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Daily Archives: July 29, 2015
Young Designers Transform the Interiors of Mumbai’s Taxis
With a population of over 20 million in its metropolitan area, Mumbai is one of the biggest cities in the world, and taxis are integral to its transportation.
New York City’s Oldest Public Art Is Pompeii Ancient
New York City has public art that’s older than the city itself.
Ted Cruz’s National Security Adviser Probably Knows More About Raphael than Russia
Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign staff consists of an expected mix of seasoned, conservative strategists, but it does includes one unlikely adviser.
Museum Plants Artworks in Detroit’s Community Gardens
DETROIT — It’s a quiet Sunday in Brightmoor, a northwest Detroit neighborhood that’s about as good an example as any of the city’s fall from grace — and its unofficial rebirth via urban agriculture, grassroots activism, and community-based intervention.
The Guggenheims Helsinki and Abu Dhabi: A Telling Tale of Two Outposts
The Guggenheim Helsinki will likely become the third museum of the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s global armada.
Australian Politician Steals Obama “Hope” Poster Design for Garish Graphic
Australian senator Jacqui Lambi recently produced her own portrait that riffs off the famous Obama poster, but with the words “TRUST” instead of “HOPE.”
Inhabiting Other People’s Recorded Memories
The group exhibition Memory Burn at bitforms gallery, curated by Chris Romero, explores the devices we use to record our lives as we confront mortality and death.
Dusting Off Victorian Science Specimens, from Two-Faced Kittens to Slug Models
After 25 years of collecting contemporary art, George Loudon’s eye was caught by a display of 19th-century glass flowers at Harvard University.
Germans Posing with Polar Bears in Vintage Photos
Try not to crack a smile at the sight of a polar bear crashing human picnics, photo-bombing social soirées, and seemingly just trying to fit in.
Madness in My Family
When Saroyan, a biography of my father William Saroyan by Lawrence Lee and Barry Gifford, was published in 1986, I was coming off a five-year run during which I wrote three books about my family and couldn’t handle sitting down to read another word about them.
Silhouette Portraits from the Days Before Photography
Before photography, the silhouette was a popular form of portraiture more affordable than oil painting, where the outline of a face in profile was cut in black.