by October Gallery
By Grace Aldridge Foster “Nine to Five” by Josh Kline, 3D-printed sculptures in plaster, ink-jet ink, and cyanoacrylate; janitor cart, 2015. This sculpture is in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition…
Not a lot of black people know who Charles White is—which is equal parts heartbreaking and confusing, because it’s hard to overstate his importance as a black artist. White was…
Duane Flatmo discusses his work Tin Pan Dragon, a 23-foot animated sculpture built of steel tubing and recycled aluminum, in the exhibition “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man” at…
DETROIT — For nearly two years, a man tilled an overgrown park in a half-abandoned Detroit neighborhood into a tiny urban farm, filling the earth with the seeds of kale…
New on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: This official music video is for “Ripest of Apples” by Anna & Elizabeth, from the new album ‘The Invisible Comes to Us’ out March 30th,…
For her next documentary, Ava DuVernay will visit Paisley Park to tell the story of its late occupant, Prince Rogers Nelson. The “A Wrinkle in Time” director confirmed the news…
By Marilyn Scallan Burning Man participants 2013 (Photo by Neil Girling) A bit of bohemian ethos and artistry stands amid the permanent concrete buildings and crowded streets of the nation’s…
The Giants said McCovey died “peacefully” after battling “ongoing health issues.” McCovey had been getting around in a wheelchair in recent years because he could no longer rely on his…
A new Smithsonian exhibit aims to make visitors think about our place in the universe. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” A replica…
Writer Gerrick D. Kennedy commemorated the 40th anniversary of “The Wiz” yesterday (October 24) by revisiting its themes and impact on Black pop culture for the Los Angeles Times. For…