Let HBO's 'Painting With John' Gouache Over You
Watching musician/actor John Lurie paint and grumbly pontificate in an unnamed tropical locale is sometimes puzzling, often intriguing and always soothing.
Art & Design
In D.C., A Traditional South Indian Welcome Awaits Joe Biden And Kamala Harris
With 1,800 pieces submitted by the public, volunteers are putting together a kolam, a traditional South Indian art form used as a sign of welcome.
South Asian Artists' Designs Welcome New Administration To White House
Volunteers created an inauguration kolam, a traditional South Asian art form of geometric patterns, to welcome President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to the White House.
Seesaws Built On U.S. Border Wall Win Prestigious Design Prize
"We are hopeful for change and that we start building more bridges instead of walls," says Ronald Rael, one of the designers of the project.
Museums Get Virtual Help To Have Artwork Delivered During The Pandemic
There's a web of people working behind the scenes to get artwork from its owner to a museum for a show. That web has been torn during the pandemic but it's still functioning with a kind of robot.
Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever
For six decades Amos explored race and gender in prints, paintings and fabrics. She died at 83 from complications of Alzheimer's but she knew that the Georgia Museum of Art show was in the works.
A Biden Cabinet Secretary For Arts? Advocates Are Hopeful
The arts employ nearly five million people in America, but advocates say President Trump's record of support for arts and humanities has been mixed. Will that change under the Biden administration?
Actress Tanya Roberts Dies At 65, After Premature Announcements
Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements.
'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists
A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.
Visual Arts Thrived In A Tumultuous 2020
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to arts reviewer Ben Luke about how visual arts flourished during the pandemic.