Just after dawn on a recent Tuesday morning, I drove down to the Tamaqua Marina in Sheepshead Bay to meet up with the longtime Chinatown artist Arlan Huang. Huang had invited me to go fishing on a chartered boat with him and three of his buddies—all gray-haired men who had met as part of the
Artist Holly Given shows her large paintings on display at the Belmont Village La Jolla community. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon) Artwork from the UCSD Emeriti Association is hung in a hallway at Belmont Village La Jolla during a showcase. (Ashley Mackin-Solomon) Artist Kim SignoretPaar (center, in black) explains the subject matter of her photos at a Belmont
By Nikia Chaney | Contributing Columnist San Bernardino poet and teacher Nikia Chaney is the literary laureate of Inlandia Institute. (File photo by Kurt Miller, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Toni Morrison wrote “Beloved” during quiet moments when her children were asleep. Black women writers often find time for their art only in such quiet moments. Society rarely
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
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
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
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
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
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
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