Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint (1862 – 1944) was the pioneering abstract artist you’ve never heard of. Paul Priestley explains. _______________ Shortlink: https://wp.me/p6sb6-xhQ Comments are welcome if they are...
View ArticleDetroit Style
Detroit Institure of Arts gallery teacher Crystal Palmer takes us inside the museum’s exhibition “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020.” _____________ Short link:...
View ArticleStreet Artists: Robots Are Coming For Your Job
Mihkel Joala has invented SprayPrinter, which performs automated printing of giant outdoor murals. More: “Robot Spray Paints Large Murals Onto Buildings,” Ayda Ayoubi, Architect SprayPrinter website...
View ArticleHow Ukrainians Are Saving Their Art
Ukraine’s cultural heritage seems to be a target of Russian military agression, a violation of the the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property. Violations are considered war...
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Delayed Amazon Delivery: HQ2
You know how annoying it is when your Amazon package isn’t delivered on time? Imagine how pissed-off officials in Northern Virginia must be now that Amazon says it will be late in building its big HQ2...
View ArticleThe Background Art of Looney Tunes
The Gaze looks at the work of Warner Brothers Looney Tunes layout and background artists like Hawley Pratt, Paul Julian, Robert Gribbroek, Richard H. Thomas, and Maurice Noble and finds convincing...
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Ave Caesar! Who’s Got the Pizza?
A 2,000-year-old fresco in Pompeii was recently discovered, apparently by hungry archaeologists. It depicted a meal with a round flat object some identified as a pizza. If it was pizza, it was pizza...
View ArticleBélizaire
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has aquired an 1837 painting, Bélizaire and the Frey Children, attributed to French painter Jacques Amans. It depicts enslaved teenager Bélizaire and Elizabeth,...
View ArticleThe Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel
Tatsuo Horiuchi creates intricate Japanese landscapes on Microsoft Excel’s free graphing software. _____________ Short link: https://wp.me/p6sb6-Eab Comments are welcome if they are on-topic,...
View ArticleThe Great Lego Wave off Kanagawa
Lego master Jumpei Mitsui spent over 400 hours building a 3D version of Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa out of 50,000 Lego bricks at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. Here’s the 10-minute version....
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