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The Whitney Biennial, one of New York's (and contemporary art’s) defining cultural events, opens tomorrow. The New York Times’ Robin Pogrebin joins us for a preview of the popular exhibition – which this year has turned over an entire floor, or 6,000 square feet, to music, theater and dance.

New York Times cultural reporter Robin Pogrebin discusses the plans for MOMA to take over the midtown Folk Art Museum space and for the Met to take over the Whitney's Madison Ave building.  

In the last 18 months, most top executives of nonprofit arts institutions throughout the country have frozen or cut their salaries, according to a recent survey. We'll look at the changing market for arts executives with reporter Robin Pogrebin of the New York Times and Sarah James, a recruiter for ...

The stagehands that push the pianos onto the stage at Carnegie Hall make more than the musicians who play them. Bloomberg News recently revealed that the top stagehands there earn $500,000 a year. Reporter Philip Boroff tells us about this specialized corner of the music industry.

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Nearly 30 years after the 1980 movie "Fame," an updated remake debuts today. Like the original and the TV series it spawned, "Fame" dramatizes life in the halls and rehearsal rooms of an urban performing-arts high school. Today, we hear about real-life arts education in New York City from Robin ...

President Obama’s nominees to the nation's arts and humanities endowments are either safe and predictable -- or a major shake-up. We hear different reactions from reporter Robin Pogrebin of the New York Times and David A. Smith, a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University and the author of ...

Politicians can't agree on how much, if any, of the economic stimulus package should go to the arts. But controversy is nothing new when it comes to funding culture. As part of our series "The Culture of Change: The First 100 Days," we find look at past and present plans ...

The New York Philharmonic's visit to North Korea drew heaps of media attention and sparked debate about the role of arts in politics. But the issue of arts funding hasn't been debated much by the Republican and Democratic candidates. We find out where they stand on the arts from Robin ...