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Kentucky Kernel

The not so ‘Fine Line’ between loving and hating Harry Styles

The not so ‘Fine Line’ between loving and hating Harry Styles

Nia Chancellor, Reporter March 15, 2023

It’s time we finally talk about it. What makes Harry Styles so popular? What makes his fans ride or die for him?  Is it his music, his looks or his personality? I think it's all of the above and...

Frida Kahlo: A paralyzed body with a turmoil brain

Frida Kahlo: A paralyzed body with a turmoil brain

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter October 24, 2022

Close your eyes. Imagine a tiny bedroom: a place where there’s only one bed with a messy white sheet, a dirty mirror, an old canvas with your watercolors and you. There’s no communication with the...

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Are music streaming services bad for artists?

Hayden Donaldson January 27, 2022

Streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have taken over the music industry and drastically altered how musicians profit from their work, for better or for worse.Streaming services grant listeners...

Coloring, the new art instillation at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, is displayed on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, at the Otis A. Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Amanda Braman | Staff

‘A playful place.’ UK Art Museum opens new art installation

Ryan Brokamp October 13, 2021

“Coloring,” the latest installation at the UK Art Museum, contains several artworks that spotlight color, and museum curators hope the exhibit will revitalize the experience of viewing art in person. The...

Photo by Lexington Photographer, @synthetic_lu on Instagram

Small Artist Spotlight Series: Agift

Gillian Stawiszynski July 26, 2021

The idea of this small artist spotlight series is to bring light to artists of all genres in Kentucky, and occasionally beyond, who make amazing music, but don’t get the recognition that they deserve.Kentucky...

Hint of normalcy as Rupp resumes concerts

Brooklyn Kelley February 22, 2021

Since the Covid-19 pandemic took the world by storm, concerts have been put on pause. One of the biggest concert venues in the state, Rupp Arena, hosted their first concert since the initial shutdown on...

Joan Snyder, Roses & Weeds, 2013, oil, acrylic, paper maché, fabric, pastel, and dried flowers. Courtesy of the artist. Photo provided by UK Art Museum

UK Art Museum features feminism, abstraction in new exhibits

Natalie Parks September 16, 2019

UK Art Museum is showing two new collections this fall, featuring all women artists. Both installations opened on September 14 and will be open through December 8.Benediction from Bethany Collins is showing...

Artist Tony Tassets Mood Sculpture was installed outside the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Big, ‘understandable’ emoji-like sculpture installed on UK campus

Rick Childress April 23, 2019

They sat there, stacked, sad, happy and indifferent—all at the same time. The 20-foot-tall tower of emoji-like faces greeted pedestrians outside of the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday morning. The...

Karyn Olivier works on her artwork Witness in Memorial Hall on UKs campus on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Karyn Olivier was an artist chosen by the UK Memorial Hall art committee to create an artwork that adds context to Anne Rice OHanlons 1934 mural. OHanlons mural depicts a sanitized version of the brutality that existed during the time of slavery and legal segregation. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Artist who created piece in response to Memorial Hall mural writes letter to UK community

Karyn Olivier April 8, 2019

Dear University of Kentucky community or more pointedly, Dear Students of Color,I wanted to write to you for several reasons. Firstly, I highly respect, admire and am truly moved by the real work and commitment...

The letters USA made from grenades on a wall at artists Angela Carbone and Davis Bogus art exhibit Resistance at the Bolivar Art Gallery on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

‘Resistance’ art exhibit challenges today’s social climate

Emily Baehner March 4, 2019

In an era of contentious party relations and protest, resistance is becoming an increasingly large part of the current political climate. Ceramics artists Angela Carbone and David Bogus are turning this...

Tate Foleys In Shadows exhibit explores the theme of temporality as each piece can be disassembled. 

‘In Shadows’ art exhibit toys with temporality

Addison Lander January 30, 2019

Located at the back of the Bolivar Art Gallery of the UK School of Art and Visual Studies is a collection of print-based artworks titled “In Shadows” by artist Tate Foley.Among the works include a...

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Annual Young Artist Competition calling for submissions

Akhira Umar January 29, 2019

Calling all artists! It’s time yet again for the annual Young Artist Competition.For the seventh year, the Student Activities Board will be hosting its competition for all young artists here at UK. Students...

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