Tag Archives: art

Afterview View – Embarcadero Fountain

The fountain’s actual name is Québec libre! and its Canadian creator, Armand Vaillancourt, meant it as a tribute to Quebec’s secessionist movement. OK! Just about all the locals I’ve mentioned the fountain to consider it quite ugly.  U2’s Bono once scrawled graffiti on the fountain during a free concert on its plaza, winning the admiration of the artist who was …

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Morning View – Mechanics Monument

Douglas Tilden’s Mechanics Monument was commissioned in 1901 as a tribute to San Francisco railroad tycoon Peter Donahue.

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NEW YORK CITY: Catholic League To Protest New Exhibition Of Piss Christ

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue responds with a bobblehead of President Obama in a bed of feces. UPDATE: I guess ole Bill didn’t like my comment over on YouTube. “Comments are disabled.” Heh.

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Top Ten Hipster Neighborhoods

So says Forbes Magazine. The San Francisco-based startup Nextdoor.com helped us dig through data on more than 250 neighborhoods in the biggest U.S. cities. We assessed each area’s walkability according to Walkscore.com; the number of neighborhood coffee shops per capita (with some help from NPD Group’s report); the assortment of local food trucks (and their ranking according to Zagat’s); the …

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At Burning Man 2012

(Via JMG reader Jeff)

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Bob Ross Remixed – Happy Little Clouds

Love these remixes by PBS. Reminds me of this classic.(Via Gothamist)

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Banksy’s Take On The Olympics

A more whimsical take is here.

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Creepy Olympic Push-Up Bus

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New From The Teabaggers’ Favorite Artist

Via Buzzfeed: The Empowered Man—which shows President Obama watching in horror as a thirty something white male, standing in front of the White House holds up the U.S. constitution in one hand and a wad of cash in the other—was released this week. “I wanted this painting to reflect the hope many Americans are having that we can steer our …

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On Sale At Netroots Nation

Copies signed by the artist: $15.

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Google Nods To Keith Haring

Today would have been Keith Haring’s 54th birthday.

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Word Cloud

Artist Crispin Jago has also done pieces on Islam and Judaism.

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Thomas Kinkade Dies At 54

Thomas Kinkade, the wildly successful artist whose cheesy paintings adorn budget hotels from coast to coast, has died at the age of 54. The cause of death has not been revealed. The self-described “Painter of Light” produced sentimental scenes of country gardens and pastoral landscapes in dewy morning light that were beloved by many but criticized by the art establishment. …

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Smithsonian AIDS Quilt Exhibit

Panels from the NAMES Project will be on display as part of this summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival on Washington DC’s National Mall. The exhibit runs June 27th to July 1st and July 1st thru July 4th. When last measured, the AIDS Quilt weighed 54 tons in its entirety. It’s the largest piece of community folk art in the world. Bring …

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Historically Hung

It’s the oldest art yet found in this hemisphere: A stick figure man with a giant phallus dubbed “the little horny man” by its discoverers is the oldest rock carving found yet in the Americas, researchers say. These findings might shed new light on when the New World was first settled, scientists added. “The figure is probably linked to some …

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The Wealthiest Artist In America

When graffiti artist David Choe spray-painted a mural on the walls of a brand-new company called Facebook, he accepted stock options in lieu of cash. That may have been a $500 million decision.

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Historical Marker

Towleroad alerts us to this installation by artist Norm Magnusson, who is placing these markers along Interstate 75, which runs mostly through red states. On his site he says: The types of people who stop to read them are collectively defined more by their curiosity about the world around them than they are by any shared ideological leanings, which makes …

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Oh The Places You’ll Go At Burning Man

A new take on Dr. Seuss.(Tipped by JMG reader Jeffrey)

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Cardinal Sin: New Banksy Sculpture References Catholic Molestation Scandals

Famed pop artist Banksy references the ongoing molestation scandals in the Catholic Church with a new sculpture on display in a London museum. Cardinal Sin is a bust with its face sawn off and replaced by blank tiles, designed as a response to the child abuse scandal in the Catholic church. In a statement, Banksy said: “I’m never sure who …

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MUSEUM SHOW: 30 Years Of Art & AIDS

Embiggen the above image for details or go here. Via press release: Starting on November 29, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art will generously donate its gallery, for a third year, to host, “Art & AIDS: 30 Years,” an exhibition featuring 50 artists living with HIV/AIDS. Over 150 works of art, utilizing diverse media, will be on display …

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