Street artist Plastic Jesus just immortalized Kanye West with his latest creation… a life-size gold sculpture of him as Jesus on the cross with nails in his hands and a wreath on his head. The art was unveiled on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue yesterday (Feb 22nd) along with the inscription “False Idol” […]
Combatting the stereotype of apathetic youth, Rock the Vote – the nonpartisan nonprofit created to see young people through America’s political process – has found a new way to galvanize and inspire millennials to vote in the upcoming election in November… Art. Using innovation and creativity, the organization partnered with #Cut50 and other national and community […]
Cliffannie Forrester is going places. This young, Black female is only 18 and already has a painting hanging in the New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Michael D'Antuono -- whose controversial A Tale Of Two Hoodies, inspired by the racial profiling that led to Trayvon Martin's death, went viral -- is back with his latest painting, It Stops With Cops.
New Orleans artist Ti-Rock Moore has come under fire for her Chicago art exhibit that depicts a mannequin as Mike Brown’s lifeless body. According to the Huffington…
Artistic expression came alive in the halls of a New York high school this month with the help of the legendary 5Pointz artists and Syreeta…
In the midst of key events like The Global Poverty Projects’ Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park and the Congressional Black Caucus Weekend in Washington, D.C.,…
Huong (pictured), a Miami-based artist, created a mural depicting George Zimmerman shooting slain teen Trayvon Martin, and it made its debut at Florida’s Capitol rotunda on Friday, according to ABC Action News. RELATED: Talib Kweli Joins Dream Defenders In Protest Of Stand Your Ground Laws The image, entitled “We Are All Trayvon Martin,” shows the volunteer neighborhood watchman opening fire on […]
Crack is whack, but pills are … a work of art? A portrait of late singer Whitney Houston made up entirely of pills has been created by mosaic artist Jason Mecier. In the past, Mecier has made similar portraits of Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson and Courtney Love among others. Ibuprofen, Xanax, Midol and amoxicillin were […]
