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Employees of Christies Auction House in London unwrap Paul McCarthy's "Bear Sculpture" during a press preview Friday. The work is part of the Post War and Contemporary Art Auction next Thursday and Friday.

Conversation: Kevin Powers, Author of ‘The Yellow Birds’

By Tom LeGro

Jeffrey Brown talks to Kevin Powers, author of the novel "The Yellow Birds" and who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.

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Keely Beal of Littleton, N.C., takes photographs Wednesday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., next to David Smith's "Circle" sculptures.

Around the Nation

Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

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A woman experiences the "Rain Room," an art installation by Random International at the Barbican Centre in London. The["Rain Room" is a 100-square-meter field of falling water with sensors detecting where visitors are standing. The installation opens Thursday and runs…

The Tuesday Cutline…a Winner!

Last week, we kicked off the Tuesday Cutline, a contest in which you come up with a caption to a photo and win a prize, and you responded with some very creative submissions.

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Atlanta-based artist Alex Brewer, also known as "Hense," paints over the exterior of a 10,000-square-foot empty building in Washington, D.C. The work is a collaboration with the art gallery Art Whino and will be completed next weekend for a showing…

Writers, Photographers, Filmmakers Among 2012 MacArthur ‘Genius Award’ Winners

Nearly half of this year's MacArthur Fellows come from arts-related fields. Among them are Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz and mandolinist Chris Thile, both of whom we've spoken to here on Art Beat this year.

Weekly Poem: ‘The Worst Thing’

Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book…

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A man nicknamed "Oldies" displays his tattoos by artist Josh Lin during the 8th International London Tattoo Convention on Friday. World famous tattoo artists and enthusiasts gathered for the annual event.