A rare Andy Warhol self-portrait will go up for auction next month, having been in private hands since 1974 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Go Comics
Australian graffiti artist BUFFdiss works in masking tape. He’s especially fond of making giants in public places so that people look like dolls in comparison — via Neatorama
Man-eating giant squid? Nah, he’s just a big Cuddle-fish! — via Etsy
Mr Landis — often under his own name, though more recently as Father Scott or as a collector named Steven Gardiner — has indeed done a lot of traveling over the past two decades, but not for the church. He has been one of the most prolific forgers American museums have encountered in years, writing, calling and presenting himself at their doors, where he tells well-concocted stories about his family’s collection and donates small, expertly faked works, sometimes in honor of nonexistent relatives.
Unlike most forgers, he does not seem to be in it for the money, but for a kind of satisfaction at seeing his works accepted as authentic. He takes nothing more in return for them than an occasional lunch or a few tchotchkes from the gift shop. He turns down tax write-off forms, and it’s unclear whether he has broken any laws. But his activities have nonetheless cost museums, which have had to pay for analysis of the works, for research to figure out if more of his fakes are hiding in their collections and for legal advice. (The Hilliard said it discovered the forgery within hours, using a microscope to find a printed template beneath the paint) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via deviantART
My new studio mascot. It’s in the way. Please buy it.
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This dapper fellow is only available for three more hours! So, if you want a shirt featuring a moustachioed and bemonocled cephalopod for only $10—AND WHO DOESN’T?!?—you need to act fast! This is the first shirt from Ript Apparel that I’ve featured, and I don’t know much about them. They appear to use the TeeFury model—a new shirt every day, available for just that day — via Indie Squid Kid
Mariel Clayton photographs dioramas of Barbie dolls in grisly scenes that juxtapose the glamor of Barbie with the savagery of her hidden violence. It’s like all this time she’s always been a female version of Dexter Morgan — via Neatorama
Sean Hartter’s large collection of Alternate Universe Movie Posters (which includes numerous book covers and other ephemera) are extremely well-done and present a tantalizing view of a better world than this one — via Boing Boing
I’m blown away by Lori Nix‘s post-Apocalyptic diorama photographs. Her Unnatural History>
series, which shows a natural history museum askew, is also fabulous. She builds each diorama from scratch over about seven months and then spends up to three weeks perfecting the lighting and placement of the props. I love this quote from her FAQ: I have miniature power tools throughout the apartment, a chop saw under the kitchen table, a miniature table saw on top
— via CRAFT
An Andy Warhol portrait of Chairman Mao owned by the late Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper has sold for $302,500 (£193,000) at a New York auction — via redwolf.newsvine.com
…more tea, darling
– Nextwave 01 (Director’s Cut) – art by Stuart Immonen 2006 — via A Moment of Ellis
The rainbow warrior is a street artist working in Albuquerque, using spilled paint to pour rainbows off the tops of buildings. He (or she)’s really got some people riled up and it strikes me as remarkable that people can be so dour in the face of rainbows — via aesthetics of joy
Octopus and Clear Hand Blown Sherlock Glass Tobacco Pipe. The Octopus is made from solid Ruby Red and lampwork on the tobacco pipe. Mouth piece is made from the same color. Carb is on the left side hidden in the Octopus tentacle. The Octopus head is the finger rest. We use a lot of the expensive color but it shows in the final product — via Etsy
Cthullu Christmas by Oliver Wetter, aka Fantasio — via John Freeman
As many Americans were spending Christmas night with their families, Olek, a New York based artist was near Wall Street, freezing her fingers to the bone while outfitting the famous Charging Bull
into a giant crocheted cozy — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Some examples of ancient rock art in Western Australia maintain their vivid colors because they are alive, researchers have found.
Scientists at the University of Queensland have discovered that colorful bacteria and fungi have colonized the rock paintings, the BBC reported Monday.
Researcher Jack Pettigrew and his colleagues studied 80 rock artworks in 16 locations in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
They found some of the oldest examples showed signs of life, but no paint.
The team dubbed the phenomenon living pigments
— via vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com
Head Huggers has a tutorial for knitting an aviator-style cap. It’s cute, and I think it might be next on my list. But first I’m going to finish the striped fingerless mitts that I started at Bazaar Bizarre a couple weeks ago (I’m making them in light blue and gray) — via CRAFT
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