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La Linterna is a traditional printing press/graphic workshop located in the San Antonio neighborhood of Cali. It is not just an old printing press: it is a cultural beacon that resists the digital age with old machines, ink, lead type, rollers, linoleum, engravings, and the soul of several master pr...
Little girls often dream about what their wedding will be like someday. They imagine a white gown, beautiful flowers, and maybe even the perfect venue. Sometimes they dream really big. Even though some of their most secret wishes may never come true, it’s still fun to fantasize. Emily Emby married h...
Sometimes Gen-Xers just want to feel seen, something that doesn't always happen for us. So when a YouTube account called Null Parade created a Gen X–themed ad inspired by Dos Equis, many in this latchkey sandwich generation truly showed their love. In a video titled "The Most Gen X Man in the World ...
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has given its 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence to Los Angeles–based curator Hamza Walker. He will receive $25,000 and will be honored at CCS Bard’s spring gala in April. Walker has been the executive director of the Brick ...
In Atlanta, the desire for critical art writing has spurred many heated debates on the question of responsibility. Whose responsibility is it to write critically about the arts in the Southeast? Which writers have the knowledge and care to write well-informed cultural analyses and critiques without ...
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It’s hard to believe it’s already time for the season 28 finale of The Voice on NBC. Coaches Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé have worked hard all season long to make their teams strong. There were devastating cuts along the way and lots of tears. But these coaches know the ...
When Hoda Kotb left the Today Show in September 2024, it was deeply affected. She and Jenna Bush Hager worked side by side for years, so finding a replacement would not be easy. For the past year, the fourth hour of Today, dubbed Today with Jenna & Friends, has had 60 co-hosts as the team searched f...
For years, Marcus Jones and Akunna Olumba noticed a stunning lack of art galleries and shows in their city of Detroit, Michigan. Especially when it came to ones that specifically showcased Black artists. "I’ve always felt the want to support our people,” Jones told The Michigan Chronicle. “As a Blac...
Kathryn Kanjo, newly appointed museum director of the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Courtest UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art This fall, the University of California, Irvine, and Orange County Museum of Art completed their am...
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The year 2025 saw several solo exhibitions by well-known Black artists, including Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, Rashid Johnson, Jack Whitten, Lorna Simpson, and Elizabeth Catlett. Following his exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, Marshall is now lauded as one of America’s most important ...
Celebrating the strength and creativity of Myanmar’s women in exile through musicOriginally published on Global VoicesEven in exile, Dr Elizabeth continues her healing journey through rhythm, resistance, and radical hope. Photo from Exile Hub, used with permission. Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’...
The year 2025 hasn’t started out great. We’ve seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, and depressed. But even when things seem inescapable or hard, it can be helpful to remember that we...
The 20-foot-tall installation, titled "Library of Us," featured titles that hold personal meaning for British artist Es Devlin—who invited visitors to sit on nearby benches and read...
Frank Gehry designed some of the world’s most recognizable cultural landmarks, from museums like the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris and the Guggenheim in Bilbao to Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. Gehry died on December 5 at age 96. Over the weekend...
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Jack Whitten for “Jack Whitten: The Messenger” at the Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMarch 23–August 2, 2025Curators: Michelle Kuo, with Helena Klevorn, Dana Liljegren, and David Sledge Across his six-decade career, Jack Whitten repeatedly found daring, innovative, and new ways of wielding paint, onl...
Just before Christmas in 1969, Jackie Vernon brought Frosty the Snowman to life. The animated classic premiered on CBS on December 7 and has been a part of millions of families’ holiday season for 56 years. Frosty’s voice is quite distinct and very memorable. But if we hadn’t told you who was behind...
Amasya Archaeology Museum displays six remarkably preserved bodies from the 14th-century Ilkhanid period. They are identified as Şehzade Cumudar, the Anatolian nâzır; the emir of Amasya, İşbuğa Noyan; the statesman İzzettin Mehmet Pervane Bey; his wife; and their two children. Cumudur's titles revea...
Kevin Smith gave us some of the most memorable independent films and characters of the 1990s. If you love Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, or Jay and Silent Bob, you have Kevin to thank. But before you thank Kevin, he’d probably prefer that you thank his mom, Grace V. Smith, as he credits her as the p...
Poets and philosophers have been using metaphors and analogies to try to define love for millennia, so it seems like we would have heard them all by now. But Penn Badgley, whose role as serial killer Joe in the TV series You couldn't be further from his real-life persona, has shared a metaphor for r...
