Mar 02 From Lebanon, Songs of Love and Strife By Arts Desk In another in our series about the Kennedy Center's Arabesque art festival, Jeffrey Brown profiles Lebanese folk singer Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife, politics and injustice. Continue reading
Feb 27 Tonight on the NewsHour: Marcel Khalife By Arts Desk Friday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife. Continue reading
Feb 27 Conversation: Museum of Islamic Art By Arts Desk Sitting on its own small island in Doha, Qatar, on the Persian Gulf, the brand new Museum of Islamic Art contains one of the greatest collections of the religion's art and artifacts, including works from throughout the Arab world, Europe… Continue reading
Feb 27 Three Women, Three Portraits of Cairo By Arts Desk Azza Fahmy is a jewelry maker taking from the past to create beautiful new objects. Karima Mansour is a dancer struggling to find acceptance in her own country. Lara Baladi is an artist who sheds a dark light on life… Continue reading
Feb 25 Al-Bassam Theatre Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ By Arts Desk Here's the second in our broadcast series on Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, which began Monday at the Kennedy Center. Tuesday evening, Jeffrey Brown profiled Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam. Continue reading
Feb 24 The al-Bassam Theatre’s ‘Murder of Clarence’ By Arts Desk Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, who adapts Shakespeare to explore contemporary culture and politics in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Feb 24 Arabesque Opens at the Kennedy Center By Arts Desk Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World opened at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Monday. Here's the first in a series of broadcast reports, which aired Monday evening on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Continue reading
Feb 23 Arabesque and Us By Arts Desk Regular visitors to Art Beat will remember that I was in the Middle East a few weeks back talking to artists (and, as it turned out, reporting on the Gaza conflict's fallout) for a series of profiles tied to Arabesque:… Continue reading
Feb 20 Jeffrey Brown Previews the Academy Awards With the AFI’s Todd Hitchcock By Arts Desk Jeffrey Brown previews the Academy Awards with the AFI's Todd Hitchcock. Continue reading
Feb 09 Jeffrey Brown Recaps the Grammy Awards With the New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones By Arts Desk The 51st Grammy Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, and there were some clear winners: New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne took home best rap album and rap song, British rockers Coldplay won best rock album and song of… Continue reading