Arts May 30 ‘Wallace the Brave’ cartoonist provides a glimpse into the coastal town that inspires him By David Wright, Barbara Dury
Arts Jan 21 Watch 7:43 How one artist’s viral virtual art class is helping kids around the world Individual ingenuity has become a hallmark of the pandemic with artists producing an array of creative in-person and virtual innovations. Special correspondent Cat Wise has the story of how one San Francisco artist stepped in to help out during the… By Cat Wise
Arts Jan 07 Watch 3:08 How drawing opens up doors for this documentarian Illustrative journalist Wendy MacNaughton offers her Brief but Spectacular take on telling undertold stories through drawing. By PBS News Hour
Arts Mar 05 An artist’s field guide to nature’s overlooked wonders The ecosystem of a rotting log can be just as detailed and alive as that of a volcano, at least according to the delicate hand-drawn illustrations of the natural world by Julia Rothman in her new book “Nature Anatomy: The… By Joshua Barajas
Arts Jul 05 American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83 Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose paintings featured scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials and who invigorated American post-War art alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, has died. He was 83. By Tom LeGro
Oct 20 Conversation: William Kentridge By Tom LeGro Premiering nationwide Thursday on PBS is art:21's latest film, "William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible." Kentridge, a South African artist, is well known for his wide dynamic range of works: charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, sculptures and performance pieces. Continue reading
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 22 Tim Burton Gets a MoMA ‘Retrospooktive’ Late last month, a major retrospective of works by filmmaker and artist Tim Burton opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Art Beat talked to Ron Magliozzi, MoMA's Assistant Curator of Film, about seeing the world through… Continue reading
Aug 14 Courtroom Artist Is Witness to It All By Arts Desk On Thursday's NewsHour, we profiled courtroom sketch artist William Hennessy, whose work has offered people a glimpse where cameras are oftentimes banned. Here is a slideshow of some of his most memorable sketches from the past 27 years. Continue reading
Jul 16 At the End of the World with Robyn O’Neil It's a beautiful, hot day in early summer in the Houston suburb where the artist Robyn O'Neil lives and works; only a couple of flinty clouds are in the sky over Texas. Continue reading