I remember something similar

From Cairo to London: 25 life-size painted donkeys arrive at St Paul's from Egypt

A fundraiser in my city did this a few years ago with pigs instead of donkeys. Copycats.

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The donor's wishes

didn't seem to matter.

Chasing the White House Cézannes

"Eighty-five years ago, eight paintings by the Postimpressionist master were bequeathed to the nation's presidents — works hidden, often in plain sight."

In the world of valuable art and politics no one seems to care about Mr. Loeser's will and wishes...

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Good article

Short, interesting article:

Earliest iron artefacts, found in 5,000-year-old Egyptian cemetery, came from meteorite

(Thanks to SWMBO for the link...)

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He must have been stunned!

Worker sent to remove graffiti finds image of himself on the same wall hours later

The artist raises a great point at the end of the article. The old argument of art vs. defacement continues...

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One of

my favourite authors, artists and illustrators.

A Treasure Trove of Edward Gorey

I hope his work remains popular and available for many, many years. One of my favourite books is 'The Doubtful Guest' and I'm glad they used it in the article...

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Cats protecting the Hermitage

Cat Security

I love the sound of this.

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In other words

claiming to be an artist these days no longer means doing work of any lasting value. Or not. 'Twas ever thus...

When Bad is Good

"I think we need a new vocabulary, because now everybody wants to be an outsider,” he told the Financial Times. “When I was one, no one wanted to be one. Counterculture won some things a long time ago. Counterculture’s in control. I’m the insider. I’m the establishment." - John Waters, quoted in the article

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How wonderful!

It may never be settled enough for some people...

Lady with a Secret

But it all seems magnificent. (And I don't care if it is worth $100 or $100,000,000. Its beauty and history make it just so wonderful!)

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The powers that be work hard

to preserve art with far less cultural importance than this.

Saving works of God

I would hope that help will be found to preserve as much as possible...

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A film that raises questions

about art possibly exploiting the poor, or the poor benefiting from art.

Review: Wasteland

And, in this instance, instead of focussing on the huge issue, the incredible waste of a group of human beings, it focuses on a small portion of that group that actually benefits from the waste, however poor and disadvantaged they remain...

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I should tell you

that SWMBO gave me a new piece of art for my birthday. It's a handmade 'Zombie Hello Kitty' by a local artist who calls himself 'The Other Guy'. It is absolutely wonderful! Anyone who feels about the whole 'Hello Kitty' meme the way I do is the perfect person to appreciate a 'Zombie Hello Kitty'. Given the fact that I have loved zombie literature (along with traditional vampire and werewolf literature from before the whole interest in them by the romance community ruined the genres) it's the perfect art gift! And she bought it from an art show at my favourite comic store Unreal City.

It's terrfic! (And so is SWMBO!)

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How often is something like this found?

Newly-discoverd Leonardo painting of Christ on show in UK

What a terrific thing to be able to see. It's too bad that it will likely never get to a city anywhere near me...

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This is cool!

Our Lady of Grace
 

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This is something

that SWMBO is very interested in (being an artist and scientist and all) and which I must admit a certain interest in as well...

Titanium Art: The colorful process of anodization

SWMBO has a nice piece of titanium that has been treated in this way. It's the raw material, and not metal that has been turned into an object, and it's really beautiful!

A company called Kershaw, a knife branch of a Japanese company called Kai (which makes some really high-end kitchen knives that SWMBO has and which she just loves!) makes a knife called the Leek (in a line named after aromatic plants - leek, chive, scallion, designed by a fellow named Ken Onion. Get it? Ha, ha.) that I have longed wished for, but given the whole idea that knives are to be used, and abrasion wears the coating off, it has never made much sense to me to get one. It doesn't seem very practical to me...

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Things people don't usually see

The Louvre Less Traveled

This whole things sounds wonderful, though there is a group of people, which includes myself, who will sadly never see any of the Louvre, the frequently viewed items nor the hidden beauty. The most magnificent thing we'll ever see is another day, one hopes, and that, for me on good days, is beautiful enough...

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A very interesting idea

Top 10 Terrifying Paintings By Great Artists

How many people would have thought to put together a list of great frightening art? We most often think about art we like and talk about it. We don't usually talk about art we don't like (though I can list a few by Otto Rogers that actually make me queasy and I really don't know why). I think this list is really good, though, as with any list, there are some I would add instead of some others...

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Who knows?

He may have been completely innocent of everything...except being black.

In the Devil House: People always told Frank Jones that he was special.


But he could see things that others couldn't see...

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At once, so beautiful,

and yet so meaningless.

Marble Manhattan WIN

The craftsperson in me, on the other hand, does think it really is a win...

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Traditional art as performance?

David Garibaldi: Jesus Painting

I notice he's painting upside down for the most part. That's interesting. Just a few questions:

Are those lights simulating black light to show of the paint (for the audience)? Is his canvas material black velvet? I'd hate to think so. It would automatically classify his art in a different way. Is this the main piece that he does, over and over, for his performance? See, there's lots of things to find out. He has a pretty interesting website, too. His art really is about performance (Garibaldi)...

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When artists become architects

It's a chapel?

Artist behind inflatable chapel aims to redefine sacred space

I guess it could be called a chapel, inasmuch as any space defined as a sacred space could be called a chapel. I'm glad there's nothing permanent there. I don't think artists are too concerned about building codes...

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