All Entries in the "Art" Category
Artisans of Lincoln: Anthony Sims talks designing the 2013 Lincoln MKZ
Anthony Sims, a Lincoln Interior Designer, was put to the test to re-imagine the 2013 MKZ. He was one of a only a few on the team to be granted this experience. “When sketching, I thought of luxury hotels and that experience, that feeling that you’re special,” shares the Washington state native. Sims recently discovered [...]
Harlem Postcards: 10th Anniversary at Studio Museum in Harlem
It’s the 10th Anniversary for Harlem Postcards, Studio Museum in Harlem’s signature exhibit. Alex Da Corte joins Ugo Rondinone, Jumoke Sanwo and Letha Wilson in this season’s exhibit. An ongoing project, Harlem Postcards features contemporary artists with diverse backgrounds who present images of Harlem, ”the nexus of black culture,” highlighting its “cultural activity, political vitality, visual stimuli, [...]
‘Blues for Smoke’ art exhibit now showing at the Whitney
Blues for Smoke features more than 40 artists from the 1950s to the present in both blues and popular music. The exhibition title was inspired by the 1906 sold album by jazz pianist Jaki Byard. The curator handpicked pieces that are poetic and avant-garde, closing a divide based on race, genertion and canon. Art lovers [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers at Museum of African American Diaspora in San Franscisco
The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect offers an inspirational journey through five centuries of African American history, culture and heritage. Presented as part of MoAD’s Collector’s Series, the exhibition celebrates Bernard and Shirley Kinsey’s passion for collecting objects of extraordinary significance over the 40 years of their [...]
Wells Fargo Honors Emancipation Proclamation with Art Exhibit
Wells Fargo Launches National Art Exhibit in San Francisco Honoring The 150th Anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation National exhibition recognizes art as a voice for history and culture Wells Fargo recently kicked off its national art tour featuring the “The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey: Where Art and History Intersect” at the [...]
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Passion, Politics and Painting
“Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting” is the largest exhibition ever mounted of Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera’s combined work – more than 120 works are featured, including their paintings and photographs of them. Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is the only U.S. venue that will feature this exhibition. It [...]
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s career was short-lived but oh so meaningful
Brooklyn born painter Jean-Michel Basquiat began his life as a frustrated artist early on. As a young man, he started out doing graffiti around New York, a city not unfamiliar with thousands of such artists. Eventually replacing his paint cans with paint brushes, he managed to find his true calling in the art world. Though [...]
The Randolph Linsly Simpson Collection of African American History
Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library houses one of the world’s most comprehensive collections historical photographic portraits of African Americans dating from 1850 to 1840 including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and cabinet card photographs. The 500-plus piece collection includes formal studio portraits of politicians and bankers, cowboys, workmen, families, African American men in military service, [...]
Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe
Beautiful diaspora of the African woman. Mickalene Thomas’s Origin of the Universe is the first major solo museum exhibition for this highly acclaimed multi-media artist. The exhibit includes some of Thomas’ most notable decorative portrait paintings as well as a new body of work that explores landscapes and interiors. The exhibition also features a mural in [...]
LeSean Thomas shares failing his way to success
LeSean Thomas is a celebrated Pop-Artist with a Hip Hop/ Anime-driven aesthetic that is praised by industry veterans and fans of the genre. His most notable work was on the Award-winning show “The Boondocks”. This video is from TEDxSinchon, where he gets the chance to speak on his successful failure and how he [...]
