Arts & Entertainment - Literary & Visual Arts
Preview of the “Over the River” Project
Oct 10, 2008, 12:00 pmArtists Christo and Jeanne-Claude expounded on freedom of their art at a luncheon at the National Press Club.
Chinese Painting of the Week—Fan Kuan
Oct 9, 2008, 1:00 pmThe most famous painting by Fan Kuan is based on the Taoist principle of “becoming one with the nature”（天人合一）.
‘Nomadic’ French Writer Le Clezio Wins Nobel Prize
Oct 9, 2008, 11:00 amFrench writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday.
Book Review: ‘The Forever War’ Shocks and Moves to the Core
Oct 8, 2008, 2:00 pmDexter Filkins’ phenomenal work about life and war in Afghanistan and Iraq will move even the toughest reader.
Arab Bookseller Celebrates Kahlil Gibran's 125th
Oct 8, 2008, 1:00 pmDahesh Heritage Bookstore in Midtown Manhattan is the largest U.S. bookstore that specializes in Arabic literature.
The Censor in the Mirror
Oct 8, 2008, 12:00 pmHa Jin says it’s not what the Chinese Propaganda Department does to artists, but what it makes artists do.
In Holy Pursuit of Perfection
Sep 30, 2008, 12:00 amWe know Greek architecture to emphasize physical perfection, balance, and symmetry based on a mathematical understanding of aesthetics...
Chinese Painting of the Week
Sep 29, 2008, 10:00 pmThe early Northern Song dynasty witnessed the flowering of one of the supreme artistic expressions of Chinese civilization: monumental landscape painting.
Oprah Picks Novel of Boy and His Dog for Book Club
Sep 29, 2008, 8:00 pmFirst-time author David Wroblewski took more than 10 years writing his first novel but now looks destined for overnight success, chosen by influential U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey as her latest book club pick.
Six Books Make Shortlist for Business Book Award
Sep 28, 2008, 11:00 pmWith the U.S. Federal Reserve stepping in to rescue global insurance giant AIG and the colossal failure of Washington Mutual, one title must have looked particularly prescient to judges drawing up a shortlist for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
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