Dec 30 Remembering the Sharp Insights of Caricaturist David Levine By Arts Desk David Levine, a master of the caricature, died yesterday at the age of 83 in New York as a result of prostate cancer and other illness. Levine had the ability to expose and gently exaggerate the distinguishing features of politicians,… Continue reading
Dec 29 Conversation: Patti Smith By Arts Desk When fashion photographer Steven Sebring began shooting footage of the daily life of poet and performer Patti Smith -- what Smith describes as high-aesthetic home movies -- neither fully anticipated the project becoming a feature length film. Continue reading
Dec 28 Tonight on PBS, ‘Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women’ For all the quaint New England charm exuded by her classic and beloved novel, "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott was a more complicated literary figure than most give her credit for. Continue reading
Dec 28 Weekly Poem: ‘Longing’ By Arts Desk Dennis Brutus was a South African poet and activist up until his death on Saturday at the age of 85 at his home in Cape Town. Continue reading
Dec 23 Conversation: Painter James Rosenquist By Arts Desk From signs and billboard advertisements that loomed high above Times Square to canvases filled with images from popular culture that helped shape the world of art from the early 1960s, James Rosenquist has been painting on a large scale for… Continue reading