Morley Safer visits "Art Market"
In a 2012 report for 60 Minutes, Morley Safer traveled to Miami's decadent Art Basel to continue his withering coverage of the modern and pop art worlds.
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In a 2012 report for 60 Minutes, Morley Safer traveled to Miami's decadent Art Basel to continue his withering coverage of the modern and pop art worlds.
Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair before breaking it.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the most innovative painters to stand astride two art movements: Impressionism in the 19th century, and the modern art age of the 20th. Barry Petersen visits the Denver Art Museum, which is currently staging the country's largest Monet exhibit in more than two decades, and talks with curators at the Art Institute of Chicago, about the artist's fascination with light, and how tragedy colored his work.
A Princeton University art fellow, Mario Moore, has created large-scale portraits of campus workers, who are predominantly people of color. He said he did it to honor the people who keep the campus running and who also become a support system for students away from home. Howard Sutphin is one of them. He’s worked in the school dining halls for 22 years, but he's also a staple at Princeton games, where students always flock to him. He says having his own portrait on campus is an honor.
Lee Cowan introduces us to two talented artists, Alana Tillman and Brom Wikstrom, who paint without hands. They are members of Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, an association of about 800 artists who are empowered through their artistry despite disabilities.
Director Tim Burton’s long career includes a series of highly creative productions like "Edward Scissorhands," "Beetlejuice" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Now, some of Burton's most imaginative work isn't on the screen. It can be seen in real life at The Neon Museum in Las Vegas. “CBS This Morning Saturday” co-host Michelle Miller spoke with him about the exhibit, which includes animatronic sculptures, holographic drawings and signs of all sizes.
Lena Waithe is the first black woman to win an Emmy Award for comedy writing. She also wrote the new movie, "Queen & Slim," which follows a black couple who accidentally kill a white police officer in self-defense during a traffic stop. Waithe joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why her work is "protest art."
Mo Rocca pulled out all the stops to honor the Revolutionary author whose pamphlets lit the fuse for American independence but whose passing in 1809 drew indifference and even scorn. To hear the "Mobituaries" podcast on the life and death of Thomas Paine, go to art19.com.
The painstaking work of art restoration is often done in a studio or a lab, removing decades of dulling dirt and dust, or repairing works that has been damaged, always with the aim of helping art – meant to stand the test of time – keep time at bay. Lee Cowan reports.
Florida firefighter Daryl Paul has found a way to turn old fire hoses into works of art. His creations feature the American flag. Manuel Bojorquez has his story.
A Chicago woman found a beautiful but unfinished quilt that cried out for its final stitches. Nearly 100 people answered the call. Adriana Diaz reports.
Critics sniffed, but paint by numbers was a popular fad in the 1950s. To mark the hobby's 50th anniversary, the works of amateur, number-aided artists were honored with an exhibition - the most comprehensive ever - at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Bill Geist meets the inventor of paint-by-numbers, Dan Robbins, and curator William "Larry" Bird, as well as aficionado Trey Speegle, who shows off his personal collection of hundreds of paint-by-numbers canvases. Originally broadcast on April 27, 2001.
From art that floats on a barge in Chicago, to a pop-up bodega/art installation in New York City and a celebration of Polaroid art in Fort Worth, "Sunday Morning" checks out some of the season's most unusual exhibitions.
Anna Werner presents a preview of current and upcoming exhibitions at museums across the country, from a lavish sculpture garden at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center, to the Cleveland Museum of Art's centennial celebration of the works by Auguste Rodin.
Artist Leonardo da Vinci produced two of the most famous paintings in history, "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa." But he was also passionate about medical discoveries and military inventions, some of which were centuries ahead of their time. Walter Isaacson, author of bestselling biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, has written a new book about da Vinci, and he talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about why this Renaissance Man's mind and curiosity were so extraordinary.
A childhood injury left Alonzo Clemons with severe brain damage. He can't read or write or do math. And yet, as naturally as the rest of us breathe, Clemons can create beautifully intricate sculptures of animals, all with his bare hands. Susan Spencer reports.
Celebrated songwriter Bernie Taupin has had a second career as a visual artist, and one of his favorite objects to use in his works is the American flag. In this web exclusive Taupin talked with Lee Cowan about the Stars and Stripes' hallowed place in his art.
In Compton, California, there's an art form that grew from the streets, one with a decidedly Latino flavor. For 44 years Manny Silva has been creating by hand a very distinctive style of lowrider bicycle, an offspring of lowrider cars. His brilliantly elaborate chrome and metal creations - many worth thousands of dollars - are two-wheeled feasts for the eyes. Mireya Villareal reports.
Chicago photographer Gonzalo Guzman loves to capture all facets of life in photos.
"Machine learning" is now being applied to instruct artificial intelligence how to create paintings and music. David Pogue checks out Google's Magenta project; challenges the AI "composer" at Amper Music to score a dramatic scene; and is asked to identify which pieces of art were created by humans and which by artificial intelligence, at the Art & Artificial Intelligence Lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Karen Anderson's art project featuring tiny doors – all of seven inches tall – installed in neighborhoods across Atlanta invites people to unlock their imaginations. Mark Strassmann reports.
You know a Georgia O'Keeffe painting when you see one -- oversized flowers and stark images of the New Mexico landscape. But an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden showcases one of her lesser-known subjects. "Georgia O'Keeffe: Visions of Hawaii" includes 20 works, and a curated flower show. Sara Kugel reports.
For four decades "Sunday Morning" has been a sort of art gallery on TV. Martha Teichner checks out some of the artists whose work has graced our screens.
On the streets of Japan, you may find remarkable artwork right under your feet. The Japanese have turned black metal manhole covers into well-rounded works of design. Nearly every city and town now has its very own manhole covers, usually based on a local claim to fame, drawing fans (called "manholers") in search of photos or copies of these unique pieces of public art. Ben Tracy reports.
On fashion's biggest night, Dapper Dan can't believe he has center stage. Michelle Miller reports on the Harlem designer's saga that's been three quarters of a century in the making