Stephen Becker

Editor, Art&Seek

Stephen Becker edits the Art&Seek calendar and blog, working to inspire conversation about the arts in North Texas. Stephen’s reporting can be regularly heard on KERA FM. His 2011 story about the history of eight-track tapes was featured nationally on NPR’s All Things Considered. Before coming to KERA, he was the film and television editor at The Dallas Morning News. In 2008, he participated in the Moving Image Institute in Film Criticism and Feature Writing at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City.

In his 10 years at the News, he also worked in the Lifestyles, Business and Sports departments and was the recipient of several Society of Newspaper Design awards. Additionally, he served on teams that launched Quick and the GuideLive arts and entertainment section of the newspaper. He is a native of North Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

sbecker@kera.org

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5:12 pm

Wed December 12, 2012

A $200 Million Da Vinci At The DMA? It Could Happen

Credit Dallas Museum of Art

"The Salvator Mundi" has been attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and may be worth as much as $200 million.

By Stephen Becker

The Dallas Museum of Art has put in a bid to buy a painting -- and not just any painting. This one's recently been attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci.

The museum won’t say how much it has bid, but the masterpiece's value has been estimated as high as $200 million. It’s currently at the museum but not on display.

Da Vinci painted the work, known as the Salvator Mundi, in the late 15th century.

12:31 pm

Fri November 9, 2012

At W.T. White – A New Approach to Arts Education

By Stephen Becker

Booker T. Washington High School may be Dallas best-known arts high school. But it’s not the only place where DISD students can receive an advanced education in the arts. In fact, one school in the city is building its reputation as an arts leader through another route.

3:03 pm

Mon November 14, 2011

Gaultier Feels at Home at the DMA

By Stephen Becker

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The Dallas Museum of Art has opened a survey of clothing designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s career. KERA’s Stephen Becker looks at why Dallas is one of the only two U.S. stops on the exhibition tour.

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