Rick Husong, the owner of Los Angeles creative agency Loyalty Inc., is pushing "The Big O" as hand salute for Obama by urging people to download it … [Read more...] about Man Pushes ‘The Big O’ as Hand Salute for Obama
Art and Design
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #339
NANCY PELOSI: The House Speaker talks to Tavis Smiley on Putin and Bush at the Olympics. MCCAIN CONDEMNS: Russia's invasion of Georgia. Would McCain … [Read more...] about Towleroad Guide to the Tube #339
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #335
BUSH TOURS AMERICA: An Onion news report on Bush's tour of the devastation caused by his presidency. CRUSH: American Idol runner-up David Archuleta's … [Read more...] about Towleroad Guide to the Tube #335
Damien Hirst Unveils New Formaldehyde Menagerie
Damien Hirst is holding an auction in September of more than 200 new pieces at Sotheby's:"The auction is predicted to raise £65m, comfortably setting … [Read more...] about Damien Hirst Unveils New Formaldehyde Menagerie
The Leonardo of Lawns
Chris Naylor, who reconstructed the Mona Lisa for the The Da Vinci Code film, has taken his skills to a lawn in south London. … [Read more...] about The Leonardo of Lawns
Obama and McCain Campaign Posters Under the Influence
Meaningful Distractions notes (via jockohomo) that the poster the Obama campaign used to publicize his speech yesterday in Berlin pays tribute to the … [Read more...] about Obama and McCain Campaign Posters Under the Influence
If You’re Lonely…
This is one of a series of images by Jesse Finley Reed at a show opening tonight at Sloane Fine Art in New York. The series is comprised of backlit … [Read more...] about If You’re Lonely…
Paper Claims to Out Street Artist Banksy as Robin Gunningham
The Brit tabloid Mail on Sunday claims that mysterious street artist/prankster Banksy is Robin Gunningham, a former public schoolboy who hasn't been … [Read more...] about Paper Claims to Out Street Artist Banksy as Robin Gunningham
Obama-Lincoln Gets the Rainbow Treatment in Boston
A show called "a politic" opened over the holiday weekend at Gallery XIV in Boston. Accompanying it was a legally-posted Warholized billboard … [Read more...] about Obama-Lincoln Gets the Rainbow Treatment in Boston
Winter Path
"May Orchard," 1985, collage on panelI’m not sure what Banksy is up to (though I sure wish Andy had enlightened me about him several years ago, when I … [Read more...] about Winter Path