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Today, hundreds of people throughout Seattle will attend First Thursday Art Walk events where they will see the newest work Seattle’s artists have to offer. This has me thinking about who funds ...
Mazow said that while many people remember the Virginia Slims cigarette ads of the 1970s, with their “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” feminist themes, Jeanne was among art pieces that tapped ...
In 1975, Norway banned all cigarette advertising and promotion. So something of a controversy ensued when R.J. Reynolds Industies Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, began running ads for ”Camel… ...
In December, she curated a cigarette-themed show at her private art space, the Bunker, in West Palm Beach, Fla., including pieces from contemporary artists such as the painters Ana Benaroya and ...
The creative arts are flourishing in regional Victoria, and this weekend a new arts precinct opens in the shadows of the Grampians National Park.
In 1970, a tobacco ad ran on Australian television every eight to 14 minutes. These ads portrayed smoking as cool and adult, ... More from Art, Music, History, and Linguistics.
The art often mocks the advertisement it replaces. For instance, a parody of old Marlboro cigarette ads can replace the ads for the new film Cowboys and Aliens . The app does this replacement ...
A whole art show in St. Louis is dedicated to celebrating the aesthetics and future of smoking. Catch Smoke at I Need That Art Gallery (7735 Clayton Road, Clayton; 314-517-2283). The show features ...
NPR's Robert Smith reports on a new way to appreciate the brightly lit billboards in New York's Times Square: through an art project involving cigarette girls and decoder wheels.
And even if cigarette ads were to disappear entirely, ... Camel is, of course, no stranger to striking iconography. Its packaging remains an alluring piece of advertising art.
At the age of 15, I persuaded my mother to buy me several large boxes of cigarettes. I didn't smoke and my “I’m pure as the driven snow, darling” mama certainly was funding a potential habit.