ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando is looking to showcase local artists’ work downtown for a Hispanic Heritage Month display at City Hall. Submissions are open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, for an exhibit running from Sept. 17 to Nov. 3 in the Terrace Gallery, the city said in a news release. Art proposals should be

Sitting in a room with two 20-somethings last month in London, I realized that radical performance art is still very much alive. We were at Albion Jeune, a new gallery in Fitzrovia, in London, founded by the 26-year-old Lucca Hue-Williams, who grew up around performance artists like Vito Acconci and has studied animal works by

Scott Stuber has found his post-Netlfix gig, re-launching the storied United Artists studio label under Amazon MGM. The multi-year partnership will see Stuber finance and produce films via his soon-to-be-launched production company that will be released through United Artists, both theatrically and on streaming for Prime. Stuber will be involved in all UA releases, even those

Music service Audiomack is launching a new way for artists to promote their music: by paying for it to be inserted into the listening queues of people who might like it. The tool is called ‘Sponsored Songs’ and involves targeting listeners by location and genre, with Audiomack’s recommendation algorithm then applied to match tracks with

By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS In December, Indiana University canceled its planned exhibition of Palestinian American artist and master of fine arts alumna Samia Halaby’s work, citing concerns that its campus museum couldn’t “guarantee the integrity of the exhibit,” The New York Times reported. Halaby has long been a vocal supporter of Palestine. The Times article

Italy is honouring the artist Fernando Botero with an outdoor exhibition of his voluminous sculptures across Rome. The exhibition is a tribute to the Colombian who died in September last year in Monaco, where he kept a studio. ADVERTISEMENT The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and

A pair of artists who share so much in common that they call each other sister, Janet Piccola and Jolene Sanborn share a passion for travel and experiencing the planet. That theme carries over into the Blue Whole Gallery’s featured exhibit, “What a Wonderful World,” held in August. Meet the artists and view their work

Newly promoted YouTube executive Lizzie Dickson has spoken to Music Week about the platform’s key live initiative for artists. Music Week can reveal that Dickson has been promoted to YouTube’s head of music UK. The role will see Dickson oversee artist, label and music Industry Partnerships for YouTube and YouTube Music in the UK. Dickson will report

It’s been nearly six decades since Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels drove Jenny Take A Ride into the US Top 10. The group lasted less than four years, but Ryder, now 79, is still pushing the pedal to the metal.  His robust career in Europe, particularly Germany, continues with The Roof Is On Fire,

The second film in our Maine Artist Film Series is CARLO … and his Merry Band of Artists directed by Richard Kane.The Waldo is so excited to welcome Richard Kane back with this incredible award winning film! Carlo Pittore, an exuberant, larger-than-life figurative artist and activist is discussed by a small group of friends and fellow artists