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ART21 | Identity | Season 1 | Episode 3

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PEOPLE'S HAND IN THE WORLD. Man: I THINK THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN PERPETUATING SOMETHING AND QUESTIONING SOMETHING. Man: I TEND TO THINK HAVING THAT EXTREME COLOR IS AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL. Woman: IT'S ABOUT REVEALING SOMETHING. Woman: IT'S AT THE BASIS OF EXISTENCE. HI, I'M STEVE MARTIN, AND WELCOME TO MY HOME. AS YOU LOOK AROUND MY HOUSE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS FILLED WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL ART OBJECTS. Read More...

Artifacts of Lincoln assassination are the stuff of history

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A curator held the pistol in the palm of her hand, the steel and brass engravings along the wooden handle muted under the dim lighting of Ford’s Theatre’s Center for Education and Leadership. A mere eight ounces, it had been stored in a box among layers of tissue paper. Now the weapon used to assassinate a president was being readied for display to commemorate an event that both shattered and united a nationdivided by civil war. Read More...

At Israels soccer opener, the Olympic spirit never felt so distant

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PARIS — The match couldn’t happen until armed guards escorted the Israelis to the grounds. Not until Police Nationale patted down every spectator before they entered Parc des Princes stadium. Not until cops on horses patrolled the perimeter and even more on motorbikes honked cyclists out of their way. Certainly not until the gendarmerie — several clutching weapons that seemed more appropriate for battlefields than the boulevards of Paris — made it clear that this meeting between Israel and Mali would not be a normal Olympic soccer match. Read More...

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