Vegan for Mercy
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: NEA Announces Plan To Measure Economic Contribution Of Art
Katherine Brooks katherine.brooks@huffingtonpost.com Nobody puts the Arts sector in a corner. That’s pretty much what the National Endowment of Arts said when they announced their partnership with the Bureau of …
Marco Brambilla’s ‘Creation (Megaplex)’ Finishes Off Spectacular Triptych Of Cinema Overload
The Huffington Post | By Priscilla Frank Posted: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT Updated: 10/26/2012 6:13 pm EDT If you thought Hieronymus Bosch‘s works were image overdoses, imagine the film adaptation. …
A Preview of Kanye West’s ‘Power’: ‘Apocalyptic in a Very Personal Way’
When you’ve had the kind of 2009 that Kanye West endured, only to return the following year to promote your new album, how do you organize your charm offensive to …
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Chicago man was part of influential black artists group
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, …
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