Photo Peyton Fulford/©Pope.L/Courtesy the artist Pope.L, an artist whose daredevil performances and conceptual artworks unraveled the concept of race and explored the complexities of language, died at 68 on December 23. Stuart Comer, who curated a Museum of Modern Art survey of the artist’s work in 2019, posted news of the artist’s passing on Instagram
As 2023 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the hip-hop artists we lost in the calendar year. The year started off on a sour note, with news that Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo was found dead in a Memphis, Tenn. home on New Year’s Day. Her cause of death was later reveled to
It didn’t take long for Latto to catch wind of the critical tweet. “Y’all be getting besides y’all self,” she said in response. “Shawty from the Southside and she hard [as f**k]. I don’t care ’bout [all that]. I was an ‘unknown artist’ before and [motherf**kers] acted too big for me. Stream when we drop.”
British multidisciplinary artist Paul Robinson, known professionally as LUAP, combines art across many mediums, including oil paintings, sculptures, and photography. Central to his artistic work is “The Pink Bear,” which is, as it sounds, a pink bear. In reality, the large, bipedal pink bear, a person in a mascot’s attire, represents cherished pieces of Robinson’s
It’s that special time of year where we look back on the year in music and start dropping random lists. Websites, social media apps, magazines, and more are going to be filled with top artist, albums, genres, movies, books, and whatever else can be quantified. I, too, am guilty of writing lists because they are
Latto has hit out at a fan who has suggested that she stop working with lesser known artists. The comment comes after Latto teased a release with rising star Anycia, with which one fan appeared to take issue. The fan commented on X, formerly Twitter: “Girl we love you but you need to stop doing
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., has planned an artist’s talk and book signing with David K. Merrill from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, January 7, and Sunday January 21, in the Kingsley Room. David K. Merrill is an artist known for “realistic renderings of rural New England, capturing the nostalgia of
An image of the Avengers, as processed by ImageNet Roulette. Image via KnowYourMeme. This is the second part of a two-art essay speculating wildly about the impact of A.I. on artmaking. The first part is here. 6) Parasocial Aesthetics Go Parabolic Devon Rodriguez paints alongside A.I.-generated art at Blue Bottle Coffee’s “The Human-Generated Art
In a year where musical trends have been rapidly shifting from trap and hip-hop to electro-pop and RnB, afro-beats, amapiano and a variety of shaabi-inspired genres, it is no surprise that the region’s music scene is undergoing fundamental changes. With these shifts come a fresh generation of artists paving the way for new genres, lyrical
Featured Artists for January 2024 are Michael Hale with acrylic paintings, and Debbie Cain with ornamental gourd carvings. Hale was born in the Pacific Northwest has been at his art since the time he could hold a pencil and later a brush. Majoring in his second love of architecture, he attended Washington State University where