Courtesy Photo The Weeknd has become the first Canadian artist to achieve seven diamond certified singles, following the RIAA‘s certification of “Save Your Tears” and “Die For You.” He’s also the fourth overall artist to score seven or more diamond tracks, which marks at least 10 million equivalent units sold. Additionally, his collaboration with Madonna and
Artist and gallerist Chaim Peri is among four Israeli hostages confirmed dead in Hamas captivity, per a notice from the Israeli military earlier in June. Peri, who was 79 years old, was abducted from his home in kibbutz Nir Oz (Ma’in Abu Sitta for Palestinians) beside the Gaza Strip during Hamas’s October 7 attack. A
Hey, Jason Kelce, we heard you’re tired of “bro-country” sounding music, and man, so are we. Thankfully, country music is alive and well beyond the “check out my jacked-up truck” lyrics you referenced. On the most recent New Heights podcast episode, Jason Kelce went on a tangent about how he is over “modern-day” country music and
Make no bones about it, Gregg Bensink can do wonders with all sorts of bones. From his small family farm in Pleasantville, Iowa, southeast of Des Moines, he operates his own business cleaning animal skulls and skeletons and articulating them for various customers. The friendly 44-year-old creates artwork from animal bones and other oddities for
Over 300 individuals and groups applied for the grants. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nearly $1.2 million in Opportunity Fund grants will be going toward Charlotte area artists and cultural groups, according to the city of Charlotte. It’s being distributed by the City of Charlotte Arts and Culture Advisory Board. The fund is designed to support projects and initiatives
Peeps – those sugary marshmallow treats that pop out around Easter to dominate Easter baskets alongside dyed eggs and plastic grass. In recent years, Peeps became art, too, and Peeps diorama contests sprouted up in a few places, including the Fredericksburg Visitor Center, where the second annual Peeps Diorama Contest kicked off on Friday, June
Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer whose eye for spotting talent and knack for nurturing it helped her to build one of the largest and most influential contemporary art galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris. She was 89. Her gallery said her death, in a hospital, was caused by an ischemic event, whose
We’re just several months out from Cincinnati’s premier arts and lights festival, BLINK 2024, and organizers are giving us a glimpse of what we can expect from the dazzling showcase of art installations, murals, projections and more. BLINK announced its artist lineup Thursday, which includes 32 local artists: Muralists Chroma Projects, Cincinnati, OH Gee Horton,
Parade by Rachel Cusk. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 208 pages. 2024. Rachel Cusk’s newest book, Parade, her nineteenth, is a startling, unconventional work of imagined biography. Divided into four distinct yet loosely associated chapters—part artist portraits, part fictions—the book traces the life of an artist named G, who lives many lives and is variously male
The Nation’s Largest Immersive Art Event Highlights the City’s Historic Architecture at Night With Projection Mapping, Murals, and Interactive Light Sculptures October 17, 2024 – October 20, 2024Cincinnati, Ohiohttps://BLINKcincinnati.com CINCINNATI, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BLINK™, one of the nation’s largest public art events, returns October 2024 with a thrilling roster of some of the