Illustrating the power of emoji
No word would suffice to express the fluency with which these shorthand icons in texts and emails and on social media have become a language unto themselves. Find out how new symbols are added to the lexicon.
Arts
A new airport art installation takes off
Sarah Sze's sculpture for a newly-revamped terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport, titled "Shorter Than the Day," is a 50-foot-tall, five-ton constellation of images of the city she loves.
"Sunday Morning" Matinee: "Breathe"
"Hamilton" star Daniel Yearwood performs the song "Together We Can," from the new musical which dramatizes the effects of the COVID pandemic on five couples.
George W. Bush on painting a new vision of immigrants
The former president's latest passion is celebrating the contributions of immigrants to our country (as seen in his book of portraits, "Out of Many, One"), which he hopes will help foster a more respectful attitude – and aid reform.
Music and the Medici
Researchers are unearthing previously-unknown works by Florentine composers and musicians of the Renaissance Era – deciphering and performing sacred music that has not been heard in over 400 years.
Fabergé eggs: Jewels of the Russian crown
In the era of the Russian tsars, Peter Carl Fabergé's jewel-studded objets d'art were a royal riff on a much humbler Easter tradition. Take a look at the lore of Fabergé eggs, from opulent originals to sparkling counterfeits.
Ancient art returns to public view in Rome
Hidden away for decades, one of the most important private collections of antiquities, the Torlonia Marbles, is being put on public display once again.
Frank Stella on his artistic obsessions
The 84-year-old abstract artist's giant star sculptures, now on display in Connecticut, exhibit a life of their own.
The enduring popularity of artist Bob Ross
More than a quarter-century after his death, we look back at the career of the artist who instructed us how to paint "happy little trees," and at the big picture of his life lessons.
"Sunday Morning" Matinee: "Paradise Square"
The new musical tells a story set in 1863 New York, in the violent Five Points neighborhood, where Irish and Black cultures meet. Watch an excerpt.
Etsy: Connecting creatives with buyers by the millions
The e-commerce site has allowed more than three million artists, designers, craftspeople and hobbyists to find markets for their work.
"Sunday Morning" Matinee: "A Night at the Ballet"
Live Arts Global will present a special streaming event Dec. 17-20, featuring dancers from major ballet companies, to raise funds for the performing arts community; Watch an excerpt.
Artist Titus Kaphar on depicting loss and finding purpose
One of the country's hottest artists has co-founded NXTHVN, an arts program that aids emerging artists, curators and students.
Charlie Mackesy's lessons in kindness
Through whimsical sketches and simple, yet sage, advice, the British artist's bestselling "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" manages to distill what's most important about life, including kindness, empathy, perseverance and love
Pie art: One baker's delectable designs
When Lauren Ko began posting photos of her pies on Instagram, social media ate them up; now her sweet creations and pun-filled posts grace a new cookbook, "Pieometry"
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.