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Boobs In Art: Lounging Lung Warmers
Welcome back to Boobs In Art! Our super classy Junkyard Original Series, where we source famous works of art that feature fantastic racks. Objectification was never so cultured. Can you identify these Boobs in
Read More »This Is Not Art: Sleeping In A Bear
“The piece is meant to test [the artists] physical limits while allowing the artist to get in touch with his animal instincts.” Call me when you do it for real, you pussy. Also, I
Read More »Sotheby’s To Sell A Cup For $38 Million Dollars UPDATED
Sotheby’s Hong Kong is going to auction a single porcelain cup that has a chicken painted on it (Chicken Cup), for an estimated $38.7mm on April 8th. Chicken Cup is only one of 19
Read More »South Korean Former Dictator Forced To Sell Art Collection To Pay Fines
If only we can deal with all our wealthy criminals this way: former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-Hwan has been forced to sell off his massive art collection to pay off his multi-million dollar
Read More »What Happens When A Museum Lets Local Artists Take Over?
It started with giant muppets having a dance party through the building. Then came the steampunk invasion and groundbreaking Japanese avant garde frocks. Now the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is taking the next logical
Read More »On Protest Art: Don’t Smash Stuff, It’s Rude
There’s a whole lot of talking going on with this whole ‘stranger decides to smash an Ai Weiwei clay pot installation at the Perez Art Museum Miami’. Some people think it’s hilarious. Some people think
Read More »Genesis of the American Guitar Now At The Met
Thirty-five guitars make up this fantastic exhibition of early American guitars at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, with the exhibit focusing around Christian Frederick Martin, founder of the great American guitar firm
Read More »Last Minute Plans: Peabody Essex Parisian Party (Bonus: Birds on Guitars)
It’s the third Thursday of the month (Jan 16), and that means it’s the first PEM/PM party of 2014 and it is a feast for the senses. There’s the Impressionists on the Water exhibition,
Read More »Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion at the PEM
Fashion as art has had quite a boon in the past few years with major exhibitions drawing crowds across the country. I’ve written about this before, and since that post appeared years ago, I’ve
Read More »Take Me Away: The Allure of the Art Heist
There are some movies that capture our attention, and there are movies that capture the whole of our insides and take them for a ride. The heist is just that kind of story, and
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