Chris Brown's scary curbside art irks LA neighbors
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with the creepy art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home...
Detroit wall that once divided races remains, serves at history lesson
DETROIT (AP) - The 6 feet tall and a foot thick wall was built two decades earlier with a simple aim: to separate homes planned for middle-class whites from blacks who had already built small houses or owned land with plans to build...
Mandela art event in NYC seeks public's quotes
NEW YORK (AP) — The public is invited to share their own inspirational quotes at a Times Square event tied to a video installation of Nelson Mandela's speeches...
Works by artist Basquiat to appear at NYC exhibit
NEW YORK (AP) - More than 30 works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will appear at a New York City exhibit before a private sale...
Newark library displays drawing of slave having sex with white man
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a white man after workers found it inappropriate is displaying it again...
Black artists, stars shine at Art Basel Miami
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Art Basel Miami Beach 2012’s grand opening on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, was truly a world affair...
Where to find the African Diaspora at Art Basel 2012
MIAMI - The eleventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 commences on Thursday, December 6, 2012...
Glenn Beck's sells 'Obama in pee pee' piece of 'art'
theGRIO REPORT - Also known as "Flobama", the piece is a an Obama toy inside a mason jar of fake urine....
Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York has given two years of probation to an artist who created the 'HOPE' poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign...
1970s NY graffiti artists still have urge to tag
NEW YORK (AP) — In torn jeans and saddled with a black backpack, Andrew Witten glances up and down the street for police...
