Category Archives: Art

A Turn of a Phrase

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

I am often impressed by the cleverness of artist/illustrator/cartoonist Ella Baron’s work, but this week she out did herself with this brilliant cartoon puzzle published in the TLS. I tried but could not discover all 57 idioms depicted in the … Continue reading →

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An Unknown Hobbit

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Slovak illustrator Peter Klúcik was commissioned to illustrate a new version of J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1988. For the project he created 40 illustrations that were rich in detail and quite different from previous works for Tolkien … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Story

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

This past week, Philadelphia has used a number of those plywood panels on boarded up businesses around the city to post messages of gratitude to Philly’s essential workers. The project is from the tourism folks at Visit Philly, who created … Continue reading →

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Go Ask Alice

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

In my never-ending quest to bore everyone to tears with my fascination with the Lewis Carroll classic, here is yet another special edition of the classic children’s book.  Alicia in Terra Mirabili, is the Latin translation of Alice in Wonderland. The … Continue reading →

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Berlin: Museum Goes Mobile

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Berlin’s Museum of Now (MON) along with Yes,And…Productions(YAP) have come up with an ingenious way to bring art to city residents during the corona virus lockdown. Loading a projector and speakers onto a truck, they make nightly visits to neighborhoods … Continue reading →

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Blue Mondays

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Time Enough For Subtlety

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

The artist Javier Jensen has reimagined some of the most iconic covers in literary history and added clever GIFs. The effect is subtle so you have to take your time with each image. But most of us have lots of time … Continue reading →

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A lawsuit waiting to happen

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Swedish artist Daniel Björk is behind these horrifically funny visions of classic horror films reimagined as Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading vintage children’s books. Enjoy before the lawyers make them disappear.  

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Word on the Street

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

In an example of the aphorism everything old is new again, the Pandemic has inspired a resurgence in the publication of local zines. It appears that a number of them have embraced the clever title “Quaranzine” . This one has been surfacing around … Continue reading →

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Yoga for Book Lovers

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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