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For decades Roy S. Roberts, a 40-year veteran of the automotive industry and former General Motors group president and his wife, Maureen, have shown their love for African-American art and culture with their philanthropy. This May, in turn, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the only encyclopedic fine arts museum in the world with …
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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 her third book on the meat industry, Cruel: Bearing Witness to Animal Exploitation (OR Books), filled with haunting and empathic illustrations of gaunt, terrified animals …
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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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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Gabrielle Monique Union was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1972, the middle child in a family of three daughters. She is the daughter of Theresa (née Glass), a former dancer, social worker, and phone company manager, and Sylvester C. Union, an AT&T manager and military sergeant. Union’s early childhood years were spent as part …
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 on his website. This bright African American artist brings life to his designs with great textured colorful elements and creativity. His works reflects his many …
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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 we know that doesn’t mean anything in regard to cheating. Marbury was having an affair with his personal chef Thurayyah Mitchell, but when he fired …
by Alexis Garrett Stodghill | October 25, 2012 at 4:05 PM Gabrielle Union stepped onto the white carpet at her 40th birthday party on Monday sponsored by Courvoisier Gold with glowing skin, a fresh smile and the friendly demeanor we have come to expect from the actress after many years in the industry. Totally unlike her famously …
As Hispanic Heritage month comes to a close this year, we would like to remind art admirers in the US that the celebration of Latin American art does not end in October. In fact, exhibits across the country from Los Angeles to New York City are paying tribute to Hispanic art and artists well into …
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