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Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, an previously unknown painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is discovered in Spain.

For Two Filmmakers, ‘California Is a Place’ You Haven’t Really Seen Before

In the summer of 2009, with signs of the Great Recession scattered across much of California, filmmaker Drea Cooper and photographer Zackary Canepari decided it was time to work together full time to document what they were witnessing around them.

Thursday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the Art Institute of Chicago sues the engineering company who helped build its Modern wing.

Around the Nation

Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation.

Wednesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the KennedyCenter gets a big donation from its chairman.

Conversation: Kendall Messick’s Close-Up of ‘The Projectionist’

By Molly Finnegan

Delaware movie projectionist Gordon Brinckle had an extraordinary secret: Over the course of nearly 50 years, he created a miniature movie palace in his basement that he called the Shalimar. Photographer Kendall Messick has published a new book of photographs…

Tuesday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, missing Iraqi antiquities turn up at the prime minister's office.

Weekly Poem: ‘Pastorelle 15’

By Tom LeGro

John Taggart is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. Taggart's new book of poems, "Is Music," will be published in…

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, YouTube and the Guggenheim release a shortlist of the best creative video.