Collector Plates
I’ve always been kind of fascinated with the absurdity of certain “collectibles.” Things like collector plates and spoons and shot glasses, Hummel figurines, commemorative…
Art
Lost Posters Of Notting Hill
The London Underground discovered a trove of posters in an unused portion of its Notting Hill station some months ago. Then Mike Ashworth discovered…
Pencil Sculptures
All Dalton Ghetti needs to create his art is a sewing needle, a razor blade and a carpenter’s or No. 2 pencil. He uses…
Illuminating Light & Darkness
The Journal of Neurosurgery has a fascinating analysis of Michelangelo’s painting “Separation of Light and Darkness.” In it the authors argue that the master…
Mind The Crap
The Tate’s Turner Prize finalists were announced today. As per custom, Banksy was not on the list. Also as per usual Jonathan Jones has his…
Welcome Recent Graduates
I Am Not An Artist
“I am not an artist” is a peculiar little project by a team of designers from ELISAVA, a design school in Spain that describes…