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The Townhouse Gallery in Cairo is organizing an international symposium on archival initiatives and other strategies for the preservation and (re)activation of cultural memory. Borrowing from the title of Vladimir …
Continue reading “Speak, Memory Symposium: October 28-30, 2010 @ Townhouse Gallery, Cairo”
The country’s art legacy is truly secure in the custodianship of the current crop of the young and upcoming artists who never seize to amaze when it comes to creativity. …
For the People of Benin Kingdom, the Year 1897 Remains Significant. It Was the Year the British Invaded Their Land And Forcefully Removed Thousands of Their Bronze And Ivory Works …
In an overheated market, works by African American painters are a bargain — for now For art collector John Axelrod, the epiphany came a dozen years ago at a New …
By Chicago Art Magazine on Jul 20, 2010 in Featured, Reviews Gallery Spotlights are posts about randomly selected* art venues in Chicago Anna Schier Born in a Basement: From the …
The SCLC Magazine, which has been published five times annually since 1971, serves as a vital educational and informational link between SCLC’s national headquarters and our constituency throughout the country. …
The Smithsonian Institution, the largest museum complex in the world, is made up of 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoo, in Washington, D.C., area and New York City. …
Continue reading “Exploring African American Heritage at the Smithsonian”
As his solo show opens at the Wexner Center in Columbus, the Los Angeles artist talks to us about the dynamics of community, working with children and making art in …
Continue reading “Mark Bradford on class and identity in South Central LA”
*Rolling Stone is reporting that new material from the late Michael Jackson is coming to stores this fall courtesy of Sony Music. Ten previously-unreleased songs are due in November, which …
Friday, Aug 6th 1pm-9pm J&R GRASSROOTS YOUTH SUCCESSFEST All Children Eat Free 1pm – 5pm College App Fee Waived for 100 Students sponsored by EduIncOnline Zakee Z. Abdur Rahman Scholarship …
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NEW YORK, NY.- Sikkema Jenkins & Co presents Electric, an exhibition of new works by Jennie C. Jones, on view from July 8 through August 13, 2010. Jennie C. Jones …
Since his last show at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Mark Brosseau seems to have thrown caution to the wind and the results are mostly exhilarating. His paintings of four years ago …
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Building Violence,” an exhibition of work by Michael J. Dalton II at Third Street Gallery, reveals the unfolding of this young Brooklyn photographer’s artistic vocabulary and vision. Two years before …
ROME – It seemed too good to be true: the discovery of a new painting by Caravaggio during celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of his death. It turns out, it …
Continue reading “The ‘new Caravaggio’ probably not one at all”
Krista Peel and Zak Starer live what they call “the perfect life.” Until eight months ago, that meant handing over their West Philadelphia apartment to complete strangers every two weeks …