Antwaun Sargent sat nursing a Negroni at Frankies Spuntino, his haunt in Brooklyn, as he described the perks of his multilayered career. “I had dinner with Madonna,” he said on a recent Friday. “Coming of age as a gay man in Chicago in the ’90s, you can imagine, I was excited. I was obsessed with her.” But within moments of their encounter last year, Mr. Sargent hit earth. Pulling out her iPhone, his erstwhile idol proceeded to show him artworks by Rocco Ritchie, her 21-year-old son with the filmmaker Guy Ritchie, regaling him for nearly an hour about her hopes for the boy. “That made things real,” Mr. Sargent said. “Here was Madonna — a legend, an icon — asking for guidance, just being mom.” It seems the pop diva had known where to turn. Mr. Sargent, 33, a former kindergarten teacher turned artist and curator and vociferous champion of Black artists, had been appointed in January 2021 as a director at Gagosian, the blue-chip mega-gallery, with a mandate to make waves. … [Read more...] about Art, Darling
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Gator goes for a swim after sunning on beach in Bolivar Peninsula
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 On a hot summer day, it seems everyone heads for the beach to cool off. Still, it's not every day that you see an alligator sunning itself at a popular tourist spot. So you can imagine the surprise when David and Melony Cartlidge came across this relaxing reptile at the edge of the water when they visited Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula on Sunday. Their daughter, Skyler Cartlidge, shared their video with Chron.com. "Skyler look at this s**t, it's on the beach baby," her startled dad could be heard saying on the video. Apparently the gator wasn't thrilled about the paparazzi and swam off into the waves. ON CHRON.COM: Texas woman spots alligator with knife in its head at community lake Now before you get worried that you have to watch out for gators as well as sharks in the surf, there's no reason to get excited. The National Oceanic and … [Read more...] about Gator goes for a swim after sunning on beach in Bolivar Peninsula
Santa Monica Area: 5 Latest Houses To Hit The Market
Sponsored By 0 Real Estate Curious about what's on the market? Here is what the newest properties in Santa Monica have to offer. Real Estate News , Patch Staff Posted Reply SANTA MONICA, CA — On the hunt for a new house, and want the latest listings on what's available near you? Need some assistance finding the perfect place for you and your loved ones? Not to worry! To save you some time, we've got a fresh batch of five new listings nearby. Below is a list of the five latest houses to go up for sale in and near the Santa Monica area — such as one with 7 beds and bath for $2.5 million, and another with 5 beds and 5 baths for $7.8 million. Like what you see? Simply click on any address in the list to get more pics and details. Happy house hunting! Editor’s note: This list was automatically generated. Related: Visit The Patch Mortgage Center To Lock In Today's Best Rates 1. 335 24th St, Santa … [Read more...] about Santa Monica Area: 5 Latest Houses To Hit The Market
State Legislation Could Strip Catholic Churches’ Right To Protect Members ‘Sealed Confessions’
Two bills in Delaware and Vermont are looking to remove the religious right of Catholic priests to withhold information given to them during a confession to protect children from abuse, but Catholic advocates argue that these bills will only harm the church. Lawmakers have argued that mandatory reporting must extend to everyone, including the Catholic church to fully protect children from abuse or neglect. “I haven’t seen any evidence that the seal of confession has impeded the prosecution of domestic abuse or child abuse, [and] as a mother of ten children, I am very serious when it comes to the safety of my children, so I do not want to downplay abuse …our church has had a terrible history of abuse,” Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, strategy consultant and media fellow at the IHE, mother of ten, and director of the Conscience Project, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Two bills proposed by state elected officials would remove the Catholic Church’s right to the “seal of … [Read more...] about State Legislation Could Strip Catholic Churches’ Right To Protect Members ‘Sealed Confessions’
The Romance Went Nice and Slow. So, Too, Did the Apartment Hunt.
When Scott Warfel met Luccas Israel in 2019 through friends, neither thought romance was in their future. But during the pandemic, their friendship moved slowly, thoughtfully, into a deeper connection. By 2021, both felt invested in the relationship, but were not ready to move in together. At the time, Mr. Israel, 29, a project coordinator for Taschen, an art book publishing house, was living in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in a self-described “queer frat house” with three roommates, whom he met at Florida State University, and was craving a quieter existence. “It was a great apartment. We each had our own room and shared a private roof deck, but it was a party all the time,” he said. Mr. Warfel, who grew up in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, was living in a one-bedroom apartment in an ultramodern building in Crown Heights, and paying $2,400. “I was spending four or five days a week at Luccas’s and rarely going back to my apartment,” said Mr. Warfel, 28, an event designer for Putnam … [Read more...] about The Romance Went Nice and Slow. So, Too, Did the Apartment Hunt.
[ ENCOUNTER ] ; Whose Vision Is It, Anyway?
See the article in its original context from July 17, 1994 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. THEY SEEMED, IN PRINCIPLE, LIKE WORTHY ADVERSARIES: Linda Nochlin, the distinguished feminist art historian and critic, a professor of modern art at New York University whose thought-provoking essays on women as depicted in 19th-century painting have pioneered a new way of looking at familiar works by Courbet, Degas and other artists; Thierry Mugler, the Paris fashion designer, admired … [Read more...] about [ ENCOUNTER ] ; Whose Vision Is It, Anyway?
