From Kongo to Othello to Tango to Museum Shows

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 …

Art News – Magazine

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

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 …

Mendocino County Youth Project Mendocino Family & Youth Services

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 …

Halle Berry’s Sheer Leather Dress Is Jaw-Dropping (PHOTOS)

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, …

Al Johnson Visual Artist

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 …

President Halts Campaign Trail Appearances To Handle Hurricane Sandy

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. …

28th Annual October Gallery Art Expo; Then & Now

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 …

Bobbi Kristina Inheritance Settled: Star Comes To Agreement With Cissy Houston

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 …

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 …

Natina Reed Dead: ‘Bring It On’ Star Killed In Car Accident At Age 32

  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 …

Abstract Fine Art Gallery – Corey Barksdale – Atlanta Georgia Artist (SlideShow)

          COREY BARKSDALE September 27, 2011 — If you live in Atlanta, you might have already come across Corey Barksdale’s paintings in art festivals, galleries, or …

Thurayyah Mitchell – Jumpoff Sues Stephon Marbury For Missing Payments on Hush Money & Wins

by Robert Littal | Posted on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 Stephon Marbury has been married for a decade and his wife will be on Basketball Wives this season, but as …