Speaking of the Mona Lisa, scientists have
Speaking of the Mona Lisa, scientists have discovered through the use of emotion-recognition software that she was indeed happy.
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Cory Arcangel is committing Friendster Suicide tonight
Cory Arcangel is committing Friendster Suicide tonight at The Believer Dec/Jan issue launch party at PS1. You can also follow along at home: “Friendster me sometime before [the performance], and around 8:40 EST on Thursday(ish), I assume if you keep reloading your browser window on Friendster, I think I will simply disappear from your friend list.” Antisocial networking.
Paul Schmelzer’s project to collect autographs of
Paul Schmelzer’s project to collect autographs of his (Paul’s) name from famous people. So far, he’s got scrawls from David Sedaris, Yoko Ono, Frank Gehry, and Pat Buchanan, but has been turned down by Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Amazing paper sculptures by Peter Callesen (more here).
Amazing paper sculptures by Peter Callesen (more here).
Christian Marclay will be premiering his new
Christian Marclay will be premiering his new piece, Screen Play, at Eyebeam on Nov 11th. Damn the luck, I’ll be out of town. I loved Marclay’s Video Quartet piece.
A series of art projects based on
A series of art projects based on Flickr. The Flickr tag cloud tshirt is clever; the printing on the shirts is reversed so that you can read them in the mirror…”the [Flickr user’s] narrative is actually addressing himself while claiming to address others”. (via ia)
Reap is an art project “exploring the
Reap is an art project “exploring the notion of marking and capturing time: time as memory, as process, as moments, as metamorphoses and metaphors”. I like the apple rotting one. (thx susan)
Opening tomorrow at the Met Museum in
Opening tomorrow at the Met Museum in NYC, an exhibition of drawings by Vincent van Gogh. October 18, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
Two Da Vincis long held in private
Two Da Vincis long held in private collections to go on public display for the first time.
James Surowiecki on the Mei Moses Fine
James Surowiecki on the Mei Moses Fine Art Index and why investing in art “mutual funds” might not be such a good idea. Here’s more on the Mei Moses Fine Art Index.
They’re building a Prada store just outside
They’re building a Prada store just outside the town of Valentine, TX (population: 187) with no door. It’s art!
Fun bunch of Flickr photos from mleak
Fun bunch of Flickr photos from mleak depicting bugs and slugs shilling for the man: Pepsi Ladybug, Nike Water Strider, FedEx Grasshopper, Coke Slug, and Adidas Spider. (via bb)
“Floating Island” is a mini version of
“Floating Island” is a mini version of Central Park being towed around Manhattan by a tugboat (photos here)…it’s a conceptual art piece by Robert Smithson. This weekend, a group of folks in a motorboat tried to board the floating park and install a miniature version of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates. When the captain of the boat towing the island “looked out across the East River Thursday afternoon and saw another piece of conceptual art gaining on him, he did not view the development kindly”.
Cory Arcangel has gone INSANE and is
Cory Arcangel has gone INSANE and is offering original signed posters of his work for like $20. The posters feature the haunting landscape of the old school Famicom driving game F1 Racer.
The MoMA has acquired The Plum Blossoms
The MoMA has acquired The Plum Blossoms by Henri Matisse (picture), the whereabouts of which have been unknown for 30 years.
And as long as we’re on the
And as long as we’re on the subject (you didn’t think we were even on a subject, did you?), I’m a fan of how Maciej is displaying his oil paintings. For each of his newer paintings (like this one of a West Village scene), he’s documenting the progress of the work as it goes along so you can see how the painting becomes a painting.
Update: Eric writes that he uses this technique for displaying how his art progresses as well (sample).
Pan of the newish MoMA building in
Pan of the newish MoMA building in NYC. I like the new building, but I agree that there are too many people sometimes; they’re certainly not having a problem with that $20 admission price. (via cdl)
Update: a rebuttal by Greg Allen.
Flickr set of glitch art created when
Flickr set of glitch art created when digital satellite TV goes a little wonky.
Art experts choose 10 of the worst paintings hanging in Britain.
Art experts choose 10 of the worst paintings hanging in Britain.
Short interview with Josh Davis. More of
Short interview with Josh Davis. More of his work can be found at joshuadavis.com and once upon a forest.
Bitfall makes images out of falling water droplets. (via infosthetics)
Bitfall makes images out of falling water droplets. (via infosthetics)
Great influence map of European art and
Great influence map of European art and sculpture (looks largely French), detailing relationships between masters and students as well as collaborations. Reminds me of a Feynman diagram.
Seyed Alavi’s carpet for a Sacramento airport
Seyed Alavi’s carpet for a Sacramento airport walkway features an aerial view of the Sacramento River. “It is truly amazing what is possible to print images on these days. Of course, for home use the cost is still somewhat prohibitive, but that is slowly changing as well.” (thx dunstan)
Gallery of work by guerilla artist Banksy
Gallery of work by guerilla artist Banksy from the West Bank barrier in the Palestinian territories. “An old Palestinian man said his painting made the wall look beautiful. Banksy thanked him, only to be told: ‘We don’t want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall. Go home.’”
A history and examination of paint by number
A history and examination of paint by number. “It invited people who had never before held a paintbrush to enter a world of art and creativity.”
Cezanne and Pissarro at the MoMA
Cezanne and Pissarro at the MoMA. “Working in tandem or with each other in mind, Cezanne and Pissarro formulated a distinctly modern art, simultaneously self-confident and self-critical.”
J. Seward Johnson, Jr. recreated a bunch
J. Seward Johnson, Jr. recreated a bunch of impressionist paintings as sculptures you can walk around in. Looks very cool…the photos are from a show going on through Aug 7th at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
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