A new, vividly colored portrait of Leonardo da Vinci has emerged from the windows of Arezzo’s Cathedral in Tuscany, Italy, claims an Italian scholar who has published the finding in a new book, “The Portraits of Leonardo.”
Depicting an amiable, bearded old man wearing a red hat, the portrait is one of many figures appearing in the stained glass on the cathedral’s right wall.
Read the full article over at discovery.com.
Berlin artists being evicted from famous commune
By JESSICA MANN
BERLIN (AP) — An artists’ commune that became an icon of the German capital’s post-reunification creative boom celebrated its 19th anniversary Friday amid doubts about whether it’ll be around for its 20th.
Tacheles was once one of dozens of decaying buildings in East Berlin occupied by artists, anarchists and bohemians after the Wall fell in 1989. But the graffiti-covered, dilapidated structure has seen its value skyrocket as the area around it gentrified — leaving the group of sculptors and painters in a fight to buy the former department store in a bid to avoid eviction.
Kanye West, having previously worked with TOUCHPUPPET favorite Takashi Murkami (I’ll post my Murakami tattoo sometime), has now teamed up with KAWS to create this billboard in New York. The work of KAWS is also featured on Kanye’s 808s and Heartbreak album cover.
Here’s what Kanye has to say about the billboard in his own subtle, understated manner.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PIC THE BILLBOARD IS PLACED THE OPPOSITE THE FLOW OF DRIVING TRAFFIC. WE GOING TO THE OFFICE AND WE GONNA GET MORE BILLBOARDS!!! MORE PRESENCE!!! KAWS T’S!!!!!!!!!!! WE SOLD 72,000 LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YO PEREZ POST THAT!!!! TOP 3 ALBUMS IN THE COUNRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEARTLESS 12,0000 SPIIIINS!!!!!!!! LOVE LOCKDOWN 9,000 SPINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did he just ask Perez Fucking Hilton for publicitiy? 0_______o I must say though, I do like the work of KAWS (how could I not, it’s rather like Murakami’s minus the shadow lines) and I do very much like Kanye’s own personal artistic vision.
Via: Hypebeast
Chron.com has put up a list of Houston’s “top 10 commercial gallery/non-profit art-space shows of 2008.” None of my friends made the list. Nevertheless, it’s a fairly interesting list. Wish I would’ve made it to all of them.
EDIT: They updated the list and added two more shows: do it here, with your mouse and finger. Also check out their choices for the top 10 museum shows of 2008.
