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A Rare Glimpse of Comet Leonard’s Last Moments Wins the

17Sep By ibonNo Comments

Arts and Entertainment

A Rare Glimpse of Comet Leonard’s Last Moments Wins the

Photography #astronomy #comets #contests #landscapes #light #moon #space #stars September 16, 2022 Grace Ebert “Disconnection Event” © Gerald Rhemann, Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Khomas, Namibia, December 25, 2021. All images © Astronomy Photographer of the Year, shared with permission The brilliant Comet Leonard put on a mesmerizing performance late last year when it streaked across the sky on Christmas Day. Expelled from the solar system shortly after, the celestial matter captivated photographers around the world during its brief stint of visibility, including Gerald Rhemann who captured the illuminated body as its gas tail disconnected from its nucleus and was swept away by solar wind. The incredibly rare and brief event also garnered Rhemann the top p...

17Sep By ibonNo Comments

Astrology

September 17 Birthday Horoscope 22-23

September 17 Birthday Horoscope 2022-2023 MORE BIRTHDAYS If Today is Your Birthday: September 17th The Year Ahead Forecast for September 2022 to September 2023 If You Were Born Today, September 17: You’re a very practical person, yet also attuned to spiritual values. You expect a lot from others, but even more from yourself! The tendency to be controlling, overly controlled, guarded, or self-contained might need attention. You are very hardworking and have outstanding organizational skills. You are also extremely helpful to others and have a unique sense of humor. You could find much success in intellectual pursuits. You dream big dreams, and sometimes, you can be quite discontented with everyday realities. Even so, you can be skeptical simply because your mind is highly an...

16Sep By ibonNo Comments

Painting

Interview with Christopher W. Benson

Knuckle Sandwich, 2021, oil on linen, 48 by 36 inches I was recently introduced to the work of artist, Christopher Benson while visiting his gallery, EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM. I was intrigued by the strength of his compositions and execution as well as the wide range of styles he has worked in over his many years of painting, embracing traditional painterly realism to abstraction. I was also shown a video of his artist talk and was taken by his many thought-provoking ideas about painting and his willingness to “question authority” by art world rule makers. In a short essay on the artist’s website, Benson states; …”I’ve always had a “painterly” approach, with brush and knife marks clearly evident in my surfaces. It’s challenging though to find a physic...

A New Book Explores the Practices of 38 Black Ceramicists

16Sep By ibonNo Comments

Arts and Entertainment

A New Book Explores the Practices of 38 Black Ceramicists

Art Craft History #books #ceramics #pottery #sculpture September 15, 2022 Grace Ebert Morel Doucet, “Skin Congregate on the Eve of Every Mountain” (2019), slip-cast porcelain with decals. Photo by David Gary Lloyd, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Myrtis Ceramics is both versatile and enduring, allowing for myriad aesthetic sensibilities, degrees of functionality, and the ability to last lifetimes. A new book published by Schiffer Craft gathers the practices of 38 Black Americans wh...

16Sep By ibonNo Comments

Astrology

September 13 Birthday Horoscope 22-23

September 13 Birthday Horoscope 2022-2023 MORE BIRTHDAYS If Today is Your Birthday: September 13th The Year Ahead Forecast for September 2022 to September 2023 If You Were Born Today, September 13: Extremely creative, you are also able to turn your creations into something practical. A born entrepreneur, you seem to have endless new ideas. It’s best to watch a tendency to over-analyze your relationships. You are fully capable of taking the lead; nevertheless, you enjoy serving in some manner, whether it’s through teaching or simply finding joy in attending to others’ needs. You are clever, witty, and your sense of humor is mischievous. Sarcasm comes easily to you, but be careful it’s not too biting. Overall, you have the feeling that you can win others over with your wit, and you usua...

Kanye West Ends Yeezy Gap Partnership, Discusses It On CNBC

16Sep By ibonNo Comments

Music

Kanye West Ends Yeezy Gap Partnership, Discusses It On CNBC

In 2020, Kanye West’s Yeezy brand partnered with the Gap on a new line of Yeezy Gap apparel. The partnership was supposed to last 10 years and generate $1 billion in revenue. Instead, as the New York Times reports, Kanye and the Gap have parted ways just two years into the deal. Kanye notified Gap via a letter today that he is terminating the partnership, citing a breach of contract by Gap. He plans to launch his own Yeezy stores instead. (more…)

16Sep By ibonNo Comments

Music Industry

Web 3.0 is a lane, not a highway

Facebook was not the first web 2.0 company, but it was the one that took it mainstream to a global audience. Consumers’ digital lives would never be the same again. Whereas web 1.0 had enabled them to visit and read websites, much like a digital evolution of newspapers and magazines, Facebook enabled consumers to participate, to comment, upload photos, converse, etc. It was a total transformation of the internet and enabled much of the digital world in which we live now. But it did not mean the end of web 1.0. Indeed, 18 years after Facebook’s launch, web 1.0 is alive and well, with websites being an integral part of our everyday digital lives. Sure, many of those have adopted web 2.0 components, such as comment fields, but they are still fundamentally web 1.0. With all the hype, or ev...

15Sep By ibonNo Comments

Painting

Painters Paint Paintings: LA Version at the Nino Mier

Review by Christopher J. Graham, guest contributor Installation view of Painters Paint Paintings: LA Version, Curated by Alexander Warhus, (July 23 – August 27, 2022), Nino Mier Gallery One, Los Angeles. Images courtesy of Nino Mier Gallery The press release for Painters Paint Paintings: LA Version-curated by Alexander Warhus at West Hollywood’s Nino Mier Gallery states that a contemporary painter’s largest concern is with the paint itself. Multiple painterly positions, it describes, are available in a single work. With so much freedom, the writing suggests painters can distinguish themselves based on the individual needs of their singular paintings. Space and composition are given to the reader as a common denominator, with a sense of suspension as a shared factor. These paintings hav...