Tag: art

04 Nov

SFMOMA Artscope Visual Artwork Browsing Tool

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artscope SFMOMA Artscope Visual Artwork Browsing Tool: “The new SFMOMA ArtScope has been designed for wandering, for the chance discovery of artworks visitors might not have encountered before. The visual browsing tool based on Stamen’s Modest Maps tile engine, features more than 3,500 objects from the SFMOMA collection, arranged in [...]
28 Oct

Photos from the Afghanistan Drug War

A heroin user in Kabul, photo by Aaron Huey, Afghanistan Drug War Photos from the Afghanistan Drug War: “Aaron Huey takes gorgeous photos for National Geographic Adventure, the New Yorker, Smishsonian, and the New York Times. He recently hitchiked across Siberia on a National Geographic Expedition Council Grant. Huey’s site is filled with stunning images, including [...]
15 Oct

Going West – XKCD

29 Aug

Crucified-Frog Sculpture Troubles the Pope

Prima i piedi (Feet first) by German artist Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) Arts, Briefly – Crucified-Frog Sculpture Troubles the Pope – Brief – NYTimes.com: “Pope Benedict XVI has condemned a sculpture of a crucified frog on display at a museum in Bolzano, Italy, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Franz Pahl, an official from the Trentino-Alto [...]