Creepy clay sculptures by Korean artist Choi Xooang.
They remind me of the bizarre characters from Pan’s Labyrinth.
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I really like this stencil piece by Rene Gagnon.
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On display at this year's Venice Biennale is this real 60-ton tank turned upside down and on top of which the Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla "installed a treadmill where a world-class runner works out for fifteen minutes of every hour." The artists "have found a way to encapsulate, possibly exorcise, summon, and certainly give visual form to the freaked-out way the world sees the United States."
Photo by Patrick Tsai.
Photo by Jay Parkinson.
The dissident artist Ai Weiwei was allowed a visit from his wife on Sunday, the first time he has been seen or heard from since being detained by authorities 43 days ago and held incommunicado in a secret Beijing-area location.
Tim Etchells, Hope.
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Guido Mocafico, One thousand dollars, 164 x 109 cm, 2003.
It was printed as a small-size Federal Reserve Note in 1928, 1934 and 1934A, and a small-size Gold Certificate in 1928 and 1934. As of May 30, 2009, there are 165,372 $1,000 bills in private hands.
Today collectors will pay anywhere between between $1,500 and $5,000 for a Grover Cleveland.
Ew, a "Grover Cleveland" sounds like a super aggressive sex act.
Marco Ugolini's "Online Masks."
This is a collection of more than 200 images that appears on the internet (on blogs or social networks) if you don’t upload your own image as profile picture.
Dawn Ng's "I fly like paper, I get high like planes" touching upon diasporic issues.
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Astrid Bin's "One Thousand Means of Escape."
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Stunning photo by Ibai Acevedo.
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Hyde or Die spotted this lonely sign on Clinton and Sweetzer in LA that quotes a Matsuo Basho haiku.
Science fiction visionary Philip K. Dick with his cat. More authors and their cats at Writers and Kitties.
Sweet chandelier by Stéphane Vigny.
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I remain convinced that winning the lotto might fix this. 
This is the best way to justify any form of vandalism.