Nazi Looted Art Returned: Tom Selldorff Gets Back Six Artworks Taken By Nazis During WWII

PARIS — Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather’s prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, …

Takes DEVASTATING Loss on Mansion Auction

This has gotta hurt … R. Kelly‘s Illinois mansion was auctioned off Monday for $950,000 — waaaay less than the $3.5-million-mortgage the singer took out to the build the place. Kelly …

Photographing People of Color

  by Monte Zucker Introduction There is probably no question in portraiture that is more confusing to beginning photographers than how to photograph people with black skin. What exposure to …

Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Video)

by Thomas Allen Harris Please consider supporting Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a PBS documentary that explores how African Americans have used photography …

The Precise Art Of Framing

Joe Satran On a recent afternoon at Julius Lowy Frame and Restoration Co., a three-by-four frame sat on a work table, shining with freshly-applied gold leaf. The craftsmen at Lowy, …

Angela Simmons Clothing Line: Star Shares Sneak Peek Of First Signature Collection (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post  |  By Julee Wilson We’ve been patiently waiting for Angela Simmons to launch her clothing line and now we have the first sneak peek at the signature …

Bobbie Smith Dead: Former Lead Singer Of The Spinners Dies At 76

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former lead singer of the soul music group “The Spinners” has died in Orlando. A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues …

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft: FBI Announces New Information On The 23rd Anniversary Of The Art Heist

Nearly twenty five years after one of the world’s most expensive art heists the FBI has announced that they have identified the individuals who stole $500 million worth of masterpieces. …

Kids In Tune, Kalamazoo Music Program, Changes Lives One Note At A Time

Southwest Michigan Second Wave  |  By Zinta Aistars This article originally appeared in Southwest Michigan Second Wave. A kid who would give up recess to make time for another lesson? …

Race In Brazil: Majority-Minority Nation Offers Lesson To U.S. By JENNY BARCHFIELD

By JENNY BARCHFIELD RIO DE JANEIRO — Many Brazilians cast their country as racial democracy where people of different groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But …

Chicago History Museum Ebony Fashion Fair ‘Inspiring Beauty’ Exhibit Opens Saturday (Video)

In their latest special exhibition, the Chicago History Museum is paying homage to the Ebony Fashion Fair. The traveling show began in 1958 and, thanks to the leadership of its …

A Maserati, a Saarinen Chair, and a Navy Tuxedo: 10 Things Eric McKissack Loves

The CEO of Channing Capital Management has great taste—and a sense of humor about his “impractical” Gold Coast gear. By Heiji Choy Black Eric McKissack, 59, is known for his …

Studio in a School: A Teaching Moment

By Hilarie M. Sheets In 1976, New York philanthropist, art patron, and collector Agnes Gund read in The New York Times that art programs were being slashed from New York …

Celestine Wilson Hughes talks about becoming an artist – an artblog radio podcast

By libby and roberta Celestine Wilson Hughes began to feel like a real artist about the time she got a band saw and started cutting wood in the backyard for …