When Americans were introduced to 21 works of Vincent Van Gogh at the first major U.S. showcase for modern art, the famed New York Armory Show of 1913, the response was anything but love at first sight. It wasn’t until 1922 that the Detroit Institute of Arts, or DIA, became …
Read More »Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad announce they were secretly married
Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste, the bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and Suleika Jaouad, author of the bestselling cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” revealed that they were secretly married in February, they told “CBS Sunday Morning.” The couple, who have been together for eight years, decided to wed …
Read More »The artist as searcher: Cézanne works on paper
He would return to the same subjects again and again: forests and trees, fruit and faces, bathers in and out of water. For the renowned French artist Paul Cézanne, it was all about the effort: “I can’t seem to express the intensity which beats in upon my senses,” he said. …
Read More »Jim Gaffigan on his first drive
What’s your job like now? The reason I ask is because this “CBS Sunday Morning” thing isn’t my only job. Don’t get me wrong – I love doing these segments! But like many of you, I have a couple jobs. Well, I HAD a couple jobs. See, in addition to …
Read More »Helen Frankenthaler: An artist lost in the moment
The beauty of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, inspired many works by one of the most renowned American artists of the 20th century: Helen Frankenthaler. But though you may notice shimmering ocean blues and tawny shades of sand in her work, don’t expect to find recognizable landscapes. It was the …
Read More »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. At an exhibition called “Beyond the Streets,” New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’ are being celebrated. LL Cool J …
Read More »“Mobituaries”: Mo Rocca on the Auburn University tree killer
Since it debuted in January, Mo Rocca’s podcast “Mobituaries” has shed light on the lives of both famous and forgotten figures who have passed, from stars like Audrey Hepburn and Sammy Davis Jr., to the man who fame and recording career died with the Kennedy assassination. But for the first …
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