"Edward Hopper's New York"
A new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art provides a window into the artist's view of a changing and changeless city.
Arts
Grammy Awards: Listen to nominees for best score for video games
For the first time the Recording Academy is honoring music written specifically for video games and interactive media. Listen to samples of this year's nominees.
Meret Oppenheim: An artist beyond categorization
Best-known for a fur-lined teacup, the Swiss artist and photographer was a free-spirit whose work spanned half a century, and is now the subject of a new retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The "luminist architecture" of Steven Holl
The architect's works have helped define the look of cities around the world, but it's their interiors where he makes remarkable use of light and space, through which Holl hopes to express "the joy from the creative act."
Glass artist Preston Singletary: Shattering expectations
The artist – a member of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest – uses an untraditional medium for his traveling exhibition, "Raven and the Box of Daylight," which tells a Native American folktale entirely through glass.
"Modigliani Up Close": Revealing secrets of the master
Curators and conservators at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia have unearthed secrets hidden under layers of paint on masterpieces by the famed Italian artist. Their findings are a part of an exhibition, "Modigliani Up Close."
The state of the art of AI art
Artificial Intelligence software programs can turn anything you type, no matter how absurd, into art, drawing from hundreds of millions of images in its database ... and with this technological advance come some serious downsides.
A monument to MLK and Coretta Scott King's love
Inspired by a photograph of the civil rights activists hugging each other, "The Embrace," a 22-foot-tall bronze sculpture by artist Hank Willis Thomas, will be unveiled at Boston Common on January 13.
Newel post caps and finials: The finishing touch
Staircases grand and modest are finished with a finial, a largely decorative element also known as a Newel post cap, the same as George Bailey repeatedly grabs a hold of in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Nicholas Britell: Knowing the score
The Emmy-winner and three-time Oscar-nominee talks about his scores for shows like "Succession" and "Andor," and about his process for collaborating with such directors as Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") and Adam McKay ("Don't Look Up").
From 1998: Gold artist Daniel Brush
Artist Daniel Brush, who despite years as a recluse earned fame for his exquisitely detailed pieces using a most precious medium, gold, died November 26, 2022 at the age of 75. In this "Sunday Morning" profile broadcast on November 8, 1998, Brush welcomed correspondent Rita Braver to his New York studio to watch what goes into creating his spectacular works, and to discuss why - after a quarter-century - he agreed to return to the spotlight. She also talked with Renwick Gallery curator Jeremy Adamson and jewelry collector Ralph Esmerian about Brush's obsessive art.
Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel
Completed in 1972, Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture: 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time capsules of the ultra-modern 1970s.
David Bird's whimsical Becorn sculptures
The artist and toy designer was inspired to create fanciful, tiny sculptures out of acorns, sticks, ferns and feathers – art he has dubbed "Becorns" – which are attracting curious birds and wildlife (and plenty of humans, too).
Guillermo del Toro on bringing "Pinocchio" to life, one frame at a time
Stop-motion animators, under the direction of the Oscar-winning director, have given life to puppets for his lifelong passion project, a darker vision of the classic tale.
Smithsonian exhibit explores how entertainment shaped America
"Entertainment Nation/Nación del espectáculo," a new exhibition at the National Museum of American History, features artifacts from 150 years of music, sports and moving images, from "Star Wars" and "The Wizard of Oz" to Prince.
More From Sunday Morning
Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber on addressing challenges facing higher education
Universities have found themselves under pressure from President Trump – from blocked funds for research, to attacks on their admission policies and diversity programs. Princeton's president says, "The stakes are really high."
George Clooney on "Jay Kelly," fame and family
In his latest film, George Clooney plays a familiar role – one of the world's biggest movie stars – who nonetheless tries to reconcile professional success and his personal shortcomings.
Dealing with the crushing costs of child care
For some, the high cost of child care in the U.S. is a higher expense than rents and mortgages, or even in-state college tuition, and has pushed tens of thousands of women out of the workforce this year alone.
Salman Rushdie on "The Eleventh Hour" and free speech
The author talks about his first fiction published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies.
Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"
The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American Revolution," and why the end of the Revolutionary War did not mean the end of our nation's revolution.
The Book Report: Ron Charles' latest picks (Nov. 2)
The Washington Post book reviewer offers highlights from fall's fiction and non-fiction releases.
Book excerpt: "The Wayfinder" by Adam Johnson
The Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner returns with an epic tale set in Polynesia a thousand years in the past.
Book excerpt: "1929" by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New York Times financial columnist's new book looks back to Wall Street's most catastrophic market collapse.
Book excerpt: "Love, Sex, and Frankenstein" by Caroline Lea
The author of "The Glass Woman" returns with a gripping reimagining of how young Mary Shelley created her classic horror novel.
Book excerpt: "A Guardian and a Thief" by Megha Majumdar
A National Book Award finalist, Megha Majumdar's novel is set in India in a climate-ravaged near-future.