August 16, 2024
Art Investment

JCPenney Unveils $40 Million Investment in State-Of-The-Art Supply Chain Upgrades

The centerpiece of JCPenney’s distribution center upgrade is the implementation of the Joey Pouch sorting system, a state-of-the-art, computerized induction, sorting and packing system. (Photo: Business Wire) As part of the retailer’s $1 billion reinvestment, JCPenney is introducing the Joey Pouch system to improve supply chain operations PLANO, Texas, June 18, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JCPenney today unveiled

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Visual artists

Halifax: City of Firsts in Canadian Art

TORONTO, June 18, 2024 /CNW/ – Today the Art Canada Institute (ACI) proudly releases the print edition of Halifax Art and Artists: An Illustrated History by Ray Cronin, also available as an open-access online publication in the ACI’s celebrated Canadian Online Art Book Project. The visually stunning and content-rich volume joins ACI’s growing library of

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European Art

Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection at Fairfield University Art Museum

Bellarmine Hall Galleries September 12 – December 21, 2024 This exhibition samples the richness of European print culture between the late 15th and late 18th centuries through more than fifty woodcuts, engravings, and etchings, including work by Raphael, Dürer, Rembrandt, and Canaletto. The exhibition explores themes including the collaborative nature of printmaking, the continuing demand for technical

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Art Investment

More than 80% of young, wealthy Americans want to collect art, survey finds

Wealthy art collectors say they are hoping to take advantage of the buyer’s market, according to the latest edition of Bank of America’s survey of high-net-worth individuals, released today (18 June), which also sheds light on the differences between older collectors and the new guard made up of Millennials and Gen Z. The survey consisted

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Artists

100 artists to see before you die: Burna Boy

A paid for ad feature for viagogo At 32, Burna Boy is already a legend. Since he released his debut album ‘L.I.F.E.’ in 2023, the Nigerian artist has honed a unique and influential sound he calls “Afro-fusion”. Topped off with crisp, quotable lyrics, this infectious blend of Afrobeats, reggae, R&B, hip-hop, pop and dancehall has

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Artists

Why artist atiya jones came to Pittsburgh from NYC and never left

Brooklyn’s atiya jones, a dynamic multidisciplinary visual and conceptual artist, has been making waves in Pittsburgh’s art scene since she arrived in 2016. What led her to Pittsburgh, a city often overshadowed by its larger counterparts on the East Coast? The artist’s journey was driven by “abject wanderlust.” “I’d never been here before committing to

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Artists

Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?

Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are, and have always been, built atop the theft of creative professionals’ work. The arrangement with Apple isn’t the only news from OpenAI. Among recent updates and controversies including high-level defections, last month the

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Artists

Scooter Braun Stepping Away from Artist Management

Michael Buckner/Variety/Shutterstock Scooter Braun will be stepping away from artist management after a 23-year career to focus on his role as CEO of Hybe America. This move is not entirely unexpected, as there were rumors last year that Braun, best known for managing Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, had ended his professional relationships with both

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Artists

The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) awards Latinx Artist Fellowships to fifteen artists working across the United States and Puerto Rico

Fifteen artists living and working across the United States and in Puerto Rico have been awarded the 2024 Latinx Artist Fellowships by the U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF), a non-profit organization formed in 2015 to address the underrepresentation and underfunding of Latinx art. As part of the year-long Latinx Artist Fellowship program, each

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Artists

Ipswich artist’s Red Arrows coins approved by King

Image source, Shaun Whitmore/BBC Image caption, Each coin depicts the Red Arrows over a UK landmark Article information Author, Debbie Tubby and Laura Devlin Role, BBC News Reporting from Ipswich 39 minutes ago A self-taught artist said it was “mind-blowing” that his work depicting the Red Arrows for a set of commemorative coins had been

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