Hollywood paints painter life on screen in biopic trend
Artistic license examines why films gather around painters from Pollock to Basquiat and Kahlo. Directors like Schnabel switch from easels to reels while critics note art as cinema’s enduring subject. Biopics blend myth and realism, aiming to humanize creators without overglorifying them.
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New York
Jackson Pollock
Peter M. Brant
Pollock
Ed Harris
Marcia Gay Harden
Lee Krasner
Hollywood
Jean- Michel Basquiat
Goya
Vincent van Gogh
Andy Warhol
Rembrandt
Pablo Picasso
Dora Carrington
Georgia O'Keeffe
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jennifer Lopez
Salma Hayek
Frida Kahlo
Bruce Ferguson
Columbia University
School of the Arts
Ake
van Gogh
Francis Bacon
Love
Picasso
Ferguson
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Camille Claude
Marquis de Sade
Charles Laughton
Charlton Heston
Michelangelo
Greg Kinnear
Rebecca Horn
David Salle
Robert Longo
Johnny Mnemonic
Julian Schnabel
Basquiat
Reinaldo Arenas
Schnabel
Chnabel
Brant
Ameri can Photo honors Gary Mark Smith winning entry
Lawrence photographer Gary Mark Smith is named a winner in the American Photo Year On Readers Photo Competition for a image of a distressed man during Montserrat's Soufriere Hills eruption. His winning photo is from Molten Memoirs and joins other works showcased in his global street photography book Searching for Washington Square. Exhibition of Early Maps of New England runs at KU Spencer Library through Jan. 28 with gallery hours posted.
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Suchitoto
el Salvador
Washington Square
England
Kenneth Spencer
Kansas University
New England
Barbara Backus McCorkle
Yale University
Jim Helyar
Spencer
McCorkle
Spencer Research Library
Lawrence
Yale
Gary Mark Smith
Montserrat
American Photo Magazine
Art Museum
Smithsonian
Gunter Grass
Cuba
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Coronation of Charlemagne Exhibit at KU Library
The exhibit marks the 1200th anniversary of Charlemagne's coronation and shows texts, depictions, and Charlemagne's Aachen chapel. On display through Jan 28 at Watson Library on the KU campus. Rich Ring organized the show with KU Praia.
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Charlemagne
Watson Library
Kansas University
Holy Roman Empire
Aachen
Rich Ring
KU Praia
Diamonds reshape fashion with playful high end jewelry
New York fashion shows reveal diamond accessories moving from formal to friendly. Designers feature diamond evening shoes and bunny pendants while hoop earrings and line bracelets gain push. Industry leaders cite movement, versatility, and wealth fueling the 1980s revival in innovative diamond designs.
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Halston
Isabelle Kellogg
Diamond Information Center
Fern Mallis
Mallis
Diamond.com
Joelle Guedalia
DeBeers
Kelly McMahon
Yamile Diaz
Chanel
Viktor & Rolf
Jim Haag
Harry Winston
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