The 1973 addition to Miami’s Bacardi building, by architect Ignacio Carrera-Justiz. The design is based on a painting by German artist Johannes M. Dietz. (Photo by C-M.)
- Dear Diary 1.0.
- A LACMA curator responds to an artists’ recycling of deaccessioned items from their collection by using the word “ludic.” All I gotta say is, daaaamn, would I love me one of them car seats. Plus: LACMA now tweeting in Spanish.
- The director of the British Museum on the Elgin marbles: He thinks they’re so much better now that they’re at eye level. In London.
- Wikipedia vs. the National Portrait Gallery: Winkleman has a thoughtful post on what happens when a public museum’s digital images end up on Wikipedia — against its will.
- The Met’s Unicorn tapestry makes a cameo in Harry Potter.
- RIP Heinz Edelmann, the art director behind Yellow Submarine. More here.
- “Outdoor art isn’t what it used to be.” Is anything?
- Otto Dix’s house in Stuttgart to be renovated and incorporated into a local art museum.
- LOL. Art21 gets spoofed on Vimeo. Well done, son.
- Art and Tarzan.
- A vintage French arithmetic textbook. (@marcjohns.)
- Awesome: My Influences, by Dan Meth. (World’s Best via Drawn.)
- Oh, this looks like it’s gonna be trashy good fun (and like totally ironic given that print media is in the pooper): The September Issue, a documentary about Vogue. (Coudal.)
- Nazi gnomes.
- A gallery of Post-It note drawings. (@roo370)
- Taxing weed in California to help fill in those deficit-ridden city budgets.
- Today’s Graffiti: Roa in Ghent.
- Plus: Melting Mies. Nice.
- Your moment of Wookiepedia. (Eyebeam reBlog.)