Architectural Digest: A century of style
Since 1920 the magazine has celebrated style as it evokes home, with bold-faced names pulling back the curtain on their lives to showcase the very best design in the business.
Arts
Marcel Duchamp and the meaning of art
The French-born artist stirred controversy with his provocative pieces that questioned the very concept of what "art" actually is, and which blur the distinction between utilitarian object and high-priced museum piece.
Memorializing John F. Kennedy in bronze
For its 50th anniversary the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., commissioned a statue of the 35th president, one that would reflect the humanity and familiarity of a leader beloved and mourned by so many.
Artist Judy Chicago on making a name for herself
At 82, the founding mother of feminist art is being celebrated with her first career retrospective, at San Francisco's de Young Museum.
The defiance of Ludwig van Beethoven and his "Ode to Joy"
He was a composer of extraordinary gifts, but he had to overcome a lifetime of maladies – including hearing loss – to compose his masterwork: the Ninth Symphony, with its optimistic final movement.
Art that breaks through prison walls
Inmates at Maine's state prisons, many of whom are facing decades behind bars without a chance of parole, are finding new purpose through creative expression.
Remembering Stephen Sondheim, a musical theater giant
Correspondent Mo Rocca offers an appreciation of the career of the legendary composer and lyricist who forced the American musical to grow up, and who took audiences to places they'd never been before.
Terence Blanchard's opera: "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"
In its 138 years, New York's Metropolitan Opera had never staged an opera by a Black composer – until now. The jazz trumpeter talks about his opera, based on Charles Blow's memoir of growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1970s and '80s.
Haunting portraits of abandoned houses
Grand old homes that had seen better days are the subject of photographer Bryan Sansivero, who relishes capturing abandoned, derelict houses as eerie time capsules to their owners' past lives.
A mural presents a new image for one Ohio city
Toledo's industrial waterfront is looking more colorful, thanks to the massive mural being painted on 28 grain silos along the Maumee River, turning a 170,000-sq.-ft. concrete canvas into a tribute to Native Americans and sunflowers.
Ceramic artist Roberto Lugo's spin on teapots
Having grown up in a North Philadelphia neighborhood better known for poverty and crime than for pottery, the 40-year-old artist's transformative ceramics are a modern take on classic design, featuring the faces of his personal heroes.
"Diana": Three acts in the life of a musical
A stage musical based on the life of Princess Diana was headed to New York when Broadway shut down in March 2020. "Diana" will finally open this fall, but with a twist: you can watch it first at home.
"Automania" at MoMA: How our love of cars fueled art
An exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art explores our fascination with the automobile, and features cars as art, as well as art influenced by cars.
The New Season in Art: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures premieres
On September 30 the long-awaited museum dedicated to film history and culture will open in Los Angeles – just one of the highlights on display in the new exhibition season. Check out our list of coming attractions.
Christo's dream unveiled: A wrapped Arc de Triomphe
When the artist famous for wrapping landmarks and landscapes in brilliant fabric died in 2020, many doubted there would still be more of his spectacles to experience. But last week, a long-planned dream of Christo and his late wife, Jeanne-Claude, was realized in Paris.
More From Sunday Morning
A pilgrimage to the desk with the greatest view
In the late 1970s, a group of university students in West Texas, wanting a place to study with a view, hauled a desk to the top of Hancock Hill in the town of Alpine. Today, the desk is a pilgrimage for hikers seeking a meditative place.
"Severance" star Adam Scott
The former "Parks and Recreation" star heads the surreal, critically-acclaimed series about workers at a mysterious corporation whose brains are altered to create distinctly separate personalities in and out of the office.
Laufey on creating her own sound
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it. Her latest album is "A Matter of Time."
Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 17)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
To tip or not to tip: That is David Sedaris' question
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they're pre-programmed onto a screen.
The JFK Files
More than six decades after the Kennedy assassination, the existence of unreleased documents from the investigation has continued to fuel questions - and conspiracy theories - in search for a "smoking gun." What did the recent release of thousands of documents reveal?
At 75, "Sunset Boulevard" is ready again for its closeup
Billy Wilder's caustic tale of Hollywood, obsession and murder, in which a fading star of silent pictures tries to recreate her fame, is back in its full dark glory.
Steve Wozniak on fighting internet scams
The computer inventor and co-founder of Apple is sounding the alarm about one of the great threats of this new Information Age: internet fraud. He talks about how he is fighting for the victims of online scams involving AI, cryptocurrency and faked messages.
The crypto craze sweeping Washington and Wall Street
While many Americans are still baffled by cryptocurrency, enthusiasm for these digital assets is growing - despite the potential risks of integrating digital currencies with the mainstream economy - in part due to support coming from the White House.