Sep 30 Thursday’s Art Notes By Molly Finnegan In today's arts and culture headlines, actor Tony Curtis has passed away at age 85. Continue reading
Sep 29 Update | Round Two in the Lehman Art Auction By Paul Solman The Lehman art auction, part II, took place today at Christie's in London. Several works we covered in our popular slide show sampler of the auction -- Lucian (grandson of Sigmund) Freud's portrait etching and Gary Hume's "Madonna" --… Continue reading
Sep 29 Conversation: Director Nicolas Kent Brings Real Drama of Afghanistan Onstage By Molly Finnegan Starting with the 1842 Anglo-Afghan War and running through to the present day conflict in Afghanistan, a new theater production called "The Great Game: Afghanistan" attempts to educate audiences about the history of modern foreign intervention in that region with… Continue reading
Sep 29 Wednesday’s Art Notes By Molly Finnegan In today's arts and culture headlines, film director Arthur Penn has died. Continue reading
Sep 28 Conversation: Yiyun Li, Fiction Writer and Winner of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship By Molly Finnegan Born in Beijing, MacArthur Fellow Yiyun Li came to the United States in 1996 to complete a doctoral program in immunology, but decided then to change her career path and instead do something that was more important to her: writing. Continue reading
Sep 28 MacArthur Foundation Announces 2010 Class of Genius Grant Winners A jazz pianist, an installation artist and a third-generation stone carver are among the recipients of the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship grants, announced early Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Sep 27 Weekly Poem: ‘Global Warming’ Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, Fall 2010). He is editor for Wave Books and teaches in the low residency MFA program at UC… Continue reading
Sep 27 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Lehman Brothers auctions their collection of modern and contemporary art. Continue reading
Sep 24 Art Collection Could Prove Shrewd Investment for Lehman Brothers By Paul Solman Two years to the month after the titan of Wall Street declared bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers' extensive and diverse art collection is headed to the titans of the auction block: Sotheby's of New York and Christie's of London. The art was… Continue reading
Sep 24 Conversation: Novelist Per Petterson, Author of ‘I Curse the River of Time’ By Molly Finnegan The bestselling Norwegian author Per Petterson became known to American readers over the last couple of years after his 2003 novel "Out Stealing Horses" was translated into English. He now has a new novel, "I Curse the River of Time". Continue reading