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Beads!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Newark Museum hosts “Glass Beads of Ghana” thru June 15, 2009
The making and the use of decorative beads has been a tradition in Africa for over 400 years. The same styles have been maintained and updated in the west African country of Ghana.
To explore this art form, the exhibit uses video and photographs to show [...]

“The Vintage Black Cinema” Stamps

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

In this age of email and text messages, every once in awhile you need a stamp! Why not choose one that is pretty, historical and a celebration of black movies?
Ms Josephine Baker’s 1935 movie, “Princess Tam-Tam”, is one of only 4 films she made. It is included in 5 presented on a sheet of 42 [...]

Guggenheim Goodies

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC will have some special exhibits thru the summer until mid- September highlighting art from their permanent collections.
“New York In the 1940s”

European artists escaping the turmoil of World War II came to New York during the ‘40s to work and exhibit. A lot of their paintings, some in [...]

“Winslow Homer: American Scenes”

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Boston Museum of Fine Arts – thru December 7, 2008

“After the Hurricane”, Bahamas, 1899
An extensive collection of work by Winslow Homer, (1836-1910), is on display at the Boston Museum. The exhibit includes paintings, water colors, illustrations (from “Harper’s Weekly” – a political magazine published from 1857 to 1916) and some etchings.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Venus and Serena Williams – a Dynamic Duo!

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

This past weekend, Venus Williams won her 5th Wimbledon Ladies Single final (she defeated Serena this time – Serena has won Wimbledon twice) and together, Serena and Venus just won their 3rd Wimbledon Ladies Doubles titles.
Between the 2 of them, the sisters have won an amazing number of Grand Slam titles - 16 singles, 7 [...]

Tennis Anyone?

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Pete Sampras * “A Champion’s Mind: Lessons From A Life In Tennis”

Tennis is one of my favorite couch potato sports. It is physical, it is mental, it is attitude – who has more of the “right stuff” on a particular day, who has it during a particular set, or even a single [...]

“Robert Rauschenberg: New Acquisitions”

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Works by 20th century artist Robert Rauschenberg, (1925 – 2008), are on display at the Meyerovich Gallery in San Francisco, CA until August 1, 2008.
Rauschenberg journeyed from Abstract Impressionism to Pop Artist during the 50’s when he started to use material not usually seen in a painting, (he often found interesting trash in the street), [...]

“Houston Collects: African American Art” * 8/3 - 10/26/08

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Kojo Griffin , Untitled from the series Field Theory: group scene , 2000

African American art from the 20th and 21st centuries on view at the Houston Museum of Fine Art . According to the museum site, the collection of over a 100 works will include “early crafts, self-taught artists, [...]

Bronzes From West Africa

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

“ Benin - Kings and Rituals: Court Arts of Nigeria ”
July 10– September 21, 2008

Royal sculptures from the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria (Edo Empire) - it flourished from about 1440 to the late 1800’s - will be on display at
The Art Institute of Chicago [...]

“Dali: Painting & Film” * June 29 – September 15, 2008

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

“The Persistence of Memory” (1931), will return to MoMA as part of an event featuring the art of Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) as both painter and filmmaker - especially with Spanish director Luis Bunuel , (1900 - 1983).
Dali’s paintings, drawings, movie scripts will all be used to [...]