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September 11, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 14 Paintings That Revolutionized Art From Gustav Klimt's gilded aesthetic to Hieronymus Bosch's devilish landscapes, the realm of art history has seen its fair share of radical painters. Today we accept the work of these artists as part of the canon, but at the time of their debut, masterpieces like "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights" were unprecedented in their boundary-pushing style and subject matter.  Continue reading... 20 Artworks Inspired By The Tragic Events of 9/11 This Is NOT A Photo Splashes Of Color In The Norwegian Rain WATCH: 5-Year-Old Can Learn Entire Piano Sonata In A Few Hours Send Us Your Photos From Burning Man! Drone's Eye Gives Awesome View Of Burning Man A Coloring Book To Trump All Other Coloring Books LOOK: Photos Of America's Mining Landscape Are Strangely Beautiful Stop Telling Women To Smile 11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures LOOK: Photos Of America's Mining Landscape Are Strangely Beautiful GARY SOTO 11 Stereotypes About Poets "I'm a poet," I answer directly and nibble from my own cracker, sip from my own drink--"Gee, this is a nice party. Look, there's more food coming!" Continue reading... GEORGE HEYMONT Caught in a Chaotic Cultural Ethos No matter what hot button one chooses to examine, the ability to view a situation with the clinical objectivity made possible by the passage of time can offer a sharpened sense of clarity and reason. Continue reading... SHERYL ESTRADA Painter Tim Okamura Offers an Urban Narrative in Two Exhibitions His paintings are filtered through the lens of his own personal experience as someone of mixed race growing up in Canada, where he was often identified as "different," and even ridiculed for that perception. Themes including culture and ethnicity and social identity are evident in his artwork. Continue reading... YOLO AKILI New Documentary Explores Relationships Between Black Gay Men and Their Fathers Created by Chase Simmons, Dear Dad: Letters From Same-Gender-Loving Sons shares the stories of eight black same-gender-loving men writing open letters to their fathers. I reached out to Simmons to learn more. Continue reading... GERARD SCHWARZ All-Star Orchestra: The Made-for-TV Ensemble Some musical pieces, some moments, are part of us forever. That is why we started the All-Star Orchestra, a made-for-television ensemble with some of the greatest classical orchestral musicians from 30 orchestras across the United States. 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