Impossible Triangle by Oscar Reutersvard
(Source: 23rd-block, via michaelcharles)
Adorée au grand air, César Moro, 1935. The Getty Research Institute, 980029
Max Ernst, Les Hommes n’en sauront rien (Men Shall Know Nothing of This), 1923
Oil on canvas, 803 x 638 mm
Tate, Purchased 1960 (T00336)
Ernst inscribed the painting, “The picture is curious because of its symmetry. The two sexes balance one another.”
Watch this space! 7,000 plants in red, yellow, blue and white will soon be bursting in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines between the West Entrance and the Italian Fountain. The idea for this garden was conceived by conceptual artist Sol LeWitt in 1981—his vision is at last being realized this summer.
With the weather we’ve been having in Philly, however, it may happen even sooner.
Corita Kent’s Rules & Hints for Students and Teachers
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, 1875
Oil on panel, 23 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (60.2 x 46.7 cm)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. 46.309
John Baldessari
Strobe Series/Futurist, Girl with flowers falling from mouth (for Botticelli) #1
1975
Color photograph, 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.
Dorothea Tanning, 1910-2012
Oil on canvas
40 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches (102.2 x 64.8 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with funds contributed by C. K. Williams, II, 1999-50-1
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
László Moholy-Nagy, Lichtspiel Schwarz Weiss Grau, 1930
“Ein Lichtspiel schwarz weiss grau” features Moholy-Nagy’s Light-space Modulator, a kinetic sculpture.
New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection
November 6, 2011-February 5, 2012
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Nick takes on Life. This is the best letter from a child I’ve read all day:
Dear Milton Bradly,
I think your new version of Life® game is...
Sorry if this put a cramp in your scrolling hand.
Charles Frederic Ramsey, Pinpoint Abstraction, c. 1940. via Sotheby’s
Karlie’s Jason Wu dress for the Met ball
“Same-sex couples should be able to get married.”—President Obama