classic comedy The Andy Griffith Show aired on CBS for eight years beginning in 1968. Although the show spanned the decades and amassed generation after generation of new fans, one thing it didn’t collect during its original run was Emmy statuettes. Left to right: The cast of “The Andy Griffith Show” Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard […]
By definition, primary colors are the most basic hues. When mixed, these elemental colors form all other shades of the color wheel, but no other colors can be mixed to create red, yellow or blue. Primaries represent the most intense and pure forms of color, and this vibrant combination is starting to establish itself as […]
City hall press release A new mural by Houston artist David Maldonado will be unveiled at the renovated Port of Denver One Stop Center Artist’s rendering of the proposed mural August 11, 2022 — The City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA), in partnership with UP Art Studios, is pleased to announce the […]
Rose B. Simpson, Brace, 2022. Clay, glaze, steel and string. 38 1/2 x 28 x 14 inches (97.8 x 71.1 x 35.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. PHOTO: Addison Doty. © Rose B. Simpson DynaFriendly sculpture artist Rose B. Simpson opens her first solo exhibition in Boston at the ICA, […]
Plato’s Symposium – Anselm Feuerbach (1869) Woven through Thor: Love and Thunder, Taika Waititi’s latest contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a sentimental, age-old commentary on mortality and love. In this intergalactic romantic comedy, the hammer-wielding gods of thunder face off against the sleazy “butcher god” Gorr in a race to the gates of […]
We currently have a unique opportunity to influence policy change and improve the fundamental conditions of working and practicing the arts. Developing a national cultural policy in broad consultation with the sector has the potential to reinvest in strategies that promote a strong arts ecology and support the careers of artists across the country from […]
An artist’s rendition of renovated downtown Chatham, with a community center, to the right, that would house various municipal services, as well as a new arena, and more. By Pam WrightJournalist of the Local Journalism Initiative Imagine that Chatham-Kent took a cautious step forward. At its August 8 meeting, Chatham-Kent Council voted to allocate $2 […]
This is a report that took a long time to land. And hopefully one that doesn’t air in its intent, given its lengthy 300-page delivery and fresh round of submissions. We talk about the Productivity Commission’s draft Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts report, tabled in recent weeks (July 19), which is […]
Tony Bender’s recent column “Losing my religion” is inspired by an REM song title that has nothing to do with religion, but rather an old Southern saying having to do with going all out. of his rope where politeness gives way to anger – which is obviously where he is. His loss of politeness (kindness) […]
Studio sessions take place on August 10, 14 and 24 PRESS RELEASESAFE WORD*************************SIMCOE COUNTY – safeword, along with community partner The Gilbert Centre, proudly presents a three-part online visual arts workshop series called Arts Jam Studio Sessions! In collaboration with our Arts Jam 2SLGBTQ+, we invited three amazing visual artists to lead creative and interactive […]
Bone Springs Art Space in Roswell isn’t just where ceramic artist Miranda Howe creates art. It’s where she teaches others to exercise their creativity, where she and other artists sell and exhibit their work, and it’s a place where the community experiences art. Howe purchased the three-story structure in 2014. It was once where Conoco […]
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. During the Trump administration, Sean Hannity was on top of the world. With the ousting of longtime Fox News colleague and nemesis Bill O’Reilly in April 2017 over allegations of sexual misconduct, Hannity quickly rose from second fiddle to most-watched host in the news. cable. And he stayed there […]
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Painted in English and Spanish as part of an aging mural near Cermak Road and California Avenue, one can read the words: “Where do good ideas come from? Are they falling from the sky? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone. The quote, fairly easy […]
Federal Hill, a restored antebellum plantation home in Bardstown, Kentucky, better known as the Old Kentucky Home, opened its doors to statewide marching band and throngs of visitors on 4 July 1923, after a three-year campaign for its purchase and renovation. It was Kentucky’s first historic home—and one of the first projects to capitalize on […]
The Georgetown Arts and Culture Council in July approved $12,100 in grants to local arts and culture organizations to help fund local arts and culture programs that include visual arts, music and performing arts in George Town. Funding is for events in Georgetown taking place between October 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. Grant recipients […]
Difficulties in social communication and interaction are considered core features of autism. There is a common perception that people with autism cannot recognize the emotions of others and have little idea how effectively they do so. We’re used to seeing these challenges portrayed in popular culture, like TV shows The Good Doctor, Atypical, or Love […]
Even in the disruptive early days of his Fluxus-related practice, Knowles retained the transformative power we attribute to art, as evidenced by other scores of food-related events, including make a salad and The same lunch. Documentation of both is well represented at BAMPFA. In each, the obvious and ordinary ingredients such as lettuce or a […]
Nearly 100 delegates from 10 countries traveled to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to attend the 51st Annual Convention July 5-7 and spend some quality time networking with industry friends and colleagues. The members were thrilled to finally meet in person for the first time since 2019. Traditionally co-hosted by one of the members, this year’s special […]
August 2 – The Santa Fe City Council is considering an ordinance that would allow vendors to sell their wares in the Plaza during up to eight smaller-scale cultural events each year, in addition to the eight major art markets and community events permitted for commercial purposes. Sales. Which events would get the first dibs […]
The jazz vocal group performing on the main stage Outdoor big band dance concert at a vintage car museum Swing all night at the Driving Museum in El Segundo for a live show featuring The Swing Tones, our live band, food, vendors, dance lessons + We keep alive high quality music experiences, interactive dance concerts […]
Celebrating its 25th year, the 2022 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) festival has officially opened until August 31 in Adelaide and the South Australia region. SALA continues to be the largest open access visual arts festival in the world and this year has 648 events and a record number of 11,865 artists participating in 585 […]
Micah Plath of Welcome to Plathville does an Instagram story that includes a quote about narcissism. Fans try to guess who it is. Micah Plath, who gained popularity on Welcome to Plathvilleshares an unexplained Instagram story about narcissists. Welcome to Plathville focuses on the life of the Plath family who live on a farm with […]
BECKET – As the principal dancer of New York City Ballet, Taylor Stanley has achieved a level of stardom that allows for the kind of artistic exploration that permeates “Dichotomous Being: An Evening of Taylor Stanley.” Somehow the show, which premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival this week, began in 2018, when Stanley surprised many […]
Literature as tapasya: the Weltanschauung of Chitta Ranjan Chitta Ranjan believed in tapasya as a mode of being in a world, where we work patiently to bring existing reality to a new evolutionary height as well as to ascend to a higher level of consciousness and a more dignified relationship. quality with the existing self, […]
Today, July 30, a new exhibition opened at the State Museum of Fine Arts in Odessa for the first time since the beginning of the war. “Before the war” is the name of the exhibition, prepared before February 24. Before the war, this was how millions of Ukrainians at the end of winter marked the […]
Actors Bryan Cranston, left, and Aaron Paul view statues of their characters during the “Breaking Bad” statue unveiling Friday at the Albuquerque Convention Center downtown. (Chancey Bush/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal America’s favorite drug dealers have returned to their old stomping grounds. On Friday, the city of Albuquerque teamed up with Sony Pictures […]
By: Frank Gromling Owner of the Ocean Art Gallery Ocean Art Gallery will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday August 6th at the Ormond Beach Mainstreet Art Walk. Owner and manager Frank Gromling invites all patrons and others enjoying the art walk to visit the gallery to view new artwork while enjoying live music and […]
The US dollar is the strongest it has been in two decades. What does this mean for the art market? I started thinking about it when the greenback hit a 20-year high against a basket of currencies, including the euro and the pound. The US dollar index is up 10% year-to-date. The climb ‘left a […]
There are plenty of movies we wanted to see that never materialized, whether it’s Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon or Darren Aronofsky’s Batman. For Popeye fans, the most recently scrapped project may just be one of many movies that got away. There’s no denying that Popeye is iconic in the realm of popular culture, and it’s hard […]
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas and recommends the best in culture. Register here. Are you ready to “let go of the wiggle”? Beyoncé’s new album will soon test America’s appetite for dance and its ability […]
Auction at Glen Cove, NY GLEN COVE, NY — There was something for everyone at the July 16 Roland NY estate sale, evidenced by the event’s two best-selling lots, each ending at $11,875. One was a set consisting of two carved Chinese jade ornaments – a figure of a man holding a censer, 2 inches […]
HOST NICK EICHER: Next, the fight for life. Overturning last month’s Supreme Court ruling Roe vs. Wade sparked quite a backlash: it sparked outcries on social media, fueled political campaigns and, predictably, sent angry protesters to town squares across the country. MARY REICHARD, HOST: WORLD sent a correspondent to one of these protests to better […]
A beautiful old haveli in Mandawa. The city in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan is often referred to as the state’s open-air art gallery, as it is dotted with fascinating havelis with richly painted walls. Deploy The Indian Heritage Hotels Association (IHHA) and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) have approached […]
Posted on July 25, 2022 by Larry Barnett In the early 20th century, coinciding with the rise of high technology and the advancement of science – the telegraph, radio, personal automobiles, and the shift from agrarian to industrial culture – the way people are tied to each other and themselves has begun a major transition: […]
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Hugh Grant, Keanu Reeves, Terry Crews and Sir Patrick Stewart joined comic book fans at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con as the event returned in person for the first time in two years after going live due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thousands of fans flocked to the San Diego Convention Center for the four-day event, […]
The crowd took the team by surprise. It was supposed to be an evening reserved for artists, those close to the big boss and the cultural elite of the capital. But, word of mouth in Dakar being what it is, dozens and dozens of people are suddenly crowding in front of the front door of […]
Martin’s performance on normalized sexuality, replete with a hip hop kick started by Elvis Presley 40 years before, had its roots in Menudo, the teen pop group he starred in during their huge international pop hit of the years. 1980. Like Menudo, he popularized music that had few “Latin” elements other than its dancing and […]
Professor Patrick Patterson of the University of Hawaii will be the next guest speaker at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center’s “East Meets West” series on July 30 at 1:30 p.m. at the Stanley Izumigawa Resource Center. Patterson will present “Border Song: How Popular Song Shaped Cross-Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century.” In his […]
In the first row, from left to right, Bob Watson, initiator of the event; Judy Schmidt, SAA President; Michael Swartzmiller, member of the Top of West Virginia Arts Council; and Rachel Keeney, executive director of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau. – contributed Fran Veltri, left, SAA trustee […]
Combs Twins D’Lila and Jessie with Celebrity Photographer Cheryl Fox at Fred Segal ARTCADE and SubNation NFT Opening for “Spirit of an Athlete” Powered by LOOP Art Is Life Banner – LOOP x Fred Segal ARTCADE x SubNation Collaboration for Cheryl Fox “Spirit of an Athlete” NFT Drop Cheryl Fox, famous photographer and artist Celebrities […]
Talk to the cosplayers who walk the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter, people line up days in advance to enter the San Diego Convention Center, and you’ll hear a similar sentiment about why they love Comic-Con. . “I feel more at home when I’m at Comic-Con,” says a cosplayer dressed as Amazing Spider-Man. Fans said […]
Seattle is known for being “out there”, both geographically and ideologically. Consistently ranked among the nation’s most progressive cities, its thuggish mentality is also evident in its arts scene, which embodies Seattle’s pioneering spirit while highlighting the many challenges facing the growing metropolis, including the gentrification, homelessness and worsening income inequality. Never a community to […]
Work is nearing completion on the new public plaza adjacent to 550 Madison Avenue, a landmark 37-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown East. Developed by Olayan Group and RXR Realty, the 684-foot-tall postmodern building is undergoing a 21,000-square-foot interior-exterior renovation, which includes a three-height steel-framed glass canopy designed by Snøhetta and a revamped lobby designed by […]
An October staple, “House on Haunted Hill” is a must-have title for horror fans, whether it’s William Castle’s 1959 feature (one of whose jump-scares landed at No. No. 37 on Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments) or its superior 1999 Dark Castle Entertainment Remake. that accompanies escape. The gameplay element is a financial incentive: the winner […]
All are invited to come and admire the works of Joy Willow, currently on display at Columbia College. The works are staged in the Manzanita building, Rotunda gallery in the campus administration building. Summer hours for the show are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday and the show runs until Thursday, August 11. […]
A friend of mine recently nailed the harsh reality of being an artist in Australia since the pandemic. Over tea, he said he noticed something strange and pervasive: when artists get together, they don’t talk about art, they talk about money – their desperate lack of ‘silver. Since that conversation, the impacts of the pandemic […]
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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) — A lot has changed for Moon Muses burlesque in just one year, namely the location. Moon Muses have gone from sold-out shows in an easy talking bar to performing to double the size audiences in actual theaters. Now they are expanding again to keep up with demand. Producer, director, choreographer and […]
Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) – Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off a wealth of personal items and historical artifacts from his storied career, including the jacket he wore on the moon landing. The only spacesuit from the Apollo 11 mission still in private hands, the suit is expected to attract auctions of up to $2 million, […]
MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday July 19th. You are listening to WORLD Radio and we are delighted! Hello. I am Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Next step: Serving students at risk of academic failure. We know that music lessons benefit students creatively and academically. Several studies have shown this. Some […]
This is a press release from the Redwood Art Association: The Redwood Art Association will exhibit photographic art in its main gallery from July 20e until August 19e for the North Coast Lens 2022 exhibition. In addition to this annual exhibition, another photographer will hang his images on the floor of Gallery 1. James H. […]
Review: Dostoyevsky or the deluge of language By Julia Kristeva, translated by Jody Gladding Columbia University Press Buy at Bookshop.org Philosopher, linguist and literary critic Julia Kristeva’s little book on the writings of Fyodor Dostoyevsky juxtaposes vignettes from her own past with observations about the writer who influenced her from an early age. Dostoyevsky or […]
The place? Room H at San Diego Comic-Con. Time? 2019, almost a year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit us like a truck and changed our lives forever. The surprise? Kevin Feige and a stage full of superstars, including stars, Oscar winners and nominees, and everything in between, gathered for a photo after the big Marvel […]
Late 19th century France was an exciting time for avant-garde artists. While the best-known figures of this period can be grouped into the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art movements, there are other creators from this era who possessed unique and enduring aesthetics. One of these people was the French artist Odilon Redon. Interested in depicting imaginary […]
The Museum of Art at the School of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Southern Mississippi has announced a call for entries for its 2022 Ceramics National. Artists from across the country are invited to submit original works created during the course. of the past five years. Ceramic sculptures, vessel forms (both functional […]
When he co-wrote “409” with Brian Wilson for the Beach Boys’ first single on Capitol Records in mid-1962, he first associated the hot rod fad with surfing in popular culture. By his own reckoning, Usher wrote and recorded over 50 car songs in a month in 1963. All of this would make Gary Usher an […]
GILFORD — Aglow with new tenants and freshly refurbished, the Village at Paugus Bay is ready for a coming out party. Its new owners, Neil and Elisa Silver, are just getting started. The Silvers acquired the building when Neil’s investment banking business seized the previous owner. Rather than resell it, the couple took it under […]
BECKET — A cast member of “An Untitled Love,” the 2021 dance by postmodern choreographer Kyle Abraham, called the piece “a black love sitcom dance.” Abraham, meanwhile, called it his love letter to the neo-soul songs of D’Angelo & The Vanguard. I call it a marriage made in art heaven, a supreme love. dance review […]
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture Appointment THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) elected James D. Thornton chairman of the museum’s 36-member board. Thornton is the first black person and the first person of color to lead the council. […]
Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, which includes extraordinary sensitivity to sunlight. A baseball cap won’t suffice and looks silly with my urban professional wardrobe. Fedoras, trilbys and Panama hats seem to proclaim the wearer either as an extravagant maverick or as an anti-feminist reactionary. Is there a happy medium? […]
Reading time: 3 minutes Games aren’t just the most popular entertainment medium of our time – they’ve also made their way into the very heart of popular culture, with other media increasingly taking inspiration from games. Whereas in the past you might expect a movie to be made from a popular book, today people are […]
The Bronx Museum of the Arts announced that it has hired Eileen Jeng Lynch as its new director of curatorial affairs, effective August 1. Jeng Lynch succeeds Antonio Sergio Bessa, who left in 2019 and is now the museum’s emeritus chief curator. She comes to the museum with a strong background in politically and ecologically […]
Breadcrumb Links local entertainment Entertainment Paintings by an indigenous artist from Manitoulin Island are the focus of a new London gallery exhibition. Works by the late Angus Trudeau of Manitoulin Island, including Hauling Logs, above, are featured in a new exhibition at the Michael Gibson Gallery through July 30. Content of the article Paintings by […]
Having formed in 2013, Glasgow-based avant-garde metal collective Ashenspire released their thoughtfully blackened debut in 2017. Don’t talk about the dilemma of Laudanum was a scathing exploration of the brutality of British imperialism. Two years later, the group takes a critical look at the ever-widening wage gap that has turned the working class into capitalist […]
Bill Carey Collaborating columnist If you’re looking for something to do the weekend of July 15-17, head to Dayton to see “Monkey in the Middle.” This wonderful drama is produced by the Rhea Heritage Community Foundation and is staged in the same courtroom where the Scopes trial took place. The cast of “Monkey in the […]
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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On their special tour featuring the Memories and Inspiration exhibit, Atlanta natives Kerry and C. Betty Davis chose Albany State University (ASU) as their only stop in Georgia . The couple started collecting art around 35 years ago and have selected 67 images that focus specifically on the black image. Some […]
Elko is a small town located in northeastern Nevada, USA, with the Ruby Mountains as a backdrop. Historically associated with the California Trail and the Central Pacific Railroad, Elko is known for its cowboy culture. It is the birthplace of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, emblematic of the city’s image. With the appeal of being […]
It is a bit fashionable in conservative circles these days to decry the dual influence of French philosophers Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. They are blamed for laying the intellectual groundwork for the moral relativism, anti-rationalism, anti-Westernism, and narcissistic identity politics that blight today’s society. The grievance politics of Black Lives Matter and the strange, […]
Kentucky Wesleyan College’s Graphic Design and Animation programs are expanding to offer more courses and sprucing up some of the courses previously offered. Heather Logsdon, president of KWC’s humanities division, said she’s thrilled the department is expanding to offer courses for animation majors. “We had animation classes as part of the graphic design program, but […]
The “Zoo View” collection by artist Patsy Zwahlen includes, from left to right, “Elephant #1”, “Cute Giraffe” and “Deer in Pointillism”. By Sudan Britton The Gallery by the Lake is excited about its members’ current exhibit, “Zoo View,” which President Dan Plummer says includes works by a dozen area artists. Exhibits include paintings, photographs, pen […]
I have thought a lot about how to love and care for the woman who is now in my life – lessons learned from experience. For my marriage, it was perhaps too late; but for this relationship, it is not. Mistakes and failures are essential for growth, development and understanding and relationships could be better […]
“It’s worth reminding adults – the whole world – that children see all this, live it, feel it. And unlike us, they can’t make decisions,” said Olena Sotnyk, Ukrainian politician and adviser of the Prime Minister. as well as one of the organizers of the exhibition. “They expect adults and the world to act to […]
The Midwest is widely known for its cool autumns and long winters. The region also likes to celebrate these seasons in its own way. Downtown Chicago proudly displays Christmas decorations on every corner while Green Bay celebrates the Packers in every way you can imagine. The City of Racine has its own traditions over the […]
When, on New Year’s Eve 2018, Volodymyr Zelenskyy “interrupted his own show” to announce on national television that he was running for President of Ukraine, “many wondered if it was a joke”, said Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian. After all, the comedian and actor was the star of a hit TV series, servant of the […]
Picador signed an “electric, ferocious and infinitely curious” investigation into eating disorders by Emmeline Clein. Editorial director Andrea Henry has acquired the rights for the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, excluding Canada, to Dead weight by Claire Roberts of Claire Roberts Global Literary Management, on behalf of Monika Woods of Triangle House. It was pre-empted […]
Summer is the time for adventure at the High Street Theatre. Search for pirate treasure while escaping a crime family with “The Goonies” at 3 and 6 p.m. Thursday, July 14 and 3 p.m. Friday, July 15, or join four friends in 1959 for a very different kind of trip to the classic film Coming […]
Scottdale, Georgia — Heck House, a local arts venue, has temporarily postponed events due to code compliance issues and lack of a commercial license. Heck House is not closed, but is not hosting events at this time. They are continuing some work, such as art projects and developing internal policies, founder and executive director Paula […]
Katie Howarth Ryan was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA), where she sits on the Collection’s Standing Committee. Ryan completed two terms on the MMOCA Board of Directors and previously served as its Curator of Education. Ryan is also currently a professor at the Chazen Museum of […]
Last week’s Catholic Book Club column focused on an American Jesuit who became widely recognized as a public intellectual in the mid-twentieth century: John Courtney Murray, SJ But what if I told you that there was another American Jesuit, a friend of Murray, whose writings on everything from theater and fiction to politics, civil society […]
It’s no coincidence that, imagining Vermont, you can almost taste the crisp mountain air while standing in a pretty cityscape with peaks on all sides. With pretty steeples and historic buildings, these cityscapes blend into the great outdoors, like the most charming in Vermont. brattleboro Old buildings along Whetstone Broke in Brattleboro, Vermont Despite an […]
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Fight Club’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ are all equally famous in print and on celluloid. Still, you wouldn’t put “Forrest Gump” on this list, because the book of the same name it’s based on isn’t nearly as famous as the movie. According to The […]
BOONE, NC — The Freiman family has donated more than $2 million to Appalachian State University to support An Appalachian Summer Festival and university libraries. The gifts were given in memory of Larry Freiman – who died in 2021 – by his wife, Barbara, and their children and grandchildren. “The Freimans have been valued […]
The newly redeveloped Walsh Bay Arts Precinct has won the NSW Architecture Medallion, the highest honor of the NSW Architecture Awards 2022, a prestigious celebration of architecture run by the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The transformation of the cultural precinct’s historic buildings, Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5, was planned and executed […]
Language is the main tool we have to communicate our vision of reality to others. We choose our words carefully to convey our point of view. But that perspective is itself already shaped by the language we use. Language is therefore far from being an objective medium that simply reflects the way the world is. […]
Kim Kardashian is no stranger to a fleeting moment that becomes viral news coverage. But her recent appearance at the Met Gala, wearing the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday to President John Kennedy in 1962, proved particularly divisive, with the 41-year-old outraged by costume enthusiasts for wearing what many consider it to […]
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic chooses his favorite exhibitions to see in July in London. Each comes with a concise review to help you decide if it’s for you. Those looking for more exhibits should check out his previous top 5 where all but one remain open. Nengi Omuku: Parables of Joy @ Pippy Houldsworth GalleryGhostly […]
Classic rock fans love that the Beatles and Rolling Stones have been so close over the years, hanging out and collaborating on music. However, this friendship does not mean that the groups like everything the other does. Keith Richards once shared the Beatles album which he considered “dumb”. Which Beatles album did Keith Richards call […]
In 1938, a member of the American Abstract Artists Group, Ibram Lassaw, published an essay in the American Artists’ Yearbook in which he highlighted the central credos of interwar abstraction, arguing that the painting’s status is “its own reality” and not merely a secondary representation of external reality. His power lay in his ability to […]
Richard Taruskin, a towering musicologist and public intellectual whose polemical scholarship and criticism shook up the history of conventional classical music, died early Friday in Oakland, Calif. He was 77 years old. His death, in hospital, was caused by esophageal cancer, said his wife, Cathy Roebuck Taruskin. A professor emeritus at the University of California […]
Top Billin’ with Bill Bellamy, a new audio-visual podcast from Breakbeat Media, will debut on July 6. Each week, the comedian-actor interviews notable historical and contemporary figures in music, comedy, sports and other fields while being filmed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. While analyzing current events and popular culture, Bellamy and his guests will […]
The Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion will host the traveling exhibition “Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts” this fall. The exhibition features more than 70 original works by more than 50 of the country’s most famous artists. Included are works by Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Chuck Close, Willem De Kooning, Jasper Johns, […]
Show for 12 people at the AMP Jay Critchley’s multimedia work, Baby Boomers. (Photo courtesy of AMP Gallery) Works by Barbara E. Cohen and Jay Critchley currently occupy the same wall at the Art Market Provincetown (432 Commercial St.). Cohen’s four paintings of a three-dimensional cube emerging from a one-dimensional background have a Pop Art […]
NFT.NYC attendees joined in celebrating the emergence of their emerging community despite the market downturn. (Ann-Sophie Fjello-Jensen/AP Images for Samsung Electronics America) ASSOCIATED PRESS What happened Taking place the week of June 20, NFT NYC 2022 was the largest NFT conference to date, with over 15,000 attendees heading to New York to participate in panel […]
Sam Gilliam, an abstractionist known primarily for his Drape paintings — unstretched canvases hung from ceilings and pinned to walls — as well as being the first black artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, has died. Gilliam died on June 25, aged 88. The cause of death was kidney failure. His […]
As you wander around the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla, you might come across more than 20 works of art infused into the landscape. These works, commissioned as part of the renowned Stuart Collection, have a new head – curator, writer and artistic project manager Jessica Berlanga Taylor. As Director of the Stuart […]
Angoulême is famous above all for its International Comics Festival (FIBD), a celebration of the art of comics that draws thousands of visitors to the city each January. Artists and fans flock to Angoulême from all over the world, but the art form they come to admire is particularly popular with the French. Worldwide recognition […]
It’s not often that an animated children’s film retains such a strong legacy among its aging audiences, nor is there one that has infiltrated popular culture like Shrek. The 2001 DreamWorks film won an Academy Award for Best Picture and even made it onto the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2020. RELATED: How […]
Q. Could you please settle a slight disagreement between my husband and me? Our five-year-old granddaughter came home with beautiful drawings. My husband was so impressed and suggested that the youth was on his side, implying that older people usually lose some of their creativity. I strongly disagree and believe that aging is an advantage. […]
Andrea Pratt’s Spiral Notebook is open to the public at the Gumboot Café in Roberts Creek until June 30. Select works are displayed on her website at www.andreapratt.com and on Instagram at @andreaprattart. Works by Langdale painter Andrea Pratt that encompass iconographic representations of spirituality and ecology are featured at the Gumboot Café in Roberts […]
From July 1 to 4, 2022 Los Angeles Convention Center at DTLA One-day admission $80 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), one-day admission $50 (Monday) There’s a reason anime fans love the remarkable cosplay-tacular that comes to downtown Los Angeles every July: Anime Expo is known as the “largest Japanese pop culture event in North America.” That […]
The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than twenty paintings attributed to the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity. Orlando Art Museum spokeswoman Emilia Bourmas-Fry said in a statement that they were complying with an FBI warrant for access to the ‘Heroes and Monsters’ exhibit, which is now […]
The most famous event in San Francisco’s avant-garde literary history was Allen Ginsberg’s reading of “Howl” at the Six Gallery at 3119 Fillmore St. on October 7, 1955. This frenetic reading, the later publication by Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s City Lights ‘Howl and Other Poems’ books and subsequent arrests and obscenity trial launched Ginsberg’s career, put City […]
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Because most movies that rely on popular culture allusions face a difficult balancing act to not date themselves too quickly, there are plenty of trends that are currently popular this week that will be obsolete by the time end of the month. We are confident, based on Morbius’ (and completely ironic) enduring popularity, that Dead […]
Stella Alesi in North-South Summer is coming ! Suggestion: Observe the most dynamic visual examples of reality – whether figurative, abstract or an amalgamation of these – extracted from entire worlds of creation by artists in this sizzling urban center. And, ahhhhh, do it from the air-conditioned comfort of Austin’s many private galleries this first […]
Graffiti is an art form traditionally rooted in physical and urban space – but is it mandatory? Shanti Mathias interviews an artist taking her work into the metaverse. I found the Metaverse, and the Metaverse is in Epsom. In the small downstairs room of a house on a leafy avenue near Auckland’s Cornwall Park, artist […]
Kids’ Art Abounds This Summer on Mercer Island / Art Scene Participants immerse themselves in their art projects at a previous Mercer Island community event. Photo courtesy of MIVAL By Anne Hritzay Special for the journalist As activities resume post-COVID, Mercer Islanders will have various opportunities to view and participate in community arts activities and […]
Higher Ground, the production entity run by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the former first lady, signed an exclusive multi-year production deal with Audible, the audio arm of Amazon, just two months after the end of a similar agreement with Spotify. While Higher Ground and Audible didn’t share any specific details about the […]
On a balmy Saturday night on the tiny island of Menorca off the coast of Spain, visiting art-worlders mixed with residents to raise a ointment-a local favorite gin and lemon elixir – to Rashid Johnson. The 45-year-old Chicago-born, New York-based artist was there to open his latest solo show, “Rashid Johnson: Sodade,” with mega-gallery Hauser […]
As the fight for equality rages on in both politics and media, Pride Month appreciates how far the LGBTQIA+ community has come. From the Stonewall Riots to the origins of queer cinema, countless brave and daring icons have made their existence known and claimed the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. Related: ‘Bound’, ‘Edge […]