Charles “Teenie” Harris, Woman using a Kodak Brownie 8mm movie camera, 1957 Copyright © Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. In a career spanning 40 years as a photojournalist for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s leading Black newspapers, Charles “Teenie” Harris amassed an unrivaled photographic archive. The Smithsonian credits him with creating “one of …
Alice Coltrane, ca. 1978 Courtesy of the John & Alice Coltrane Home. The breathtaking music of Alice Coltrane has the power to stop listeners in their tracks and guide them to another realm of consciousness as she masterfully traverses genres of jazz, gospel, bebop, and classical Indian music, collapsing them together in ethereal, harmonic compositions …
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The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Getty Images A billboard in Montgomery, Alabama, by the artist group For Freedoms was removed after an outcry that spurred city leadership to investigate the piece. The billboard was mounted through For Freedoms, an artist-led organization cofounded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman that has historically placed politically …
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Yoshitomo Nara’s poster features his painting Midnight Tears (2023). ©Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the Yoshitomo Nara Foundation Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara has been enlisted to design a range of merchandise and the promotional poster for FireAid, a benefit concert set to take place at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles on January 30. All …
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Contemporary punks have been known to sport labret piercings, but they were hardly the first do so. Photo Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Every teenager and 20-something thinks a facial piercing or three is a new form of rebellion. In fact, prehistoric kids wore those very same piercings, according to a new study published in the Journal of …
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George Condo is showing at both Hauser & Wirth and Sprüth Magers. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP ENDS PRESIDENT’S ARTS COMMITTEE. The news from the US executive branch keeps rolling in at high speed. In the latest art-related update, Trump has disbanded the President’s Committee …
Crunch time: The British Council’s chief executive, Scott McDonald (C), has offered its collection to the government in exchange for writing off its almost £200-million loan. Getty Images The British Council, the UK’s international organization for cultural relations, is considering selling some of its impressive art collection to offset its £197 million debt. The organization …
Gallerist Helga de Alvear (center) recieves the Montblanc Culture Award 2014 from Montblanc Culture Foundation President Lutz Bethge (left) and Jesus Prieto (right) at the Helga de Alvear Gallery in Madrid, Spain, 2014. Photo Carlos R. Alvarez/WireImage Helga de Alvear, an art dealer who helped lay the groundwork for Arco Madrid fair, died on February …
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Courtesy Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has named the 27 artists who will participate in its closely watched Made in L.A. biennial, which will open in October. The exhibition focuses on artists who work in the greater LA area. Well-known artists like Carl Cheng, John Knight, Patrick Martinez, Will Rawls, Amanda Ross-Ho, …
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How much to fix the Louvre? One billion euros, apparently. Photo Graham Denholm/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP PAUSES ALL FEDERAL LOANS AND GRANTS. On Monday, the White House budget office ordered a pause in all federal grants, loans, and other federal financial assistance, potentially paralyzing …
