Opinion By Claudia Bennett Published March 29, 2024, 8:14 p.m. ET A demonstrator wears facepaint and a faux noose to protest recent executions by the Islamic regime in Iran, during a march marking the 45th anniversary of the revolution, Washington, DC, February 10, 2024. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock In 2022, Iran had a 22-year-old woman murdered for
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Born in Los Angeles early this century Devon Thompson comments that her earliest memory was punching through a pane of glass, to see if she could. Quite successful in this venture, profuse amounts of blood, stitches, parental trauma, and slight fear of her next move meant performance art was already championed. Growing up a pale, emaciated misfit, Devon found
Ken Levine / Getty Images For many of us, going to the nail salon for a new set is the cornerstone of beauty. (Case in point: we know the Long Nail Goddesses of New Jersey just for their overgrown claws.) “Black folks have always worn nail art as an accessory,” multidisciplinary artist Tru Violet tells
Looking to address a need for affordable housing and workspace for its artists, Laguna Beach plans to establish a community land trust to work toward that goal. An artist work-live ad hoc committee was tasked with identifying a funding mechanism that could make headway on the issue as among its top priorities. “The committee found
Exclusive Beyoncé Collaborator ‘Cowboy Carter’ Opens Doors … For Black Country Artists 3/29/2024 12:42 PM PT Beyoncé has done a lot with her new album — especially for Black country artists who might’ve been discouraged from diving into the genre … so says one of her collaborators. We talked to singer Tiera Kennedy Friday on
Photo by GregH Photographer / GDP It’s tough to succeed in today’s business as an independent. Matthieu Drouot, CEO of Gérard Drouot Productions, can attest to that. He wouldn’t change a thing, though. “It’s the best,” he says. Having been raised in this business by French promoter legend Gérard Drouot, and promoting shows himself for
Quad City Arts has received about 400 artist submissions from around the world to create two new outdoor murals at Arts Alley, 1719 2nd Ave., next to its downtown Rock Island building. Selection of two artists is expected by late April and completion of the murals in June, to be done concurrently with the $8.5-million
Passionate, self-assured expression is at the heart of hip-hop and rap. These overarching genres and the smaller subsects within them embody fearlessness even in the face of vulnerability. Artists in these genres speak their truth without worrying if they’re taking up too much space while doing it. They’re bold, sometimes provocative, and confident. For someone
Billie Eilish is not here for the “biggest artists in the world” making multiple “wasteful” album variants to get fans to keep “buying more.” Before you start side-eying too hard, Billie didn’t name names…and she mentioned this being a problem with multiple (!!) artists, not just the person whose multiple album variants you’re likely thinking