Pompeii The New Treasures of Pompeii | History | Smithsoniansmithsonianmag.com - Franz Lidz; Photographs by Chiara Goia If you stand inside the ruins of Pompeii and listen very, very hard, you can almost hear the creaking of cart wheels, the tumult of the marketplace, …
Art Forget the Louvre, here's our loo: people who turn their homes into art galleriesThe Guardian - Rhiannon EdwardsTwo months after Isobel Atacus moved into her new home in Walthamstow, London, she made an unusual decision: she would turn her living space into an art gallery. Since then, exhibitions have happened every
Building Virtual Worlds Is a New Form of Self-ExpressionWIRED - Clive Thompson Recently, a 23-year-old college student named Nick tried out a new pastime: building 3D virtual worlds. He got his hands on Dreams, a game by Media …
Painting Lee Krasner, Hiding in Plain SightThe New York Times - By JASON FARAGOLONDON — A tangle of drips in all directions; a hazy rectangle in a field of dark pigment; a rigid zip down an empty canvas … To be an Abstract Expressionist in New York’s buoyant first postwar years,
Play buttonCulture Stop-Motion Animation Shows a Bird’s POV of the Exotic Pet Industry | Colossalthisiscolossal.com - Andrew LaSane Animator and director Evan DeRushie‘s recent short film “Birdlime” is about an exotic breed that escapes capture just to find itself injured and …
History The Master Who Lived In Medici Palace, Taught Michelangelo, And Finished Donatello’s Work, Rises After More Than Five CenturiesForbes - Natasha GuralBertoldo di Giovanni lived in the mansion of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Upon his master Donatello’s death, Bertoldo finished the bronze pulpit reliefs from the life of Christ commissioned to grace the church
Play buttonArt Reflection: British Art in an Age of Change review – an embarrassment of richesThe Guardian - Rachel CookeRalph Brown’s Meat Porters, a sculpture of 1959 that was commissioned for Harlow New Town in Essex, really must be seen to be believed – and from every possible angle. A tribute to physical labour that
Play buttonPaul Simon Simon and Garfunkel Break 'Sound of Silence' on Stage After 45 Years, Stunning Audiencetheepochtimes.com - Louise Bevan If you’ve never heard of Simon & Garfunkel, then you’ve either been living in a cave since the 1960s or your parents had a very dubious record …
Social Media This Instagram Is So Satisfying It Will Give You An Eyegasm (30 New Pics)boredpanda.com - Denis Tymulis One of the most common questions regarding aesthetics is 'what things count as art?' To Adam Hillman (previously here), the answer to this question …
Surfing Surf’s Up at Gagosian, Keith Haring Mural Lives, and More: Morning Links for August 16, 2019 -artnews.com - The Editors of ARTnews Surf’s up at Gagosian, whose Madison Avenue gallery in New York is home to the exhibition “The Fletcher Family: A Lifetime in Surf.” [WWD] The artist …
Netflix Original Netflix's 'The Dark Crystal' Trailer Is As Epic As 'Lord Of The Rings' And Even More BeautifulForbes - Erik KainThe Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance takes place years before the film. The series was sold to Netflix after being first conceived as a feature film prequel. In 2017 it was announced as a prequel series
Leonardo Da Vinci Abandoned sketch found under landmark Leonardo da Vinci workThe Guardian - Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondentAn “abandoned composition” by Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered underneath one of his most discussed paintings, which will take centre stage at a ground-breaking exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance
Glass ArtCONVERSATION: Liesl Schubel, who's returned to UrbanGlass as director of education, talks about building on the unique Newurbanglass.org - UrbanGlass Artist, educator, and arts administrator Liesl Schubel has been named director of education at UrbanGlass, taking over from Ben Wright, who left to …
Art Phaidon's New Monograph Showcases the Influential Works of Finn JuhlHYPEBEAST - Gabrielle Leung One of the greatest furniture designers of the 20th century. Global publisher of the arts Phaidon is publishing the first-ever comprehensive monograph …
Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley’s Portraits Hijack Poses From Old Master Paintings To Change Perceptions Of Black People In Modern SocietyForbes - Y-Jean Mun-DelsalleFrom everyday black men and women on the street and rapper The Notorious B.I.G. to Michael Jackson and former US President Barack Obama, Kehinde Wiley is celebrated for his colorful, photo-realistic and
Airports Discover Denver Artist Ashley Joon’s Ethereal Floral Murals5280.com - Christine Deorio Meet the local painter behind some of the city’s loveliest walls—and imagine her work on yours!The post Discover Denver Artist Ashley Joon’s Ethereal …
Painting Verrocchioprinceton.edu A comprehensive new survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacher Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488) was one of the most …
NPR Mexican Folk-Fusion Artist Lila Downs On The Soundscape Of HomeNPRIn some ways, the music of Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Lila Downs tells America's immigration story — especially from the past few decades. She's the daughter of a Scottish-American man who
Entertainment (Australia) Australian painter Wayne Malkin claims unofficial world record with matchstick portraitabc.net.au - By Jacqui Street A Queensland painter is claiming a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he will never make it into the …
Music The Night Bruce Springsteen Became ‘Rock and Roll Future’Rolling Stone - Andy Greene The story of how Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen play at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Harvard Square Theater on May 9th, 1974 and then declared him …
Acrylic Endless Summer vibes with Kate Wadsworth's stylish illustrationsabduzeedo.com - Gisele Muller I love checking out the illustration hashtag on Instagram. It is a great source of inspiration and an amazing way to find new artists. It was in one …
Art Pace Gallery Is Lauching PaceX, a New Initiative to Promote Art and Tech Projectsartnet.com - Taylor Dafoe Christy MacLear, who recently served as vice chairman of Sotheby’s advisory arm, will lead the new initiative. Though the opening of Pace Gallery’s …
Play buttonWalt Disney Company Imagineering In a Box: free instructional video series from Disney and Khan Academyboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow Imagineering In a Box is a free lecture series on Khan Academy that covers a broad swathe of elements involved in storytelling in built environments, …
Culture AfroArt Photo Series Challenges Beauty Standards with Young Black Models | Colossalthisiscolossal.com - Andrew LaSane Husband and wife photography duo Regis and Kahran Bethencourt of CreativeSoul Photography capture images of children that celebrate the beauty, …
Culture John Sabraw - the magician turning pollution into artEuronews Living - Léa SurugueTurning pollution into art by extracting pigment from contaminated streams: this is the project that artist John Sabraw has been throwing himself into for the past decade. Through the combination of science
Street Art Conflicting Forces Within A Rapidly Changing Lynn | street art unitedstreetartunitedstates.com In January 2019, we ran an article highlighting the role that street art can play in aiding the nefarious forces of gentrification, oftentimes set …
Art Photography WINNERS—LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2019LensCultureDr Yasufumi Nakamori is the Senior Curator of International Art (Photography) where he leads the development of Tate’s collection of photography and the programme of photography exhibitions and displays.
Richard Berman Silver Jews Singer-Songwriter David Berman Is Dead at 52slate.com - Matthew Dessem When we reviewed his new album last month, we wrote he was likely “the greatest songwriter you’d never heard of.”
Play buttonJean-Michel Basquiat 6 of the Best Documentaries About Iconic Artists You’ll Want to WatchMy Modern Met - Emma TaggartBehind every great piece of art is an artist with a story to tell. And although their masterpieces often speak for themselves, learning about the lives of the artist helps viewers to have a deeper understanding
