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These diaries take on ART, CULTURE, and RACE with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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Sitting in Judgment: The Trump Trial & Me
Trump’s hush-money trial in New York raises serious concerns about the social contract, as it brings back an incident with the cops and a frivolous…
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'Guernica' Update (Revision)
For context and balance, I've made a small but important change to today's Art Drop.
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Jazprose Art Drop No.11—'Guernica'
Picasso's visceral painting about the killing of innocent civilians during the Spanish Civil War is a powerful anti-war statement. Too bad the artist's…
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Jazprose Art Drop No. 10—Laura Wheeler Waring
Let us take a moment to consider a major artist of the Harlem Renaissance and her portrait of Marian Anderson
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Does Will Smith Have a 'Roid Rage' Problem?
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Jazz and the Wife Beater
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Eddie and the Nightbirde
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The Lolita Next Door
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Jazprose Art Drop #9—Mary Cassatt
"Whistler's Mother" may be one of the best known portraits in the world, but I'll take Cassatt's mom any day.
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Barbie's 'Will Smith' Moment
Here's why Barbie is great, Oppenheimer is not, and why he deserved to have his face slapped.
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Katie Britt Is Ready for Her Closeup!
Not everyone liked the Alabama senator's GOP rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union Address. Here's her rebuttal to the haters.
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Jazprose Art Drop #8—Portrait of Madeleine
In 1800, at a time when women were not respected as serious artists, Marie-Guillemine Benoist painted this portrait of a Black woman, which now resides…
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Jazprose Art Drop #7—Roy Lichtenstein
How the artist turned cartoons into Art. And why his painting "Ohhh...Alright..." seems to reflect the current political moment.
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Jazprose Art Drop #6—Elaine de Kooning
This week began with Presidents Day, so today's quick hit is Elaine de Kooning's portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Did Fani Willis Protest Too Much?
Or was her contentious testimony during this week's hearing to disqualify her from Donald Trump's election-fraud case in Georgia a long-overdue response…
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Jazprose Art Drop #5—The Kiss
It's Valentine's Day! Time to celebrate love, kissing, and romance with Kahlil Gibran, Leonard Cohen, and Greek painter Théodore Ralli.
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Jazprose Art Drop #4—Horace Pippin
A quick hit about a Black soldier, wounded in war, who found healing in Art.
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The Jazprose Diaries
The Jazprose Diaries
These diaries take on ART, CULTURE, and RACE with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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