ImageBlog Introduction, Architizer Winners, Thumbs Vs. Guns, And More...

March 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Introducing The ImageBlog I'm thrilled today to unveil and launch the ImageBlog, a communal platform for artists from all over the world to share and engage. Featured artists submit images of their work -- in whole, in detail, or in progress -- with a caption of any length, but unlike a blog, the image is paramount.  Continue reading... THE WINNERS ARE... Henry Moore And Rodin Meet At Last Action Heroes Reveal Thumbs, Not Guns New PSY Song Changes Title Over Fears It's Offensive FBI Announces New Info On 23rd Anniversary Of $500 Million Art Heist The Best Quotes Overheard At SXSW Chris Brown, Visual Artist?! The Best Quotes Overheard At SXSW 11-Year-Old Cellist Becomes Documentary Star New PSY Song Changes Title Over Fears It's Offensive You Won't Believe What These Drummers Can Do! JERYL BRUNNER A Conversation With Artist Morten Lassen The Danish abstract expressionist painter was fascinated by the concept of the digital age and how it intersects and coexisits with nature. "The organic or natural world has been around for millions of years, but the digital world is very new. They must somehow interfere with each other." Continue reading... SEPIDEH SAEEDI Why the Cyrus Cylinder Matters The story of the Cyrus Cylinder travelling the world and being interpreted through a certain point of view by powerful white men is very much a continuation of the fundamentally colonialist and paternalistic nature of Near Eastern archaeology. Continue reading... KISA LALA Collecting Women Making Waves -- Bringing Art to the Indian Masses While women remained vulnerable on the streets, in contrast, many wielded great power in art, politics and the media -- albeit within the cocoon of the educated classes.  Continue reading... DEBRA DEVI Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 2 "They say that so-called twelve-bar stuff is the black man's blues and country western of that day was the white man's blues, but there's a very thin line between the two musics. Only difference is the beat, and the bars to some extent, but the stories of happiness, sadness, being lonesome. All that was the same." Continue reading... MICHAEL SIGMAN Andrew Oldham: Stone Free At Last Stein is a colorful record biz icon who has played an integral role in the careers of such superstars as the Ramones, the Talking Heads, the Pretenders and Madonna. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003