Art Conservators at Work: A Living Exhibit June 30, 2006 • The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens Saturday after a 6-year renovation. One new feature is an conservation lab with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Conservators accustomed to careful, detailed and solitary work on fragile art will now have an audience. Art Conservators at Work: A Living Exhibit Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525121/5525289" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Performing Arts 'Love' Brings Beatles and Cirque Du Soleil Together June 30, 2006 • The French-Canadian theatrical company Cirque du Soleil is known for its visually spectacular shows. The company's latest show -- Love -- kicks off Friday night in Las Vegas. It's a fantasy set to 90 minutes of Beatles music. 'Love' Brings Beatles and Cirque Du Soleil Together Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524232/5524679" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books Chronicling Cancer, In Graphic Form June 29, 2006 • Cartoonists Brian Fies and Miriam Engelberg use comics to write about cancer. Both say they've found one cartoon drawing can distill meaning, humor and sadness more effectively than a 50-page essay. Chronicling Cancer, In Graphic Form Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5521170/5521817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Artist Viktor Schreckengost Turns 100 June 26, 2006 • Cleveland artist Viktor Schreckengost turns 100 today. He is being honored by 100 museums across the country for his work in industrial design, pottery, dinnerware, toys, sculpture and watercolors. Artist Viktor Schreckengost Turns 100 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5510941/5510942" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture National Portrait Gallery Ready for Its Closeup June 25, 2006 • Washington, D.C. is shaking the dust from one of its signature collections. The National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum will reopen to the public after a lengthy renovation. Mark Pachter, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers a sneak peek. National Portrait Gallery Ready for Its Closeup Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5509338/5509398" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National 'Still Hungry in America': A Return to Mississippi June 22, 2006 • As a child, Michele Norris was fascinated by a 1969 book called Still Hungry in America and its photographs of starving children in the American South. Hear part 1 of the story 14:28 Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5495641/442914600" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Performing Arts Play Asks, What if Nazis Had Murdered Picasso? June 22, 2006 • Playwright, poet and novelist Ariel Dorfman discusses his new play Picasso's Closet, which poses the question: What if Pablo Picasso had not died in 1973, but had been murdered by Nazis during the occupation of Paris? Play Asks, What if Nazis Had Murdered Picasso? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5504008/5504009" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Solstice Observance in the Utah Desert June 21, 2006 • To celebrate the longest day of the year, Scott Carrier and some friends visited an obscure art installation in the middle of the Utah desert where concrete tunnels are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments. A Solstice Observance in the Utah Desert Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5500934/5500947" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Al Clayton: Chronicler of America's Poor and Hungry June 19, 2006 • In the summer of 1967, photographer Al Clayton traveled through the Mississippi Delta, eastern Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama, and documented the lives of America's poor and hungry. His work was collected in the book Still Hungry in America.
'Greetings from New Orleans': Postcards as Art June 19, 2006 • Justin Lundgren scattered 99 postcards bearing his own photos across New Orleans -- pre-stamped, pre-addressed and often with cryptic notes. The result is a unique art project, and also a time capsule of a city lost to floodwaters. 'Greetings from New Orleans': Postcards as Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5492048/5492063" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Schreck-Who? New Focus on a U.S. Designer June 13, 2006 • The name of designer Viktor Schreckengost may seem an obscure one, but that may change this summer. More than 100 museums around the world will mount exhibitions of Schreckengost's work to celebrate his 100th birthday. The American designer's career arc includes Art Deco, bicycles, and cars. Schreck-Who? New Focus on a U.S. Designer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5482952/5482953" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Photographer Arnold Newman Dies at 88 June 7, 2006 • Photographer Arnold Newman died Tuesday at the age of 88. Newman's work appeared frequently in Life magazine, and included portraits of artists like Pablo Picasso. Photographer Arnold Newman Dies at 88 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5456290/5456291" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Book Reveals Actors 'In Character' June 3, 2006 • Actors posing for photographer Howard Schatz's book In Character: Actors Acting weren't allowed to just sit pretty. Schatz gave them dramatic scenarios, and then captured the expressive results. Schatz and actress Martha Plimpton, who is among those featured, talk about the book. Book Reveals Actors 'In Character' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5448828/5448948" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Portrait of French Countess Heads for Minneapolis June 2, 2006 • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has acquired a rococo portrait of Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli, completed in 1763 by Swedish-born painter Alexander Roslin. Curator Patrick Noon talks about the significance of the purchase. Portrait of French Countess Heads for Minneapolis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5447914/5448228" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Rwanda/After, Darfur/Now': Photos for Change May 30, 2006 • Given the scale of the crisis in Darfur, it's hard to believe that one individual can make a difference -- but photographer Michal Ronnen Safdie is a believer in the power of images to spark change for the better. 'Rwanda/After, Darfur/Now': Photos for Change Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5438409/5438426" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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