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Cincinnati artists born 150 years apart continue to drive a message of equality and hope “To be from Cincinnati you kind of have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder, people don’t think we are going to do the greatest all the time,” said Brandon Hawkins owner of Soul Palette, a mobile paint party business. and last updated 2021-02-09 21:23:01-05 CINCINNATI — When Brandon Hawkins learned a painting by a historic Cincinnati artist was a part of the inauguration of President Joe Biden, he felt inspired. “To be from Cincinnati you kind of have a little bit of a chip on...

The abrupt transition in the White House from a reality TV show host to an experienced institutionalist is promising on innumerable fronts. But assumptions about ensuing benefits to the arts should be kept in check – because the arts in the United States are fuelled not by public policy or public money, but by the top tenth of the 1 per cent. In 2019, 328 million Americans contributed an average of 47 cents in federal taxes to the arts, yielding an anaemic $155 million for the National Endowment for the Arts – about half the price of one F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The NEA is to receive a 3 ...

Welcome to the first Essential Arts newsletter of the President Biden era. I’m Times arts writer Jessica Gelt, filling in for the indefatigable Carolina Miranda with a rundown of the week’s culture news — the Bernie memes edition. The Biden inauguration, with L.A. assists The inauguration proceedings were a little surreal, what with the National Mall largely empty and the ceremony at the Capitol filled with ex-presidents in face coverings reminding us that we might have a new administration, but we’re still in the same old pandemic times. Arts staffers here, like the rest of Twitter,...

10:50 AM MYT Black artist Robert S. Duncanson’s 'Landscape With Rainbow, ' an oil on canvas painted in 1859. Photo: Smithsonian American Art Museum The official “inauguration painting” displayed at a reception inside the US Capitol today came weighted with layered symbolism. The deft choice spoke of a new administration with an insightful understanding of art’s potential power. Apparently chosen by Jill Biden, the incoming first lady, and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to commemorate the swearing-in ceremony, it was painted in 1859 by prominent Black artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872). Th...

With every inauguration, a painting is displayed at the luncheon that follows the ceremony. Chosen by incoming first lady Jill Biden and presented by Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, the inaugural painting is by 19th century landscape artist Robert S. Duncanson. Titled Landscape With Rainbow, the work depicts a pastoral scene. With every inauguration, a painting is meant to be displayed at the luncheon that follows the swearing-in ceremony.  However this year, the luncheon was cancelled as President Biden took a private meal before retreating to his new office to start his four-year...