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In 1994, Home Interiors and Gifts was sold to the investment firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in a $1 billion leveraged buyout. [1] [8] The company sold more than $850 million annually in silk and polyester flower arrangements, porcelain puppies and other decorative household items at home parties.
Mary C. Crowley (April 1, 1915 – June 1986), [1] was the founder and CEO of the Texas-based Home Interiors and Gifts, Inc., which became one of the largest direct sales home furnishing operations in America. [2] She was considered to be one of the leading businesswomen in the United States in the 1970s. [3]
A picture might be worth one thousand words, but Saatchi Art's Memorial Day sale will render you speechless. Starting on May 22 you can save 10 percent on orders of $1,000 or more as well as 30 ...
The group's critique of the institutional racism of Britain's art world was part of the impetus that led to The Other Story, a seminal survey of African and Asian artists curated by Rasheed Araeen at London's Hayward Gallery in 1989, [8] as well as the founding of the Association of Black Photographers and the establishment of Iniva, the ...
In her 2017 solo exhibition "Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities" at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM), [18] Thomas created multi-media installations that centered black women in the narrative-arcs of their own stories. According to art critic Rikki Byrd: "Positioning black women — artists, actresses, characters, and her own family ...
Thompson honored Black artists and institutions with his 1964 portrait of his long-time friend, poet, writer and playwright, LeRoi Jones ("LeRoi Jones and Family"); "The Hairdresser" (1962-63); "The Beauty Parlor (1963); and "Homage to Nina Simone", a piece dedicated to the singer and civil rights activist, whom he admired and befriended in the ...
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African-American art is known as a broad term describing visual art created by African Americans. The range of art they have created, and are continuing to create, over more than two centuries is as varied as the artists themselves. [ 1 ]