Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, singer and co-writer of ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, dies at 76

Gary Brooker, leader of Procol Harumthe longtime band most famous for 1967’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died Saturday at the age of 76. The cause of death was cancer. The surviving members announced Brooker’s death in an obituary on the band’s official website, writing that the “a shining and irreplaceable light in the... Read More

A new exhibit to bring ice sculptures downtown

Winnipeggers will soon be able to admire new works of art downtown, but they won’t last forever. This is because the sculptures will be made of ice. The new exhibit, called Winter Wanderland, is a joint venture between Downtown Winnipeg BIZ and Sputnik Architecture. Sheets of ice, each measuring approximately two by three meters,... Read More

KSM Painter Excited About Next Chapter of BYU ‘Dream School’ | News, Sports, Jobs

Painter Keoni Painter’s dream came true when he signed on the dotted line last week to accept a Brigham Young University baseball scholarship. “BYU has always been the school of my dreams, the school I always wanted to go to,” Painter, a senior at Kamehameha Schools in Maui, said Monday. “I was talking... Read More

A conversation “Voice of Marvel: Comunidades” with the writer Karla Pacheco

This issue features Miles Morales, America Chavez, Ghost Rider, White Tiger, Reptil and many more. In the spirit of the thematic issue, Dr Frederick Luis Aldama, Eisner Prize-winning comic book scholar and director of the Latinx Pop Lab at UT Austin, explains how “these and other members of the resplendent stable Marvel superheroes... Read More

CMI appoints Anthony Painter as Director of Policy and External Affairs

Continuing education news The FE News Channel gives you the latest education news and updates on emerging education strategies and # The future of education and the #AvenirduTravail. Providing reliable and positive continuing education news and opinions since 2003, we are a digital news channel with a mix of written articles, podcasts and... Read More

“The Americans” Writer Melissa James Gibson Signs Two-Year Global Agreement with Endeavor Content

“House of Cards” and “The Americans” writer Melissa James Gibson has signed a two-year global deal with Endeavor Content, the studio behind Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers,” Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter,” and “Ambulance. “from Michael Bay for Universal Pictures. The Canadian showrunner, playwright and producer said she was “thrilled with this opportunity to continue... Read More

Customs officers seize methamphetamine hidden in sculptures in Cincinnati

November 3 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that their agents at the Port of Cincinnati discovered methamphetamine concealed inside two clay sculptures. According to a statement, on Friday, October 29, CBP officers were examining incoming cargo from Canada when they selected a shipment described as two sculptures and a family photo... Read More

“Desperation Befell Me”: elusive painter Marlene Dumas on the struggle to paint through a year marred by tragedy

At first glance, 19th-century poet Charles Baudelaire and famous contemporary painter Marlene Dumas don’t seem to have much in common. But an unprecedented exhibition of Dumas’s work in Paris shows the fascinating overlaps between the two minds. Until January 30, 2022, the Musée d’Orsay is exhibiting 15 paintings by the famous artist inspired... Read More

The Nobel Prize for Literature goes to a black writer for the first time since 1993

Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year. “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the plight of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,” the Swedish Academy announced Thursday morning. LATEST NEWS: The 2021 #Nobel prize in literature is awarded to... Read More

The Art Angle Podcast: Writer Roxane Gay on what art can teach us about trauma and healing

Welcome to Art Angle, an Artnet News podcast that explores where the art world meets the real world, telling every week’s greatest story on earth. Join us each week for an in-depth look at what matters most about museums, the art market and more with input from our own writers and editors as... Read More

Paul Schrader Gambles with “The Card Counter”, with Oscar Isaac, Willem Dafoe and Tiffany Haddish

Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish in The card counter.Photo: Focus features Stories of private domestic turmoil need not be narrow; in some ways this has been the story of Paul Schrader’s career. The 75-year-old writer of Taxi driver and director of works ranging from Detroit decor Blue collar To American gigolo and his... Read More

Writer and Director Paul Schrader Gambles with “The Card Counter” starring Oscar Isaac, Willem Dafoe and Tiffany Haddish, in Movies Near Cincinnati

Photo: Focus features Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish in The card counter. Stories of private domestic turmoil need not be narrow; in some ways this has been the story of Paul Schrader’s career. The 75-year-old writer of Taxi driver and director of works ranging from Detroit decor Blue collar at American gigolo and... Read More

A young painter from Bogura dedicates a unique art book to Bangabandhu

Md Mizanur Rahman Himadri Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:07 PM Photo: Courtesy “> Photo: Courtesy The young painter Tariqul Islam portrays his deep respect and admiration for the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, through his works of art. Since childhood, he loved to draw pictures of Bangabandhu and write about... Read More

Tribute to the writer Bulbul Chowdhury

Staff Correspondent Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:00 AM Bulbul Chowdhury. Photo: Collected “> Bulbul Chowdhury. Photo: Collected People from all walks of life paid their final tributes to Ekushey Padak’s award-winning writer Bulbul Chowdhury on the premises of Bangla Academy yesterday. They placed wreaths of flowers on the casket and stood in silence... Read More

The art world remembers the late painter Hung Liu, who valued everyday immigrants in monumental portraits

On the eve of her first retrospective in a museum, Oakland painter Hung Liu, one of the first Chinese artists to have achieved success in the United States, died on Saturday August 7 of pancreatic cancer. She was 73 years old. During his career, Hung Liu created large-scale paintings and installations based on... Read More

An army of sculptures come to Manchester to pay tribute to NHS workers

A new public art installation celebrating key workers arrives in St. Peter’s Square in September. 51 sculptures, each designed by British artists and designers, will make up the installation, with Manchester artists Lei-Mai LeMaow, Guy McKinley and Jodie Silverman joining a group of other acclaimed British artists. The installation – titled Gratitude –... Read More

How Brie Ruais uses her own body to shape her clay sculptures and the sounds of the desert that motivate her

For every work of art that Brie Ruais in fact, she starts from the weight of her body in the clay, giving a new meaning to the term “life-size” sculpture. The Brooklyn-based artist pushes, pulls, and scrapes clay against the floor or wall, using her body as the primary tool in her unusually... Read More

Chinese artist Yu Ji makes sculptures using rubble, flowing water and “wasted mud”. The best curators in the world are obsessed with her

There’s something about Yu Ji’s work – he can stop even the most seasoned and seen curator in his tracks. Today, the Shanghai-based artist continues his rapid rise to world art fame with a solo exhibition at the prestigious Chisenhale Gallery, his first institutional exhibition outside Asia. Chisenhale is known to propel emerging... Read More

The overturned statue of the author of the American national anthem will be replaced by figures of slaves for Juneteenth

An art exhibit depicting America’s first slaves will open on June 17 around the space where a statue of Francis Scott Key was knocked down by racial justice protesters in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, according to Reuters. The “Monumental Reckoning” exhibition which features 350 black steel sculptures 4 feet high will be... Read More

Kelly Link’s “The Summer People” and a Writer’s Block Breakout

In the summer of 1948, Shirley Jackson wrote two short stories in quick succession: her controversial classic “The Lottery” and the underrated “The Summer People”. Even more astonishing is that she finishes the first in a morning of work. “This, as any story writer can tell you, is not a usual thing,” Jackson... Read More

Richard Nonas, whose hand-made sculptures helped define post-minimalism, has died at 85

Anthropologist turned post-minimalist sculptor Richard nonas died in New York on May 11. Nonas, 85, died suddenly but peacefully in his sleep, according to his New York gallery, Fergus McCaffrey. The artist’s death was first reported by ARTnews and Art Forum. Born in New York, Nonas was born in 1936 and studied literature... Read More