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Known for Her Free-Form Line Drawings, Shantell Martin is Collaborating With the New York City Ballet
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Known for Her Free-Form Line Drawings, Shantell Martin is Collaborating With the New York City Ballet

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jan 26, 2019 • No Comments
Artist Shantell Martin x New York City Ballet   BRITISH ARTIST Shantell Martin has turned her bold, black-and-white line drawings into a cottage industry. Over the past decade, Martin has parlayed her work into a series of high-profile exhibitions, projects, and collaborations. In her latest venture, she’s transformed David H. Koch Theater, home of the...
Rico Gatson Installed a Series of Powerful, Radiating Portraits of Historic Cultural Figures in a Bronx Subway Station
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Rico Gatson Installed a Series of Powerful, Radiating Portraits of Historic Cultural Figures in a Bronx Subway Station

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jan 26, 2019 • No Comments
James Baldwin by Rico Gatson   THE YEAR 2019 is off to a promising start for artist Rico Gatson. Paying tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., he unveiled a mural titled “Mountain Top” at CityPlace, a shopping plaza and entertainment destination in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. Also this month, he debuted a series of...

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