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Japanese Unveil Super Cool Dinosaur Suits

Basically a cyber-suit or an animatronic costume, it is operated from the inside. So far it is part of a traveling show called Dino A Live. Here’s their press conference: In Japanese and including shots of their feathered versions: 造形や企画を手掛ける「ON―ART(オンアート)」は10日、全長8メートルの巨大な人造ティラノサウルスを報道向けに公開した。人が中に入ってハンドルなどで操縦しており、ロボットではなく大きな着ぐるみのようなものだという。現在は13体の恐竜を所有しており、2018年に倍以上に増やす予定だ。将来は恐竜のテーマパークをつくりたい考えで、映画「ジュラシック・パーク」のような体験も夢ではなさそうだ。 If … Continue reading

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The Amazing Art of Perfectionist Adam Hillman

Visual artist Adam Hillman is completely obsessed with arrangements and aesthetics. He spends hours putting items in the perfect positions so he can take incredible photographs of mundane things. His His ideas are simple, but they’re also extremely satisfying. Source: … Continue reading

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Tiffany Baze’s Make-up Should Keep You Up at Night

Okay, here is 17 year-old Tiffany wearing her regular look. A nice looking, very pretty young lady. Like many young women her age she is obsessed with make-up. Unlike the rest, she is a twisted genius. Try to remember that picture is … Continue reading

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Robert Rauschenberg’s Goat to travel to United Kingdom for first time in over 50 years

LONDON.- Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic work Monogram 1955-59 is to travel to the UK for the first time in over half a century as part of Tate Modern’s upcoming retrospective of the artist, opening 1 December 2016. Monogram is a classic example of … Continue reading

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Your Chance to Buy the “Flintstones House”!

    This fun-looking boulder shaped house that you’ve probably seen from I-280 is up for sale and they’ve knocked a cool $1 million off the asking price! Tile and site specific art cover the entire home and match the exterior. … Continue reading

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Meet Graham, a Human Evolved to Survive a Car Crash 

As much as we like to think we’re invincible, we’re not. Since the car was first invented, advancements in technology and updated standards have made them increasingly safer. But even with greater precautions, the frail human body often can’t survive … Continue reading

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New Hammer Graces Roberts Hardware

This 5 ft. tall styrofoam-based, polyurethane-coated hammer sculpted by Sean Mason, artist and fellow Roberts employee, has replaced the old 2D plywood one on the front of the building:

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Free Online Virtual Library from the Getty Museum

Getty Publications has launched two new online catalogues highlighting antiquities in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, providing free access to these works online and in a variety of downloadable formats. Getty President and CEO James Cuno announced these … Continue reading

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Bill Graham at the CJM

This is a wonderful show that is as much about the last 50 years of the San Francisco music scene as about Bill. I highly recommend it. Here’s the QR code for Bill’s narration  which will take you here: http://billgrahamaudiotour.toursphere.com/en/index.html

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Every Three Years, Artists Compete to Be On View at the National Portrait Gallery. Here Are the Winners 

I suggest that in addition to enjoying the images you read the interesting back stories of the artists in the Smithsonian article. The 2016 show conveys an intensity, as if the artists and their subjects are demanding a conversation on … Continue reading

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