March 13, 2025
Artists

High school Artist of the Year 2024 semifinalists announced – Orange County Register

Semifinalists for Artist of the Year 2024 include (top row, from left) Sofia Ancieto from Coast High School (dance), Jaden Minjae Kim frm Orange County School of the Arts (instrumental music), Joules Recana from Orange County School of the Arts (vocal mjusic), Blake Schallio from El Dorado High School (theater), (bottom row, from left) Austin

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First Retrospective in Rome of Salvatore Scarpitta Underscores the Artist’s Trailblazing Legacy

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know. Check out what we have in store, and inquire for more with one simple click. What You Need to Know: On April 6,

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Artists

What young artists created for the Fresh Paint OKC mural project

Syon Houston paints his piece “Fortitude” for the Fresh Paint OKC mural project in Oklahoma City, on Monday, March 4, 2024. NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN Huey Robinson pauses to speak to a reporter while working on his piece “Look both ways before you cross my mind” for the Fresh Paint mural project in Oklahoma City,

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‘Clarence was always an artist’ Honoring the life of a painter, sculptor, and Tuskegee Airman

From the moment he sat in a pilot’s seat, his widow said, Clarence Shivers felt at home. As a young man in World War II, Shivers signed on as a Tuskegee airman – one of the nation’s first Black military pilots. But the beginnings of his art career dated all the way back to his

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how the famous South African artist keeps her Ndebele culture alive

Esther Mahlangu is having a retrospective of her world famous art in Cape Town. Now 88, the South African visual artist is best known for her colourful large-scale murals in the traditional patterns and colours of the Ndebele people of South Africa – once famously displayed on a BMW as part of a global advertising

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Marian Zazeela, an Artist of Light and Design, Dies at 83

In avant-garde New York, one of the most pilgrimaged sites is the “Dream House,” a sensory environment that since 1993 has occupied the third story of a walk-up on Church Street in Lower Manhattan. From the ceiling of that small, carpeted room, theater lights treated with red and blue filters combine to throw auras of

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European Artists

Tourist slams Paris as ‘filthy and full of con artists’ | Travel News | Travel

If you’re British then the famous cities of Europe can be so tempting to visit given their often close proximity and tourism highlights. But tourists have been slamming many of them on a website where a user posed a probing question on which places were the “least enjoyable” on the continent. They Reddit user asked:

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Artists

Bartók Spring Weeks a Huge Success with Artists from All over the World

On April 14, the fourth Bartók Spring International Art Weeks came to an end with a concert by Oscar- and Grammy-winning world-famous Chinese composer Tan Dun, with more than 80 programs in sixteen different locations in Budapest, evoking the spirit of the eponymous Béla Bartók. The ten days of events included Hungarian premieres, dance theater

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Artists stun at Day 1 of Coachella’s second weekend

Look back at our live coverage. The crackle and snare of revving motorcycle engines split through 10 minutes of anticipatory silence, beckoning the arrival of Coachella 2024’s sanctified, unofficial mother: Lana Del Rey. She rolled in with her dancers en suite, heralding the beginning of the end of the festival’s second Friday. Lana had thousands

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Artists

Negrosanon artist Tey Sevilleno says ‘art is best when started young’

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Tey Sevilleno, the President of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros, says younger Negrense artists should dive more into their culture as it contributes to the artwork’s significance and color NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The appreciation and presentation of art

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