Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App After Rome’s fall, Europe’s Christians kept culture alive with art rooted in their deep faith. On this episode, we visit sturdy Romanesque churches filled with art that reinforced the ruling order. Meanwhile, Europe was invigorated from the fringes:
The two winners of the 60th Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement have been announced as the Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino and the Turkish artist Nil Yalter. The artists, who will be making their debuts at the Biennale, will be presented with the awards at a ceremony during its opening on 20
In 1975, the American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett played a solo concert in Cologne, Germany, improvising without a preset structure. The recording of that performance, “The Köln Concert,” became one of the best-selling solo jazz albums ever, its one-man-jam-band free exploration of sounds that you might associate with Rachmaninoff, gospel and country-folk proving as popular
You Can Now Book Estates Where the British Royal Family Has Stayed . big house experiences Want to watch the sixth and final season of The Crown at an estate that has the royal stamp of approval from the British monarchy? Whether you’re looking to vacation like King Charles III or unwind like Queen Elizabeth
Atihan,’ 1983, wearing garments and jewelry collected on her travels. Pacita Abad Art Estate In the opening scene of Season 3, Episode 1 of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” an aging unknown Broadway hopeful played by Meryl Streep auditions for a play directed by Martin Short’s character. Her brief performance is subtle, emotional, luminous.
Austrian-born British ceramist Lucie Rie has shattered the auction record for her work. Rie’s Footed bowl (1981) achieved a record-breaking £330,200 ($400,830), smashing its pre-sale estimate of £50,000–£80,000 ($60,000–$98,000). This sale toppled the previous record for Rie’s work, also a Footed bowl, which fetched £171,000 ($210,000) at a Phillips auction in 2020. The record-breaking auction,
Pandora has announced plans to open a new pop-up experience on London’s South Bank, with the installation designed to resemble a jewellery box. Running between 09-19 November 2023 at Potters Field Park near Tower Bridge, the art installation has been inspired by Pandora’s Christmas campaign, ‘Loves Unboxed’. Designed with creative agency Backlash, the art pop-up
IT major Infosys has launched a new proximity centre in Sofia, Bulgaria as part of its continued growth in Europe. In line with Infosys’ strategy to amplify human potential by hiring local talent, the new state-of-the-art centre will enable Infosys to attract, re-skill, and up-skill 500 new employees. Over the next four years, these new
One of the most exhilarating gallery experiences you could have had this year was the immersive nine-screen video installation of A Marvellous Entanglement, part of the epic Isaac Julien retrospective at Tate Britain. It was essentially a biography of the life of Lina Bo Bardi, in which Julien cast two women to play the Italian-born Brazilian architect
Cora DowTHREADING THE NEEDLE: Penobscot basketmaker Theresa Secord’s “Pasokos Basket.” The basket was commissioned by the BCMA and celebrates the return of Atlantic sturgeon to the Penobscot River. Textiles’ place in the world of Western art has, at times, been tenuous. Woven works that have both a functional purpose and a presence as an art