Hopper's Pensive Lady In Pink Travels The World
It's one of the ultimate images of summer: a woman in a short, pink slip sits on a bed, her knees pulled up to her chest, gazing out a window. Her hair is tucked back into a bun. Her bare arms rest...
View ArticlePrint-Inspired Art: All The News That's Fit To Paint
The print newspaper industry may be struggling, but newsprint is alive and well on the walls of a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The show is called "Shock of the...
View ArticleA 'Splendid Table' Set With Mama Stamberg's Relish
Lynne Rossetto Kasper's The Splendid Table is a show for people who love to eat. Every week, on many public radio stations, Lynne and guests give recipes, history lessons and background on various...
View ArticleLeslie Caron: Dancing From WWII Paris To Hollywood
In the 1950s, the moviegoing world fell in love with a young French ballerina and actress named Leslie Caron. She brightened the silver screen in musical films like 1958's Gigi, where she played a...
View ArticleHopper's Lonely Figures Find Some Friends In Paris
Earlier this summer I looked for Edward Hopper's Morning Sun at its home in the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. In the painting, a woman sits on a bed with her knees up, gazing out a window. She's...
View ArticleRavi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western Legends, Dies
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View ArticleWWII 'Canteen Girl' Kept Troops Company From Afar
American service members have long spent holidays in dangerous places, far from family. These days, home is a video chat or Skype call away. But during World War II, packages, letters and radio...
View ArticleFrom Aleppo, An Artifact Of A Calmer Age
Over the past six months, the headlines from Aleppo, Syria, have been horrifying. As the conflict between rebel forces and the government continues, the city has been overrun by tanks and artillery,...
View ArticleHollywood's 'Hooray': Hardly A Happy Hymn
When the Oscars are handed out later this month, the ceremony will most likely be punctuated by music that has pretty much come to stand for movies and Movieland. Ironically, the composer grew up in...
View ArticleFor Film Set Decorators, Tiny Details Count
Picture Rick's smoky cafe in Casablanca, Lincoln's office at the White House of the 1860s, or the Mos Eisley cantina on the desert planet of Tatooine: A production designer came up with the overall...
View ArticleFor Publicist Marvin Levy, It's All About Eyeballs
Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln has earned 12 Academy Award nominations, including best picture and best director. Another Spielberg film — the multi-Oscar winning Schindler's List— will be celebrating...
View ArticleFor John Baldessari, Conceptual Art Means Serious Mischief
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View ArticlePainting 'Renoir' In Finely Detailed Strokes
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View ArticleIn NPR's New Building, Everything Will Be Better ... Again
Starting Saturday, Weekend Edition is broadcasting under the fourth roof that's sheltered National Public Radio. NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg has worked in all of the locations since NPR...
View ArticleFriedkin, Who Pushed Film Forward, Looks Back
As a kid in Chicago, director William Friedkin liked to frighten little girls with scary stories. When he grew up, he scared the rest of us with a little girl — Regan MacNeil, who is possessed by the...
View ArticleHow One Family Built America's Public Palaces
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View ArticleIn 'Shocked,' Patricia Volk Honors Two Formative Femmes
If you walked into New York's Morgen's Restaurant in the 1950s, you'd be greeted at the door by a perfectly dressed and powdered blonde who'd smilingly show you to your table and hand over a menu. That...
View ArticleA Paris Vacation For Nashville Millionaires' French Art
To say that Nashvillean Spencer Hays is crazy for French art is an understatement. "French art just quickens our step, fires our spirit and touches our heart," he says.Hays' passion began when he was...
View ArticleAt 90, Ellsworth Kelly Brings Joy With Colorful Canvases
American artist Ellsworth Kelly turned 90 in May, and there's been much celebration. On Wednesday, President Obama presented Kelly with the National Medal of Arts. Meanwhile, museums around the country...
View ArticleStories Of Race In America Captured On Quilt And Canvas
Artist Faith Ringgold is best known for what she calls her story quilts — large canvases made in the 1980s, on which she painted scenes of African-American life: sunbathing on a tar roof, a mother and...
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