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  • American Nations
    Dec 21, 2011
    A cross-country journey that examines the diverse regional subcultures that comprise the United States of America.
  • Inside of a Dog
    Dec 21, 2011
    A analysis of how dogs perceive the world through their senses and how this explains their compatibility with humans.
  • Confidence Men
    Dec 21, 2011
    A portrait of an overwhelmed President Obama and a condemnation of a political system filled with self-serving individuals.
    • Music, Art, Dance
  • Going, Going, Gone!...Maybe Not!
    Sep 6, 2011
    The art market is agog over Asian buyers, who, over the past few years, have driven auction prices to unprecedented levels, indicating a potential bubble in the industry.
  • Sunflower Seeds, Anyone?
    Mar 1, 2011
    Next time you buy a bag of sunflower seeds, remember some people think sunflower seeds can be art, to be admired in one of the world’s premier art museums, and that these seeds can be sold at auction for thousands of dollars.
  • Big bird soars to new heights
    Dec 22, 2010
    An original edition of “Birds of America” by John James Audubon was sold December 7 at auction by Sotheby’s in London for $11.5 million, making it the world’s most expensive printed book.
    • Stage, Film, TV
  • Right into the danger zone
    Oct 14, 2011
    Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, debuted in the summer of 1986. The film was shot almost entirely in San Diego and memorably captured the city’s beauty while promoting the armed forces stationed here.
  • Arab Emirates: No ‘Sex and the City’
    Jun 25, 2010
    Sex and the City 2 had a unique challenge: How to make the fashions that are like a fifth character on the show, seem – at least loosely – appropriate for a Middle Eastern country.
    • Local Artist Showcase
  • Victorian Art Fantasies
    Oct 14, 2011
    Enjoy the sculptures created by Jeffrey Steorts—art which truly does not fit into any standard genre. After searching antique stores and garage sales to find metal fittings, fasteners, and objects, he begins to create intricate metal and wood sculptures which evoke a bygone era of Victorian and Medieval technology as well as Byzantine and Eastern spiritual symbols.
  • Ai Weiwei
    Aug 11, 2011
    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei continues to be harassed, attacked, and imprisoned by the Chinese government.
  • The Reckless Dragon
    Jul 12, 2011
    Individual paintings are selling for nine figures. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on vases, desks and even bottles of wine.