Oct 30, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, New York, News & Trending
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Nicole Fleetwood grew up in a small, poor town in southwest Ohio, and saw friends, neighbors, and family members go to prison, some for large crimes, most for small ones. She kept in touch with her relatives while they were incarcerated, trading back and forth...
Oct 9, 2020 | Culture, Exhibitions, Gallery, News & Trending, Organizations
It’s common for modern historical pieces – films, novels, etc – to include black figures in ways that previous iterations of the genre never did. For instance, the BBC series Merlin included a black Guinevere, played by Angel Coulby. Netflix’s 2020 series...
Sep 9, 2020 | Culture, Exhibitions, News & Trending
In April 2019, Notre Dame burned. Its tower collapsed in and the 800-year-old oak beams blazed to charcoal while the world watched live. Many were shocked to learn that it was the cathedral’s first major fire in its long life. It survived both World Wars and two...
Aug 26, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions
The San Francisco Art Institute, the oldest art school west of the Mississippi, faced closure this spring after COVID-19 made it impossible to reopen for in-person classes this fall. But an April vote by the school board confirmed that the school would remain open,...
Aug 19, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, Gallery
In the early 1820s, English King George IV commissioned the architect John Nash to make some renovations to Buckingham Palace – most notably, to build the picture gallery, a home for George’s collection of fine paintings. Now, two centuries later, the gallery is...
Jul 29, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, News & Trending
Before Lucy Liu hit television big time in 1997 on Ally McBeal, and big screen fame in Charlie’s Angels in 2000, she was showing her art in major galleries in New York and Los Angeles. She’s worked in collage, photography, mixed-media works, and sculpture...
