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Dexter Banks takes a moment to reflect while doing cable pulls on Friday Oct. 25, 2024, at Image Fitness, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He is training to compete in an amateur body building competition next August after placing 4th in Kentucky at his first competition this year. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Keep moving forward: Dexter Banks

Christian Kantosky, Assistant Photo Editor April 15, 2025

Beads of sweat fall from a resolute figure covered in ink on a chilly October morning. Weights drop to the floor of the nearly empty gym as the individual continues his workout and the sun rises...

Audience cheers in celebration for a birthday during the Art on the Town event on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Tandy Park in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

‘Art creates the morale of the city.’ Local artist event connects artist and community

Sammy Wynn, Reporter April 14, 2025

The Lexington mayor’s office hosted “Art on the Town,” a program that showcases an array of local artists to highlight the city's artistic talent. Held on Thursday, April 10, and sponsored by...

Photo provided by Mary Rezny

‘Not everybody is lucky enough to be able to be an artist.’ LuigART Exhibit commemorates Women’s History Month

Courtney Mysliwiec, Reporter April 8, 2025

The LuigART Exhibit commemorated Women's History Month with a female artist only gallery including more than 50 different artists. Open during the month of March, and only on weekends, the exhibit showcased...

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 Tasset's 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 UK's 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 O'Hanlon's 1934 mural. O'Hanlon's 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...

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