November 22, 2024
Artists

The artists that gave Maureen Tucker her sound

(Credits: Far Out / Polydor) It almost seems like a mistake that The Velvet Underground became famous in the first place. From the reviews from around the time they came up, no one wanted anything to do with them, and yet Lou Reed’s brand of punk-themed lyricism and art-rock grittiness made them one of the

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HIFF Announces a New Presenting Sponsor and the Poster Artist for 2024

Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) has announced that it will welcome Artemis Rising Foundation as its Presenting Sponsor at this year’s festival. HIFF also announced that world-renowned painter Mary Heilmann has been selected as the featured poster artist. The 32nd annual festival will run from October 4 to 14. Artemis Rising Foundation is a nonprofit

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It’s National Poetry Month and Skagway is home to artists and poets

Skip to content By Gretchen Wehmhoff April is National Poetry Month and Skagway is the place to find poets.  Jeff Brady has been writing poetry for decades, but when he and his wife, Dorothy, moved out to their home in Dyea, he found more inspiration to write creatively. Brady published The Skagway News for 37

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Pro-Palestinian artists face ongoing censorship in the US, while rich art collectors demand student protesters be “dragged off campus”

The systematic censorship in the US of artists who express sympathy with the plight of the Gazan population and oppose the genocidal policies of Netanyahu-Biden continues. *The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has felt obliged to create an “Art Censorship Index,” primarily reporting the most egregious, official acts of censorship favoring the murderous Israeli military

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The Penguin Star Colin Farrell Praises the DC Show’s Makeup Artists

Farrell teases his performance in Max’s The Batman spinoff. Later this year, Max subscribers will be treated to The Penguin, a live-action series offering a new look at te iconic Batman villain. The Penguin is centered around the ongoing adventures of Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin, portrayed by Colin Farrell with the help of nearly-unrecognizable

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Visual artists

Local News: Putnam County Visual Arts Exhibit extends call for submissions (5/23/24)

Artist Hannah Buchanan of Rockville, seen with her painting “Family Dinner,” was awarded first place at the 2023 Putnam County Adult Visual Arts Exhibition. This year’s exhibit, organized in collaboration with the Putnam County Museum, will open to the public with an awards reception from 2–5 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, and run through Sept.

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Artists shed light on climate crisis in new Vallejo exhibit – Times Herald Online

Liberty Pierson talks with fellow artist Gene Buban about her artwork titled “The Heraldess” as they hang the Brushstrokes for Earth arts show at the Temple Arts Loft in downtown Vallejo on Wednesday. The piece is created with homemade paper, recycled old utility bills, dandelion ink and coffee. (Chris Riley/Times-Herald) Featuring artists from Benicia and

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Artist Jim Denevan on Creating Massive Land Artworks That Are Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

The Art Angle is a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world. Join us every week for an in-depth look at what matters most in museums, the art market, and much more, with input from our own writers and editors, as well as artists, curators,

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The Artist Who Falsely Claimed Credit for the Utah Monolith Has Opened a Sculpture Park

The artist who falsely claimed credit for the silver monolith that appeared in the Utah desert in 2020, which set off a craze of sightings, has opened a sculpture park in New Mexico named Art City. Matty Mo, known by the pseudonym the Most Famous Artist and generating splashy headlines for art-related stunts, built the

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Art auction: Gems go on sale for animal welfare

There is a gem of an art exhibition that has been continuing all this past week at Spinners Web. It will continue this coming Saturday night with an art auction at Muthaiga Club featuring nearly all the same artists and several more. Both group shows were curated by Philippa Crosland-Taylor who knows nearly all the

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