Coming Soon: Major Charles White Retrospective to be Presented at Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE of works by Charles White (1918-1979) debuts this summer in Chicago and will travel to New York and Los Angeles, cities where the artist spent key periods of his life. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced the exhibition today. “Charles White: A Retrospective” is organized by MoMA, where… Read more »
Kenneth I. Chenault Joins Facebook Board of Directors
Facebook has announced that Kenneth I. Chenault, the CEO of American Express, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective February 5, 2018. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chairman/CEO of Facebook said: “I’ve been trying to recruit Ken for years. He has unique expertise in areas I believe Facebook… Read more »
Charles King Is Changing the Color of Hollywood—and Making Money Doing It
“I always had an eye for talent,” Charles King insists. As a kid growing up in the Atlanta area, he’d watch Siskel and Ebert with his mother and then analyze the movies himself, reading more reviews afterward to see how the critics’ impressions compared with his. In college, at Vanderbilt… Read more »
Founder of SheaMoisture, Richelieu Dennis, Acquires Essence From Time Inc.
Essence Communications Inc., the 48-year-old mutliplatform brand that owns Essence magazine and the annual Essence Festival, has gone back to black (ownership), having been acquired by Essence Ventures LLC, an independent African-American-owned company, Essence Ventures announced in a press release. Read more
Comedian Angela Means opens a vegan restaurant on Crenshaw
Angela Means has been a part of pop culture for the past two decades. For people who were adults in the 1990s, she’s known for playing the role of Felicia in the cult classic “Friday.” For the younger generation, her character lives on as the social media meme, “Bye Felicia.” … Read more »