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Stack 27 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1973; stainless steel and oil enamel on Plexiglas, 114 in. x 27 in. x 24 in. (289.56 cm x 68.58 cm x 60.96 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Purchase with the aid of funds from the Nation...
Unsanitary Art 26 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
Jesús Rafael Soto, Blue Penetrable, 1969, fabricated 1999. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Installation view of Jesús Rafael Soto’s Blue Penetrable BBL, 1999. Hirshorn Pre...
Today's Homos 23 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
Joey Terrill, Just What Is It about Today’s Homos That Makes Them So Different, So Appealing?, 2013, acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Photo: One Archives, courtesy of the artist Richard Hamilton, ...
Decorating by Kienholz 22 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
Ed Kienholz, The Birthday, 1964, assemblage sculpture. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Ed Kienholz, The Wait, 1964-65, assemblage sculpture. The Whitney Museum of Art, New York
Lady in the Red Dress 21 Aug 2013 | 06:35 pm
Taha Alkan, Lady in the Red Dress, 2013, photoshop. Photo: CG Portfolio for Taha Alkan Read about the events in Turkey that inspired the above images here.
Jay-Z and Art History 20 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Battista di Domenico Lorenzi, Alpheus and Arethusa, 1568-70, marble. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jay-Z’s album cover Magna Carta Holy Grail is based on a sculpture in the Metropolitan M...
Flatulation Defense 19 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
Aubrey Beardsley, Lysistrata Defending the Acropolis, 1896, illustration. Photo courtesy of eBooks@Adelaide; The University of Adelaide Library, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005 Aubrey B...
Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate 16 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, Traitez nouveaux & curieux du café, du thé et du chocolate (New and Curious Treatise on Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate), 1671, printed book. This book has been added to the top...
A Sphinx in Israel 15 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm
Photo: Amon Ben-Tor, Sharon Zuckerman, Hebrew University The paws of an Egyptian sphinx have been found in Israel. Here’s what the Huffington Post reported: The fragment of the statue’s front legs ...
The Universe Next Door 14 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Abelardo Morell. Camera Obscura: View of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom, 2009. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by Richard and Alison Crowell, Daniel Greenberg and ...