'A Fearless Girl' Takes On Wall Street's 'Golden Bull' Citing Stronger Financial Returns With Women In Leadership
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A four-foot tall bronze sculpture is now eyeball to eyeball with Wall Street's iconic bull sculpture, and she is not backing down. Arriving just in time for International Women's Day March 8, 2017, 'The Fearless Girl' -- created by artist Kristen Visbal -- is on a global mission to increase the participation of women on corporate boards. A plaque laid at the bronze girl's feet reads: "KNOW THE POWER OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP/SHE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
'The Fearless Girl' arrived in the middle of the night, compliments of McCann New York and client State Street Global Advisers, the world's third-largest asset manager with a $2.5 trillion portfolio. The guerrilla art aspect of her landing "is in keeping with the Charging Bull itself, which was installed without permission by artist Arturo Di Modica in 1989. Following the stock market crash of 1987, the sculpture represented strength and power and the promise of prosperity that would return. After the American economy's 2007 meltdown, Charging Bull came to represent a day-trading, short-term results economy running wild. Simply stated, Charging Bull now represents a potentially out-of-control, testosterone-driven American Dow stock-buying spree making a big comeback under President Trump.
Viola Davis Honored As Harvard Foundation's 'Artist Of The Year' 2017
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51-year-old actor Viola Davis accepted Harvard Foundation's Artist of the Year 2017 award from Harvard Professor of Neurology, Dr S. Allen Counter
The awards for actor Viola Davis continue to pile up, as she was named Harvard's Artist of the Year 2017. Davis, who was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Fences' at the Oscars earlier in the week, acknowledged her award at the Harvard Foundation's Cultural Rhythms Festival.
In her acceptance speech, Davis talked about her years at Julliard, a transformative experience she had as a student abroad in the Gambia, and the power of the arts. The New Yorker focused on Davis' Gambia experience in a December 2016 profile on the artist.
. .. the summer after her second year, Juilliard gave her a grant for a two-week study of dance, music, and folklore in Gambia. The experience was an antidote to the school’s orthodoxy. In Gambia, witnessing traditional ceremonies—baby naming, food preparation—Davis experienced communities in which art was not separated from life. “It wasn’t about technique; it was about the soul. In their zest for life, their need to connect to each other and to God—everything they did was done with extreme passion,” she said.
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Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel In West Bank With Hopes Of Enticing Israelis & Other World Travelers
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Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel In West Bank With Hopes Of Enticing Israelis & Other World Travelers
British activist artist Banksy has launched Walled Off Hotel with the hope of enticing Israeli tourists -- and dialogue -- to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Banksy says his Walled Off Hotel has "the worst view of any hotel in the world."Worse yet, the hotel's 1- rooms get just 25 minutes of direct sunlight a day.
Nestled against the controversial wall separating Israel from the Palestinian territories, Banksy's latest act of brilliance is a hotel, museum, protest site and art gallery all in one.