Category Archives: Art

Have we not darken’d and dazed ourselves with books long enough

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Too Much Future

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Too Much Future is a new work of public art from the Whitney Museum’s #Public Art series. Each piece is installed on the facade of a building across the street from the New York City institution and can also be viewed from the … Continue reading →

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Shun Literary Prizes

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Greetings From Sh**Hole Island

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

In response to Tangerine Mussolini’s recent asinine comments about “shithole countries”, Haitian communications agency Parkour has created a marvelous, tongue-in-cheek ad campaign. Welcome to Sh**Hole Country uses beautiful landscape photographs of Haiti to poke fun at the bloated gas bag in the … Continue reading →

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March of the Penguins

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Paper penguin sculptures have been popping-up in cities around the world to raise awareness about protecting Antarctica from exploitation. The penguins were created by German artist Wolfram Kampffmeyer for the new Greenpeace campaign titled March of the Penguins. The sculptures have been … Continue reading →

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Literary Illustration

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

There is a long history of utilizing maps as a mode of literary illustration. The current exhibition Landmarks: Maps As Literary Illustration at Harvard’s Houghton Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts brings together a wonderful collection of more than sixty literary maps of places … Continue reading →

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Empire in decline, or Grave New World

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

One week ago, members of the infamous street art collective known as Indecline commemorated Tangerine Mussolini’s ascent to power with a guerrilla art installation of a faux cemetery near his Bedminster, New Jersey golf course. Using a truck disguised as … Continue reading →

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Whisper to Me

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

New York magazine is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, the publication has announced the release of a series of 50 special covers. Eight of the covers, created by Yoko Ono, Alex Katz, Barbara Kruger, Mel … Continue reading →

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Addicted to Street Art

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Worth Revisiting

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Shepard Fairey

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