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The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va. | By Ted Strong Posted: 12/04/2012 2:53 pm EST Updated: 12/05/2012 9:41 am EST The nameless graves follow the line of a long-gone fence. They’re mostly marked with fieldstones, if they’re marked at all. And though they sit just outside the stately stone wall of the University of Virginia Cemetery, …
Holst + Lee is a New York City based jewelry brand started by Southern designers Natalie Holst and Rochelle Lee. Each statement necklace and bracelet is made-to-order and features fabric, beads, crystal rhinestones and magnetic closures. The one-of-a-kind pieces have been featured in InStyle, Seventeen, Elle and New York Magazine just to name a …
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 remarkable individuality. While formally trained in the techniques of the Great Masters, Al Johnson’s art, in fact, goes to the essence of jazz in that …
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. But the White House has clearly decided that it would look uncomfortably partisan for the president to be on the stump while the federal government …
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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 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 …
BY MAUREEN O’DONNELL Staff Reporter modonnell@suntimes.com October 19, 2012 6:18PM Back when “Power to the people” and “Right on” were part of a new lexicon that made the “squares” uncomfortable, the art of Howard Mallory communicated a sentiment he declared with absolute conviction: “I’m black, and I’m proud.” Mr. Mallory, a longtime Gresham resident who …
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By Kevin Willis WKU is set to induct three new members into the school’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni. The Class of 2012 includes the first African-American to enroll in undergraduate classes on the Hill, a renowned bronze sculptor whose works can be seen throughout WKU’s campus, and a Brigadier General and WWI ace fighter pilot. …
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“On Black Art” by Ron Karenga Black Art must be for the people, by the people and from the people. That is to say, it must be functional, collective and committing. Soul is extra-scientific, that is to say, outside of science; therefore we will allow no scientific disproof of it. All that we do and …
Contemporary artists rock art-history classics to pay homage, show off, have fun, and comment on issues like race and class By Robin Cembalest Posted 10/10/12 Among the many delights of “Picasso Black and White,” which opened at the Guggenheim last week, was seeing how the Spanish master treated his elders. This is apparent not only …
By Gail Gregg Posted 07/19/12 Exhibitions, concerts, artists’ tributes, and even a postage stamp are part of the centennial tribute honoring Romare Bearden The sight was a curator’s dream. Carla Hanzal, curator of contemporary art at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, looked in at her exhibition “Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections” on closing day …
Al Johnson, This Everlasting Moment, 2012. Mixed media on panel with found objects in antique box, 14.5 x 32 x 2.5 in. – eMerge: Danny Simmons & Artists on the Cusp by Demetria Irwin | August 28, 2012 at 5:20 PM In today’s lean economic times, purchasing art might seem frivolous (and by all means …
By Marina Galperina | October 16, 2012 – 12:15PM In about an hour, the Doyle New York Auction House will kick off its Inaugural Street Art Auction featuring graffiti and street art spanning from the 1980′s to the present. The 49 lots feature pretty much everyone, from Banksy to COPE2 to Faile to FUTURA to Dalek to D*FACE …
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN 10/16/12 09:50 PM ET EDT NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson should be the state’s first black chief justice. Johnson’s years of appointed and elected service on the high court give her the seniority to succeed …
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