How Georg Baselitz turned the art world upside-down
Inverted paintings are the long-time trademark of the German-born artist, who at 80 is the subject of a retrospective in Washington, D.C.
Arts
The pioneering prints of Dox Thrash
Using a new process called carborundum mezzotint, the artist rendered the African American experience in an illuminating new way
Documenting poverty: Photographing the forgotten
Matt Black's images of communities mired in poverty, featuring people of all races and cultures, capture experiences that are too often deemed separate from America
Computer creativity: When AI turns its gaze to art
"Machine learning" is now being applied to instruct artificial intelligence in how to create paintings and music
An exhibition of workers at the National Portrait Gallery
The Washington, D.C. exhibit "The Sweat of Their Faces" features depictions of workers - an untraditional subject of portraiture
Chicago's Lighthouses: Shedding light on artists with disabilities
A public art exhibition features 51 artworks serving as beacons to illuminate and celebrate the potential of people with disabilities
David Bowie and his ever-evolving self-portrait
An exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum is a tribute to an artist who changed so often, yet always stayed true to himself
M.C. Escher: A mind-bending exhibition
A show at Brooklyn's Industry City features more than 200 works from the Dutch artist's topsy-turvy perspective
The musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein: Some of our favorite things
The songwriting team created such classic Broadway shows as "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific" and "The Sound of Music"
Music of the streets: New York City's public pianos
The group Sing For Hope has placed hundreds of pianos all over town, inviting passers-by to play and harmonize
Jean Dubuffet: Art of the outsider
One of the greatest post-war artists rejected convention, was ostracized by the art establishment, and created works steeped in philosophical exploration and memory
Almanac: The attempted murder of Andy Warhol
On June 3, 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanas claimed her 15 minutes of fame by trying to kill the pop artist
The British TV invasion
Many successful American shows can trace their ancestry to the Mother Country, but attempts to remake beloved originals are sometimes lost in translation
Passage: Judith and Gerson Leiber
The husband-and-wife artist and handbag designer died within hours of one another after 72 years of marriage
Lowrider bikes: Latino street life on wheels
These distinctively styled bicycles, the offspring of lowrider cars, are a moving feast for the eyes - carefully twisted metal embellished with art, chrome and more chrome
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.