Susan Stamberg

The Marlon Brando Of Screen Dance, 100 Years On

Susan Stamberg — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:16:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCvh1l-2MHQ

Hopper's Pensive Lady In Pink Travels The World

Susan Stamberg — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:25:00 +0000

It's one of the ultimate images of summer: a woman in a short, pink slip sits on a bed, her knees pulled up to her chest, gazing out a window. Her hair is tucked back into a bun. Her bare arms rest lightly on her bare legs.

Edward Hopper painted her in 1952 for a work called Morning Sun. The picture has been widely reproduced for decades. But on a recent visit to its home at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, it was nowhere to be found.

"It's on loan right now to an exhibition," explains Melissa Wolfe, the museum's curator of American art. "It travels a lot.

Columbus, Ind.: A Midwestern Mecca Of Architecture

Susan Stamberg — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:32:00 +0000

Columbus, Ind., looks like any other small town, with its small shops and restaurants. But what sets this town apart is its architecture.

The Modernist buildings — mostly geometric and made of glass and steel — are not immediately visible, interspersed as they are with old, 19th-century, gingerbread-like structures; but more than 60 public buildings in Columbus have been built by a veritable who's who of modern masters — I.M.