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Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits From First Black Photographers
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought a collection of early photographs, including very rare daguerreotypes from three early Black photographers dating to the mid…
PHOTOS: Mexican Artists Create Fantastical Masks To Show The Many Faces Of COVID
Two professors invited indigenous artisans to make masks portraying the agent of the pandemic — the coronavirus — through the lens of their cultural traditions….
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Source: https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2021/08/26/the-nations-cartoonists-on-the-week-in-politics-000250 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published By: POLITICO Staff
‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal, and Greed’ Review: Netflix Doc Tries Too Hard to Paint a Dark Portrait
Last year, at the height of the pandemic, entertainment news was besieged by a string of stories about how reruns of Bob Ross’ “The Joy…
Congratulations to the winners of the Potato Photographer of The Year award
The Trussel Trust is a UK-based non-profit that supports food banks in community building. They, apparently, also hold a Potato Photographer Of The Year contest,…
You Have 8 Days to Guess What, Exactly, Bob Ross Did
PLEASE SEND HELP. Netflix is holding us hostage in a Saw-like chamber of our own minds, tormenting us with a stupid question we never asked:…
Watch this interview with Lady Pink, the “First Lady of Graffiti”
Check out this recent interview with the legendary Lady Pink, and learn about how she played an important role in graffiti history. Lady Pink is…
What it’s like to make art on DMT
One of my favorite artists, LSD Word Peace, talks about paintings in this scene from the great docu-series, Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. In What It’s Like to…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
August 8, 2021: Book deal Source: https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2021/08/13/the-nations-cartoonists-on-the-week-in-politics-000248 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published By: POLITICO Staff
Watch: a typhoon in Japan washes Yayoi Kusama’s iconic “Yellow Pumpkin” out to sea
It’s certainly sad that artist Yayoi Kusama’s “Yellow Pumpkin” sculpture was washed to sea during a typhoon on Naoshima island in Japan yesterday. But the…
Watch Yoko Ono’s incredible “Cut Piece” performance art from 1964
In Cut Piece (1964), one of Yoko Ono’s early performances, she sits alone on a stage with a stoic expression on her face. There is…
Why Do Photographers Say Cloudy Days Are the Best for Photography?
While normal people love sunny days with bright blue skies, most photographers prefer cloudy or overcast days—at least if they’re planning to shoot some pictures….
A Colorful Macro Photo of Beach Sand Reveals Infinitesimal Fragments of Coral, Quartz, Shells, and Plastic
All images © Macrofying, shared with permission A stunning macro image by Ole Bielfeldt lays out the individual elements that comprise a dusting of sand…
Michelangelo’s fingerprints discovered on the butt of a wax sculpture
As revealed in the first episode of the BBC’s new series of Secrets of the Museum, the fingerprints of Renaissance painter Michelangelo were discovered on…
3D anamorphic portrait of Nikola Tesla made from appliances
Check out Patrik Prosko’s 3D anamorphic portrait of Nikola Tesla made from electrical appliances. [H/t Alberto Gaitán] Image: Screengrab Source: https://boingboing.net/2021/07/17/3d-anamorphic-portrait-of-nikola-tesla-made-from-appliances.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3d-anamorphic-portrait-of-nikola-tesla-made-from-appliances Indie Brew found this…
Tokyo wakes up to a sky-high floating head staring back at them
People in Tokyo woke up Friday morning to find a giant black-and-white face staring back at them from above the trees in the city’s popular…
LGBTQ art show are lighting up galleries from Boston to Berlin
As a cautious world continues to reopen and a sense of normalcy begins to return to its art museums, a lively summer lineup of no-holds-barred…
Why Don’t My Photos Look Like “Professional” Photos?
If you’ve ever tried to take similar photos, however, you might have been disappointed to find that you came up short. Even applying filters, using…
How to Reset Photoshop’s Tools Back to Their Defaults
Adobe Photoshop is an insanely big, incredibly customizable application. Sometimes, some of the (many) tools can stop working as you expect them to, either because…
Celebrating Pride Month: 30 LGBTQ firsts in art, politics, education and more
June is Pride Month, and this year, we’re celebrating by honoring 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer firsts. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pride-30-firsts Indie Brew found this…
“The road not taken” by Photographer Arnaud Montagard
Source: https://www.booooooom.com/2021/06/01/the-road-not-taken-by-photographer-arnaud-montagard/ Indie Brew found this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published By: Anna
40,000-Year-Old Rock Art Is Being Destroyed Due to Climate Change
The climate crisis has taken so much away from us that we’ll never get back: people, places, wildlife, even languages. Now, it’s destroying some of…
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