March 10, 2025
Art Investment

He Loves This One Type of Asset – Chicago Magazine

Investment Tips from Elon Musk: He Loves This One Type of Asset Elon’s diverse investments have generated him billions, even as entire sectors of the economy crumble. What’s his secret weapon? PAID POST BY MASTERWORKS.COM Elon’s actually been giving the secret away since late last year. Most people just missed it.  It’s understandable, there was

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Artists

Bay Area artists released some terrific albums in 2023 — here are 10

Ambrose Akinmusire released the gorgeous album “Owl Song” with his new trio in 2023. In the performing arts, the rollercoaster ride that started with the dawn of the ‘20s took another series of stomach-flipping twists in 2023 as tentative optimism gradually gave way to guarded anxiety. For musicians, the confluence of inflation-resistant gig fees and

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Artists

Jay Rock Says Black Hippy Will Appear On Upcoming TDE Compilation Album

Jay Rock has alluded to a long-awaited Black Hippy reunion on TDE’s forthcoming compilation album. On Friday, December 22, the Associated Press released a clip from its interview with the Los Angeles native while he was at Top Dawg Entertainment’s Christmas concert last week. Jay Rock revealed that the label he’s been signed to for

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Artists

Southbury Public Library: David K. Merrill Artist Talk And Book Signing On January 7 & 21, 2024

12/15/2023 On Sunday, January 7 and Sunday January 21 from 1-4pm in the Kingsley Room, join us for an artist talk and book signing by David K. Merrill. David K. Merrill is an artist known for “Realistic renderings of rural New England, capturing the nostalgia of a passing era.” He exhibited at the Kent Art

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Artists

Crafting Legacy: A Filmmaker’s Tribute to Artistic Roots

The journey of recognizing and embracing one’s artistic identity is a profound theme that resonates with many photographers and creatives. This notion is beautifully explored in a video project where a filmmaker reflects on the artistic influences of his family, particularly his mother and grandmother, and how these shaped his own creative path. Such narratives

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Artists

Ukraine Names Russian Artists as National Security Threats

Ukraine Expands List of National Security Threats with Russian Artists The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has expanded its list of individuals considered as threats to the nation’s security. Russian singer Yaroslav Dronov, known as Shaman, and actor Alexey Kravchenko, recognized for his roles in the TV series “Brigada” and internationally released

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Artists

Dallas artist Mary Vernon’s bold colors, gestures and structures at Valley House Gallery

The first thing apt to strike you in the Mary Vernon show at Valley House Gallery is sheer, often startling, beauty. Bold, brilliant colors fairly leap off the smooth, whiter-than-white polypropylene Yupo sheets the Dallas artist has been using instead of canvas in recent years. With no surface texture to absorb and soften the oil

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Visual artists

Fact 2023

A selection of our favourite performances and features Fact presented in print, online and at 180 Studios in 2023. Global conflicts, a cost of living crisis, the uncertain consequences of AI and ongoing climate meltdown: 2023, like the years that have preceded it, has been an exceptionally challenging one. In spite of these events, artists

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Artists

Arts council grants ‘expand the possibility’ for Piedmont artists

The North Carolina Arts Council’s 2024 Artist Support Grant winners were announced this month. Grants totaling $62,000 were awarded by the Arts Councils of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County and Greater Greensboro.  In all, 45 artists in a five-county Triad region — Davidson, Forsyth, Davie, Guilford and Randolph counties — will receive funding that supports their

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European Art

FIAT triumphs at the 10th Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) European Creativity Festival, “No Grey” project wins the prestigious 2023 ADCE Grand Prix

FIAT (https://www.FIAT.com/​) awarded at the 2023 edition of the ADCE Awards, the most prestigious prize of the European creative community, promoted by the Art Directors Club of Europe; The brand, alongside Leo Burnett agency, excelled with the “No grey” project, awarded with the Grand Prix 2023, simply the best work across all disciplines. The ADCE

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