May 21 The Daily Frame By Ellen Rolfes A visitor at the Museum of Modern Art in New York experiences an exhibit entitled Rain Room. The room is filled with a field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected, offering visitors the experience of… Continue reading
May 20 Weekly Poem: ‘Things the Doctor Asks’ By Tom LeGro This week's poem comes from Charles Hood. He is the author of "South x South," winner of the 2012 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. His previous books include "Bombing Ploesti" and "Rio de Dios" (Red Hen Press). Continue reading
May 20 The Daily Frame By Ellen Rolfes A contortionist performs as a lizard at the Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, England. Continue reading
May 17 Conversation: The Jazzed Up ‘Gatsby’ By Tom LeGro It is--again--a Gatsby/Fitzgerald moment. "The Great Gatsby" is on the big screen now in by Baz Luhrmann's new film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. There are also several new books about the lives of F. Scott and Zelda… Continue reading
May 17 The Daily Frame By Ellen Rolfes A visitor passes the sculpture "1st Body" prior to the opening of the "Kapoor in Berlin," an exhibition by Anish Kapoor, at the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin. Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. Continue reading
May 16 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
May 16 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Students of the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design paint Chinese artist Liu Bolin, also known as "The Invisible Man," in front of a wall of magazines in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Continue reading
May 15 Photographer Jon Lowenstein Explores ‘Chicago’s Bloody Year’ By Tom LeGro For the past 10 years photographer Jon Lowenstein has turned his lens to the slow-moving forces shaping daily life for the people of Chicago's South Side, chronicling the demolition of some of the nation's largest housing projects, the closure of… Continue reading
May 15 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A women touches "Catafalque" by British artist Sean Henry on the grounds of the Glyndebourne Opera House in Lewes, England. The piece in part of a collection of newly installed sculptures by the artist ahead of Glyndebourne's summer festival. Continue reading
May 14 Internet Cat Video Festival By Tom LeGro At the Internet Cat Video Festival in Oakland, Calif., around 6,000 people gathered on a late spring afternoon to celebrate all things feline and to watch nearly 70 minutes of hilarious cat web videos projected on a 10-story building after… Continue reading