Ballooning creativity of Paul Graves. These ain't the sorta balloons you see passed out at street fairs.
After some hesitation Brad Pitt recently purchased the oil painting "Etappe" by artist Neo Rauch for just under $1 million from A list New York art dealer David Zwirner at the Art Basel art fair.
After eyeing the 9-foot-wide work for several minutes, Pitt rubbed his goatee, fiddled with his tweed driving cap, and walked away. Zwirner, looking slightly anxious, said, “He’s on the fence. Nothing wrong with that, I guess.”
Pitt returned minutes later with Eli and Edythe Broad, the major Los Angeles collectors. Pitt and Broad conferred and then the group left.
Broad, hours later, says he gave the actor a friendly nudge. “I told him we had four Rauchs and if he didn’t buy it, we probably would.”
Also, check out this interesting recent interview conducted by the WSJ with David Zwirner.
A Lamborghini Gallardo customized with Sharpie markers after which it was finish in a clear coat. Supposedly took 2 weeks to complete. It's a sharp look.
Here's another niche market blog. This one focusing on documenting photographs of all black wearing goths in hot weather.
National Geographic's photo gallery of monkeys involved in the space program.
Sam's mission was to test the craft's launch escape system. About a minute into the flight, Sam's capsule was ejected from the rocket. After soaring 51 miles (82 kilometers) above Earth, the capsule landed in the Atlantic Ocean, where Sam, unhurt, was recovered. The monkey was later returned to a training colony, and he lived until 1982.
He was probably pissed that all he got was a banana afterwards.
Here's a round up of entries I've posted lately on Sundance Channel's SUNfiltered blog. I think you'll find something of interest in this pile-o-neat. And if you enjoy any of these entries, please feel free to spam your friends. They'll thank you afterwards.
- A polite umbrella solution for those crowded streets on rainy days.
- A cool art exhibit poking fun at Jeff Koons.
- Graphic visualization of the amount of space various forms of transportation takes up.
- 12 creative typefaces.
- Pratt's students designs made for just a dolla dolla bill ya'll.
- 2 new brand logos for a post-bankruptcy General Motors.
- 20th anniversary of "Tank Man."
- 5 (cool IMHO) music videos.
- Don't toss those maxed out credit cards. Here are 10 practical or creative alternative uses for them!
- Construction FAIL. It wasn't meant to end like this!
- Benny Chan's neat traffic related photo exhibit at Pasadena.
- Evolution of a dance party.
- '70s BE BACK! Disco ball art.
- Frank Lloyd Wright's appearance on this old episode of Whats My Line?
- None of you are unique as this project highlights.
- Wikipedia book project. 5,000 freakin' pages.
- A very cool video note-by-note visualization that follows along with John Coltrane’s seminal jazz recording “Giant Steps” from the 1959 album of the same name.
- Guess this movie in four images or less!
Also, Diane von Furstenberg guest blogged recently on SUNfiltered with her thoughts on the new High Line park!
This piece by Ben Schumacher humors me.
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A microwavable popcorn where the packaging also pops open into nifty bowl.
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Les Paul, a music and guitar pioneer popped outta his mama today.
He invented multitracking and the first solid-body guitars. He played at the first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, absorbed Django Reinhardt as a contemporary, and made more than 40 hit records. He had his own popular television show, with his wife, Mary Ford.
Here's an old clip of him playing from that show "The Les Paul & Mary Ford Show."
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Artist Brock Davis describing most of my friends lives, myself included.
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I spent Sunday in Prospect Park sitting near this tree that gobbled up a kite.
"The Bush Boom: How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy" is currently available on Amazon and has attracted over 100 customer reviews, such as this one from "Alice."
Finally! A book that proves the existence of an alternate universe. Obviously, a rip in the space/time continuum between this universe and the other universe where Bush is presiding over a 'boom economy opened up and this book fell through.
[Thanks Evan!]
I'd like to second this proposal from David Horvitz.
T-Pain shares with the world his Big Ass Chain.
An oddly compelling video compilation of last second aborts of Space Shuttle launches. Better safe than sorry is the idea here along with sophomoric jokes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aoGXb25lsU&fmt=18]