Walking into a room of Jackson Pollock’s drip-paintings in 1951, Helen Frankenthaler said the experience was like moving to Lisbon with no Portuguese and feeling compelled to put down roots: “I wanted to live in this land, and I had to live there but I just didn’t know the language.” This wild terrain was Abstract Expressionism and, while it may have seemed a far-flung monoglot culture to the precocious 22-year-old Frankenthaler, her own syntax of forms would soon come to express so much of what that language was able to articulate.
Frankenthaler’s immersion did not take long. After completing her art school studies at Bennington College in 1950, she moved back to New York, and by the following spring she was offered her first solo show at Tibor de Nagy Gallery on the strength of her formative abstractions.
Tuesday, March 30
7:00 p.m. EDT
Aperture and Rockefeller Center are pleased to host a discussion between esteemed photographer Jamel Shabazz and writer Tanisha C. Ford. Since the early 1980s, Shabazz has photographed New York’s street life and hip-hop culture with joy, verve, and style. His work not only captures the essence and pureness of hip-hop culture in New York, but also the deep connections he has with his subjects and community. For this event, Shabazz and Ford will discuss Shabazz’s career, his lasting legacy, how quarantine has given him time to rediscover hidden gems in his archive, and the installation of work at Rockefeller Center through April.
J.J. Abrams will produce the upcoming superhero film.
By Chelsea SteinerFeb 27th, 2021, 12:46 pm
Acclaimed author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates will write an upcoming Superman film for Warner Bros. and DC Films. J.J. Abrams will produce the film along with the studios. In an exclusive from
Shadow and Act, Coates said “To be invited into the DC Extended Universe by Warner Bros., DC Films and Bad Robot is an honor, … I look forward to meaningfully adding to the legacy of America’s most iconic mythic hero.”
Abrams told
Shadow and Act, “There is a new, powerful and moving Superman story yet to be told. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with the brilliant Mr. Coates to help bring that story to the big screen, and we’re beyond thankful to the team at Warner Bros. for the opportunity.”
Clockwise, from top left: Dr. View, Bartees Strange, Original Flow and Jabee
This is No Cover, a production of KOSU and Oklahoma State University and hosted by Matthew Viriyapah. This episode features highlights of past episodes with Dr. View, Bartees Strange, Original Flow and Jabee.
For Black History Month, No Cover is taking a look back at some Black musicians that have been on the show in the past year. You’ll be hearing again from Dr. View, Bartees Strange, Original Flow, and Jabee. They all released really wonderful projects in the last year and they shared some of their stories and experiences that went into their music.