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Diddy drops record duckets on contemporary painting by Black artist

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Painting depicting God as Black woman causes stir online

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Artist creates incredible paintings with her feet and mouth

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…
/ March 29, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Dallas artist has no hands, paints magnificent portraits of celebrities

Desmond Blair doesn’t have any fingers, but that didn’t stop him from learning how to write and then how to paint. Now, he paints beautiful portraits using both hands to hold his paintbrush…
/ August 11, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

White artist portrays 'The Talk' black parents have in powerful painting

“How do you explain to a kid that the world isn’t fair? That it isn’t safe?” artist Michael D’Antuono asks,
/ January 19, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Obama's missing White House Correspondents' dinner joke revealed

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.
/ May 5, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in New York

NBC New York – A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.
/ May 16, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Painting portaying Jacob Zuma genitals removed from South African website

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The spokesman for a Johannesburg gallery says it has agreed to remove from its website a painting that depicts the South African president’s genitals…
/ May 29, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ebony commissions artist Shepard Fairey for Trayvon Martin portrait

theGRIO REPORT – Shepard Fairey, the artist behind Obama’s 2009 ‘Hope’ poster, made a a similar portrait for Trayvon Martin…
/ May 23, 2012