Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 60
Founded by the groundbreaking dancer-choreographer, one of the world's preeminent modern dance companies continues his legacy with a new generation
Arts
How the Peanuts character Woodstock got his name
The Charles M. Schulz Museum, in Santa Rosa, Calif., is celebrating one of the comic strip's most popular characters: the little "hippie bird" who became a devoted friend of Snoopy's
Face value: Portraits on money
Seth Dickerman's portraits of presidents that appear on our currency, magnified up to 10,000%, make the stoic profiles that are so familiar look strangely new
Black models in modern art
A recent NYC exhibition, now at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, explores the importance of black models as key to the development of 19th and 20th century art
Graffiti beyond the streets
What was once a symbol of New York's 'bad old days' is now being celebrated. Serena Altschul reports on "Beyond the Streets," the largest exhibition of graffiti and street art ever produced
Surrealist art and war
The exhibition "Monsters & Myths" explores how war's real-life monstrosities bred metaphorical monsters in mid-20th century paintings and sculptures by such artists as Dalí, Ernst, Masson and Miró
The delicate craft of wood carver David Esterly
The sculptor's finely-detailed, expressive works are conjured from the subtle neurological connections between the artist's brain and hands, now afflicted with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease
Teddy Abrams, the Louisville Orchestra's rock star
At 32 he is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and he's done what most orchestras are desperate to do: increased the audience, young and old
Trafficking in art
In Florence the hottest new art pieces are Clet Abraham's doctored street signs – playful, funny and irreverent
Florentine artisans: Preserving the traditions of Medici taste
The Italian city still has a thriving culture of artisanship, with historic roots that go back 600 years
David, the quintessence of Renaissance art
Michelangelo's 17-foot-tall masterpiece stands front-and-center at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence
Street art: Japanese manhole covers
Colorful designs adorn the lids to the sewers in towns across the country, inspiring flocks of fans, called "manholers," to engage in manhole tourism
J.R.R. Tolkien's creation of Middle-earth, on display in New York City
An exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum explores the fantasy author's creative process
Playwright Taylor Mac on "Gary": Following in Shakespeare's bloody footsteps
The performance artist and author, who's made a career of challenging audience expectations, has written the unlikeliest of black comedies as a sequel to the Bard's most violent play
Frida Kahlo: The unapologetic artist
As evident in a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, there is so much more to the famed painter than meets the eye
More From Sunday Morning
"Hail and farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2025
"Sunday Morning" looks back at some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – from musicians and storytellers, to activists and statesmen – who touched us with their creativity and humanity.
Luke Burbank on making realistic New Year's resolutions
Forget about hitting the gym, or signing up for a foreign language app. Luke Burbank resolves to do far better with his New Year's resolutions in 2026 by committing to goals he can actually keep … probably.
The history of the New Year's Eve ball drop
Since 1907, New Yorkers have marked the New Year with the ceremonial dropping of a huge ball in Times Square. Now, a brand-new ball, covered with more than 5,000 handcrafted Waterford Crystal discs, will help ring in 2026.
Top news headlines of 2025 month-by-month
From political upheavals and gun violence, to the first American-born pope, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a transformative year in U.S. history.
Good news you may have missed in 2025
The bad news from the past year (and there was a lot of it) drowned out much of the GOOD news that made smaller headlines. David Pogue reports on some of 2025's best underreported stories.
The Book Report: Ron Charles' picks from 2025
The Washington Post book reviewer offers "Sunday Morning" viewers his picks for fiction and non-fiction titles to add to their New Year's reading lists.
Book excerpt: "Guilty by Definition" by Susie Dent
This debut novel is a mystery in which a dictionary editor at Oxford turns to word-sleuthing in order to unravel a family member's long-ago disappearance.
Book excerpt: "Black Moses" by Caleb Gayle
The award-winning journalist's latest book recounts the rise of Edward McCabe, an activist who, during Reconstruction, lobbied for a Black-governed state in the Oklahoma Territory.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (Dec. 28)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
A New Mexico monastery where the silence calls
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world. "Sunday Morning" pays a visit.