Apr 17 Catching Up With Kelly Oxford, From Tweets to Best-selling Memoir By Tom LeGro A lot has happened to Kelly Oxford since we first spoke with her on Art Beat three years ago. She moved her family to Los Angeles, began writing pilots for major TV networks, penned a screenplay slated to be a… Continue reading
Apr 17 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A man looks at "MaskII" by Ron Mueck at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. The Australian artist's work is on view through Sept. 29. Continue reading
Apr 16 The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest By Tom LeGro Poor Elmo. It looks he might be lost. Or panhandling. Times are tough, after all, with budget cuts. What do you think our favorite red monster is up to? Write a caption to the photo above, and we'll send the… Continue reading
Apr 15 Artists Wield Chalk as Weapon Against Gun Violence By Tom LeGro About 100 artists and activists organized by the group Art=Ammo participated in a flash-mob style performance against gun violence at the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading
Apr 15 ‘The Orphan Master’s Son,’ ‘Stag’s Leap’ Among 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners By Tom LeGro The 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday at a ceremony at Columbia University. Adam Johnson, author of the novel "The Orphan Master's Son," and poet Sharon Olds, author of "Stag's Leap," were among the winners. Continue reading
Apr 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Single Room’ By Tom LeGro Averill Curdy is the author of the collection "Song & Error" (2013, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and co-edited, with Lynne McMahon, The Longman Anthology of Poetry (2006). She has received fellowships from the NEA and the Rona Jaffe Foundation, among… Continue reading
Apr 15 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands sets off fireworks and smoke bombs Saturday to celebrate the reopening of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam after a major 10-year renovation. Continue reading
Apr 12 How Is the Sequester Affecting the Arts? By Tom LeGro With the government sequestration now a fact of life, we've been looking on the program at how cuts are affecting or might affect various sectors. Jeffrey Brown looks at the arts and arts organizations with a leading advocate, Robert Lynch,… Continue reading
Apr 12 Remembering Jonathan Winters, 1925-2013 By Tom LeGro Tributes are pouring in for comedian Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87. Watch Jim Lehrer's interview with Winters after he received the 1999 Mark Twain Prize from the Kennedy Center. This interview originally aired Oct. 21, 1999. Continue reading
Apr 12 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro The Empire Polo Field prepares for this month's 2013 [Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif. Continue reading