Simon Epstein

1 month ago | artscanvas.org | Jeffrey Brown |Simon Epstein

Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Amna Nawaz: In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has sought to put its mark on various parts of the nation’s cultural sector, the Kennedy Center, funding for federal arts agencies, and more. One focus, how American history is told and presented in museums and public monuments. And that has roiled many in the academic and art world.

1 month ago | pbs.org | Simon Epstein

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio The Trump administration has put its mark on the nation’s cultural sector. One focus is on how American history is told and presented in museums and monuments. That has roiled many in the academic and art worlds. Jeffrey Brown explores the effort to reshape institutions for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.

1 month ago | artscanvas.org | Jeffrey Brown |Simon Epstein

Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: If you think of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, you might conjure an image of Michelangelo’s famous ceiling, but what does that famous place or any place, for that matter, sound like? Amna Nawaz: The new project timed to World Heritage Day asks us to experience the world in a different way, through its sounds.

1 month ago | pbs.org | Simon Epstein

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio If you think of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, you might conjure an image of Michaelangelo’s famous ceiling. But what does that famous place, or any place, sound like? A new project timed to World Heritage Day asks us to experience the world through its sounds. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

2 months ago | artscanvas.org | Jeffrey Brown |Anne Davenport |Simon Epstein

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