February 5, 2025

Artists

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ highlights challenges for Black artists in country industry

Beyoncé’s musical renaissance continues on March 29, with the drop of her country-inspired album “Cowboy Carter.” The Houston, Texas, native is expected to not just honor her country roots, but also to highlight the historical and ongoing contributions Black artists have made to the genre that some say has long shut them out. In a

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Swatch x Tate watches are a joyful tribute to seven artists

A partnership between Swatch and Tate Galleries is a natural one for the watchmaker, which has long celebrated its artistic links, working with artists including Keith Haring, Yoko Ono (whose show, ‘Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind’ is at Tate Modern until September 2024) and Annie Leibovitz over the last four decades.  Now, the Swatch

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‘I have become quite a good art dealer for paintings by Afghan artists’

1. Up and at it – what is your morning routine? When I wake up, I turn my phone off silent and check for priority messages and ones from overseas. I’ll get my daughter up for school, get her breakfast and then do the school run before meetings or events. Mornings are always chaotic and

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Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 artist list – Announcements

Hawai‘i Contemporary, presenter of Hawai‘i Triennial (the state’s largest, periodic, international exhibition of contemporary art), is thrilled to announce the artist list for 2025. Featuring 49 artists and art collectives from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond, Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25) is titled ALOHA NŌ and will be held at exhibition sites across O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Island, and

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7 of the richest artists alive – net worths, ranked: from Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde animals to Jeff Koons’ most expensive, US$9 million work, and Anish Kapoor – but who’s a billionaire?

Art Basel Hong Kong is back in full swing this week. The art world’s elite have already jetted in to attend VIP events, while public-attendance days begin on Thursday and end on Saturday. Taking place at the Hong Kong Convention Exhibition and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Art Basel Hong Kong will showcase 243 premier galleries from

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Call for Artists: Rapid City Arts Council seeks pop-up exhibition proposals | Lifestyle

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Joe Rogan Podcast Boosts Gary Clark Jr. Streams on Spotify

Joe Rogan‘s massively popular podcast not only drives millions of listens of his show on Spotify — it also can boost music streams of guests featured on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” too. One of Spotify’s theses behind its investment in podcasts is that they spur higher engagement for the music side of the house: Users

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An Artist Recreates a Lost Velázquez Painting With A.I.

Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734. Las Meninas was snatched from the flames, taken from its frame, and thrown out of a nearby window to save it. But sadly Expulsion

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Music Execs on Global Success Strategies

Back in the 1980s and even the 1990s, Spanish artists like Raphael, Julio Iglesias and Camilo Sesto were hugely popular both in Latin America and among U.S. Latin audiences — a situation replicated in the 1990s and 2000s by the likes of global superstars like Mecano and Alejandro Sanz, both of whom hailed from Spain.

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Artists, Educators, and the Generation Gap in Taiwan – Notes

Admittedly, there is a fine line between civic intervention and political propaganda. Our practice in the past six years has basically revolved around this dilemma. With the eagerness to intervene and influence, and at the same time with anxiety about trespassing the line that prevents us from submitting to the existing power structure, we as

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