Travel to nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to explore the astonishing artistic and architectural riches of Islam. Susan Sarandon narrates this film that shedslight on the shared histories of western and Islamic societies. Watch a preview:

Friday, 9pm on WGBH2

Art & Design

The Ash Painter

By Sarah P. Reynolds
Kevin King is an artist who makes his own paint, collecting and burning real elements that will become the subjects of his paintings, and from the ashes creating his own painting medium.

Crowd pleasers, entertaining, parties

An Evening Inspired by Downton Abbey

WGBH partygoers came in costume and enjoyed food, fashion, and music from the Edwardian Era.

Fine Art

Figuring Color at the ICA

By Jared Bowen
The Institute of Contemporary Art is awash in lush color, thanks to artists Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams.

Modern

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead: New, Bold and Beautiful

By Jared Bowen
Premiere performances, bold comedy and daring exhibitions prove Boston's art scene is to be taken seriously.

WGBH Local News

Inside Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's New Wing

By Jared Bowen
Following a $114 million renovation, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is inviting the public to visit its new wing. See a peek inside the Gardner’s new space.

Immigration

Art For English's Sake

By Ibby Caputo
At Harvard, a program uses art to hone immigrants' language skills in preparation for the U.S. citizenship exam.

Live Performances

Jared Bowen's Arts Ahead For November 10–13

By Jared Bowen
Who needs "Anonymous"? Boston arts institutions feature love, Shakespeare and Shakespearean love this weekend.

Greater Boston

The ICA Celebrates 75 Years Of 'Renegade' Art

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By Jared Bowen
It was 75 years ago this month that the Boston Museum of Modern Art opened in Boston. It billed itself as the "renegade offspring" of the Museum Of Modern Art. We know it better today as the Institute of Contemporary Art. I spent some time there last week looking at its history and its brand new show,"Dance/Draw."

Greater Boston

Man Ray And Lee Miller At The Peabody Essex Museum

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By Jared Bowen
On view at the Peabody Essex Museum right now are scenes from an affair both torrid and tempestuous. When artist Man Ray met model Lee Miller, they fell madly in love and produced some of the twentieth century's most celebrated works.

Greater Boston

Degas And The Nude At The MFA

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WEB-ONLY INTERVIEW WITH MFA CURATOR

By Jared Bowen
"Degas and the Nude" at the Museum of Fine Arts brings together 145 works by Edgar Degas — a staggering collection of pieces that generally never travel.

A DECADE OF STORIES

Sept. 11 Narrative Emerges In The Arts

SEPT. 11: A DAY OF REFLECTION, A DECADE OF STORIES

By Jared Bowen
At first, it wasn't clear how the art world could or should respond to the Sept. 11 attacks. Today works of visual art, theater and dance explore the attacks and its aftermath — and audience members are engaging with it.

Museum of Fine Arts

MFA Opens New, Permanent Jewelry Gallery

By Jared Bowen

The Museum of Fine Arts has just done what no other fine arts museum in the country has, opening a new permanent gallery dedicated to the display of jewelry with the show “Jewels, Gems, and Treasures: Ancient to Modern.”

Art & Design

Donations Roll In For Popular Chihuly

By Jess Bidgood
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts says donations are rolling in after it last weekend began a campaign to get the public’s help in acquiring a piece from its popular Dale Chihuly exhibition.

WHERE WE LIVE: CHELSEA

Chelsea Art Walk Celebrates A Rebounding City

By Bob Seay
WGBH's Bob Seay goes on a preview tour of Chelsea's third annual Art Walk, which brings artists and citizens together to celebrate their rebounding city. WGBH'S WHERE WE LIVE

Film & Television

Vote For Your Favorite Short Waves Video

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, WGBH held an open call for short films. Help determine the finalists by voting for your favorite. Winning films will appear at the 2011 Boston Asian American Film Festival and on WGBH World.

Art & Design

Edward Gorey Lights Up the Dark Corners

By Kara Miller
WGBH Contributor Kara Miller gets charmed and a little bit spooked by “Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey,” a show of the late illustrator’s original drawings on display at the Boston Athenaeum through June 4.

Education

At Dorchester School, Inclusion Through Art

By Andrea Smardon
An international education conference is highlighting the work of Dorchester's William Henderson Inclusion Elementary School for its pioneering work incorporating the arts into its classrooms. WGBH's Andrea Smardon visits the school.

Art & Design

Smee Talks Pulitzer, The Globe And Sports

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By Jess Bidgood
Sebastian Smee has added a Pulitzer to the Boston Globe's mantle for his vivid, layered arts criticism. He spoke to WGBH's Emily Rooney about the award, his future plans and his commitment to arts criticism.

GREATER BOSTON

Stoughton Man's Big Idea Is A Tiny House

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By Toni Waterman
Calling himself a bizarre-chitect, Derek Diedricksen is a master of cobbling together bizarrely-shaped, teeny-tiny houses that make downtown bathrooms look roomy.

Art & Design

How Sound Can Create Sculpture

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By Claire O'Neill
All you need is stereo speakers, balloons and paint. And some other really high-tech gear.

Poetry

WGBH Celebrates National Poetry Month

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Celebrate National Poetry Month with WGBH in April. Explore a broad spectrum of poetic voices with WGBH's multimedia project Poetry Everywhere with Garrison Keillor, who also can be heard weeknights on 89.7 WGBH on the Writer's Almanac.

Art & Design

A 'Floating' Expansion For The Gardner

NEW WING, NEW HEIGHTS FOR THE MFA

By Jared Bowen
The Museum of Fine Arts isn’t the only Boston museum with a major expansion. Just across the park from the MFA, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been building its own extension. The opening is about a year away, but Jared Bowen was allowed in for first television tour.

POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE

Boston: There's An App For That

POSTCARD FROM JAMAICA PLAIN

By Jess Bidgood
A growing number of individuals are dreaming up new possibilities for Boston’s civic data – basic streams of information on topics ranging from real-time bus data to sidewalks. They gathered for a low-key afternoon of brainstorming in Cambridge.

Art & Design

Artist Elevates Everyday Lists, Waste At DeCordova

WATCH: JARED BOWEN TOURS THE EXHIBITION

By Jared Bowen
For its newest show, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum singles out Boston conceptual artist Rachel Perry Welty. From very personal medical records to wrong numbers to fruit stickers, her canvas is broad, but the ideas sharp.

María Hinojosa: One-On-One

Nell Irvin Painter

WATCH A PREVIEW

Noted historian Nell Irvin Painter is an author and professor emerita at Princeton. Her latest book, The History of White People, was featured on The Colbert Report and received rave reviews in the US and England. In this conversation with María Hinojosa, Painter explains what drives her, how the idea of beauty has changed in America, and why she doesn’t believe race exists.

99.5 Host Notes

Music and Art: Copley and Billings

By Cathy Fuller
Hear inspired pairings of music and art from the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Photo Contest Winners

Best Winter Traditions Photos

DECEMBER WINNERS

Here are the three winners of WGBH's "Winter Traditions" photo contest! Winning photos appeared on WGBH's digital mural last month.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Paternosto & Ginastera

By Cathy Fuller
Two Latin American Modernists, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Boston

WGBH Special Report: Recognizing Bruce

By Phillip Martin
WGBH's Phillip Martin profiles a veteran who lived on the streets of Cambridge for 10 years -- but it's not just a story of homelessness. It is also about a man who has lived a life of both privilege and deprivation. It is a story about unheralded artistry. And it is about the acknowledgement of individuals who have grown accustomed to being invisible and unknown.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Stella and Diamond

By Cathy Fuller
Bursts of energy from the early 1940's for the eyes and ears, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: O'Keeffe and Still

By Cathy Fuller
1927 in art and music, inspired by the new Art of the Americas wing at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Louis Moreau Gottschalk & Fitz Henry Lane

By Cathy Fuller
Selections inspired by the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Homer and MacDowell

By Cathy Fuller
Dramatic art from two New Englanders, inspired by the Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Hopper and Gershwin

By Cathy Fuller
The 1930's in art and music, inspired by the new Art of the Americas wing at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

Caryn Babaian: Biology Teacher

WATCH

Just like her hero, Leonardo da Vinci, Caryn Babaian loves to combine biology with art. But she isn't the only one who draws in her classroom at Bucks County Community College. She also has her students draw as a way of helping them learn about biology.

CNE Journal

Music and Art: Cassatt and Chadwick

By Cathy Fuller
Hear music inspired by the Museum of Fine Art's new Art of the Americas wing.

Art & Design

Somerville Artist Paints Spacey First Night Button

By Anna White-Nockleby
Local painter Scott Listfield’s artwork is featured on this year’s First Night button, the admissions ticket for the New Years Eve festivities.

Photo Contest Winners

Best Food Photos

NOVEMBER WINNERS
ENTER DECEMBER CONTEST

WGBH received many outstanding and mouthwatering submissions in November for the "Food in Focus" photo contest. Here are the ten winners!

History

Paris: The Luminous Years

SCHEDULES

Key figures in the art world, including Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Langston Hughes, explain what attracted them to the City of Lights. Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 9pm on WGBH 2.

Photo Contest

Share your seasonal pics over the Mass Pike.

PHOTO CONTEST DETAILS
FOOD IN FOCUS CONTEST WINNERS

For many, this time of year means enjoying family traditions, holidays, and the beginning of winter activities. In short: A great month for photo ops. Submit your best photo of a favorite winter activity or tradition. Winning images will be posted on WGBH's digital mural.

THE CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

Leonard Nimoy's Secret Selves

View a slideshow of Leonard Nimoy's latest photographic exhibition, "Secret Selves." Arts commentator Alicia Anstead's interview with Leonard Nimoy on The Callie Crossley Show will air Monday, December 27th at 1pm.

Art & Design

New Wing, New Heights For The MFA

By Jared Bowen
Watch and read WGBH's complete coverage of the Museum of Fine Arts' new $504 million Art of the Americas wing.

Art & Design

MFA Director Picks Favorites In New Wing

PART 1: NEW HEIGHTS FOR MFA
PART 2: PERIOD ROOMS IN NEW WING

By Jared Bowen
Our preview of the Museum of Fine Arts’ brand new Art of the Americas wing continues with an insider’s take. MFA Director Malcolm Rogers takes Jared Bowen on a tour of his five favorite spaces.

Art & Design

In New MFA Wing, Period Rooms Unlock History

PART ONE: NEW HEIGHTS FOR MFA

By Jared Bowen
The Museum of Fine Arts new Art of the America officially opens to the public with a free open house on Saturday. But WGBH's sneak preview continues as Jared Bowen tours the new period rooms that make a visit to the MFA even more engaging.

Art & Design

Expansion Brings MFA To New Heights

BOSTON'S FIRST GLIMPSE OF MFA WING
WATCH GREATER BOSTON

By Jared Bowen
Greater Boston's Jared Bowen tours the new wing of the MFA ahead of its public preview, one floor at a time.

Arts & Entertainment

Boston Gets First Glimpse Of New MFA

Q&A: JARED BOWEN ON THE ART OF THE AMERICAS WING

By Jess Bidgood
Sen. Scott Brown, Rep. Michael Capuano and Mayor Menino were among those in attendance as the MFA's $500 million Art of the Americas wing was opened to its first viewings on Friday.

Arts & Entertainment

MFA Unveils $500 M Expansion

By Jared Bowen
On Friday, the MFA unveils its brand new Art of the America’s wing. Greater Boston’s Jared Bowen joined Morning Edition’s Bob Seay to talk about the expansion.

Art & Design

Photos That Are Too Hard Too Keep

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By Mito Habe-Evans
Jason Lazarus brings photos back from the dead. His project, Too Hard To Keep, is a collection of photographs that people can't bear to look at.

99.5 Host Notes

Oct. 13: Prague and Art Nouveau

By Brian McCreath
The Czech capitol was one of the centers of Art Nouveau.

It would be naïve to think that a game like Bananagrams—or any game for that matter—couldn’t have an artist’s brain behind it.

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