Embed from Getty Images Ballet legend Misty Copeland came out of retirement for an electrifying performance at the 98th Academy Awards ceremony. The iconic ballerina closed out the performance of “I Lied to You,” the Oscar-nominated song from Sinners.
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Blending personal narratives and cultural influences, artist Aunia Kahn paints portraiture ripe with symbolism. The gouache works feature female figures surrounded by ornate framing and repeating patterns. Birds and flowers are two of the most prominent symbols, communicating themes of freedom and rebirth. They are universal subjects that have particular significance to Kahn as it relates to her life and artistic journey.
In many ways, color is the foundation of visual art.
More than 500 years ago, a medieval scribe bent over a sheet of parchment, guiding a quill across the page...
At 7 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat endured a bad car accident, ultimately leaving him hospitalized. While recovering, his mother gifted him a copy of Gray’s Anatomy, a comprehensive textbook spanning anatomical, surgical, and clinical topics. Thus began the artist’s fascination with the human body, a subject that would prove essential to his work. There was, however, one specific aspect of the body that interested him more often than others: the head.
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Over the last couple of decades, Pharrell Williams has gone beyond music to immerse himself in fashion and design.
Once again, Frieze Los Angeles hosted a successful edition at the Santa Monica Airport campus. Across its four-day run, this year’s fair attracted more than 32,000 visitors—including representatives from 160 museums and institutions—and spotlighted over 100 galleries from around the world. Considering its ambitious scope, Frieze LA unsurprisingly facilitated some significant sales.
Dancer Misty Copeland is calling out actor and Marty Supreme star Timothée Chalamet for his comments on opera and ballet.
As part of its Open Access initiative, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has published more than 100...
