If you grew up with Mexican relatives, someone in your family likely had a black velvet painting in their house. Maybe it was of a donkey pulling a cart. Maybe it was of Pancho Villa. Still others ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A new museum exhibit at the Library of Michigan is putting Chicano and Latino history in the spotlight ...

One day in 1968 when Juan and Abel Velazquez were 15 years old, their father sat them down and placed before them canvases of black velvet. Jose Velazquez had been a boxer in Mexico City. Later, he ...

Black-velvet paintings of Elvis tend to be of the later King—the Presley of high collars, rhinestones, puffy features, and angst. But whether young or aging badly, Elvis on velvet is the “iconic nadir ...

A few years ago Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin decided to leave Portland, Oregon and return to Southern California. “We missed the sun,” says Baldwin. There was one problem: The couple needed to find ...

Black velvet painting is a sort of punchline of visual arts—the campy cousin of garden gnomes, tiki furniture, and pink flamingos. Signifying bad taste at its very best, portraits of Elvis, Jesus, and ...

A woman dressed in black stood up, waved her arm and sheepishly said, "Hello. My name is Diana. And I own a black velvet.” The crowd erupted in cheers. That was the scene at Casa de Rosado in Lansing ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, someone entered Voodoo Doughnut on East Colfax Avenue and made off with the Denver sweet shop’s prized possession: the Mile High ...