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Collaborative Painting in North Africa

By The World ⋅ November 21, 2011 ⋅ 12 comments ⋅ Transcript

The Bouabana Art Space Tunis (Photo: David Black)

We’re focusing on art associated with a particular North African country in today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for is the northernmost in Africa and they’ve come up with a style of painting that they call “collaborative painting”…

Christo’s ‘Over The River’ Installation

By Alex Gallafent ⋅ November 10, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

New York City 2011, Christo in his studio with a preparatory drawing for Over The River // Photo: Wolfgang Volz // © 2011 Christo

The World’s Alex Gallafent takes us into the New York studio of the Bulgarian-born artist Christo. Christo has just won federal approval for his latest project – a series of billowing panels of translucent fabric along the Arkansas River in Colorado. It’s called “Over the River” and it’s scheduled to go up for two weeks in 2012.

Haiti’s Art in Peril

By The World ⋅ August 31, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

A mural of Jesus at the site of the collapsed Holy Trinity Cathedral, Haiti. (Photo: Jake Warga)

What is happening to the rich art and culture of the Caribbean nation, 18 months after a devastating earthquake?

Artist Community on the Saint Lawrence

By The World ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Montreal street art (Flickr image: Wally Gobetz)

The Geo Quiz is looking for the largest city on the Saint Lawrence River.

Artwork From Guantanamo Bay

By The World ⋅ June 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

(Photo courtesy: Emma Reverter)

Detainees at the prison have been taking art classes for about a year.

Remembering Indian Artist M.F. Husain

By The World ⋅ June 9, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Paintings by M.F. Husain

Famous Indian artist M.F. Husain died Thursday in a London hospital.

Ai Weiwei Controversy in Milwaukee

By The World ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ 9 comments ⋅ Transcript

(Photo: Mary Louise Schumacher)

As the local art museum plans to showcase Chinese art, some suggest bringing attention to the imprisonment of Ai Weiwei.

Artist’s work reflects Juarez drug violence

By The World ⋅ March 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe profiles an artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, whose life and work have been changed by the drug-related violence that dominates life there. Download MP3

Slideshow: Violence transforms art in Juarez

Artists’ angst over BP support of the Tate

By The World ⋅ June 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Tate Britain is Britain’s largest and most successful art gallery. Tonight, the Tate is hosting a party to celebrate 20 years of BP’s support for the museum’s permanent collection of British art. But in the wake of the oil disaster many are questioning Tate’s move including up to 200 artists who’ve signed a letter attacking the museum. The World’s Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3

World Books Interview: The Films of Robert Bresson

By World Books ⋅ March 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

For director Martin Scorsese and others, French film director Robert Bresson is “one of the cinema’s greatest artists.” Oxford University Press has just published the first comprehensive volume in English that celebrates and analyzes Bresson’s challenging genius.

China’s lost art

By The World ⋅ October 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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According to reports in the state press, China will send a team of experts around the world to catalog cultural relics it claims were looted from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace by European armies at the end of the 19th century. The World’s Alex Gallafent looks at an episode many Chinese regard as one of the most humiliating in their history. Download MP3

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Piano project in London

By The World ⋅ July 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

A musical art project is underway in London. It’s simple: place a few pianos out on the street and see what happens. The BBC’s David Whitty walked the streets to finds out.
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Artist Ross Bleckner in Uganda

By Clark Boyd ⋅ July 2, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

American artist Ross Bleckner is the first artist to be appointed a Goodwill ambassador by the United Nations, with the brief of highlighting the problem of human trafficking. In January he travelled to Gulu in Northern Uganda to work with a group of young people aged between the ages of 12 and 18. He helped them make pictures which tell the stories of their terrifying experiences.

What’s hot at the Venice biennale

By admin ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the New York Times Carol Vogel, who’s covering the Venice Biennale — the international contemporary art gathering that Venice hosts every two years. Listen

Van Gogh mystery (1:50)

By admin ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Either Van Gogh cut off his ear, or Paul Gauguin did it for him. Art historians can’t decide. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.