Cartoonist Al Jaffee has died the age of 102 in New York City. The artist’s granddaughter Fani Thomson confirmed the news to The New York Times on Monday, citing the cause as “multi-system organ failure.” Jaffee, born in 1921, started his career as a comic book artist before beginning his run at Mad in 1955….
Ann-Margret has always spoken in a voice that falls somewhere between a purr and a coo. But at her home on a recent rainy day in Los Angeles, she broke up her usual gauzy tones with deep and gutsy growls. “One, two, three o’clock rock!!!” she half-bellowed and half-yelled over a video chat, echoing the…
Three women seeking companionship turn to an Alexa-like digital presence in this family drama at Ensemble Studio Theater. Source link
(Spoiler alert: This article contains information and plot points from the sixth episode of The Exhibit, a docuseries created by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and MTV.) As season one of The Exhibit comes to a close, the artists are tasked with creating a self-portrait that captures who they are today—a tall order with only eight hours…
Faith Ringgold’s black feminist art has been an oversight in the mainstream art world for decades until last year when the New Museum in New York staged a major retrospective surveying her practice. Spanning nearly six decades of her work, it was the largest solo show of the Harlem-born artist since 1998. This year, in…