Sep 29 Art of Contemporary Pakistan Comes to U.S. A new show at the Asia Society entitled Hanging Fire -- which refers to an idiom meaning "to delay decision" -- is the first U.S. museum exhibit to focus on contemporary art in Pakistan, and an attempt to alter the… Continue reading
Sep 11 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… Continue reading
Aug 12 Recycling a Museum's 'Trash' Back Into Art When the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art recently deaccessioned a trove of costumes from its collection, a textile artist stumbled upon an auction catalog. His new project was born when he scooped up more than 50 deaccessioned costumes. Continue reading
Jul 31 Conversation: Hitchens, Cuno Debate the Fate of the Parthenon Marbles It's one of the great landmarks of history: the Parthenon in Athens, constructed in the 5th century BC. It stands as the symbol of the cultural and political heights reached by the classical world. Continue reading
Jun 16 Artomatic: For the People, By the People By Arts Desk It's easy to walk into any of the myriad free art museums here in Washington and find days' worth of great stuff to see. But what about the chances of you getting your artwork up in one of those museums?… Continue reading
Jun 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing By Arts Desk Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing… Continue reading
Jun 11 Extended Interviews: Art Institute of Chicago The new modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago was intended to expand one of the nation's leading museums and provide space for its collection of modern and contemporary art. Continue reading
Jun 10 Suspected White Supremacist Opens Fire in Holocaust Museum, Kills Guard By PBS News Hour An 88-year-old known for expressing violently anti-Semitic views opened fire inside the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Other News: Guard Killed at U.S. Holocaust Museum In other news, an attacker shot and killed a security guard inside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and at least 28 people were killed in a car bombing in Iraq. Continue watching