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NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in Manhattan, known for its works by European Old Masters. Still, curators say, he'd likely have never imagined that in 2023, he’d be the first artist of color to have a solo show at the 88-year-old Frick. What is more unusual is that a museum focusing on the 14th through 19th centuries would devote a show to a contemporary portraitist like Hendricks. His sunglasses reflect the buildings outside Hendricks' studio, and even contain a tiny reflection of the artist himself. “Slick” features the artist in a white suit against a white background, wearing a cap of African design.

Persons: Barkley, Hendricks, Rembrandt, “, he’d, Frick, ”, Antwaun Sargent, ” It’s, Van Dyck, Van Eyck, Aimee Ng, ” Ng, Frick Madison, Angela Davis —, Kathy Williams, Nina Simone, Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama, Barkley Hendricks, “ Woody, Alvin Ailey, Woodruff Wilson, Steve ”, Sargent, ” Hendricks, ” Sargent, Susan, Donald Formey, Ng, Formey, ‘, “ Slick ” Organizations: Frick, European Old, Polaroid, Beaux, Pennsylvania Academy, Fine Arts, Connecticut College, ” Locations: Manhattan, Van, Velásquez, New York, New York City, Jan, Philadelphia, ”, Europe

☆ Fact Check-National Gallery is not removing portrait due to subject’s likeness to Vladimir Putin
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The National Gallery in London has no plans to remove a painting from display due to a subject’s likeness to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, a spokesperson for the gallery told Reuters, despite the claim circulating online. Social media users are claiming that the gallery that houses the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife (The Arnolfini Marriage here) by Jan van Eyck from 1434) is seeking to remove the painting from display after complaints by visitors due to the former’s likeness to Putin. “BELIEVE IT OR NOT,” reads a Facebook post, “A London gallery wants to remove a painting by Jan van Eyck after frequent complaints from visitors about the likeness of the figure in the painting to Putin” (here). The portrait first went on display in The National Gallery in 1843 (bit.ly/3M7VBd7). The National Gallery told Reuters that the painting is currently on display and that there are no plans to remove it.

☆ Un mesaj criptat al faimosului Ucigaș Zodiac, rămas neprins, a fost descifrat după 50 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Supranumit „cifrul 340”, mesajul a fost dezlegat de trei persoane - David Oranchak, un dezvoltator de software în Virginia, Jarl Van Eycke, un programator belgian, și Sam Blake, un matematician australian. Cifrul a fost trimis la două săptămâni după ce o persoană care pretindea că este Ucigașul Zodiacal a fost chemată la emisiune. „A fost incredibil. A fost o încercare la noroc, nici măcar nu știam cu adevărat dacă a existat un mesaj,” a spus el. Ucigașul Zodiac nu a fost prins niciodată.

Persons: Francisco Chronicle, David Oranchak, Sam Blake, Jim Dunbar, El, FBI Organizations: Bay Area, FBI Locations: Californiei, Francisco, Virginia, Jarl Van Eycke, belgian, australian, paradic, n.r

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