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Rap Artist Doechii Delivers Powerful 2-Minute Speech in Historic Grammy Win
The rapper’s speech took a classic hero’s journey narrative arc and built to an inspirational crescendo.Inc. - 20h -
Chappell Roan wins the Grammy for best new artist
Chappell Roan wins one of the Grammys' biggest honors, the award for best new artist, beating Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii and Shaboozey, among others.Los Angeles Times - 1d -
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Artist With an Indigenous Focus, Dies at 85
She began with modestly scaled abstract drawings and paintings but became best known for large works featuring collage and items evoking Native stereotypes.The New York Times - 16h -
A new start after 60: I wanted to retire from farming – but never dreamed I would become an artist
On holiday in the American south, John Ingall discovered that one of the local crops was being turned into remarkable works of art. So he went home, grew his own gourds and set about transforming ...The Guardian - 1d -
Chappell Roan celebrates win for best new artist by calling out record labels
It’s been the year of Chappell Roan.NBC News - 1d -
WATCH: Top musical artists looking to be recognized at Sunday's 2025 Grammy Awards
ABC News Multiplatform Reporter Will Ganss and contributor Kelley Carter provide the latest on the key figures and categories up for grabs at tonight's Grammy awards.ABC News - 1d -
‘I remember the exhilaration of the crowd and chanting’: artist Steve McQueen on his experience of resistance and protest
For the artist and film director acts of protest were as much a part of growing up as playing in the local park. Here he recalls his first encounters with activism. My first encounter with ...The Guardian - 2d -
How the Indie Label Behind Grammy-Nominated Khruangbin Sets Artists Up to Thrive
Dead Oceans founder Phil Waldorf says the music industry is in flux—but it’s been there before.Inc. - 3d -
A portrait of an artist as a young punk rocker: Mia Zapata of The Gits is still influential 30 years after her death
More than 30 years after her death, Mia Zapata's art continues to make a mark on the punk rock scene and influence both old and new generations of fans.Los Angeles Times - 3d -
Artists, songwriters who lost their homes in L.A. wildfires participate in benefit
Music's biggest artists came together Thursday to raise funds for people displaced by the devastating wildfires in the L.A. area. Working artists, songwriters and session and touring musicians ...CBS News - 3d -
Marianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted as
The late singer made her share of bad decisions – but someone this artistically adventurous and unafraid was never going to have an ordinary life. • News: Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of ...The Guardian - 4d -
Artists can copyright works made with AI assistance: Agency
Artists can copyright work they create using tools powered by artificial intelligence, as long as sufficient human creativity is involved, according to a new report from the U.S. Copyright Office. ...The Hill - 5d -
Indigenous people questioned about immigration
The largest indigenous tribe in the U.S., the Navajo Nation, says it's received concerning reports from its own people about immigration enforcement. Crystalyne Curley, speaker of the Navajo Nation ...CBS News - 6d -
Hammer Museum reveals the 27 artists in the Made in L.A. 2025 biennial
John Knight, Hood Century Modern and New Theater Hollywood are on the list of artists to be spotlighted in the Hammer Museum's much-anticipated Made in L.A. biennial.Los Angeles Times - 6d -
‘African art is not a fleeting trend’: Moroccan museum to celebrate rich creativity of continent’s artists
Reopening after renovation, the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden will provide a permanent home for the extensive Lazraq family collection. For more than four decades, the Lazraq family ...The Guardian - Jan. 28 -
‘We’re mobilising’: Indigenous Australians speak of treaty and independence as change the date and failed voice referendum fade
‘This day we mourn everything that has happened and what is still happening’, says one Wiradjuri man . Reflection, recollection and resistance: Invasion Day 2025 – in pictures Get our breaking ...The Guardian - Jan. 26 -
Paul McCartney says he fears AI will rip off artists
Paul McCartney has urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that he says could let artificial intelligence companies rip off artistsABC News - Jan. 25 -
New copyright law could allow AI to rip off artists, McCartney tells BBC
The Beatle calls on the government to reconsider proposed changes to copyright law.BBC News - Jan. 26 -
Theaster Gates: ‘I’m an artist. It’s my job to wake things up’
In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again. When you are in ...The Guardian - Jan. 25 -
Paul McCartney says he fears AI will rip off artists, cause control hurdles
Paul McCartney told the BBC that would make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and undermine Britain's creative industries.CBS News - Jan. 25 -
Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could ‘rip off’ artists
Former Beatles member says government should protect creative workers as consultation on copyright continues. Sir Paul McCartney has warned artificial intelligence could “rip off” artists if a ...The Guardian - Jan. 25 -
Indigenous Alaskans and Republicans dismayed by Trump’s Denali renaming
Obama had restored peak’s Koyukon Athabascan name, undoing designation in honor of 25th US president. Donald Trump’s pledge to rename the highest mountain in North America has sparked backlash ...The Guardian - Jan. 24 -
Wray urged Biden not to commute sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story
Takaya Imamura worked at Nintendo for 32 years before leaving to create his own game, Omega Six. He shares anecdotes from those pivotal years at the creative giant. In 1889 in Kyoto, craftsman ...The Guardian - Jan. 20 -
Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Rod Stewart among artists to play at FireAid benefit concert
Rod Stewart, Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lady Gaga are among a star-studded set of musicians performing at a benefit concert later this month for wildfire recovery and relief, ...NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar also puts artistic freedom on trial
Drake is understandably vexed about lyrics framing him as a ‘certified paedophile’ – but diss tracks are a deliberately lurid part of rap. There were people who thought Drake v Kendrick was the ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Artists' utopia in ashes: How a little-known 'misfit community' called JJU burned down in Altadena
John Joyce University wasn't a university but rather a tight-knit counterculture collective that drew painters, composers, poets and more. Their houses and converted garages burned, but residents ...Los Angeles Times - Jan. 17 -
The Playlist Power Broker Who Makes or Breaks New Artists
Spotify is known for its algorithmic recommendations, but Sulinna Ong brings a human touch to finding new hits.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17 -
The graffiti artist who went from New York street to high-end boutique
Futura’s work was once a byword for rebellion — now his work adorns luxury fashion. Is he a sell-out or just a survivor?Financial Times - Jan. 17 -
L.A. museums launch $12-million emergency fund for artists hit by the fires
The Getty, LACMA, MOCA and Hammer museums have partnered with George Lucas' and Steven Spielberg's foundations and other groups to create the L.A. Arts Fire Relief Fund.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 15 -
How Altadena became the L.A. dream for Gen X and millennial artists, writers, musicians
For a particular creative community, Altadena represented one of the last great affordable places in L.A. to raise a family. The Eaton fire left those homes in ashes, and destroyed one vision of ...Los Angeles Times - Jan. 15 -
Scam artists may take advantage of the Los Angeles wildfires, officials warn
As wildfires continue to blaze across Los Angeles County, authorities are sounding the alarm on another potential threat to the public: scams relating to the disaster.ABC News - Jan. 13 -
‘Most of my work is a response to war’: Colombian artist Doris Salcedo on violence, Trump and her crack in Tate Modern’s floor
The artist, famed in the UK for her extraordinary fissure in the turbine hall, has turned her focus to the climate catastrophe and the plight of migrants, but old concerns about her country remain. ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
Los Angeles Artists Mourn as Their Studios and Artworks Go Up in Smoke
Artists who lived and worked in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are worrying about irreplaceable losses, and their livelihoods.The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
Pippa Garner, Conceptual Artist With a Satirical Streak, Dies at 82
Her witty drawings, arresting sculptures and outlandish gadgets commented on consumerism, gender relations (she had transitioned), American car culture and more.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
How Oakland's Creative Growth enabled generations of artists
In 1974, psychologist Elias Katz and his wife Florence, an artist, started Creative Growth Art Center, a space where artists with disabilities could make art, some of which has been acquired and ...CBS News - Jan. 5
