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/ Since 1999, Sean Scully’s Landline paintings have led a transition from what John Caldwell called ‘the asceticism of his earlier black paintings’ towards the ’emotion, space, colour and physicality’ [i] of a more expressive style that has traced the world’s contours. As Scully says, ‘I change, of course, and hopefully expand’. In the Landline series, Scully seeks to paint his ‘sense of the elemental coming-together of land and sea, sky and land … the way the blocks of the world hug each other and brush up against each other.’ [ii] The series works as a guide fo...

Sprüth Magers opens first solo exhibition by John Waters at its Los Angeles gallery Installation view, John Waters, Hollywood's Greatest Hits, February 16–May 1, 2021, Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles © John Waters. Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer. LOS ANGELES, CA .-Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are presenting their first solo exhibition by John Waters at the Los Angeles gallery. Hollywood’s Greatest Hits features a selection of works, most of which have never been seen before in LA, that shed light on the artist’s decades-long, wide-ranging art practice,...

LVMH, Tapestry, CFDA Talk Strategies to Create a More Diverse, Inclusive Workforce Women's Wear Daily (WWD) 2/24/2021 Lisa Lockwood Where does fashion go from here when it comes to diversity? That was the subject of a fashion and diversity panel Wednesday featuring Corey Smith, vice president of diversity and inclusion at LVMH Inc.; Carmen Arocho-Blanco, senior director of equity, inclusion and diversity at Tapestry, Inc., and CaSandra Diggs, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. More from WWD The one-hour conversation was moderated by Nicole Chapoteau, f...

Rawlings came through for me in my difficult moments as President – Akufo-Addo Listen to article President Akufo-Addo has described the late former President Jerry John Rawlings as his “good friend and a repository of sound advice.” According to Mr Akufo-Addo, in moments of difficulty in his presidency, he could count on Mr Rawlings’ considerable “wealth of experience and knowledge,” and “on those occasions, he came through for me.” Nana Akufo-Addo said these in a tribute to Mr Rawlings during his final funeral rites at the Black Square in Accra on Wednesday, 27 January 2021...

A recent review of the new Manic Street Preachers single speculated that the band’s consistently good press coverage is due to a disproportionate amount of 30-something music journalists who over-romanticise the firebrand, iconic acts of their youth. Even bass player and propagandist-in-chief Nicky Wire thinks there’s something in this. “We’ve never inspired anyone really, band-wise,” he says, “but we’ve inspired lots of journalists and academia and people doing PhDs on RS Thomas.” Even with that caveat in mind, their latest album, Futurology, has received notices it’s im...