George Balanchine Centennial
Choreographer George Balanchine was born 100 years ago today. Judith Kampfner looks at the working methods of one of the great artists of twentieth century America. MusicKampfner: He had worked with...
View ArticleArtist Couples
Lovers who live and work together - that is common in New York City where many people meet through work. Such relationships have unique bonds as well as conflicts. With artists who live and work in the...
View ArticleClock Watching Artists
Many writers, musicians, and artists got their start in the office — the British novelist Anthony Trollope worked for the postal service and composer Charles Ives was a full-time insurance agent....
View ArticleGilbert & George
Britain’s most enigmatic artistic duo met at art school in 1967 and have been together ever since. They live and work in London's East End, named their house "Art for All," and declared themselves...
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Korean Sharing House
» Back to main page Cecilia Heejong Kim: I found myself interested in this issue – probably the most important issue that happened in Korean women’s history. Kampfner: An instrumental elegy recently...
View ArticleGovernor's Island Open to Public
After years of being off-limits, Governor's Island is now open to the public. However, the city and state have not decided what to do with the island that sits a half mile from Manhattan and Brooklyn...
View ArticleConey Island Art Invasion
Since the construction of KeySpan Park for the Brooklyn Cyclones, there have been several plans to draw more visitors to Coney Island. But many of the small family businesses have not had the funds to...
View ArticleThe Theater Art of Paul Davis
Click here to see the postersMentally conjure up posters for Broadway musicals and symbolic images come to mind. Little cat's eyes, a half mask, a helicopter. But the theater posters of Paul Davis...
View ArticleStill Life Sells
Home furnishings catalogs have evolved over the past couple of decades into glossy, sumptuous celebrations of domestic life (minus the mess). They're a far cry from the fuzzy line drawings of a Sears...
View ArticleNew York Actors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
New York actors at the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalIt's expensive to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. It also takes guts and gumption to be part of the biggest and oldest fringe...
View ArticleTae Guk Gi
Mention a movie about the Korean War to Americans and they probably think of M*A*S*H. But while the most expensive film out of Korea is about the Korean war -its not about the experience of the US...
View ArticleA Number
When Dolly the sheep was cloned in Britain in 1999, it seemed human cloning might be right around the corner. After the media frenzy died down, British playwright Caryl Churchill decided to explore...
View ArticleA Number
Kids are prone to asking questions, like “where did I come from?” These become harder to answer when you’ve cloned your son, but no one’s really sure how many of them were made. In Caryl Churchill’s...
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Noguchi: Sculptor and Set Designer
The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi was born a hundred years ago. He died in 1988 and left behind a museum in Long Island City to showcase the breadth and scope of his work. He had an...
View ArticleClock Watchers
Many writers, musicians, and artists got their start in the office — the British novelist Anthony Trollope worked for the postal service and composer Charles Ives was a full-time insurance agent....
View ArticleA day at the Rubin Museum of Art
Businessman Donald Rubin started buying Himalayan sacred paintings twenty years ago. Now over 900 works of art from his collection are on display in the new Rubin Museum of Art. The museum opened in...
View ArticleThe Flid Show
In the late fifties and early sixties, the drug Thalidomide caused birth defects in many parts of the world. Americans at the time were aware of the tragedy but the impact of thalidomide was not an...
View ArticleNew Burlesque
A few years on into the revival of Burlesque shows, there's a community of performers who have loyal audiences in clubs and bars. Increasingly dancers and performance artists are reinterpreting the...
View ArticleYour Truth, My Truth, The Truth
A new play at Columbia University is the latest work from British theater director Peter Brook. The work explores the life and teaching of a West African Sufi master. WNYC’s Judith Kampfner has more on...
View ArticleParty at Damaged British Consulate
There was a party last night at the British consulate on Third Avenue, just hours after the explosions yesterday morning. WNYC's Judith Kampfner reports that attendees were relaxed as they celebrated...
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