech, where she teaches writing and literature. "The 100 Best African American Poems" was edited by Giovanni and…

Tuesday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, Yale University agrees to return a collection of Incan artifacts to Peru.

Weekly Poem: 'Fish Head for Katrina'

By Tom LeGro

Terrance Hayes, a poet and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2010 National Book Award. Here, he reads a poem from his award-winning volume, "Lighthead."…

Monday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, two major museums face financial woes.

Conversation: Filmmaker Lucy Walker Documents an Artist's 'Waste Land'

By Molly Finnegan

In 2007, New York-based artist Vik Muniz returned to his native country of Brazil to set up shop at the world's largest garbage dump in Rio de Janiero. His story is told in the new documentary "Waste Land" by director…

Friday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, some Italian sculptures get re-attachable body parts.