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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 portrait of a woman whose hands were “in funny places,” as Gary Vikan, the museum’s director, puts it. Then in 1937, restorers removed some over-painting—and …
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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 and minstrel-sy,” Thomas says. “I couldn’t figure out what the context was, except for Mary Poppins, which was out around the same time. But still, …
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 advance what Gordon described as “the common search for a better life and a better world.” The Foundation is a division of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. …
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 donated will be part of our annual fundraising art aution. We would appreciate the honor of including your most precious gift: your personal expression through …
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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, she made Oscars history in one of the most memorable sheer dresses of all time, her Elie Saab sheer-topped gown. But we’re impressed nonetheless with …
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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 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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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 payments. Now, just weeks later, it appears that the case has apparently been settled. Sources tell TMZ, that Kristina and her grandmother, Cissy Houston, have reached …
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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 …
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 struck by a car while crossing the street in Georgia. According to the Gwinnett Police Department, the driver of the vehicle was “was determined to be …
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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 Economic Analysis this week. According to a statement released by the NEA, the two agencies are teaming up to initiate the first-ever effort to measure …
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. That’s pretty much the impression we get of Marco Brambilla‘s trilogy of 3D video collages; it’s a delicious sensory overload revealing the entire story of …
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 tell your audience you’re not the same person you used to be? If you’re Mr. West, you start by making appearances at the offices of …
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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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Sounding great and bursting with energy, Prince didn’t disappoint this week as he brought down the house with a performance of the classic “Dance Electric” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wearing a metallic animal-print jacket and yellow pants, it was a rare late-night television appearance for His Purple Majesty who, at 54, looks pretty much the …
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