Dec 06 Watch 7:30 How van Gogh became van Gogh: Rare show presents artist alongside those who inspired him By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport An exhibit at South Carolina's Columbia Museum of Art shows Vincent van Gogh in a new light. “Van Gogh and His Inspirations” presents the younger, wayward artist who learned from looking hard at the world -- and the work of… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 8:09 Blockbuster da Vinci exhibition showcases the master’s ‘endless curiosity’ By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson The blockbuster exhibit of the year celebrates Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years after his death. People are flocking to the Louvre Museum in Paris to see the work of the master, who was born in Italy, died in France and… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:06 Angel Otero’s brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice Artist Angel Otero’s brand of visual storytelling is a unique one: he creates oil skins from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in sheets once it dries. But as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero had a… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 8:40 How blockchain technology could revolutionize the art market By Miles O'Brien The technology underpinning blockchain is a powerful decentralizing network architecture that could revolutionize many industries. Now, some artists are leveraging blockchain to help guarantee the authenticity of their work -- and ensure that they get paid. Miles O’Brien reports on… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch 2:58 Walton Ford’s brief but spectacular take on ‘the imagined animal’ Walton Ford is a painter whose work examines the relationship between humans and animals in the wild. These creatures, he believes, “would rather be left alone.” As a child, Walton was always inspired by the natural world and would bring… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:12 Another look at N.C. Wyeth, American art patriarch By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport N.C. Wyeth, who led a multi-generational family of American art royalty and inspired “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin, gets a new look in an exhibition of his illustrations and paintings. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 8:28 For the first time ever, ‘All the Rembrandts’ are on display in Amsterdam By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe, Lorna Baldwin An extraordinary new exhibition in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum marks the first time the museum’s entire collection of Rembrandts is available to the public. Titled “All the Rembrandts,” the show commemorates the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master’s death and sheds new… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 6:10 The Met’s ‘Delacroix’ exhibit shows the artist in full “Delacroix,” a retrospective of the 19th century French painter Eugène Delacroix, is a blockbuster show running this month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An ambitious Romantic, Delacroix is known for such paintings as “Women of Algiers” and is considered… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 6:21 One painter on why understanding art is as simple as looking By PBS News Hour What do we see when we look at art? Many of us aren't sure what we're supposed to absorb. For artist David Salle, reading a painting should be natural, not intimidating. He believes that museum-goers should enjoy the act of… Continue watching
Feb 12 Exiled Syrian artist Tammam Azzam paints haunting images of his destroyed homeland By Corinne Segal After completing "Storeys," a large-scale abstract painting project based on photographs from Syrian cities, Tammam Azzam has seen enough: buildings gutted by bombs, empty streets, a sense of stillness. Continue reading