Kerream Jones, Artscape 2010, African American Art – African American Artist (Video)

  Although the term “Starving Artist” does not apply to the Painter, Kerream Jones, the hunger of the self-described visual griot is evident in the sensual depths of his paintings, the relentless drive of his business ventures, and in his appreciation for all things creative, expressive, and true. Since beginning his journey toward artistic excellence …

Nazi Looted Art Returned: Tom Selldorff Gets Back Six Artworks Taken By Nazis During WWII

PARIS — Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather’s prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, he’s 84 – and in a ceremony in Paris on Tuesday, the American was finally given back a piece of his late grandfather’s memory: France …

Bobbie Smith Dead: Former Lead Singer Of The Spinners Dies At 76

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former lead singer of the soul music group “The Spinners” has died in Orlando. A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues group said Bobbie Smith passed away Saturday morning due to complications from pneumonia and influenza. He was 76. The statement says Smith had been diagnosed …

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft: FBI Announces New Information On The 23rd Anniversary Of The Art Heist

Nearly twenty five years after one of the world’s most expensive art heists the FBI has announced that they have identified the individuals who stole $500 million worth of masterpieces. The historic theft took place at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, when two thieves posed as Boston Police, duping security guards and making …

Celestine Wilson Hughes talks about becoming an artist – an artblog radio podcast

By libby and roberta Celestine Wilson Hughes began to feel like a real artist about the time she got a band saw and started cutting wood in the backyard for painting projects.  Before that she considered herself a vendor of jewelry and hand-painted t-shirts.  Customers told her she was an artist and she began to …

Leon Keay – Visual Artist

„Im watching u“ by Leon Keay L.@.K.ART began whilst on my travels through Israel in 1999,although i attended art college in Leicester before this,i didnt really class myself as an artist untill i started producing my own drawings whilst travelling. On my travels in Israel i ended up in Eilat in the south of Israel,living …

A special issue of the International Review of African American Art

Vol. 24, No. 2 – A special issue of the International Review of African American Art on connections between mass media, pop culture, digital technologies and visual art. “Artists are just as much products of contemporary popular culture, in all its mass technological – media frenzy, as we are — we average, non-artistic folk. As …

Hebru Brantley: Straight Out of Neverland

The Afro-Futurist painter talks about Kanye, Common, and living like a shark. By Elly Fishman Hebru Brantley has been putting his aesthetic mark on Chicago for years. He spent much of his youth tagging its walls, honing the graffiti style he eventually brought inside. Now the 29-year-old artist— who’s shown in Atlanta, Seattle, New York, …

“Rising Up”: Hale Woodruff’s murals on a northern tour

Six paintings by the Harlem Renaissance artist leave the south for the first time since their installation—over half a century ago. By Janet Potter n 1938, Talladega College commissioned the Harlem Renaissance artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff to paint six murals to hang in a campus library. Three tell the story of the slave ship Amistad: …

‘Migration’ exhibit shows effects of movement

  By Alexis Paine Special to Tusk The Paul R. Jones Gallery’s exhibit “Migration,” on display through April 19, showcases art that illustrates the effects of mass movements of people to different locations. The exhibit features works from the permanent Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art. The collection is made up of 1700 pieces …