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Because it’s awards season, I’ve been knee-deep in historian Mark Cousin’s 15-part doc “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” and it is thoughtful, informative and takes a refreshingly global perspective on cinema. I’m
Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news and Washington dogfluencers:
The legacy of Chicano graphics
“Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA’ TI XICANA,” 1999, by Yreina D. Cervántez collages images that reflect a range of artistic influences.
(Yreina D. Cervántez / SAAM)
Corn tortillas and edible ink.
Those were the highly unorthodox materials employed by a group of four Bay Area artists in the mid-2000s who called themselves
Just Dive In!
A new book by scholar, curator, and artist Deborah Willis,
Vogue sat down with Willis to discuss the genesis of the book and what she learned after its completion. (
Guardian/Vogue)
The Outsider Art Fair is live and in full swing. Check out the online viewing rooms and in-person events across New York City, where you will find the inventory of dealers like Steven S. Powers, whose winter catalogue
The Design his Own is now available and very much worth perusing. Steve turns up some of the most wonderful objects that pivot between the genres we know as antique, folk, and outsider art. (
Washington.org Inspires Mid-Winter Getaways with 40+ Consumer Discounts, 101 Date Ideas, Contest
(Washington, DC) – For the seventh consecutive year, Destination DC, the official marketing and tourism office for the nation’s capital, hosts Date Nights DC, a regional campaign inspiring mid-winter getaways throughout the month of February. The 2016 promotion bundles more than 40 unique deals and discounts offered by Washington, DC hotels, restaurants, theaters, attractions and tours, as well as 29 proposal-ready spots and 101 date-worthy itineraries tailored to couples, families and friends.
Playfully tagged “Upgrade your date night,” Date Nights DC marries the allure of the capital’s beloved attractions with the city’s new and under-the-radar experiences to create budget-friendly winter getaways. The campaign targets travelers within a three-hour drive of the nation’s capital. The promotion will debut January 11, 2016 with an ad-buy supporting 18 million Mid-Atlantic
It isn’t a whole new world in 2021, but Yale University learned Wednesday that it will no longer face discriminating charges from the U.S. Department of Justice.
This photo of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, was taken by Sidney L. Smith in 1882. It was gifted by Olin Dows to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. (Image via Courthouse News courtesy of the Smithsonian)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CN) Just four months after it accused Yale of discriminating against white and Asian students seeking enrollment in its undergraduate programs, the Justice Department quietly abandoned the case Wednesday.