John & Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art (Video)

One of the nation’s most important and comprehensive collections of African-American art presented in its entirety For over a 50-year period, John and Vivian Hewitt visited galleries, artists’ studios and exhibitions, collecting hundreds of paintings, etchings and sketches. The John & Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art is an assemblage of fifty-eight two-dimensional works celebrating …

It Ain’t Over: From A Blank Canvas They Created A $20 Million Empire

One of the reasons I started my website was so that women could have a place to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don’t have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing us — that there is always time to start a new dream. This week’s …

Dave Brubeck Dead: Legendary Jazz Pianist Dies At 91

AP  |  By PAT EATON-ROBB  | Posted: 12/05/2012 11:55 am EST Updated: 12/05/2012 9:18 pm EST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital of heart …

Museum to open balcony where U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot More Information: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58711&b=african%20american#.UKjtBeQ73lc[/url] Copyright © artdaily.org

WASHINGTON (AFP).- The motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee where US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 is being opened to the public, a spokeswoman said Friday. It is the first time that visitors to the erstwhile Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, will be able to …

‘Cloud Atlas’ Flops While ‘Argo’ Reaches Number One At The Weekend Box Office

With a $100 million budget, “Cloud Atlas” was banking on box office success. If this weekend is any indication, it’s going to be a slow process making that $100 million back. The movie, which stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, made $9.4 million this weekend across 2,008 theaters, bringing it to the number three spot. …

Deborah Kass On Appropriation, Barbra Streisand, And The Dissolving Middle Class (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW)

Deborah Kass is not soft spoken. Nor is her art work, which appropriates pop culture icons and artists she admires, while redefining New York School abstract painting through the lens of feminism. Today, Kass’ first retrospective, “Before and Happily Ever After,” opens at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The exhibition features approximately 75 of Kass’ works spanning …

Marco Brambilla’s ‘Creation (Megaplex)’ Finishes Off Spectacular Triptych Of Cinema Overload

The Huffington Post  | By Priscilla Frank Posted: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT Updated: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT If you thought Hieronymus Bosch‘s works were image overdoses, imagine the film adaptation. That’s pretty much the impression we get of Marco Brambilla‘s trilogy of 3D video collages; it’s a delicious sensory overload revealing the entire story of …

Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition Celebrates the Visual Heritage of Jamaica

  Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition Celebrates the Visual Heritage of Jamaica BOSTON, MA. –Plans are in high gear for the Jamaica 50th Independence Art Exhibition in Boston, MA. The exhibition will be held at the National Center of Afro-American Artists [NCAAA] and represents an ongoing series of activities in celebration of Jamaica’s 50th Independence …

Issa Rae ‘The Michelle Obama Diaries’: Is The Comedian’s New FLOTUS Parody Funny Or Disrespectful?

  YouTube comedy darling, Issa Rae, has had a whirlwind year. From a super successful round of fundraising to launch the second season of the uber-popular YouTube series, “Awkward Black Girl,” to joining forces with Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, anyone) for a new comedy series, you can’t deny that Issa Rae’s talent has gotten some robust …