It’s never been a secret that much of hip-hop lyrics, culture, and attitudes often come off as foursquare against homosexuals and homosexuality, enhancing already inflated masculine braggadocio with gestures of intolerance. Its a sad fact of life lightened with the knowledge that the scene, with its bold personalities, music, and fashions could so easily overlap with the bold personalities, music, ... Read More »
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Adad Hannah Adds Third Dimension To Flat Art At Montreal’s Pierre-François Ouellette
Attention to our friends in the Great White North and those headed there — photographer Adad Hannah will be exhibition his work “Cuba Still (Remake)” at the Pierre-François Ouellette Contemporary Art Gallery in Montreal starting with a nice wine-and-cheese premiere tonight. In short, Hannah is a master of recreating old photographs, famous trompe l’oeil images, and chiaroscuro classics with ... Read More »
Nollywood in New York
Nigeria’s Nollywood scene is one of the most exciting movements in cinema today. With its renegade, DIY sensibility, the industry churns out movies by the thousands, making it one of the world’s biggest film industries. The scene has remained mainly local, though. But this spring, New York will get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Nollywood when South African photographer Pieter ... Read More »
Museyon Guides, Makin’ Waves
Museyon Guide Jessica Hundley has more to celebrate this November, and not just the launch of Music+Travel Worldwide. She also has a new book with TASCHEN, ‘The Many Worlds Of Dennis Hopper,’ which hits stores next month. The book features photographs taken by the actor and director Dennis Hopper during the 1960s — many of them previously unpublished — offering ... Read More »