Dominique of “Bfly by Design” combines hair extensions and paintings to create stunning portraits featuring Black hairstyles. Laetitia Ky has become known for her intricate braid art, including a ...
“Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories” is one of the headiest, hairiest, neatly styled art exhibitions that the Wadsworth Atheneum has sprouted in years. If it were just a selection of ...
Bold beauty is on the rise, thanks to daring runway trends and pop culture moments (Euphoria, anyone?). There’s a newfound willingness to try more outré looks across the gender spectrum, and this ...
Sonya Clark, "Afro Abe II" (2010), five-dollar bill and thread, 4 x 6 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection (Photo ...
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands woven from the locks of the dead. There ...
For close to 40 years, Leila Cohoon — and later, her daughter Linda Clifford — welcomed tourists to the family’s small museum in Independence, Missouri. There were two common reactions, Clifford ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Hair work piece in the form of a ...