rose: the venice biennale and james turrell when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: the venice biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition held every two years in veps any, italy. more than 158 artists from over 88 countries are participating this year. for the first time, the vatican has sponsored its own pavilion, kelly kroll of the wall street journal wrote the venice biennale has become the olympics of the contemporary art world. instead of medals, artists compete for fame on the global art field. joining me now is massimiliano gioni, he is the director of the 2013 venice biennale, he s also associate director and director of special exhibition at new york s new museum. also here, sarah de-, the artist representing the united states at the benal known for her tiny found objects, she was awarded a macarthur grant in 2003. this year s exhibition explores the possibility of knowi
actually pulling it off, actually making these things, realizing them. and as an artist you have to manifest and i don t get to count the things that i haven t done but that i thought of that was terrific. rose: the venice biennale and james turrell when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: the venice biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition held every two years in veps any, italy. more than 158 artists from over 88 countries are participating this year. for the first time, the vatican has sponsored its own pavilion, kelly kroll of the wall street journal wrote the venice biennale has become the olympics of the contemporary art world. instead of medals, artists compete for fame on the global art field. joining me now is massimiliano gioni, he is the director of the 2013 venice biennale, he s also associate director and director of special exhibition at new york s new museum. also
controversy arises. jenna: what is the status of the federal court case? well, the federal court case, it s interesting, it s been going on for 12 years and it s basically been going back and forth between a federal court and the ninth circuit. the ninth circuit keeps sending it back to the federal court saying you know what, look at the evidence brought by the parents upset with the teaching methods. the federal court says the parents have brought information that s basically hearsay and keeps throwing it out. for the past 12 years it s been tossed back and forth. the federal court has it again for the third time and a lot of people believe once again the same federal court judge is going to say it s hearsay and throw all the information out. and what their concern is, jenna, is that parents believe that some of these approaches, again, religious wise, makes this school that s publicly funded a lingous school and the court has to decide, one, is rudolph steiner s teaching, are they
jon. jon: shannon bream live in washington, keep an eye on it, thanks. will do. jenna: right now a lawsuit years in the making is about to go to trial. at issue, whether tax dollars should fund a school s controversial educational program. critics say it s based on new age religion, but the demand for it is actually growing. adam housely is live in sacramento with this story. sacramento, california, i should say. adam, what makes this school so different and so controversial? well, first of all, jen kwrarbgs let s explain, it s a high school in sacramento, a charter school, which have become rather popular no matter what district you go and they follow the same standards, they use the same texts. the controversy surrounds that it s based on a 19th century philosopher, rudolph steiner and it s a holistic approach to education, it involves arts, music, and some people say while his education ideas were okay, some of his religious and science ideas are not and that s where the
of alaska, and of course karl rove. jon: robert gibbs expected to take the podium soon. the stunning strength of the tea party the talk of washington. christine o donnell beats out michael castle, the long-term congressman and former governor. today she is saying she will win in november with or without the help of the republican establishment. molly line is live in boston for us, big surprise in delaware, huh, molly? reporter: you said it this was definite low a shocker. she was kind of a fringe candidate and she pulled off an upset victory against mike castle. he s been referred to as the establishment candidate. a nine term governor. they slammed o donnell throughout the course of this campaign, the party chair calling her unelectable. she proves them wrong by a 6 point margin. the national senatorial committee congratulated o donnell, there is word they won t be helping or financing her campaign either. that will be a test of the tea party backing and strength and money