Posted inContent Type: Personal Profile Deaths (Obituaries) Ka (1972- ) Rap and Hip-Hop Ka Made Rap on His Own Terms. Hear How in 7 Songs. Remembering the hip-hop artist (and New York City firefighter), who died over the weekend at 52. Posted by By Jon Caramanica
Posted inBerne, Tim Brooklyn (NYC) Content Type: Personal Profile Do It Yourself Jazz Tim Berne, a D.I.Y. Jazz Institution The saxophonist and composer has spent 50 years in the New York scene. As he turns 70, he’s commanding gigs at a Brooklyn bar and continuing to inspire. Posted by By Hank Shteamer
Posted inAmbera Wellmann Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY) Company Gallery (Manhattan, NY) Content Type: Personal Profile Hauser & Wirth thegreats24 A Painter With an Eye for the Ridiculous The artist Ambera Wellmann’s work explores sex and climate change, while incorporating mermaids, tarot cards and memes. Posted by By Rose Courteau
Posted inArt Content Type: Personal Profile Exhibiting Forgiveness (Movie) Gagosian Gallery Kaphar, Titus Los Angeles (Calif) Movies The Painter Titus Kaphar Tackles His Personal History in Film His first feature, “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” which opens Oct. 18, features paintings now on view at Gagosian in Los Angeles. Posted by By Robin Pogrebin