Exclusive: Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment, producers of Dear Mama, Euphoria, and Top Boy is pleased to announce its association as executive producers with Rosie Filmwaze LLC whose The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons receives its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York’s Film Forum today.
Directed by Judd Tully and Harold Crooks, and executive produced by Lisa Cortés, this documentary film provides a rich portrait of the brilliant and elusive African-American art star and provocateur, whose category-defying career radically seeks to fuse the dominant art culture and his own into a new one for the 21st century.
In the late ‘60s to mid-‘70s, David Hammons captivated the art world with his body prints (using his naked body as a printing plate in meditations on African-American existence), and later works including a snowball-selling...
Directed by Judd Tully and Harold Crooks, and executive produced by Lisa Cortés, this documentary film provides a rich portrait of the brilliant and elusive African-American art star and provocateur, whose category-defying career radically seeks to fuse the dominant art culture and his own into a new one for the 21st century.
In the late ‘60s to mid-‘70s, David Hammons captivated the art world with his body prints (using his naked body as a printing plate in meditations on African-American existence), and later works including a snowball-selling...
- 5/5/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
David Hammons in his Harlem Studio, 1980s Photo: Michael Blackwood, courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment
Harold Crooks and Judd Tully’s all-embracing and imaginative The Melt Goes On Forever The Art & Times Of David Hammons, shot by John Russell Foster and Christina Wairegi, edited by Louis-Martin Paradis with a score by Ramachandra Borcar has an impressive list of on-camera interviews, which include Lorna Simpson, Betye Saar, Papo Colo (co-founder of Exit Art with Jeanette Ingberman), Dominique Lévy, Suzanne Jackson, Robert Storr (Yale School of Art Professor of Painting/Printmaking), Robert Farris Thompson (author of Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy), Alana Heiss, Paul H-o, Jack Tilton, Steve Cannon (poet and founder of A Gathering of The Tribes gallery), Franklin Sirmans, Kellie Jones (Chair of the Department African American and African Diaspora Studies and Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art...
Harold Crooks and Judd Tully’s all-embracing and imaginative The Melt Goes On Forever The Art & Times Of David Hammons, shot by John Russell Foster and Christina Wairegi, edited by Louis-Martin Paradis with a score by Ramachandra Borcar has an impressive list of on-camera interviews, which include Lorna Simpson, Betye Saar, Papo Colo (co-founder of Exit Art with Jeanette Ingberman), Dominique Lévy, Suzanne Jackson, Robert Storr (Yale School of Art Professor of Painting/Printmaking), Robert Farris Thompson (author of Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy), Alana Heiss, Paul H-o, Jack Tilton, Steve Cannon (poet and founder of A Gathering of The Tribes gallery), Franklin Sirmans, Kellie Jones (Chair of the Department African American and African Diaspora Studies and Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art...
- 5/3/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Charity events are in full swing along with gala celebrations bringing together actors, artists, musicians and (of course) drag queens. Meanwhile, movies are pushing for awards consideration and hoping for some box office love from actual theatergoers. It’s a typical November in Tinseltown and beyond. Our favorite famous faces are out and about, giving back while campaigning for both box office wins and end-of-year awards love, too.
2022 Lacma Art+Film Gala
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
(L-r) Kim Kardashian, Lacma Art + Film Gala Co-Chair Eva Chow, wearing Gucci, and Kendall Jenner attend the 2022 Lacma Art+Film Gala.
Gucci returned again in 2022 as the major sponsor of the Lacma Art+Film Gala, the annual fundraiser co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow for the past 11 years. As the Los Angeles County Art Museum reminds us, this one isn’t just about rubbing shoulders and breaking bread with a gaggle of ultra-rich,...
2022 Lacma Art+Film Gala
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
(L-r) Kim Kardashian, Lacma Art + Film Gala Co-Chair Eva Chow, wearing Gucci, and Kendall Jenner attend the 2022 Lacma Art+Film Gala.
Gucci returned again in 2022 as the major sponsor of the Lacma Art+Film Gala, the annual fundraiser co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow for the past 11 years. As the Los Angeles County Art Museum reminds us, this one isn’t just about rubbing shoulders and breaking bread with a gaggle of ultra-rich,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Jenny Peters
- The Wrap
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Two just-opened art exhibits showcase the work of powerfully influential women who trained their keen focus on L.A. and the film industry, while a retrospective look at the oeuvre of South African artist William Kentridge opens Nov. 12 at The Broad.
Joan Didion: What She Means Hammer Museum, Westwood
Like Joan Didion herself, this new show paying homage to the famed Slouching Towards Bethlehem writer is the perfect blend of East and West coasts. Curated by her friend and mentee, New Yorker writer and critic Hilton Als, to reflect her interests and inspirations, the show tracks the places Didion lived and visited (Berkeley, Hawaii, Miami, El Salvador). Works such as Betye Saar’s 1966 assemblage View From the Palmist Window and Ed Ruscha’s 1966 photo series Every Building on the Sunset Strip join photos and archival materials, including a film poster for 1976’s A Star Is Born,...
Two just-opened art exhibits showcase the work of powerfully influential women who trained their keen focus on L.A. and the film industry, while a retrospective look at the oeuvre of South African artist William Kentridge opens Nov. 12 at The Broad.
Joan Didion: What She Means Hammer Museum, Westwood
Like Joan Didion herself, this new show paying homage to the famed Slouching Towards Bethlehem writer is the perfect blend of East and West coasts. Curated by her friend and mentee, New Yorker writer and critic Hilton Als, to reflect her interests and inspirations, the show tracks the places Didion lived and visited (Berkeley, Hawaii, Miami, El Salvador). Works such as Betye Saar’s 1966 assemblage View From the Palmist Window and Ed Ruscha’s 1966 photo series Every Building on the Sunset Strip join photos and archival materials, including a film poster for 1976’s A Star Is Born,...
- 11/6/2022
- by Jordan Riefe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) hosted its 10th annual Art+Film Gala on November 6, 2021, honoring artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
Leonardo DiCaprio and honoree Steven Spielberg, and Bob Iger attend the 10th Annual Lacma Art+Film Gala
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Lacma
Co-chaired by Lacma trustee Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, the event was attended by more than 650 prominent guests from the art, film, fashion, and entertainment industries, among others. This year’s event raised $5 million to support Lacma’s film initiatives, as well as future exhibitions, acquisitions, and programming. Returning once again as presenting sponsor of the Art+Film Gala, Gucci expanded its longstanding and generous partnership with the museum by supporting Lacma’s presentation of The Obama Portraits Tour and the companion exhibition Black American Portraits. Audi provided additional support for the gala for the third year.
Leonardo DiCaprio and honoree Steven Spielberg, and Bob Iger attend the 10th Annual Lacma Art+Film Gala
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Lacma
Co-chaired by Lacma trustee Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, the event was attended by more than 650 prominent guests from the art, film, fashion, and entertainment industries, among others. This year’s event raised $5 million to support Lacma’s film initiatives, as well as future exhibitions, acquisitions, and programming. Returning once again as presenting sponsor of the Art+Film Gala, Gucci expanded its longstanding and generous partnership with the museum by supporting Lacma’s presentation of The Obama Portraits Tour and the companion exhibition Black American Portraits. Audi provided additional support for the gala for the third year.
- 11/10/2021
- Look to the Stars
The stars were shining bright on Saturday as some of Hollywood's finest attended the Lacma Art+Film Gala. While Yara Shahidi, who stunned in a golden gown, and Tyler, the Creator struck funny poses in front of cameras, other stars such as Amandla Stenberg, Brie Larson, and Carson Meyer stuck to classic red carpet postures. The party continued inside the venue as attendees, including Regina King, Naomi Campbell, Donald Glover, and Kiki Layne, enjoyed photo ops and conversation. Guests were also treated to a performance from Billie Eilish, who rocked a head-to-toe Gucci ensemble.
The annual event raises funds to help the Los Angeles County Museum of Art support exhibitions, acquisitions, and educational programming that involve film and other creative media. This year, it was sponsored by Gucci and honored artist Betye Saar and filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Look ahead to see which celebrities took part in the festivities!
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The annual event raises funds to help the Los Angeles County Museum of Art support exhibitions, acquisitions, and educational programming that involve film and other creative media. This year, it was sponsored by Gucci and honored artist Betye Saar and filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. Look ahead to see which celebrities took part in the festivities!
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- 11/4/2019
- by Brea Cubit
- Popsugar.com
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