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Messi World Cup Photo Deposes Egg as Most-Liked Post on Instagram
The post has accrued more than 64 million likes and counting, meaning Messi’s victory is now twofold.
Sarah Rose Sharp
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The New LA Medieval Torture Museum No One Asked For
The museum is the second most elaborate Los Angeles institution devoted to human suffering, after the Hollywood film industry.
Books
In Praise of the Exhibition Catalogue
Shary Boyle’s Outside the Palace of Me exhibition catalogue provides viewers with experiences that an in-person visit cannot.
Art
Modern Menorahs That Break the Mold
From a banana menorah to versions by Dalí and Peter Shire, artists have long remixed the traditional Hanukkah lamp.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Dumps Ye’s Honorary Degree
The school denounced the rapper’s “anti-Black, antisemitic, racist and dangerous statements.”
Art
Paintings of Half-Submerged Animals Foretell an Unsettling Future
Lisa Ericson renders her real-world subjects beautifully, but the situations in which we find them are uncanny, menacing, and unexpected.
Art
Leftovers, the Unsung Food Porn of Art History
From Dutch vanitas paintings to Laura Letinsky's contemporary photographs, artists have long paid homage to the crumby aftermath of big meals.
Art
Explore Detroit’s Street Art With This Interactive Map
The city’s new initiative comes after years of penalizing and white-washing independent and unauthorized street art.
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Joan Didion’s Celine Sunglasses Just Sold for $27K
And her broken clock fetched $35,000 in an auction of her estate.
Art
Did a Children’s Cartoon Predict the Upside-Down Mondrian Blooper?
Binky the “art expert” showed us how to correctly hang a Piet Mondrian painting in an episode of Arthur more than two decades ago.
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Heidi Klum’s Worm Costume Was Good, But the Memes Are Better
Supermodel Heidi Klum’s brilliant worm costume has inspired even more brilliant memes.
News
NASA’s “Smiling Sun” Photo Unfolds a Galaxy of Solar Memes
The image of the Sun with a smile suggested by dark patches on its surface drew analogies to everything from the Marshmallow Man to Teletubbies.