WHO IS BANKSY? Right now, there are three theories to Banksy’s identity, each concerning a different person. To many, he’s believed to be an English man named Robin Gunningham, born in 1973 just outside of Bristol. Former associates and classmates of Gunningham have corroborated this, an...
While it can be tricky to persuade some teens to embrace art, you’ll find it easier in Bristol. You won’t have to look too hard to encounter the handiwork of the city’s talented son, Banksy — who was born here — on a walking tour and there are 200 other o dd street artists...
Neeson’s performance capture created the yew tree monster, who appears at the bedroom window of Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall), a 12-year-old dealing with the terminal illness of his mother (Felicity Jones). Sigourney Weaver plays the boy’s mother. It’s directed by Barcelona-born ...
having fled Bulgaria, where he was born, as a penniless 21 year-old stowaway on a railway car — to escape military conscription and being forced by the Communist government to paint propagandist imagery. She was a Moroccan-born socialite living there, the stepdaughter of a distinguished...
A poetry and nature enthusiast, Joan Mitchell was one of the first internationally recognized female artists in the middle of the last century, and her current success is particularly emblematic of the revaluation of women artists. Born in the United States to a poet and an art-enthusiast doctor...
Elizabeth Vera McCullough, or Vera (as she seemed to prefer), was born into a wealthy family in Belfast, Ireland, around 1860. Round about the age of seventeen, she and her family immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Louisiana. Sometime over the next seven years, Vera caught the eye...
intrigue still lingered around me as I went about my typical routine, and I was keen to tell as many people as I thought would be interested of what an unusual and powerful statement I had seen. As a tribute to remembrance this felt more like a Banksy sighting than an event at a ...
I've been doing ballet since I was 3, modern dance for 4 years and contemporary 1 year now. B) Because I know plan A won't work, the second, but close to first choice, is any kind of doctor except a dentist. ...I know the first won't work, so I have it as a hobby. Repo...
man. I’ve been studying the drums and just doing a little bit more research on that — different rhythms and stuff like that from around the world. I’ve been cooking, and I’ve got my little daughter. She was born in February, so I’ve been looking after her. So yeah, getting ...
though more somberly than during my visit to the Kinder. The clear connection between these two transformative buildings, opened 50 years apart, speaks to what makes the city such an unmissable art destination. Both are born of a bold yet sensitive vision of Houston as a place where...