Un gato. (Photo by Yvonne Connasse.)
Hey Folks: The flood situation in Pakistan is grim. Crops, livestock and infrastructure have been wiped out. (See Boston’s Big Picture to get a glimpse of the disaster.) Please consider pitching in via a reputable organization such as Oxfam. Every little bit helps.
- It’s not just the Pacific. The Atlantic also has a swirling garbage patch.
- The true cost of oil.
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude project in Colorado seems to be on the skids. You can send a comment in support of the project at Over The River. You’ve got ‘til Sept. 14. (Arts Journal.)
- The Art Industrial Average is Low: Chelsea Art Museum temporarily shuts down.
- Van Gogh painting stolen from Cairo museum.
- Making art out of apps. (Arts Journal.)
- The Day in Celebrity Art: James Franco gets reviewed in the New York Times (by Roberta!) and a slideshow of Bob Dylan’s paintings. (L.A. Times.)
- Picasso fabric.
- Fred Kaplan pays tribute to jazz photographer Herman Leonard, who passed away earlier this month. That shot of Dexter Gordon is all kinds of wonderful.
- The photography of Flo Fox. Fascinating story.
- Art Fag City wants your fart art sounds.
- Not sure how I missed this spectacularly grim piece of art merch: The Andy Warhol Electric Chair watch.
- Photographer and AP drop claims against each other in Shepard Fairey case. Presumably leaving them more energy to go after Fairey.
- Chernobyl street art. (Grazie, fabrye.)
- Today’s Graff, Morse Code Edition: Line Line Dot, in L.A.
- The McMansion of my dreams.
- Tracking trends in fantasy book cover art. Swords, big. Fog/mist, on the rise.
- Tadashi Kawamata’s Pompidou huts. Like architectural nests.
- From the Department of Whoa: A pallet pavilion.
- Marie Osmond reciting dada poetry. Oh fuck yes.
