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For decades Roy S. Roberts, a 40-year veteran of the automotive industry and former General Motors group president and his wife, Maureen, have shown their love for African-American art and …
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By Hilarie M. Sheets Posted 10/17/12 I make vegans,” says Sue Coe, the British American artist widely known since the 1980s for her sociopolitical drawings and prints. She recently published …
By Robin Cembalest Posted 10/25/12 In 1902 the Walters Art Museum acquired a Pontormo painting of an Italian noblewoman, Maria Salviati, dated ca. 1539. Back then it was considered a …
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Hank Willis Thomas Stages a Photo Shoot Text by Rachel Wolff How Sanford Biggers came to strike a pose as a two-faced dandy Excerpt: “It’s a little bit about blackface …
The Gordon Parks Foundation permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media and supports artistic and educational activities that …
A Call to Local Artists for Submissions We are soliciting donations of artwork from Mendocino County artists, young and old, to benefit the Youth Project’s Transitional Living Program. The artwork …
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The Huffington Post | By Ellie Krupnick Posted: 11/02/2012 9:56 am EDT Updated: 11/02/2012 10:03 am EDT As far as sheer dresses go, Halle Berry has serious cred. After all, …
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Al Johnson, illustrator, fine artist, educator and mentor has developed an inclusive vision that captures the Classical, weaves it with the contemporary and refracts it through the prism of his …
The Huffington Post | By Sam Stein Posted: 10/30/2012 11:41 am EDT Updated: 10/30/2012 3:05 pm EDT WASHINGTON — The politics of Hurricane Sandy are obviously difficult to game out. …
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The Tradin’ Times: One Man’s Trash is This Woman’s Treasure This years October gallery art expo was missed by many who long for the return of the times when thousand …
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Earlier this month, it was reported thatWhitney Houston’s family filed a petition, as executors of the Pop star’s estate, against Bobbi Kristina Brown in an attempt to revise the 19-year-old’s inheritance …
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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 …
Natina Reed of the late 1990s girl band Blaque has passed away, multiple publications are reporting. The “Bring It On” star, 32, died on Friday, Oct. 26 after she was …
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Gabrielle Monique Union was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1972, the middle child in a family of three daughters. She is the daughter of Theresa (née Glass), a former …