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Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf’s Literary Revolution
By Michael Cunningham Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” is a revolutionary novel of profound scope and depth, about a day in the life of a woman who runs a few errands, sees an old suitor and gives a dull party. It’s a masterpiece created out of the […]
The coal company helped the city survive winter
Stuart Davis was a New York artist of the 20th century best known for his playful Modernist paintings filled with bright colors and geometric shapes. But early in his career, he was influenced by the Ashcan School—and he stuck with the social realist style with this 1912 piece, Consumer […]
Davis and Boseman have brought history to life
(CNN)“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” which represents the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman’s final cinematic performance, is a deft celebration of the blues that showcases the grandeur and travails of creating art as an expression of dignity in a world scarred by Jim Crow segregation. The film […]
14-Year-Old Artist Paints Portrait Of Lebron James For Time Magazine
A 14-year-old painter has made it onto the latest cover of Time magazine thanks to LeBron James. Tyler Gordon’s painting of the NBA champion was featured on the magazine’s cover this week after the Los Angeles Lakers star was named, “Athlete Of The Year.” Gordon, who has been […]
W.E.B. Du Bois Embraced Science To Fight Racism As Editor Of NAACP’s Magazine The Crisis
The NAACP – the most prominent interracial civil rights organization in American history – published the first issue of The Crisis, its official magazine, 110 years ago, in 1910. For almost two and a half decades, sociologist and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois served as […]
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