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MARY DILL HENRY: LOVE JAZZ OPENS AT BERRY CAMPBELL NEW YORK, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Mary Dill Henry, Love Jazz, 1965, acrylic on canvas, 49 3/4 x 71 1/4 inches. Berry Campbell is pleased to announce a rare exhibition of paintings from 1965 to 1970 by Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009).  In her mid-50s by this time, Henry created her signature style, synthesizing past and present art movements into bold and striking compositions.  Oscillating shapes form kinetic patterns and Op Art illusions in works from this time.  Influenced by her studies in th...

Graphic Design and Synaesthesia – #MemberSpotlight Published 29/01/2021 by In the overload of information and noise that is the digital age, there has never been a stronger push to  be yourself and promote your own uniqueness to the world. This is especially true of artists and creatives – everyone has their own style, everyone strives to be different. But we'd have trouble finding someone who does it better than  Ginna Mora with her  Synaesthesik alter ego. Ever since writing her thesis at Uni some 12 years ago on multisensory experiences, Ginna fell in lo...

*Grammy-winning vocalist Patti Austin decided to do what she does best in a bid to get out the vote in Georgia, despite not residing in the Peach state. “I know you’ve gotta be tired of washing hands and wearing masks/ But you can save the planet’s ass!,” Austin belts in the brassy big-band ditty, “Georgia Ur Votin 4ME2.” The song was posted by the political action committee MeidasTouch. Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff vote will determine whether or not the entire U.S. Senate goes Democrat or Republican. Democrats Jon Ossoff and  David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both of whom are ...

Faith Fox and her son Jamel – WCNC Charlotte *A Charlotte, N.C. mother says her Black son was kicked out of a predominantly white private school that he had attended for 10 years after she complained about his 9th grade class reading “Fences,” a play by Black playwright August Wilson. Faith Fox had an issue with the racial slurs uttered throughout the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, which deals with racism in America during the 1950s. She said her son and his classmates at Providence Day School were set to read the play, and that the school told parents in early November that students wo...

*A Morehouse College alumnus has gifted the historically black college an art collection worth $1 million. His generosity was in an effort to help diversify the art world.  According to CNN, the collection includes works by McArthur Binion, Rashid Johnson, Amy Sherald, Mickalene Thomas and Ivy Haldeman.  “I will always be grateful for my Morehouse education and the springboard it created for my career on Wall Street and in business, and I want to recognize that with this gift,” Business executive George Wells, 42, said in a statement. “Owning multiple works by Johnson and Thomas is...