Category Archives: Art

Whoopsie Daisy Indeed

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

This week, a 12-year-old Taiwanese boy tripped on a museum display and accidently punched a hole in a $1.5 350-year-old painting. Flowers, by Paolo Porpora, is part of a traveling exhibition called “Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius”. No … Continue reading →

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Micrographia

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Los Angeles-based artist Charlotte Price created this engaging short film for the renowned Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Here’s what she had to say about the project: As a filmmaker, I spend many hours examining the world through a … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter Underground

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Diehard fans of the Wizarding World now have an actual London Underground map detailing the landmarks from JK Rowling’s books with fictional Tube stations—except for King’s Cross and Paddington of course.

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Welcome to Dismaland

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

I have never been to the UK seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare; it’s just not the kind of place that usually attracts foreign visitors. But I’d make an exception to visit Banksy’s new Dismaland “theme park”, which opens today for … Continue reading →

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The Twins Take Manhattan

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Last August, I was fortunate to show up in Vancouver when the Brazilian street art brother act Os Gemeos was putting finishing touches on a huge installation on Granville Island. So I was thrilled to discover that “The Twins”, Gustavo … Continue reading →

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Teahouse with Laserbeams

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The Japanese artist who goes by the enigmatic name of Segawa Thirty Seven turns classic woodblock prints and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries into amusing animated gifs. The addition of trains, spaceships, kites, lasers and flying objects bring … Continue reading →

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Offworld Vacations

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Chicago-based graphic designer Justin Van Genderen has created a wonderful series of minimalist posters that imagine Star Wars planets as travel destinations.

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Mapping the Wild Things

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

The late American artist and illustrator David McLimans published widely in periodicals as varied as The Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times, and was awarded a Caldecott Medal for his children’s book Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet. I especially … Continue reading →

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Writing Lessons From William S. Burroughs

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Back in 1979, William S. Burroughs taught a writing course for Boulder Colorado’s Naropa University. Thanks to the magic of YouTube we can all learn the secrets of the Beat icon. The three part video series covers Burroughs’s views on writing … Continue reading →

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What Makes It Noir ?

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Melanie Patrick and Adam Frost have created this marvelous infographic to answer that question about film.

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