Art Beat

Rocker, Poet Jim Carroll Dies at Age 60

Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," passed away Friday at the age of 60.

Celebrating a Duchamp Masterwork

During the last two decades of his life, Marcel Duchamp appeared to have given up art for chess, publically claiming he had gone underground. But hidden in his New York apartment was the final, enigmatic piece he had been working…

Conversation: Oxford American Takes On Southern Literature

By Arts Desk

The Oxford American bills itself as "the Southern Magazine of Good Writing." This month the emphasis is on the good and the truly great, as the magazine offers its first ever "Southern Literature" issue.

Wednesday on the NewsHour: Beatlemania

By Arts Desk

Wednesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talks to Tim Riley, a contributing music critic for NPR, about the release of the Beatles Remastered. Earlier Wednesday, Michelle Steele of Bloomberg News gave the business angle on the Beatles' releases.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Go ‘Over the River’ and Through the ‘Lion’s Den’

According to the proposal for a major upcoming art project in Southern Colorado, the artists (and spouses) known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude will suspend a snaking ribbon of porous polypropylene, totaling nearly six miles, above the Arkansas River.

The Beatles Remastered

On Wednesday, EMI Music and the Beatles will release the band's entire catalog -- every album and single -- digitally remastered in mono and stereo versions, with superior digital quality to the current CD recordings out since 1987.

Weekly Poem: ‘First Thing’

Paul Hunter is a poet, musician and teacher. He produces letterpress books and broadsides under the imprint of Wood Works Press, his poems have appeared many journals, and he's the author of several chapbooks and four books of poetry.

Conversation: Matthew Crawford, Author of ‘Shop Class as Soulcraft’

By Arts Desk

Friday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown spoke with philosopher and motorcycle-repair shop owner Matthew Crawford about his book, "Shop Class as Soulcraft."…

Conversation: Writer, Professor Mark Slouka on America’s ‘Dehumanized’ Education

By Arts Desk

As students head back to high schools and colleges across the country, an essay in the September issue of Harper's Magazine declares that, "Education in America today is almost exclusively about the GDP."…