Artist
Opinion: A New Spirit Joins The Panthéon
Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Panthéon in Paris 46 years after her death. The famed entertainer will be the first Black woman to receive the honor. Scott Simon reflects on her legacy.
This Audio Portrait Of The 2020 Census Asks: Whose Voices Really Count?
Nigerian American artist Ekene Ijeoma is an MIT professor who draws on sound and data to explore representations of social justice. He's working on a "voice portrait" of the census called A Counting.
On The Oregon Coast, Turning Pollution Into Art With A Purpose
A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.
He Survived A Near-Lynching. 50 Years Later, He's Still Healing
As a young, black man living in Georgia's Jim Crow era, Winfred Rembert experienced an unforgettable trauma. "I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me," he told StoryCorps.
High Point Non-Profits, Businesses Work Together To 'Bring The Lizard To Life'
Several High Point area nonprofits are partnering with a local business to enhance the city's landscape through public art. The plan features a large mural that depicts an eye-catching reptile.
An Artist Incubating Chicken Eggs Is No Joke. But Is It Art?
Artist Abraham Poincheval is roosting over eggs in a Paris museum, hoping to hatch them like a mother hen. NPR'S Scott Simon says it's an attempt at performance art that doesn't quite make the grade.
Decades Later, Salvador Dalí's Decadent Dream Dishes Are Awakened
Food and surrealism make bizarre bedfellows in Les Diners de Gala, first published in 1973. Now, you can get a reprint of those recipes and illustrations — and a peek into his legendary banquets.
Out Of This World: How Artists Imagine Planets Yet Unseen
When astronomers spot a new planet that's too far away to be seen in detail, they work with artists to depict it. Space artists say they have a lot of freedom, but have to be careful, too.
