Education Schools Weigh the Value of Art Collections September 29, 2007 • Financial pressures are forcing colleges and universities to consider selling highly valued art works to a solicitous buyer behind the building of a new museum in Arkansas. Schools Weigh the Value of Art Collections Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14829457/14829498" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Joni Mitchell: A Resurgence of Music and Art September 28, 2007 • After a long hiatus, the restless singer-song writer collaborates on a ballet, launches an art exhibit and releases a new album. Joni Mitchell: A Resurgence of Music and Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14766057/14810431" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Modern Prehistoric Spectacle: Dinosaurs on Stage September 27, 2007 • Massive, scientifically accurate "dinosaurs" have begun stomping around U.S. sports arenas, thanks to the wizardry of 21st century puppetry techniques and robotics. The $20 million theatrical spectacle Walking With Dinosaurs, based on a BBC television series, travels to New York from Washington this weekend. Modern Prehistoric Spectacle: Dinosaurs on Stage Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14778869/14778818" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Museum, Artist Go to Court Over Massive Installation September 24, 2007 • The major exhibition now at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art has been covered with yellow tarp and closed to the public for nearly two months, due to a dispute between the museum and Swiss artist Christoph Buchel. The artist is known for creating life-sized installations that visitors walk and climb through. Museum, Artist Go to Court Over Massive Installation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14663838/14663807" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Culture Critic Attacks Hospitals' 'Comfortable' Art September 24, 2007 • Hanging art on hospital walls improves the sterile atmosphere. At least that's what people say. But Grayson Perry, the Times of London art critic, recently wrote an essay criticizing the practice. Perry says that art should challenge, not comfort — even in hospitals. Critic Attacks Hospitals' 'Comfortable' Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14654153/14654121" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Day to Day' in Kansas City Kansas City Artist was Master of the Heartland September 21, 2007 • Thomas Hart Benton brushed aside the prevailing modernism of his time to create naturalistic scenes of America's heartland. From his Kansas City studio, he painted giant murals that gave prominence to the working-class people and small farmers of Middle America. Kansas City Artist was Master of the Heartland Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14589825/14589807" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Artist Works Quickly to Put HUD Chiefs on Canvas September 18, 2007 • Artist Daniel Mark Duffy is hard at work on five portraits of Department of Housing and Urban Development secretaries. He has eight weeks to complete all five. It usually takes him two months to complete an individual portrait. Artist Works Quickly to Put HUD Chiefs on Canvas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14509721/14509705" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Yale Returns Peruvian Antiquities September 18, 2007 • Yale University agrees to return to Peru hundreds of artifacts from the Incan site of Machu Picchu. The objects have been at the center of a debate that has lasted almost a century, and culminated last year when the government of Peru threatened to sue Yale to get the artifacts back. Yale Returns Peruvian Antiquities Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14495762/14495648" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Artist Creates Beauty One Metal Petal at a Time September 16, 2007 • New Orleans native Joey Bonhage creates exquisite flora and fauna out of sheet metal — but he rarely leaves his small house to see the real thing. The 66-year-old artist suffers from chronic emphysema, but he still welcomes a steady stream of visitors to his dusty studio. Artist Creates Beauty One Metal Petal at a Time Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14404190/14459038" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Century-Old Photos Find Rightful Owner September 15, 2007 • For 14 years, Gailen Runge had been haunted by a huge cache of century-old family photos she found in the house she bought in Oakland, Calif. But she couldn't find the rightful owner. This month — with help from a local newspaper — the family photos finally found a home. Century-Old Photos Find Rightful Owner Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14432284/14447229" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Author Interviews Wisdom Watch: Author Chronicles History of Black Designers September 12, 2007 • The former Jacqueline Lee Bouvier's wedding to John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953 was among the most photographed events in history. The future First Lady's dress, seen around the world, was the work of famed African-American designer Ann Lowe. Rosemary Reed Miller, talks about her book, which chronicles the contribution of black designers to American fashion. Wisdom Watch: Author Chronicles History of Black Designers Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14343918/14343904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Preserving Edward Hopper's View in Cape Cod September 9, 2007 • Commentator Alice Furlaud remarks on a land dispute on Cape Cod between a developer and neighbors who want to preserve a landscape made famous by artist Edward Hopper. Preserving Edward Hopper's View in Cape Cod Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14277702/14277682" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Disputed Pollock Works to Make Debut September 2, 2007 • In 2005, 32 previously unknown paintings believed to be the work of Jackson Pollock were found in a storage locker. The foundation that represents Pollock's estate has cast doubt on their authenticity, but the paintings are going on public display in Boston. Disputed Pollock Works to Make Debut Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14130095/14130070" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Katrina & Beyond After Katrina: Voices from the Gulf Coast August 28, 2007 • For the past two years, photographer Chris Usher has been documenting the lives of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. He shares some of those photographs — and the stories behind them — in an audio slideshow for NPR.org.
Research News California Scientists Search for Perfect Pitch August 28, 2007 • A good ear is ideal, but perfect pitch? A California study has found that some people can effortlessly identify a musical note simply by hearing it, in the same way that many of us detect primary colors. California Scientists Search for Perfect Pitch Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/14005779/14007642" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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