Artist

Alana Ciena Tillman was born unable to use the muscles in her hands, but she was not about to let that stop her from becoming a painter…

TODAY — President Obama once again proved his comedic chops at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend, even when technical difficulties got in the way.

ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) – Valentino Dixon’s colored pencil drawings evoke carefree days on the links, dewy greens, open spaces, fresh air enlivened by flowers and crisply trimmed fairways…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – An artist has been chosen to create a Philadelphia statue in honor of late hometown boxing great Joe Frazier…

theGRIO’s 100 – Nick Cave, 53, is a Chicago-based visual artist whose “Soundsuits” are bringing the fine art world a new appreciation of sound, performance and movement…

theGRIO’s 100 – Solange recently reintroduced herself to the spotlight with the release of her new digital EP ‘True’..

theGRIO REPORT – R&B singer Frank Ocean says that his first official album, the acclaimed ‘Channel Orange’, may also be his last, according to The Guardian…

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…

theGRIO REPORT – In an attempt to show that human beings are more than just black, brown and white, Angelika Dass placed her subjects in front of a wall painted in a Pantone color..

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s untimely death in 1988 has not ended the reverence that art collectors have for his work…

theGRIO Q&A – theGrio spoke with Glenn Ligon about art and self-expression, and the evolving place of black artists in the rarefied fine art community. Here is what he shared…

SLIDESHOW – Did you ever think it would be possible to see your favorite deceased artist perform again?…

NEW YORK (AP) – Estelle said she left the United Kingdom to pursue her career in America because performing rhythm & blues music back home was too tough…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The first family wrapped up a busy weekend with a walk Sunday to the Corcoran Gallery of Art…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nominees announced Wednesday in top categories for the 54th annual Grammy Awards…

TheGrio ENTERTAINMENT — The legendary rock n’ roll artist, born James Marshall Hendrix, was born on November 27, 1942. Had he not died of a drug overdose on September 18, 1970, he would have turned 69 years old today.

NEWS ONE – A new exhibit by Dominican artist Manuel Tony Peralta aims to explore the issues of skin color, hair texture, self-esteem and what it means to be Latino and black…